without being criticized as much today. Margaret Sanger was a strong activist who fought for birth control was born in 1879 and died in 1966 had it easier for her to fight for her cause because of the place she was born in. Birth control in the late 1800’s was not a popular topic and it forced expectant mothers to do self-administered abortions and resulted in many deaths. Some historical events that
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Back in the 1800’s and early 1900’s‚ there were limited contraceptions available to women. In this time period‚ pregnancy contraceptives were at a different stage compared to where they are nowadays. The forefront problem was that contraceptives were outlawed. Physicians could not give advice‚ hand out contraceptives‚ or discuss the contraceptives with you (Baughman). Similarly‚ you could not purchase contraceptives from a pharmacy (Baughman). The growth of the science of this generation created
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America had remained mostly an isolated country until the late 1800’s when the United States was faced with the opportunity of building a colonial empire. By 1890 the United States‚ like Europe‚ had began to expand its influence onto islands in the Caribbean and South Pacific areas. They entered in other countries’ affairs claiming that it served the interests of all peoples and were motivated by Idealism. In reality‚ the United States was mostly after its own self-interest. The Spanish-American
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resulted in rapid US industrial growth in the late 1800’s? In the late 1800’s the US overtook Great Britain as the world’s largest source of manufactured goods Abundant natural resources o The US was its own source of the raw materials necessary for industrialization o Coal‚ iron ore‚ copper‚ lead‚ timber‚ and oil Abundant labor supply o High immigration between 1865 & 1900 o Increased supply of laborers
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was established at a point on the Richibucto River just a few miles from its mouth‚ and was the beginning of the settlement of Kingston‚ now Rexton. As in the other areas one of the primary objectives of shipbuilding in the Richibucto area in these early years was to convey fish and lumber to the markets of Britain and the U.S.‚ so the ELLEN DOUGLAS was used to ship lumber to Great Britain‚ but she returned with a more valuable things like new settlers for the area. Through the numbers of men John
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their lived a thriving society that was militaristically weak‚ economically under developed‚ and governmentally primitive. This past I am talking about is during the early 1800’s. Japan may have been secure in its current conditions‚ but it saw the need to change‚ and through that change Japan emerged suddenly as a great world power by the 1900’s. Japan changed on all fronts‚ whether it is government‚ military‚ or economy. The result of these extreme reforms caused Japan to stand out as a world power
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Since the 1900’s‚ the overall death rate of the population in Britain has decreased. For males‚ the death rate has dropped from 25829 in 1901 to a mere 8477 in 2000. The rate fell from 21705 to 5679 within the same period of time for females. It was noted that death rates increased during flu epidemics as well as in cold and hot weather. For example‚ about 200 000 people died in the year 1918 due to the influenza epidemic. Nowadays‚ more people die after the age of 65 while in the early 1900’s‚ only
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In the 1800’s married women were treated unfair and unequal‚ and in this case inequality of all women‚ of all races‚ was very evident by the way women were merely property. State law governed in all states that married women were legal possessions rather than equal persons. Married women could not own any personal possession or property‚ all they had‚ became their husbands. In the 1800’s women had no rights to vote‚ and women would not have the right to vote until 1920. There were unequal wages for
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Context Beginning in the early 1900’s‚ America began to change for the better. Albert Einstein began making important discoveries. Forward passes in football were made legal. The FBI was created. Toasters were even invented. But with all these important inventions and discoveries going on‚ the Coca-Cola company believed that America needed one American drink that would help the inventors through a restless night at the desk‚ or just relieve some pressure during a break from working. For the company
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Socialism in the Early 1900’s During the early 1900’s‚ one quarter of the workforce was unemployed. During this time many people were angry at the upper class and the government for not taxing the rich more for the unemployed. The idea of socialism sounded great because the government would control business and that in theory would restore the economy. Upton Sinclair’ The Jungle takes place in the late 1890s’ and early 1900’s and socialism is a big part of the book but in reality socialism and the
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