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    Medicine in the 19th Century Slaves were seen as inferior‚ so medical treatment for them was not the best. Illness on slaves was not taken seriously. Doctors often made up mental diseases for slaves who ran away and for those who ate dirt‚ physicians and owners turned to threats‚ punishment and more to stop them. (“Plantation Medicine and Health Care in the Old South”). Slaves would also disagree with their owners and doctors since they had different beliefs about illnesses. Because of this‚ they

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    This paper will outline the role of women in society during the Victorian Era and present some real life examples from the Women’s Diaries of the Westward Journey of 19th century women following their roles and at times having the those roles challenged by the difficulty of the trail. 19th-Century Women Women in the nineteenth century‚ for the most part‚ had to follow the common role presented to them by society. This role can be summed up by what historians call the "cult of domesticity". The McGuffey

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    compositions and characteristics of Gypsum it had a practical use. In ancient Egyptian times the Alabaster form of gypsum was used to help build pyramids. Fast forward a few centuries to the 18th century‚ the chemical properties were defined‚ by a chemist named Lavoisier. As the world began exploring during the 18th century‚ large deposits of gypsum were found near Paris‚ France. The French began to use gypsum as building materials as well as decorative material by dehydrating gypsum. Dehydrating

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    The nineteenth century is often regarded as being synonymous with sexual repression‚ this notion is not true‚ and during this era in American history many diverse views about sex and sexuality were developed. This paper will focus on the diverse ideas about sexuality and gender that were developed and what existing or developing ideologies led to these perspectives. The first idea that was developed about sexuality was Vernacular sexual culture; it acknowledges sex and desire as vital aspects of

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    and Industrial nineteenth century‚ many religions adapted their beliefs and practices to the environment around them. Catholicism‚ as it was worshiped by Greek and Italian immigrants‚ looked vastly different from the ways in which the Americanized Roman Catholics worshiped. Judaism experienced this acclimatization as well‚ with Orthodox Jews and Reformed Jews sharing more differences than they did similarities. As time progressed gender norms began to evolve in American society‚ thus religions were

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    involvement with other countries toward the end of the 19th century. The United States wanted to be an imperialist countries‚ like Great Britain‚ France‚ Japan‚ and Germany‚ in order gain economic and trading benefits. It started with the idea of liberating Cuba from Spain. After the United States won‚ they made Cuba accept a protectorate‚ allowing the United States to do whatever they want basically. Afterward‚ the United States had its first Asian war with Philippines. Using the excuse to “civilized”

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    Slavery wasn’t an easy thing to come by in the 19th century. Slavery was a big deal for a long period of time‚ but Lincoln finally made a step for freedom. Lincoln detested human bondage‚ but he felt compelled to act prudently in the interests of the Union and he worked within the limits of public opinion. The issue of black freedom was particularly explosive in the loyal border states‚ where slave holders threatened to jump into the arms of the Confederacy at even a hint of emancipation. Black

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    slave work. Endless slaves stack payload onto a steamship in the Port of New Orleans‚ the business motivation behind the meeting of the war in the South‚ while two in vogue white men stay by talking. Business development relates the degree that the eye can see. By the mid-nineteenth century‚ southern business centers like New Orleans had ended up being home to the best centralization of wealth in the assembled states. While most white southerners did not have slaves‚ they endeavored to join the spots

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    The huge increase in obesity in over the past sixty years made the World Health Organization to declare it a global epidemic in all over the world (ACKD‚ 2006). In twenty-first century the statistics on obesity and overweight are harrowing with close of half a billion from world peoples. Prevalence about ten percent to forty percent in the most of European countries in over the past ten years. The highly excess has been in the United Kingdom‚ where it has more than

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    growth and development

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    Model Assignment Issued April 2010 OCR Level 1 Principal Learning in Society‚ Health and Development H842 Unit F938: Human growth and development? Please note: This OCR model assignment may be used to provide evidence for the unit identified above. Alternatively‚ centres may ‘tailor’ the assignment within permitted parameters (see ‘Notes for Teachers’). It is the centre’s responsibility to ensure that any adaptations made to this assignment allow learners to meet all the assessment

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