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    numerous events throughout the 1800’s would be affected by this new found hope for women. One of them being an increased interest in political issues that was sparked by Susan Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton who were spearheading the way for an overall reform for women’s rights. The painting also demonstrated a women working a job that in the colonial times would have been taboo‚ the main reason for this was that America was now a land where church and state were separated. Thus allowing more equal opportunities

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    The 19th century was a time of great scientific discoveries. Discoveries like germ theory‚ which helped us further understand how certain diseases are caused and how they can be prevented‚ and the invention of the telephone‚ which became the foundation for every day communication all over the world. The realizations made during this period of history have become an integral part of modern society and its comforts. With all that being said‚ most of the Western world is still rooted in bigotry and

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    In the 19th century the attitude of the British Governments towards poverty was ‘laissez-faire’ meaning that the government did not interfere with people’s lives. They believed that people were ‘’too lazy’’ to work therefore they should look after themselves. Booth and Rowntree did surveys in the 19th century about the causes of poverty in the British cities such as London and York. Booth and Rowntree were not the main reason for the Liberal Government of 1906-1914 introducing their social welfare

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    their trade or profession and came to stay in America. These immigrants were well equipped to take up life in the United States. The major first wave of Eastern European immigration took place during the second half of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century before the World War I. Those who came were generally‚ Russian Jews fleeing

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    American Imperialism is the idea of dominance economically‚ politically and culturally. It is the economic‚ military and cultural influence of the United States on other countries. The economic and political development of the new nation in the early 19th century intersected with racial formation and settler colonialism. The enslaved Blacks‚ Native Americans and women then resisted the hierarchies’ reproduce in the new nation. As the American Imperialism originated across the Mississippi‚ pioneer families

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    Introduction In the 19th Century‚ the Utopian communities were taken to be the representatives of human civilization due to the activities they conducted. They are said to have charismatic leaders who upheld religious or secular moral ideals. The communities were engaged into different modes of government‚ labor‚ marriage and wealth. Utopias in America shared a particular goal that strived for the crucial step from the wilderness to a new social order. The Communities with European origins focused

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    Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries‚ a variety of laws were passed to remove the rights of slaves. What little rights slaves had were quickly taken away when African slavery became prominent in America. These were known as the Fugitive Slave Acts. History.com states‚ “Enacted by Congress in 1793‚ the first Fugitive Slave Act authorized local governments to seize and return escaped slaves to their owners and imposed penalties on anyone who aided in their flight. Widespread resistance to the 1793

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    adults‚ but how has that changed? Prior to the nineteenth century‚ no specific laws were set in place to

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    Domestic Violence In the early history of the United States‚ somewhere close to the nineteenth century‚ along with the Temperance Movement came the recognition of Domestic Violence. In 1840‚ a Tennessee parent is prosecuted for the excessive punishment of a child in the Johnson vs. State court case (Staff). Ten years later‚ it is discovered that only nineteen states have laws allowing women to divorce abusive husbands. It will take twenty years before Fulgham vs. Alabama will rule that “a husband

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    History Notes on the 19th Century Nationalism- fanatical devotion to “nation’s” commonalities Imperialism- one nation dominates another Industrialism- mass production of technology to be more effective Capitalism- competition (between nations) to eradicate; all for profit Militarism- utilize military as 1st choice; espirit de corps Scientificism- reasoning and justifications; technology Social Darwinism- “survival of the fittest”; why you take place in other “isms”- hierarchy Crimean

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