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    disease had very little chance of survival and were all too often subjected to excruciating and brutal breast augmentation surgeries‚ even when much of the time they were already terminal and the surgery made no difference at all. Robert Shadle and James S. Olson’s story about our ill fated heroin Nabby Smith recants a particularly horrifying fight with this villain of a disease at a time when medical knowledge was limited‚ and Breast Cancer posed an imminent threat to the lives of otherwise healthy middle

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    As the North and South developed in the early 1800s they soon grew to be vastly different. Their ideologies on social issues and economy issues ranged greatly. As times went on‚ the north became increasingly more urban and industrial. They relied on factories and manufacturing to fuel their economy. The north seeked cheap labor from needy immigrants and began to out produce the farming based south. The cities that developed in the North became centers of trade. As mass production began‚ so did

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    great-grandparents did? Think about what your family was doing in the 1800s. Were they wealthy? Did they live in the North or South? In 1850‚ the plantations were becoming a big controversy that everyone talked about. What if you had family that was a wealthy plantation owner of the South? Slavery in the United States was the biggest conflict in the 1800s. However‚ the people who owned these slaves put them through horrific conditions lived their own lavish lives. These slave owners lived on acres of

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    The social structure of 1800s Russia was a rigid hierarchy. According to the 1879 census 82% of the population were peasants‚ 4% was the working class‚ 1.5% were the middle classes‚ and 12.5% were the upper classes. The peasants were small farmers that used outdated methods. They were mostly former serfs that were freed in the 1861 serf emancipation under Alexander II. This “freedom” was accompanied by a land redistribution that hurt more than helped because most of the land went to the nobles and

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    Velisa Ash History 111 Midterm Exam 10/24/2011 Essay Question 2: Analyze the role joint-stock companies had in settling America. Joint-stock companies charted by King James I funded the English colonial enterprises. Investors bought shares in the company‚ and at the end of a specified period received their investment back plus a percentage of the profits of the company. In April of 1606‚ the king issued a charter to the Virginia Company of London to create a colony in America. In December

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    Population: 4.4 million by 1822. White population was 2 million‚ making up almost half of the population. Religions: Cathlocism was most popular. Also‚ Protestants‚ Jews‚ Euangelical Christians‚ and opinulast religions as of African origin like Macomba‚ etc. Ethnicity: 2 Million of the people were white. Other ethnicities included Portuguese‚ Spanish‚ and African Natives. Trade Markets: Sugar‚ gold and diamonds‚ Coffee‚ tobacco‚ soybeans‚ corn‚ and rice. Also many fruits such as oranges

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    this world for the better by finding cures and inventing useful things. What if these women hadn’t had the opportunity to perform these actions? The women’s rights reform was an extremely important topic in the 1800s. A variety of many feminists fought for women’s rights. In the 1800s‚ women had little to no rights compared to men. Women did not have the right to vote‚ own property‚ have a suitable education‚ join the military‚ decide whom they marry‚ or have a say in the number of children they

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    During the 1800s‚ one of America’s biggest issues was slavery. Most people didn’t have a problem with it and agreed with it‚ but there was also groups called abolitionists‚ that greatly disliked slavery and devoted their lives to try to put an end to it. Slaves were denied basic human rights that people take for granted everyday‚ and were treated unfairly. Rights that I believe everyone should be able to have were denied to slaves. Some of these rights include: the ability to have a legal marriage

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    in the late 1400s‚ when Europeans disembarked and established trading posts in Africa. Europeans generated an interest in West Africa predominantly between the 1400s and 1800s‚ and especially regarding the coastal regions of Africa. This is where they first set up trading posts and focused on trade with the local peoples of Africa. Colonial advance in West Africa ranged from trade relations to formal colonial rule. The colonial development of West Africa was in its highest effect in the late 1800s

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    Citizenship. what does it mean? The dictionary definition means have the right to “live freely‚ work and vote “ be human. But what does that term mean to a white man in the 1800s? A richer status? More intelligent? Or are they simply better than Them in their eyes? In my eyes you cannot judge someone for how they look Or how smart they are you judge them on whether or not they are a good person. Hell I have meet so many jerks and bullies in my life but when you understand that Maybe they were

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