the women would have multiple children for more help with money and out on the farm‚ 20 percent of them die from childbirth because of the lack of medical attention. In addition‚ technology had no advancements and medicine was not helpful. Believing it can cure your disease or sickness‚ the best they came up with was to slit you in places according to your zodiac sign and bleed you.
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prison in United States history was officially opened‚ Alcatraz. It was built on a deserted island 2.4 kilometers from San Francisco with cold‚ shark-infested waters in between. The building itself consisted of 336 jail cells housing approximately 200 to 350 prisoners at once‚ and had a cafeteria and recreation yard. The guards treated the convicts horribly‚ making their experience far worse than expected. Their overall goal was to isolate the prisoners and make them serve their punishment fully‚
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Yellow Fever Attacks Philadelphia 1793 The summer of 1793 was unusually hot and dry. Insects infested every corner in the streets‚ and Philadelphia was the busiest port in the U.S. Workers paced back and forth‚ carrying goods in and shipping goods out. In the midst of July‚ a ship of Caribbean refugees came to port. With them‚ they carried the yellow fever virus. The virus traveled slowly at first; with just a few fatalities in the first week‚ numbers grew steadily over time. No one suspected
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Have you ever wondered how people hunted during the puritan time? Over the years hunting has really not change‚ but many of the thing they did during the puritan times‚ they still do today. Some of the things are the guns‚ animals and trapping. The guns are not exactly the same but they are close. Trapping has not changed much at all The only thing that has really changed is that we have live traps‚ and they did not. They mostly used snares and foot holds. The animals are another thing that are the
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However‚ this deemed to be the absolutely opposite in reality. The meanest and the harshest treatment imaginable were applied to “dehumanise” those who opposed. Statistics show that 10million people were held each year during Mao’s reign. More than 25million died during Mao’s period and by the time Mao had passed away‚ almost 10‚000 camps were found across China. This suggests that the CCP kept a lot of people in fear because it terrified the whole population as most people didn’t want to end up at
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at that time. Ruling France’s hereditary monarchy were the Bourbons. Prior to 1789‚ there were clear indications that “the government was economically‚ politically‚ and militarily bankrupt.” These were some of the events that foreshadowed the imminent collapse of the Bourbons. Whether Bourbon or Constitutional‚ monarchies were ultimately not an effective form of government in France. Because of this‚ France strayed from a new form of monarchy and became a democracy. Additionally‚ through the abandonment
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Anthology of American Literature it exemplifies the term ethnocentrism that predominated during the Early Colonial period. During the time period of 1700’s one of the most prominent examples of ethnocentrism is when the Europeans first came to America and had their first initial encounters with the Native
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The major social groups in France on the eve of the revolution consisted of the first estate‚ second estate‚ and the third estate. The first estate was made up of the clergy‚ the second estate was made up of the nobility‚ and the third estate was made up of the commoners. The commoners’ aspiration was to try and gain more power and freedom while the clergy and the nobility were trying the hold on to their power and not lose any. The first estate‚ which was made up of the clergy‚ had the aspiration
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first millennium‚ there have been a lot of individuals who have contributed to today’s’ society. From this group of people‚ humanity has strived one way or another from their actions. However‚ one person from this particular group stood out from the rest. Joseph Stalin‚ also known as the man of steel‚ was a ruthless key figure of Russia in the 20th Century. He transformed Russia in his time of reign from a peasant society into an industrial and militarial power. However‚ he was also one of the greatest
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Over the decades the musical culture in America has changed considerably. From psychedelic to rock n roll‚ disco to heavy metal‚ punk rock to soft rock. Now hip-hop and rap seem to be the current musical infatuation in our era. Yet we’re forgetting that somewhere in that time frame‚ around the 1970’s a music form known as reggae emerged from the little island of Jamaica‚ and with it came a man that will never be forgotten. His name was Robert Nesta Marley although he was better known to us as Bob
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