Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier spoke of the truth “As the 19th century was that of the United States‚ so I think the 20th century shall be filled by Canada.” Canada gained recognition worldwide during the 20th century as a powerful country which helped our country to grow as a whole. Canadian victories during the First World War put Canada on the map‚ Vimy Ridge; where pride and awareness of our country and its strength was born. The Last Hundred Days‚ the sense of nationalism grew as Canadians become
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Art in the First Decade is conceptual‚ philosophical and very conscious of its reception. Two prominent artists featured in the ‘ 21st Century: Art in the First Decade’ at the Gallery of Modern Art are Nathalie Djurberg and Ah Xian. (GoMA‚ 2011) Djurberg is a Swedish artist who lives and works in Berlin‚ explores themes of fantasy‚ dreams and sexuality through stop motion animation. Xian is a Chinese artist living in Australia who combines traditional Chinese materials and techniques with a contemporary
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Major Causes for Imperialism in the Late 19th and 20th Centuries With the growth of new technology after the Industrial Revolution‚ new technology allowed European nations to begin to expand their control over lesser countries. Many people wanted to gain these lands for a variety of reasons. First of all‚ with new lands added to major countries‚ the economy would be able to expand. Secondly‚ many Europeans wanted more land so that their country could achieve national greatness. Thirdly‚ as greater
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Early 20th Century Origins New Balance was founded in 1906 in Belmont‚ Massachusetts‚ where the company began operations as The New Balance Arch Company. Initially‚ the company manufactured arch supports and orthopedic shoes and‚ in fact‚ for much of the 20th century it continued to focus on this narrow‚ niche-oriented business line‚ rarely expanding and never moving beyond the boundaries of its native state. Like its physical growth‚ The New Balance Arch Company’s financial growth occurred at
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Towards the end of the 19th century and early 20th century‚ Chicago was one of the most desirable cities for immigration. It had railway access and ports and its slaughterhouse and industrial business provided for unskilled workers. Most immigration to Chicago started in or near the 1830s to 1850s. In the 1840s‚ large amounts of Irish immigrants came to Chicago because of the Great Potato Famine in Ireland. Large numbers of Germans‚ Irish‚ Swedes‚ Norwegians‚ Canadians‚ Czechs‚ Poles‚ Greeks‚ and
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The United States changed from a largely rural‚ agrarian civilization to an industrial economy focused on big cities in the course of a few decades in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During this period‚ the number of native-born people migrating from rural to urban areas increased‚ but the influx of immigrants into cities far outstripped the speed of domestic migration. The population of foreign-born people rose from about 7 million to just under 14 million between 1880 and 1920. However
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Tyler Bartel History 202 2/22/11 3. The Standard of living changed with the production of mass produced goods. Before 1900 luxuries such as ready-made clothing were only accessible to the rich but when machines were able to mass produce these items it made them available to the common man. The mechanization increased wages and business but the downside to this was corporations could monopolize an industry which made it extremely hard for small businesses. Another big change in this time period
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Diversity and immigration have played a major role in Canada’s past‚ present and future‚ creating global strength and unity. Canada has become very well known for being a multicultural nation made up of many ethnicities‚ however this did not exist up until the second World War (WWII). It was during that period of time that the world realized how devastating discrimination can be and how important it is to be accepting of all races. Previously‚ Canada also showed discrimination against its immigrants
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Public Health in the 19th and 20th Centuries Before modern medicine and hygiene‚ infectious diseases were much more common and much more dangerous than they are today. This is because with a combined lack of hygiene and proper medical practice‚ bacteria were able to spread rapidly and were harder to contain. This caused for a number of epidemics and outbreaks to occur before major advancements of modern medicine took place in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. One of the most common and fatal
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Andy Warhol’s Moonwalk exemplifies how pop art took inspiration from cultural trends and in this case from the events of the cold war and the space race. The image envisions the exiting moment when man first stepped on the moon‚ using a technique known as screen printing to capture the dynamic composition. Moonwalk was painted by Andy Warhol in the year 1987 only months before his death. It is currently located in the Huntsville Museum of Art‚ near the NASA Marshall Space flight center. The centre
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