19th and 20th Century composers: Claude Debussy‚ Igor Stravinsky‚ and Bela Bartok Many composers existed during the 19th and 20th centuries who defied the principles of common practice tonality. In my opinion‚ Claude Debussy‚ Igor Stravinsky‚ and Bela Bartok are great examples of composers who often refused to follow the norms. Each of them created new compositional methods and structures and each had their own reasons for doing so. In the end‚ their innovation and originality is what has kept
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The Constitution is the living document of the well-known American rights. It starts the long list of all the respectable rules with the famous line “We the People”. What some people may not know‚ is that “We the People” didn’t apply to 69% of the country. The Constitution gives “the people” their rights and their power which means that the people that are left out of it‚ don’t have rights in America. In this case‚ women. Women were vital parts of America. They could do jobs and work in the workforce
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The leading causes of death have changed considerably over the 20th century. Heart disease‚ cancer‚ cerebrovascular disease‚ chronic obstructive lung disease‚ and unintentional injuries have been the 5 out of 10 leading causes of death since 2000. By the year 2000‚ tuberculosis‚ gastroenteritis‚ and diphtheria have fallen off the list of the top 10 diseases in 1900 and deaths from influenza and pneumonia dropped from first to seventh position on the list. The increase in crude rates for heart disease
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African American Athletes in the 20th Century The world of sports wasn’t always the fun and games that we see today. In the 21st century the world of sports is decorated with many talented African American athletes from soccer‚ to hockey‚ to basketball‚ to baseball. African American athletes in the 20th century had to fight through the race barrier and face up against unbeatable odds to be able to do what they love. Jackie Robinson‚ Jack Johnson‚ and Jesse Owens are all African American athletes
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By the turn of the 20th century mass transit had coalesced around electric power for street railways‚ subways‚ elevated railways and for interurban railways of around one-hundred miles or less. Animal and cable traction systems had already undergone mass conversions to electricity or been abandoned altogether where the financial investment was proving unworthy. Steam powered locomotives drove long distance railroads; by 1890 there was in excess of 130‚000 miles of mainline track in service. In the
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Several conflicts in the 19th and 20th centuries contributed to the shaping of the American identity in separate ways that eventually led up to the America that we know today‚ that is still changing politically‚ socially‚ and economically. Conflicts including the Spanish-American War‚ WWI‚ and the Roosevelt Corollary all changed greatly how the American identity is seen both domestically and internationally. These conflicts caused us to see ourselves as more powerful‚ however‚ more unstable. Other
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"Robber Barons" Long hours‚ dangerous work conditions‚ and low wages are just a few words to describe the treatment of workers at the turn of the 20th century. This was all in the hands of some powerful industrialist we refer to as "robber barons". There can be no mistaking their motives: wealth. It portrays men like Vanderbilt‚ Rockefeller‚ Pullman‚ Ford and cruel and ruthless businessmen who would stop at nothing to achieve great wealth.They cared little about the lives and treatment of those
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In the early 20th century‚ the Progressive Movement of Era had a global social activism and political support and change across the United States. The goals they wanted to target were to seek to return control of the government to the people‚ political machines‚ restore economic opportunities‚ and to correct injustice. Muckrakers‚ such as Thomas Nast‚ Jacob Riis‚ U. Sinclair‚ F. Kelly‚ helped cities for better places to live‚ which was prohibition. Since‚ 1848 the National American Woman Suffrage
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the act of a dominant country wielding its power to control a weaker and less developed area. Colonies‚ conquests‚ and economic exploitations are a few examples of imperialism. A numerous amount of countries were imperialistic during the 19th and 20th century‚ such as Britain‚ France‚ Germany‚ and Italy. Many of these countries occupied territory in Africa to collect valuable exports such as ivory‚ rubber‚ diamonds‚ and gold. The imperialist oppression of many countries led to numerous resistances and
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countries imperialized‚ or “extended control and influence over the political or economic life of other nations”(“imperialism.”) for their own selfish desires‚ which often resulted in harming the cultures of the native peoples in the 19th and 20th centuries . They imposed western ideas on the natives and destroyed the native culture. Britain evaded many counties like India and China. Although they said they were trying to help the inferior‚ they really were extending their power to other places for
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