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    alive‚ where they shall reign with him during the thousand years; and then there will be an end of preaching the Gospel‚ and of administering ordinances‚ there being no more elect souls to be gathered in; nor will saints stand in need of being edified‚ rooted up‚ encouraged and comforted.. Moreover‚ there will now be an end of all sin. “Thousand came and ministered unto Him‚ and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him: The judgment was set and the books were opened"(Dan7:10). A fiery

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    “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful‚ or believe to be beautiful." -William Morris In the age of decadence and authenticity‚ William Morris stood out from the artists and designers of the time by creating works based upon good quality raw materials‚ hand processing and natural dyes. The walls of most Victorian homes‚ with few exceptions‚ were deeply colored‚ profusely patterned‚ draped with printed cloth‚ or heavily hung with pictures. Especially in the rising middle classes

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    contextualize‚ during this time period the Gilded Age was taking place. This was where on the surface‚ things looked good‚ but really they weren’t. The Great Chicago Fire was something that tremendously impacted everything in its path including people‚ infrastructure‚ and nature. Due to the Great Chicago Fire devastating Chicago and the surrounding areas‚ it left the city in a large amount of debt‚ thousands of people homeless‚ and massive destruction to the city. The Great Chicago Fire devastated

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    In 1873‚ the late nineteenth century was named The Gilded Age‚ thanks to Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner. This reflected the time’s combination of dazzle and wealth along with poverty and inner corruption. Most historians define this period by it’s negatives‚ due to a lack of powerful presidents and cheap history. These people‚ Twain and Warner included‚ weren’t wrong about The Gilded Age’s corruption. However. there were also some of the most influential years in American history during this

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    STRUGGLES IN THE GILDED AGE A facade is an outward appearance that is maintained to conceal a less pleasant or creditable reality. The name given to the Gilded Age is a facade to its many financial and political issues at the end of the 1800s. During this time‚ the conditions of the labor were demanding and unfair‚ forcing workers to go on strike and realize the difficulties that came with achieving the American dream. The labor was demanding and unfair. Children had to join the workforce to help

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    PROGRESSIVE ERA THROUGH THE GREAT DEPRESSION Name: Course: Tutor: Date: First Paper Themes of the progressive era Introduction This was an age of social involvement and political progression in the United States between the period of 1890 and 1920s. The main reason for undergoing this process was to purify the government by making efforts to eliminate corruption by revealing the political masters and machines. A large number of citizens supported the movement to ensure the elimination

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    and the stench of dead animals. The factories were an unsafe place for children filled with machines everywhere. Children and even adults get hurt every day. The gilded age has its own era in time. “The gilded age is a time between the Civil War and World War 1 during which the U.S. population and economy grew quickly.” The gilded age was about around the time of 1873. The American Dream was to become rich

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    The Progressive Era The Progressive Era had a profound effect on the development of America. During the Gilded Age the government adopted a “hands off” approach which resulted in widespread corruption throughout America. Progressive reforms began to make headway when these issues became uncontrollable. The federal government began to search for a way to mend the complex issues of the day through reforms and amendments‚ while the state level sought its own solutions. This movement enacted many

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    allowed industry and big business to emerge and define an age referred to as the Gilded Age. Although the wealth of the businesses of the time cast an outward appearance of goodness and prosperity on the United States‚ in reality‚ big business was responsible for increasing social stratification as new depths of poverty and heights of affluence were defined. Although some Americans saw the growth of big business and industry of the Gilded Age in a positive light‚ most Americans approached the changes

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    York’s upper and middle class and the lower class composed mostly of new immigrants. There was little regard for living conditions of the lower class. Work standards were non-existent and the health and safety of laborers were ignored during the Gilded Age. Riis sought to show how this ignorance effected the poorest and most helpless of New Yorkers. Riis first struggled to gain the public’s attention to the issue. However‚ flash photography changed everything as Riis was able to capture images

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