Women´s in the 19th Century European and American women in the nineteenth century lived in an age characterized by gender inequality. At the beginning of the century‚ women enjoyed few of the legal‚ social‚ or political rights that are now taken for granted in western countries: they could not vote‚ could not sue or be sued‚ could not testify in court‚ had extremely limited control over personal property after marriage‚ were rarely granted legal custody of their children in cases of divorce‚ and
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as a world power during the early 20th century. Presidential policies during this time period were the foundation of the U.S.’s role as a world power. The conflict in the Philippines was evidence of the U.S.’s ability to crush uprising and control a territory. The Spanish-American War demonstrates the U.S.’s role as a world power. Although the U.S. was only about a century old it’s influence drastically affected the whole world. Presidents during the 20th century developed and relied on many different
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In this essay I will discuss the advantages of mass immigration at the turn of the 20th century‚ such as the influx of fresh labor into the American workforce and the reawakening of America’s social consciousness. I will then reconcile the advantages of old mass immigration with that of today’s migrant populations who are revitalizing rural America with economic growth and labor surplus. The turn of the 20th century brought great change to the cultural landscape of America. By 1900‚ over 39.7 percent
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twentieth century shared many similarities and differences to that of previous American expansionist ideals. In both cases of American expansionism‚ the Americans believed that we must expand our borders in order to keep the country running upright. Also‚ the Americans believed that the United States was the strongest of nations‚ and that they could take any land they pleased. This is shown in the "manifest destiny" of the 1840’s and the "Darwinism" of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Apart from
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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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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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Prior to 1900’s * Unequal Treaties unfair for China * Qing Dynasty (1644 1912) * 1842: War over trade Britons want to trade Chinese opium for their tea C don’t want opium B and C battle it out C lose disastrously leads to Treaty of Nanjing: B gets Hong Kong starts to take over parts of China * extraterritoriality: citizens of ruling country abide by their own country’s laws * Most Favored Nation status: * 1844: Treaty of Whampoa French open up
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Abstract Many great innovations that benefited people came to earth in the 19th and 20th century. These new creations vastly improved people’s way of lives by making things easier and faster to do while some provide news and knowledge in a flash. The amazing ideas were formulated by brilliant inventors so that they could address the current needs to prevent time consuming tasks and at the same time deliver good results. Through these notable wonders which we often use were the computer‚ television
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Dehumanization is the best way to describe colonialism that took place in Africa from the 19th and into the 20th century. It has a long history of oppression and effects‚ and Africa proved to have been shaped by imperialistic powers that ruled over them during the 19th and into the 20th century. This era left ideological‚ political‚ social‚ economic‚ and psychological impacts of colonialism on the African continent‚ and the people living within it shows the byproduct of what foreign authorities manipulated
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World War II was a war in the 20th Century that had an everlasting impact. An event that was associated with World War II that had a significant impact on the 20th Century was Pearl Harbor. The Japanese launched a surprise air attack on the United States’ Naval Base at Pearl Harbor‚ which is located in Hawaii. This attack occurred on the morning of December 7‚ 1941. Many were asleep‚ eating breakfast‚ or getting reading for church when the explosions started. Despite the surprise of the bombs
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