During the late-nineteenth century‚ American cities grew drastically and rapidly. The introduction of technologies like the elevator and steel frame of skyscrapers blended together in a perfect recipe for expansion. Major cities beginning to develop and flourish during this time‚ including Chicago‚ New York City‚ and Boston‚ not only influenced the development of American society‚ but were also influenced by several factors of American life. The key areas of immigration‚ transportation‚ and popular
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surrounding Indigenous Australians land rights claims from the mid-1980s onwards. He then goes on to discuss that the law surrounding land always adhered to the principles of Governor Bourke’s’ Proclamation‚ until the landmark decision handed down in the Mabo case. However‚ he concludes that in regard to political climate little else has been done in the advancement of land rights’ legislation in regard to the Indigenous Australian population. He also provides a comparison between how Australia and
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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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American Fashion Fads of the Twentieth Century A fad‚ or craze‚ becomes popular in a culture relatively quickly‚ but also loses its popularity dramatically. A fad that remains for a significant amount of time typically loses its significance in current popular culture as it evolves and becomes accepted into a society ’s everyday culture. In the past hundred years‚ fashion fads have been characterized by politics‚ popular movies‚ music and famous celebrities. Most fads just wither and quickly fad
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Historically Australian indigenous art is often politically or spiritually motivated. Historically Australian art is often politically or spiritually motivated. This statement is proved by a number of indigenous Australian artists including‚ Nellie Nakamarra Marks‚ who uses traditional techniques and motives to relay her spirituality‚ and Tony Albert‚ who recontextualises mainstream items‚ to create a postmodern collection‚ challenging the idea of stereotypical representations in mainstream
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In the nineteenth century‚ America pursued a policy of imperialism in the Philippines‚ Cuba‚ and Hawaii under the guise of protecting the world from the oppression of Spanish rule but it actually ruined their culture in the long run. This caused much controversy both in the political arena as well as among the citizens. Instead of letting the Philippines become a state of America they forcefully made them a territory for America‚ but was later annexed in June of 1898. With Cuba what happened was
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Although the tragic story of a few thousand young American women‚ knowingly and horrifically poisoned by their employers‚ sounds like a dystopian novel‚ it is the real story of the Radium Girls. In the early twentieth century‚ the Radium Girls worked in factories‚ painting watch dials with luminous‚ radium-laced paint by pointing the brush with their mouths. Unaware‚ these women ingested the toxic chemical that drilled holes into their very bones– the very same chemical that the companies proclaimed
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American Imperialism January 17‚ 2011 American Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century was a very important era in our country. Imperialism is the acquisition of control over the government and the economy of another nation; usually by conquest. The United States became an imperialistic world power in the late nineteenth century by gaining control over the Hawaiian Island and after the Spanish American War (1898)‚ Guam‚ the Philippines‚ Cuba and Puerto Rico. (Davidson‚ Delay‚ Heyrman‚ Lytle &
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The Population Bomb in The 21st Century Abstract Over the decades of population growth‚ the world population already reached to billions in the 21st century. Poverty is one of the main causes of the rapid population growth. We also have to face the worst impacts of overpopulation on the environment‚ economics and human health. We need to clearly understand what the present situation is. We should try our best to find solutions by considering the
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America’s passion for the automobile developed rather quickly in the beginning of the twentieth century. At the turn of that century‚ there were few automobiles‚ or horseless carriages‚ as they were called at the time‚ and those that existed were considered frivolous playthings of the rich. They were rather fragile machines that sputtered and smoked and broke down often; they were expensive toys that could not be counted on to get one where one needed to go; they could only be afforded by the wealthy
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