component in Canadian history. It makes Canada the diverse‚ multicultural and welcoming country it is today. Although it was not always this way‚ throughout the 20th century Canadian immigration took many turns‚ some for good and others not so much. Canada stood with mostly unrestricted immigrations laws in the beginning of the 20th century besides the Chinese Head Tax that was put in place in British Columbia. It was raised to $100 in 1900 and $500 in 1903. Although this did not completely block
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By the turn of the 20th century mass transit had coalesced around electric power for street railways‚ subways‚ elevated railways and for interurban railways of around one-hundred miles or less. Animal and cable traction systems had already undergone mass conversions to electricity or been abandoned altogether where the financial investment was proving unworthy. Steam powered locomotives drove long distance railroads; by 1890 there was in excess of 130‚000 miles of mainline track in service. In the
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[pic] BONIFACIO MONUMENT Filipino sculptors came to be known in the middle of the 19th century. Classical Philippine sculpture reached its peak in the works of Guillermo Tolentino (1890-1976). His best known masterpiece is the Bonifacio Monument‚ which is a group sculpture composed of numerous figures massed around a central obelisk. The principal figure is Andres Bonifacio‚ leader of the revolution against Spain in 1896. Behind him stands Emilio Jacinto‚ the brains of the Katipunan. The Bonifacio
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Article: The Psychology Laboratory at the Turn of the 20th Century By Ludy T. Benjamin Jr. Hannah Flannery AU ID 3117196 PSYC 290 Journal Article Critique 1 Tutor February 5th‚ 2014 Research Question or Problem Yes the question is clearly stated in this article. The purpose of this article is to discuss the importance and the existence of experimental laboratories in the evolution of psychology‚ and why it became its own recognized study of science after
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Low Energy Nuclear Reaction (LENR) is the abbreviation for an energy nuclear reaction that has low energy‚ in which the low energy nuclear reactions take place in the experiments such as room temperature that is close. They make nuclear-scale energy and nuclear products; however‚ they do not make harmful effects of the nuclear energy. Another word for the LENR‚ as researchers named it: “cold fusion.” The scientists however‚ proved through experiments and theories that LENR is not “cold fusion‚” as
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In this twenty-first century‚ human make the world. As everyone can see‚ this is a modern‚ advance century. Throughout history‚ people have made inventions that changed the world. Some got lucky and stumble on something‚ some actually set out to make something‚ and still others improved upon existing technology to create something revolutionary‚ same as now. Scientist and experts have discovery and created awesome inventions which shaped the newest century such as artificial heart and liver‚ retinal
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It was at first shocking to see that the practice of eugenics survived so deep into the 20th century‚ but it was also surprsing to see that there is still no concrete resoltuion. Many techinical and ethical issues are raised by this case. To start‚ the main ethical issue here is the fact that eugenics were actually carried out. As described by the background of the case‚ the eugenics were done through sterelization‚ and targeted young African American women on welfare. The targetting of this demographic
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Dream is most influenced by Culture. Reasons such as tradition‚ ethnicity‚ and treatment of others help mold the American dream. Using details from pieces such as “America the beautiful”‚ Oath of allegiance‚ “New Colossus”‚ Reagan’s and Obama’s farewell speech‚ and “I hear America singing” will stress the importance of culture when discussing the American dream and how it is percepted. Different people from different places affect how we see the American dream. In view of culture being a main influence
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the act of a dominant country wielding its power to control a weaker and less developed area. Colonies‚ conquests‚ and economic exploitations are a few examples of imperialism. A numerous amount of countries were imperialistic during the 19th and 20th century‚ such as Britain‚ France‚ Germany‚ and Italy. Many of these countries occupied territory in Africa to collect valuable exports such as ivory‚ rubber‚ diamonds‚ and gold. The imperialist oppression of many countries led to numerous resistances and
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investment and rent the other three apartments. She hit me in the mouth and invested the money in a nickel mine in Needles‚ California that has never been found. We never got a nickel back.” Judy Garland. Judy Garland‚ a memorable legend for the 20th century‚ but whom was she? An actress and singer who had many highs with tragic lows through her life that ended in an accidental death.
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