An American revolution‚ involving an industrial and technological up rise‚ was being held in Philadelphia during the Centennial Exposition of 1876. Alexander Graham Bell motioned the start of the United States to global leadership – towards the industrial technological awakening – when his invention‚ the telephone‚ was patented that year. The first dedicated individual to industrial research‚ Thomas Alva Edison‚ opened up his own laboratory in Menlo Park‚ New Jersey‚ in the year 1876. With the
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Domestic Technology in the past There is information about the history of domestic technology and its effect on gender involvement in the home (ca 1850 - 1990). These are mainly changing standards‚ the nature of family life‚ and new roles for women in the home. Instead of removing housework‚ domestic technology accompanied to a re-definition of how this work must be organized and done. Housework in the 19th century The 19th century home The organization‚ physical effort
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Clothing Later Victorian (1870-1890) After the death of her husband in 1861‚ Victoria went into seclusion‚ and though still deeply respected as sovereign of a great empire‚ she ceased to influence fashion as directly. The somber colors that came into fashion are attributed to the fact that the British Court remained in mourning. Black became a popular fashion color in this period‚ not only worn for mourning. However dress forms changed significantly. After decades of full skirts‚ a new silhouette
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argues‚ there was a need for a regeneration of the French economy in order to ease France’s debt and prevent sections of society from being alienated from the monarchy . However‚ it was the short-term economic factors that sparked revolution. The Agrarian Crisis of 1788-1789 led to the deregulation of the grain market by Turgot‚ Louis XVI’s
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decline in Europe. Using both political and economic examples from the period 1945 to 2000‚ evaluate the validity of this interpretation. Compare and contrast the foreign policy goals and achievements of Metternich (1815-1848) and Bismarck (1862-1890). Analyze the
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based on the style and how different the paintings were from each other. I was amazed to find that the two paintings actually have only 10 years between their creations. Monet painted The Artist’s Garden at Vétheuil in the year 1880‚ while Peto painted The Old Violin in 1890. It is amazing how two very different paintings came from almost the exact same period of time. The paintings each hold an intense level of perspective. Even from the first glance‚ each piece of art captivates the viewer and holds
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settlement for Sydney was Sydney Cove. Stage 1: 1788-1860 (walk to work) 80‚000 lived in Sydney. People had to live near workplaces. Residential areas at the time included The Rocks‚ Woolloomooloo and Pyrmont. Stage 2: 1860-90 (the railway era) By 1880‚ Sydney had spread south and west. This suburbanisation was made possible by: Development of the tramways Development of the railways With the opening of the Harbour Bridge in 1932‚ suburbanisation spread
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Scientific management is a theory of management that began with Frederick Winslow Taylor in the 1880s and 1890s his theory examined and manufactured workflows. His main theory’s objective was improving economic efficiency‚ especially labour productivity. It was one of the earliest attempts to apply science to the engineering of processes and to management. Its peak of influence that came not too many years after he put forward his theory was still dominant but had begun an era of competition with
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sectors. By the turn of the century those laws were called the Jim Crow laws‚ both north and south. Between the 1880s and the 1960s the laws expanded. Jim Crow‚ within the context of this unit‚ refers to the official discrimination against or segregation of African Americans. Jim Crow legislation was officially instituted by the southern states when racial attitudes hardened in the 1890’s‚ shortly
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1700s- All 3 Muslim empires were in decline Central gov’t lost control over powerful groups: Landowning nobles Military elites Urban craft guilds Widespread corruption Muslim scholars & religious leaders Allied with the state Helped stir discontent against gov’t Faced threats from Western imperialists Rise of Muslim Reform Movements 1700s-1800s in Africa & Asia Stressed religious piety Emphasized strict rules of behavior Usman dan Fodio- reforms of Muslim practices in northern Africa
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