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    American Life In The 1800s

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    “Humanity made its first tentative steps into an industrial way of life that would‚ over the next two centuries‚ forever change the world” (Jeremy Rifkin). Even though industry would help humanity advance into new frontiers‚ people during the 1500s placed most of their energy into farming and agriculture because it was the main source of profits at the time. Depending on where a farmer lived‚ they would grow different products or they owned livestock. For the most part‚ the North raised livestock

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    He made he work look effortless but in reality it is was difficult and hard to master. He had people who inspired him a lot including the teaching of his father. Mozart was prodigy‚ and no one was like him. He was one of 3 people who change the music during the classical period . He also was genius as an infant . Mozart’s opera “ Don Giovanni” shows how his work was really unique as‚ thru this opera it told a story of a man who was troublemaker and was always finding ways not to get

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    There were numerous advancements in the medical world in England throughout the 1800’s. Many things that are being used in hospitals today were developed in this time period‚ such as anesthesia‚ x-rays‚ and many other things. The Germ Theory was an important discovery for the medical field in the 19th century. Louis Pasteur proved that the souring of milk was caused by living organisms. He would boil liquids known to ferment in a “swan necked flask” and let them cool‚ he found that none of them

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    In the 1800s people with mental illness were thought to be insane. Patients were placed inside institutes similar to a prison they were beaten and abused as a way of trying to cure them. Some families would try and take care of their ill family member(s) to avoid treatment at an institution. Though workers of the institute had tried to keep the ways of treatment secretive; many people did not know of the treatment in Mental institutes and had been curious about what it was like for those inside of

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    I think Plantation Life in the 1800s in Hawaii was tremendously hard and miserable‚ and unfair to everyone. For example living conditions in Hawaii were bad and unsanitary. Another example could be that working conditions weren’t easy and it was a miserable job. Finally racism was also a problem of what you did and how much you get paid. My first reason would be that living conditions were bad and unsanitary. For example Two couples will share 10 foot square room that had a kitchen and a homemade

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    Penny Press In The 1800s

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    The Penny Press was developed during a very dynamic and colorful period in American history. In the early 1800s‚ newspapers were biased and controlled by political parties that only reported on political news. Social‚ economic‚political and cultural conditions created a new form of journalism which began during the penny press. For once readers were able to read a newspaper and not just view it. This new press refelcted the new politics going on in America. Many historians believed that the nations

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    U.S. Economy in 1800s

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    The scale of textile factories changed during this period. The small mills with a few dozen spindles and looms that characterized the initial period of the industry gave way to larger complexes. This pattern began with the Boston Associates complex at Waltham‚ Massachusetts. Waltham itself soon appeared small as the Boston Associates developed Lowell on the Merrimac River. The population of Lowell increased from 2‚500 in 1826 to 35‚000 in 1850. The Lowell Machine Shop became a center for innovation

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    Political Machines In the 1800’s the process of industrialization began in the U.S. The creation of many new inventions and the economic structure of this era made this possible. This caused millions of people to migrate to the United States from different country’s in search of better paying jobs‚ and a better living standard. The excessive growth of people in city’s and the diversity between rich and poor in this society were the main benefactors to the rise of political machines. This

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    Their use of a new tool and their professional training allowed such man-midwives to claim that they were more scientific than their female ‘competitors’. It was through nursing that women first made significant inroads into formal medical practice. Changes in nursing started with the hospital and prison reformers of the late 1700s. New training for nurses became available‚ notably at the Deaconess Institute at Kaiserworth in Germany (1836)‚ which influenced Florence Nightingale. Nightingale reorganised

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    versatility and deadly effects. A halberd has many functions to it. The axe is used for hacking opponents‚ the spike is used for thrusting‚ and the beak was used for pulling enemies from saddles. In the 1500s the halberd was used for battle by shock troops‚ German‚ and Swiss mercenaries. By the end of the 1500s the use of halberds in warfare became little‚ they ending up being used as a ceremonial for palace guards. The halberd I picked was a Parade Halberd (from the state guard of Elector Christian I of

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