"economic oppor-tunity and political freedom‚ [they were also relying] upon the labor African slaves working land taken from Native Americans." (Ewing‚ 2012) Between 1820 and 1930‚ 60% of the world’s immigrants migrated to the United States. In the late 1800s the majority of immigrants came from Italy‚ Poland‚ Russia and elsewhere from south-eastern or eastern Europe. Because of America’s midst position of first agricultural‚ then industrial expansion‚ the de-mand for cheap labor was immense. The enormous
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1) Read either the Report on Child Labor or Factory Rules and briefly explain/outline a day in the life of a factory worker in the early 1800s and the challenges they faced The majority of factory workers in the 1800’s lived in dismal conditions‚ tight quarters unfit for living. Regardless‚ work always began at “6a.m. precisely and ends after the usual break of half an hour for breakfast‚ an hour for dinner‚ and half an hour for tea at 7p.m. and it shall be strictly observed” (Perry‚ 2014. p. 147)
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Pretend for a moment that humans of the present era are horses of the mid- to late 1800s. Horses are prideful‚ strong‚ and majestic creatures that have very few predators lurking over them. Horses have worked hard at their jobs for a long time. They pull heavy carts‚ race for entertainment‚ and make long journeys with ease‚ all for the sake of three square meals a day and an early retirement. The end of the 19th century comes near and horses are starting to see changes happening all around them.
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In the late 1800s Boston’s population was around 177‚840. In 1860 on October 18‚ Edward VII of the United Kingdom visited Boston‚ Young’s Hotel started for business‚ the Public Garden and Gibson House were built‚ and the Old Feather Store was demolished. There were limited asylums scattered around Boston in the early 1800s. Asylums in the 1800s were merely nothing but stables for the mentally ill. Before the farm building were
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In the 1800s people with mental illness were thought to be insane. Patients were placed inside institutes similar to a prison they were beaten and abused as a way of trying to cure them. Some families would try and take care of their ill family member(s) to avoid treatment at an institution. Though workers of the institute had tried to keep the ways of treatment secretive; many people did not know of the treatment in Mental institutes and had been curious about what it was like for those inside of
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Progressivism was an era in the late 1800’s in which many reforms were made to industry‚ living conditions‚ and politics. This movement gained momentum due in a large part to populism and the Populist Party. This party was among the first‚ to actively speak out and make attempts at reform. The Omaha Platform was the very beginning of reformation. If it hadn’t been for this party‚ it can be assumed that there would not be as many regulations and freedoms as there are today. The first attempt at
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success of the last‚ it is important to identify who broke ground first. Even though recent women’s movements have been more substantial‚ the movements in the 19th century were the pivotal beginnings. Some of the most influential steps took place in the 1800’s as women strove to stand for causes they believed in‚ such as the temperance movement and the acknowledgement of domestic abuse as a legitimate reason for divorce. The movements of this era aimed to address the physical safety of women initially
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While the doctors were giving treatments‚ their work area was not very sanitary and that caused a high risk of infection. Also‚ most of the doctors had no idea what they were doing because they had no formal education of medicine. In the 1800s most of the medicine practiced was based off of a logical guess then prayers to get better. Soon the sickness was only identified by its symptoms rather than the sickness itself. Most treatments went straight to bleeding‚ and sometimes the given
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During the 1800s‚ Great Britain was making great new changes to its nation new advances in technology‚ and a rapid growth in the population‚ especially‚ in urban areas of the country which resulted the increase of supply and demand. Factory owners only had one problem they didn’t have enough workers‚ and didn’t want to take lots of money out of their pockets to provide new employees. The solution was finally found they found people who could be paid the cheapest wages‚ work long hours‚ and are fast
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demanded the expansion of money supply with silver to repay loans‚ but the nobody helped them. In fact big business accused the farmers that the debts was their own fault because of over production as showed in a cartoon by a Chicago newspaper in late 1800‚
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