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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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUSINESS‚ 12(1)‚ 2007 ISSN: 1083−4346 General Electric Performance over a Half Century: Evaluation of Effects of Leadership and Other Strategic Factors by Quantitative Case Analysis Richard H. Frankea‚ Anthony J. Mentob‚ Steve M. Prumoc‚ and Timothy W. Edlundd abc Department of Management and International Business‚ The Sellinger School‚ Loyola College; 4501 North Charles St.‚ Baltimore‚ MD 21210 rfranke@loyola.edu‚ amento@loyola.edu‚ steve.prumo@verizon.net
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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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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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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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The Act’s of Racism In The 20th Century Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou were very well known authors of the early 20th century. Most of their writings were concerned with racism and equality. During that time period there was much evidence that African Americans had been treated unfairly‚ unjustly‚ and as if they had been beneath the whites. Segregation of schools‚ churches‚ bathrooms‚ and stores were only a few of the many things wrong with this ere. Racism was very apparent in the two
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Chapter 16: Life at the Turn of the 20th Century ***New Technologies improve urban living and a modern mass culture emerges. Reforms in Public education raise literacy rates; African Americans work to end legal discrimination. Advances in science and technology help solve Urban problems‚ including overcrowding‚ unsanitary conditions‚ and death*** Section 1: Science and Urban Life: * Urban Planners- Mapped out plans for where buildings and companies would be constructed based on what was
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KKK "In world history‚ those who have helped to build the same culture are not necessarily of one race‚ and those of the same race have not all participated in one culture. In scientific language‚ culture is not a function of race" (Benedict). The sad fact is that many races are discriminated against. Discrimination is defined as the act of perceiving and making evident the distinctions between two different groups of people. There have been many groups that have been very discriminating‚ but
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Connecting Industrialization to Imperialism During the times of the 19th and 20th centuries‚ global development was at a steady to rapid increase. To provided background on the subject‚ industrialization and imperialism were a vital part in world history. Originated in Britain‚ the industrial revolution marked an new era as it (What todays people observe and obtain from texts‚ articles‚ and other sources is that both industrialism and imperialism play large roles in the advancements of the different
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In the 19th and 20th century‚ Latin America went through a huge period of progress when it came to gender norms and patriarchy. Prior to this time‚ the majority of households in Latin America had a very defined patriarchy‚ with men as protectors and providers. Women who could afford to stay at home usually did ‚ caring for children and tending to the home. However‚ into the 20th century‚ we start to see more women not only getting educations‚ but also seeing the importance of education for their
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