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    Many white Christians have believed in being racially and religiously dominate since the early 1000s. Globalization has spread through European colonization‚ leading to the expansion of white supremacy‚ along with racial and religious discrimination towards Muslims‚ Jews‚ Asians‚ and Africans in Western societies. White people have used multiple forms of segregation including the Nuremburg law in Germany during the 1930s-1940s‚ the Jim Crow laws in the southern United States during the late 1800s

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    Nationalism was an important factor of the 19th century. During this time period‚ the map of europe started to transformed into the map of europe we know today. This is was what was known as ‘’romantic nationalism’’ that swept over the continent. New countries were formed such as germany and italy. Because of this common national identity‚ smaller nations were formed. The rise of imperialism and colonialism took place in germany. Germany would dealt with the latter stages of ‘’scramble to africa’’

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    Historical Developments for Women in the 19th Century Bert Jackson HIS 204 March 05‚ 2012 Tim Johnston Historical Developments for Women in the 19th Century American women today are afforded many rights. They are thought of as equal to their male counterparts. This hasn’t always been the case. Women had to fight for the rights that are often taken for granted. In the 19th century‚ America experienced changes that expanded the role of women. Women were needed to help carve out

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    Wohl (1983) gave a well researched historical account of public health and development in Britain from the middle of the 19th century to the early 20th century. The devastating poverty and poor physical health of most of the population‚ lucidly described by the author‚ were horrendous. At the beginning of the Victorian period few people were free from disease‚ stench and impure water. The marked socioeconomic differences‚ intolerable living conditions and poor working conditions (although not a

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    the California and Oregon. High wages‚ and later‚ gold‚ stimulated immigrants to pursue their fortunes in America. And above all‚ America supposedly had peace. Wars‚ famines‚ and revolutions rocked the world‚ but in the early to middle nineteenth century‚ America stayed relatively peaceful. Immigrants frequently found their monetary dreams realized in America‚ but when times got hard they often met ridicule and discrimination from people there. Although large numbers of Germans‚ Irish‚ and Chinese

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    Question #2 pg. 25 The working conditions for women in the late 19th century were exhausting‚ unjust and unacceptable. The working conditions varied depending on the position that each woman held. The managers of these factories expected near perfection from the women in the workplace and they were heavily fined or severely punished for anything they did that the managers did not see fit such as eating‚ talking‚ or singing. The women that worked in the factories during this time period worked

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    Agrarian Discontent and the 19th Century America‚ like any other nation‚ has always relied heavily on agriculture. Differing from other nations‚ however‚ is the problems that agriculture has created through America’s short history. It can be argued that the Civil War was started by agriculture; the South developed as an agricultural dependent region‚ while the North developed as a industrial region; creating two distinct‚ almost separate cultures. Some twenty years after the Civil War‚ new problems

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    Prison Reform in the 19th Century So‚ every time I re-read a source or try to write‚ I keep thinking back to what I am actually trying to argue. I’ve finally figured out my argument: Hawthorne portrayed Hollingsworth as a failure because he did not believe in the prison reform efforts of the time. I came to this through looking at a lot of parallels in my sources‚ and finding different reasons for why my hypothesis is true. The two types of prison reform in the early 1800s were meant to reform

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    sea of angry people engulfed the street‚ yelling‚ cursing‚ and waving their fists in malice. Sweaty‚ calloused hands grasped tattered pieces of cardboard that read: “We deserve better pay!” “Americans before foreigners!” Even a number of scrawny children assumed a part in the riot‚ viciously waving signs proclaiming‚ “We want to go to school!” Threateningly‚ the mob surrounded the affluent home of a local cotton mill owner‚ a man who dared to hire Irish immigrants as a replacement for the mill

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    Assignment 1: Comparative Article Review Due: October 4th‚ 2010 The Evolution of Sanitation: How 19th Century Decision Makers Influenced Today’s Innovation By: Ryan Parkinson I. Introduction By the late 1800’s‚ the method of sewage treatment became a heated issue of debate among members of political parties. At the time‚ the belief was that poor health was a matter of fate. Health promoters‚ however‚ argued that‚ “disease arose from correctable environmental causes.”[i] Until the mid

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