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    Social gospel was a movement that sprung up in the late 19th century and early 20th century in the United States in response to social conditions. During this time period‚ conditions of the industrial revolution and increased immigration led to terrible conditions for the poor (Foner‚ 2014). In urban areas‚ poor families were packed into small unsanitary tenements. City slums were filled with disease‚ over-crowding‚ and crime. Factory workers‚ who were often very young children‚ were forced to work

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    The treatments varied from primitive psychiatric forms of care from the 8th century in Islamic hospitals‚ according to Howells (1975) to a milieu therapy as archaic approach in Middle Ages. Until the 19th century ‚ there is no form of organised systematic care for people with mental illness‚ excepting charitable provision or public asylums. Rogers‚ A. & Pilgrim‚ D (2001)‚ points out the beginning of the 19th century

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    wonder of scientists; therefore we owe everything to imagination and wonder. Scientists have used their imagination to come up with some of the craziest ideas and experiments to try and find new discoveries and inventions in the world. During the 19th century‚ there were a lot of these new scientific discoveries. Some of these discoveries include Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressures‚ Dalton’s modern Atomic Theory‚ the Doppler Effect‚ James Prescott Joule’s and Helmholtz’s Law of Conservation of energy

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    “disciplines” was coined by the Romans who were trying to come up with a purpose for divisions of labor. Then during the scientific revolution‚ it was pushed even harder by having students specialize in specific areas of study. But it wasn’t until the 19th – 20th century when universities began to explicitly

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    Food is significant it is loaded with cultural‚ psychological‚ and emotional significance. In the 19th century nourishment turned into a characterizing image of national personality. We associate many dishes with specific nations‚ for example‚ the tomato-based Italian spaghetti sauce or the American burger these are nineteenth or even twentieth century developments. The European discovery of the New World(America) represented a momentous turning point in the history of food. Foods previously unknown

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    The three main factors of imperialism in the 19th century were economics‚ military/ technological advancements and cultural/social differences. After European countries became industrialized‚ they started to colonize countries in weaker continents like Asia and Africa. The industrial revolution combined with a sense of superiority greatly enabled the expansion of European dominance in countries that were less equipped to protect themselves. The economic differences in Europe and Africa caused imperialism

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    Throughout these 200 years (19th Century - 21st Century)‚ an enormous amount of medical advancements have taken place. These medical advancements not only helped save people’s lives but also provided a base for future developments. Medical Advancements become greater and greater throughout time but this essay’s purpose is to see which Medical Advancement was the most influential one throughout these past 200 years and to investigate the impact of medicine on society in general. Medicine has solved

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    Slavery was a big part of life in the mid-19th century‚ there were senators‚ authors‚ presidential candidates‚ etc.‚ who argued about whether slavery should continue or stop. The American people believed that it was inhumane to treat people in such a manner. In this writing assignment‚ you will recognize these people known as John Calhoun‚ and George Fitzhugh who were all for slavery. Theodore Weld‚ James Birney‚ The Declaration of the American Anti-Slavery Society‚ Henry Thoreau‚ William Garrison

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    infrastructure etc. The United Kingdom is probably the best example of a liberal country. In the 19th century‚ its politics were dominated by the Whigs; the Liberal Party. The U.S. also started off as a liberal country (the Revolution was a liberal revolution)‚ but ultimately‚ the issues of slavery and manifest destiny turned the U.S. into an altogether different beast. Towards the end of the 19th century‚ Liberals began to support state-run social programs in

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    -Women were raised to be a good housewife and to be a respected member of society. -When women were single‚ and therefore were not yet responsible for running a household or raising children‚ women had more freedom during these years than they would ever have again. Courting gave women power; it was their decision whether to accept or reject a suitor. -For the most part‚ women married quickly in fear that waiting too long might eliminate the availability or choice of husbands. The choice of a

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