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    There were numerous advancements in the medical world in England throughout the 1800’s. Many things that are being used in hospitals today were developed in this time period‚ such as anesthesia‚ x-rays‚ and many other things. The Germ Theory was an important discovery for the medical field in the 19th century. Louis Pasteur proved that the souring of milk was caused by living organisms. He would boil liquids known to ferment in a “swan necked flask” and let them cool‚ he found that none of them

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    Women’s Rights Movement Women’s rights are basic human rights. They should not be controversial. They should not only be applied to men and women‚ but to every race and nationality. Back then‚ they didn’t think so. In the 1800s‚ white men were the only people with rights. Women were not allowed to vote‚ own land‚ have a job‚ or have an education. But they were allowed to be at home and take care of the kids‚ chores‚ cooking‚ cleaning‚ and all the responsibilities. They started working‚ meeting‚ and

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    Society has matured immensely since the early 1800s. People have become more accepting towards all personality types‚ especially towards women. Back then women were ruled by men. Their sole purpose was to cook‚ clean‚ reproduce‚ look and act flawless‚ and take orders. An online article reads: “Let not love begin on your part” (Week). All their inheritance. if had any‚ unpreventable went to her husband. But great manners were expected. Today‚ stay-at-home moms don’t always get completely dressed

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    The agrarian era ended in the early 1800’s to give rise to the industrial revolution (Healey‚ 2003). This new society wasn’t centered on land but instead industry and commerce. It was the market and the owner ship of capital wealth that dominated in this Paternalistic society. This new economy had no place for slaves in it‚ with the majority of labor being placed in cities and the increasing difficulty of the labor. The age of man and machine pushed out the old ways of dominant-minority relations

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    Hand Labor In The 1800s

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    useful as laborers because their size allowed them to move in small spaces in factories or mines where adults couldn’t fit‚ children were easier to manage and control and perhaps most importantly‚ children could be paid less than adults." - History staff In the 1800’s‚ Factories began to appear everywhere in the United States‚ because of machines that could now replace the majority of hand labor jobs for making most manufactured items‚ the factory owners also had new people to run their machines.

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    Criminal Law In The 1800s

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    have two noteworthy contrasts. In the first place‚ graduate schools at that point did not more often than not require any past schoolwork. Second‚ in 1850 the standard graduate school educational modules could be finished in one year. Later in the 1800s numerous graduate schools initiated two-year programs. The fundamental on-screen characters in the government and state court frameworks are the men and ladies who fill in as judges and judges. What attributes do these individuals have that recognize

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    Factories in the North In the 1800’s the working conditions were harsh and unfair. By the mid-1800’s‚ more and more things were made by machines. Clothes‚ guns‚ watches‚ shoes‚ and farming machines were made by machines. By the 1840’s the average workday was 11.4 hours. The workers were very tired and have a huge chance of getting injured because many factory machines moved quickly. Workers‚ especially children‚ were often hurt by their machines. Factories had no cooling or heating systems. During

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    Women In The 1800's

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    which eventually came to be a great issue to women. Women’s questioning of their equality helped spark the beginning of the Woman’s Right’s Movement. This paper will go over how women were paid significantly less than men during the 1800’s‚how most women in the 1800’s got married to men for financial stability‚ how women were more decorative and sentimental‚ women’s entrance to the world of politics‚ and some different viewpoints of women earning more rights in general. This movement had abundant

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    Squatting During The 1800s

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    Squatting occurs when a person wrongfully settles on the real property of another without permission. Squatting was encouraged by the United States government during the early 1800s as a means to bolster land settlement in the western part of the country. Statutes referred to as “Squatter’s Rights” or “preemption laws” provided incentives to squatters by granting preemptive rights to them over others seeking to purchase the land. The Federal Homesteading Act of 1862 continued to support squatting

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    course of a couple hundred years‚ many things can change‚ and surprisingly‚ some will stay constant. Take East Asia for example‚ between 1200 CE and 1400 CE the region was under the rule of three different dynasties (Song‚ Yuan‚ and Ming). Between 1492 and 1750‚ culture was spread through the Atlantic World (Western Europe‚ Western Africa‚ and the Eastern Americas) through trade and socialization. These interactions caused socio economic transformation due to the introduction of new crops‚ weapons

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