Although the United States began as a mainly agrarian society‚ it quickly transitioned into one of the world’s biggest industrial powers in the early nineteenth century through to the twentieth century. This transition brought about a massive societal and economical shift‚ especially for women. Industrialization led to a bigger female workforce‚ and provided women with means to begin their fight towards independence. This essay will discuss if industrialization in the United States brought about
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Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial Ladd-Whitney Monument It was April 19‚ 1995 at 9:03 that the lives of thousands were affected by one single explosion. The explosion took the lives of 168 men‚ women‚ and children. The explosion physically injured 600 individuals and emotionally injured numerous amounts of people around the world. The explosion took place at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma. A staff writer for a newspaper was quoted stating " the bomb was color blind" ( Yumi
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United States Army. He was Secretary of State under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African American to serve in that position. During his military career‚ Powell also served as National Security Advisor (1987–1989)‚ as Commander of the U.S. Army Forces Command (1989) and as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989–1993)‚ holding the latter position during the Persian Gulf War. He was the first‚ and so far the only‚ African American to serve on
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From The Harbinger‚ an 1830’s newspaper Female Workers of Lowell (1836) We have lately visited the cities of Lowell [Mass.] and Manchester [N.H.] and have had an opportunity of examining the factory system more closely than before. We had distrusted the accounts which we had heard from persons engaged in the labor reform now beginning to agitate New England. We could scarcely credit the statements made in relation to the exhausting nature of the labor in the mills‚ and to the manner in which the
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Alissa Nasett English Composition II Jack Kerouac and The Beatniks: Go On the Road with the Beat Generation. The end of World War two started the conformity and a conservative mindset in the American people. The majority of young people’s goals in life were to marry‚ move to suburbs‚ and be financially successful. The beat generation had a different idea‚ they were a young group of men who were against the "American dream" that the rest of society so strongly desired. These men were Jack Kerouac
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but at Lowell‚ that’s not enough to go anywhere. In a school where all the students are extremely talented or hard working‚ just passing won’t get you into a UC. Even students with 3.7 or 3.8 gpas were rejected by UCs. If they went to any other school they would have got in most if not all the UCs. Going to Lowell lowered their chances of going to a good UC‚ but they had some of the best teachers‚ were offered plenty of classes‚ and they were all truly pushed to their limits at Lowell. Lowell offered
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In “The First Snowfall”‚ the narrator is a father that tells the reader of his observations of the snow. He later tells the reader that he has a daughter buried in the Mt. Auburn Cemetery. “Flake by Flake‚ healing and hiding” (Lowell 317) is a line that shows the deeper meaning behind the narrator’s feelings. The narrator takes steps at a time to get over the death of his love one because this death held a strong effect on the narrator. The step that the narrator took was kissing
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Prior to the Industrial Revolution‚ which began in Britain in the late 1700s‚ manufacturing was often done in people’s homes‚ using hand tools or basic machines. Industrialization marked a shift to powered‚ special-purpose machinery‚ factories and mass production. The iron and textile industries‚ along with the development of the steam engine‚ played central roles in the Industrial Revolution‚ which also saw improved systems of transportation‚ communication and banking. While industrialization brought
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The antebellum era held many beneficial innovations for the United States. The Market Revolution led to improvements in both travel and technology that guided America to become a more productive nation. More opportunities became available to all Americans which led to growth and prosperity of the people. The Market Revolution was beneficial to America in every way possible. When the term “Market Revolution” is heard‚ the first thing many people associate it with is Eli Whitney’s Cotton
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reflector‚ he sent drawings of Jupiter and Mars to astronomers at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff Arizona for comments. They were so impressed with his work that they offered him a job. The Lowell observatory was working on the construction of a telescope with a 13 inch telescope and needed someone to take pictures and document the findings in a search for “Planet X”. The existence of Planet X was predicted by astronomer Percival Lowell who died in 1913. Tombaugh’s meticulous nature made him perfect
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