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    Slavery is a condition in which others own individuals. It has been taking place hundreds of years before it was finally abolished in 1833. In the late 1770s and in the beginning of the 1800s‚ many voices rose against slavery especially in British’s territories. There has been a lot of debate over the factors that contributed to the final success of the bill. A change in economic interests was one of the reasons of the success of abolitionists’ movements. The industrial revolution took place in the

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    The period of the Industrial Revolution (1750-1850) was characterized by a time of change and development‚ to which the cotton industry and scientific machinery advancement acting as the engines driving radical demographic and social change. The developments in the factory system subsequently led to the demographic shift from rural to urban society. The demographic shift depressed the living standards of workers of the of the manufacturing systems and left the aggravated conditions of labor and poverty

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    In the United States during the 1800s African Americans had a difficult lifetime experience. They had many ups and downs between the three american reconstructive amendments‚ Dred Scott decision‚ and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. African Americans fought a long time trying to gain their equality just like everyone else. One of the main things that is involved with this is the statement “all men are created equal” by Thomas Jefferson. It was clear that this statement was not true. The declaration

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    The society in the North increased do to immigration between 1800 and 1860. The population in the North started at 5 million and went up to about 31 million do with massive immigration. The immigration affects the economy do to all the jobs open. The economy has big cities from the immigration witch is good for the trade and manufacturing. Water from rivers and streams are used to make water power. Water power was used to run the factories . To the economy going up in the North the harbors and streets

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    policies. Eli Whitney’s greatest inventions‚ the cotton gin and system of interchangeable parts‚ both helped spur the growing American economy and industrial revolution. The cotton gin improved the output of workers by a thousand percent and in ten years‚ the production of cotton in the country rose from 5 million pounds to 63 million pounds‚ thus making the South the leading cotton producer‚ shipping it to Britain and New England. Unfortunately‚ the cotton gin also caused a higher demand for slave labor

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    Ronald Cotton - Eyewitness Testimony Jennifer Thomas‚ a 22-year old college student from Burlington‚ North Carolina‚ was raped in her off-campus apartment on July 28‚ 1984. During the assault‚ Jennifer studied her rapist’s face and other characteristics in the case that she made it out alive. Thomas was able to escape and ran to a police station and with the help of a detective‚ she was able to make a composite sketch of the perpetrator. The rapist also managed to rape another woman a few blocks

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    that an education from the school was a necessity to them. That lead to several states to establish minimum wage for labor and a minimal requirements for school attendance. About 18 percent of the children were employed in the 1900s. In southern cotton mills twenty five percent of the employees were below the age of fifteen‚ and half of the children were below twelve. The committees pioneered the techniques of mass political action. Investigators by experts had a widespread of use of photograph

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    natural fabrics. I’ll take Biological Cotton as an example. When planting Biological Cotton without chemical fertilizer‚ it reduces 70% of water consumption and 50% of cost compared to common cotton. According to the above statistics‚ Biological Cotton consumes much less cost and environmental resources than other fabrics. You may think although it’s healthy‚ it may be old-fashioned. But the fact is not like that. Many fashion brands take use of Biological Cotton‚ like H&M and Levi’s. Second

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    The role of advertising in modern world 74 rate or flag this pageTweet this By Gin Delloway [pic][pic][pic][pic][pic] [pic][pic][pic]Have you ever thought about the role of advertising in our lives? To my mind at present it’s almost everywhere: we see or hear a lot of advertisements on the TV sets‚ in the underground‚ on billboards‚ in newspapers and in the public transport. Today it’s almost impossible to imagine our lives without advertisements. Don’t you think so? The main aim of advertisers

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    Journal Article Review – Methodology We now move on to a discussion methodology‚ and the approach evident in the journal article. Methodology can be defined as the analysis of the principles or procedures of inquiry in a particular field. A methodology is a construct of the source and audience for which they are intended. For this reason‚ in an attempt to gain a better understanding of the methodologies adopted by the author‚ one must first understand the author‚ source and intended audience.

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