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    In the 19th century one can see an increased amount of curiosity‚ discovery and knowledge‚ but that suddenly didn’t appear out of nowhere. Real scientific discoveries were brought to life and proven by observation and experiments unlike the answers people before them had thought. Questions about the universe were all explained by divine intervention‚ karma‚ or just bad luck in the 18th century. Lots of “answers” were more of less theoretical than based on actual observations. People made up reasons

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    Allie Peter Romantic 19th Century Painting 11/12/12 The 19th century was welcomed with a flourish of new ideas. One of the drastic changes was the development of romanticism in art‚ especially in paintings. Romanticism includes features of artistic intellect‚ nature‚ industrialization‚ life‚ nobility‚ and a lot of emotion recorded through art. Many romantic artists created their works focusing on the negativity of industrialization‚ regarding the industrial revolution. These paintings often

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    finds its roots in the innovations and inventions of the entrepreneurs in the 19th century. To give one a perspective of how influential 19th century inventions are to American life‚ one billion seven hundred thousand servings of Coke are consumed ever day. These inventions have allowed companies obtain so much dominance that the American life would be vastly different without them‚ despite being created two centuries ago. Even in our modern society‚ Americans are still influenced‚ controlled‚ and

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    Jennifer Schultze History 417 T/TH February 17th 2017 Response #1 The U.S. West during the 19th century was a frontier built on hope‚ opportunities‚ and dreams. The idea of white masculinity on the frontier portrayed by cowboys in dime novels misrepresents the diverse population of the U.S. West. Popular culture has suppressed the rich history of diversity in the region. For many minorities‚ the frontier offered job opportunities‚ religious freedom‚ escape from segregation‚ the chance to own land

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    people do. It can be physical‚ mental‚ or educational. Disability rights didn’t always exist though. Ever since the 19th century‚ there were tons of problems and arguments before the U.S. finally made their decision about how to treat such a subject. I still don’t think their decision is fair though. I feel strongly about this issue because it hits close to home. In the early 19th century‚ two lovely people‚ Thomas Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc‚ came up with the beautiful idea to create the American School

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    Nineteenth Century Hygiene and the Wash Basin Stand The households of the nineteenth century were the domestic domain of the woman‚ and how she would adorned her home‚ along with what necessities she sought to include within it‚ were a focus of her initial household planning. Along with items chosen for décor‚ to make the home life pleasurable‚ she would also chose items of necessity; those that were for domestic needs like stoves‚ tables‚ chairs‚ beds and one intended for hygiene‚ the wash basin

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    19th Century Liberalism

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    Nationalism as a radical idea of the early 19th century was destined to have an enormous influence in the modern world. In this ideology we find some points standing out‚ firstly nationalism has normally evolved from a real or imagined cultural unity supporting itself especially in a common language‚ history‚ and territory. Nationalists also have usually sought to turn this cultural unity into political reality and modern nationalism had its immediate impact in the French Revolution and the Napoleonic

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    There was a great deal of Imperialism in the 19th century‚ led by mostly westerners from Europe. Imperialism is the act in which one nation extends its rule over another. Imperialism had a substantial effect on the 19th century throughout the entire world by bringing upon changes to many different countries‚ for better and for worse‚ especially to Africa. Prior to the nineteenth century‚ westerners did interfere with many of the affairs of nations outside of their boarders‚ so signs of imperialism

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    An analysis of Fathers and Sons and Russian society in 19th century Russian society drastically changing in 19th century due to the “abolishment of the serfdom’’. In the middle of the 19th century Alexander II came to power and he thoroughly abolished serfdom in Russia which “ending the monopoly of landed aristocracy’’. The abolishment of the serfdom had a huge impact towards changing of the Russian society in 19th century because it “pushes the free labor to the cities’’ as well as

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    19th Century Imperialism

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    The era of the nineteenth century imperialism was a significant turning point in women’s fashion. Many of fashion changes happened all across the world. Nineteenth century was a time where new technologies were being invented to make the clothing manufacturing task easier and less time consuming. One of the most important inventions was the paper patterns for at home dress making. Paper patterns were invented in 1840 to make it easier to construct articles of clothing on a basic level no matter your

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