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    This scripture led to the demolition of cultures and different groups of people all throughout history. The Bible is written and is tangible evidence while the ways of older religions held by the aboriginal people was only passed down by mouth. It wasn’t something that was tangible‚ so therefore it was inferior to that of the Bible. It was easier to

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    Beginning in 1800s America began a mission of western expansion. Americans knew that they wanted to expand and grow. The Monroe Doctrine was a foreign policy that regarded domination in the America’s‚ issued in 1823. This policy said that future efforts by the European nations to colonize land and interfere on American soil will be viewed as an act of aggression. This would require U.S intervention. Many Historians felt that the Monroe Doctrine enabled Americans to move west because no other countries

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    Irish Stereotyping In The Late 1800’s Published in Puck‚ America’s first successful comedic magazine containing several types of cartoons‚ on June 26‚ 1889 a cartoon entitled “The Mortar Of Assimilation And The One Element That Just Won’t Mix” clearly shows an Irishman rebelling against the rest of the American crowd with a knife in his hand‚ expressing violence‚ and possibly alcoholism. Through further research I found that how poorly the Irish were treated during this time period. The cartoon

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    British Government passed a Factory Act to improve conditions for children working in factories. Explain the developments that led to safer conditions for children. The Industrial revolution is perhaps the most significant period of change in modern history. It took place from the 18th and 19th century and was the start of a technological revolution that primarily affected rural societies in Europe and America. During the Industrial Revolution‚ there was a great demand for labor. Families in rural areas

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    of this many African Americans moved to the West were mining was booming. Big businesses supported the miners leaving the farmers on their own and isolated. When the government got rid of the greenbacks farmers and debtors 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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    Child Labor In The 1800s

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    Irish immigrants immigrated to America which gave way to many new child workers. Child immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe came later and also had to work to earn money for the family in the new world. POVERTY. Laws In the 1900’s 18% of American workers were under 16 years old! Eventually someone finally convinced the government to have safe laws passed for child labor. The jobs were given out based on gender and age. These were some of the laws passed for child labor: 1. No child under

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    Equality In The 1800's

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    Equality is an important issue today all across the world. Without women’s suffragists who fought for gender equality in the 1800’s‚ when women weren’t even allowed to vote‚ the world would be even farther behind. The passing of the nineteenth amendment has positively benefited modern society by granting women their right to influence the government and enforcing the idea that men and women of all kinds are equal. The nineteenth amendment to the constitution has positively benefited modern society

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    Inventions In The 1800s

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    Daily Lives New inventions change our live on a daily basis. Whether it is the new version of a washing- machine or a new cure for a disease that they have discovered‚ we are sure to never have a dull moment in the modern world. Over the years we have experienced many new inventions and many interesting periods of discoveries‚ but not one quite as dynamic as the 20th century. I think the reason these specific times’ inventions were so important‚ is that it was the beginning of everything. All the

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    Gangs In The 1800's

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    When the word “gang” is mentioned the first thought that comes to mind is a person wearing baggy clothes‚ a bandana across the forehead and tattoos all over the body. That is a stereotype. Obviously back when gangs were first initiated in the 1800’s they did not dress like that. Not all gangs are associated with colors‚ signs or names. A gang is defined as a group of criminals or a number of people forming a group (www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary). In fact the word “gang” actually originated from

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    Shortly after 1492 when Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue‚ death ravaged the great empires and civilizations that the Aztecs and Incas built. Women‚ children‚ and the rich culture suffered at the hands of the Spaniards. Despite all of the destruction‚ it lead to what many call today‚ Latin America. However‚ not just one event created Latin America‚ it was a large collection of many. All of the events that happened after 1492 were due to a difference of knowledge‚ technology‚ and immunity

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