It was the winter of 1851‚ when mass number of Irish immigrants arrived in New York hoping for a brighter future‚ aboard the British ship Montezuma. It had been months since leaving their homeland‚ the immigrants were sick and hungry. The conditions on ships like Montezuma were referred to as "coffin ships" because conditions of these ships were filthy and densely populated. There was barely any sort of circulation. It is said on average‚ 15 percent of the immigrants died at sea before arriving
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Imperialism has been around for many years. Throughout history‚ countries have extended their rule and government to other countries. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries‚ imperialism became an important issue in Africa. The Europeans began colonizing parts of Africa. These imperialistic movements had varying effects‚ some with positive repercussions‚ while other effects ended negatively. By colonizing sections of Africa‚ the Europeans were met with many benefits. They reaped
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During the 1860’s America was in a period of economic hardship due to the ongoing demand for materials and money to fund the war. In the South‚ sufficient money and materials were hard to acquire because the southern economy still depended on the labor of slaves to produce their goods and income rather than factories. The Northern economy used numerous factories to produce goods and make profit for the war‚ but they still did not have technology that was advanced enough to easily produce all the
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Jacob Riis played a central role in the debate over the causes and consequences of urban problems in the late 19th century. Riis was a photographer who started as a poor immigrant from Denmark. Initially Riis worked low paying jobs until he eventually found his calling in police reports and later photography. As a police reporter‚ Riis had unique access to the city’s slums. In the evenings‚ he would accompany law enforcement and members of the health department on raids of the tenements‚ witnessing
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Several conflicts in the 19th and 20th centuries contributed to the shaping of the American identity in separate ways that eventually led up to the America that we know today‚ that is still changing politically‚ socially‚ and economically. Conflicts including the Spanish-American War‚ WWI‚ and the Roosevelt Corollary all changed greatly how the American identity is seen both domestically and internationally. These conflicts caused us to see ourselves as more powerful‚ however‚ more unstable. Other
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The Populist Party was a short-lived political party in the United States in the late 19th century. It flourished particularly among western farmers‚ based largely on its opposition to the gold standard. Although the party did not remain a lasting feature of the political landscape‚ many of its positions have become adopted over the course of the following decades. The very term "populist" has since become a generic term in U.S. politics for politics which appeals to the common person in opposition
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In the 19th and early 20th century‚ there was a time of feminist movement all around the world‚ especially in the United States‚ United Kingdom‚ Canada and Netherlands. It focused on legal topics‚ primarily on gaining women’s rights. These feminist activities were referred to as the “first-wave feminism”. The term “first-wave” was devised in March 1968 by Marsha Lear writing in The New York Times Magazine. At that time‚ the women’s movement was focused on discriminations‚ which it wished to make
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19th and 20th Century composers: Claude Debussy‚ Igor Stravinsky‚ and Bela Bartok Many composers existed during the 19th and 20th centuries who defied the principles of common practice tonality. In my opinion‚ Claude Debussy‚ Igor Stravinsky‚ and Bela Bartok are great examples of composers who often refused to follow the norms. Each of them created new compositional methods and structures and each had their own reasons for doing so. In the end‚ their innovation and originality is what has kept
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In the early 20th century many parks and forests were finally getting recognition and being preserved for the future. National parks and forests have been included in society for so long that without them‚ nothing would really be the same. Most places like this would be a surprising fact to have known about in the 19th- 20th century because most people would talk about urbanization in the big cities. The gilded age took place in the early years of the 20th century which was the period where the U
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versa. Society should be structured how the people who live in those said societies wish to live in them. For example‚ we can see this being true all over the world with the feminist movement. Throughout history‚ we can see evidence of people demanding women’s rights and equality‚ but the major turning point of course‚ is when western governments acknowledged the want the people‚ giving women the right to vote during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Since then‚ Feminism has turned into
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