Computers The Most helpful 20th Century Invention “I think it’s fair to say that personal computers have become the most useful empowering too; we’ve every created. They’re tools of communication‚ they’re tools of creativity‚ and they can be shaped by their user”. – Bill Gates Who can live without a personal computer in the 21th century? The computer as the most wondrous technological invention of the 20th century since the beginning of human era we have always tried to obtain machines to
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Colonial literature From the very moment when Europeans encountered the New World‚ early explorers and conquistadores produced written accounts and crónicas of their experience‚ such as Columbus’s letters or Bernal Díaz del Castillo’s description of the conquest of Mexico. At times‚ colonial practices stirred a lively debate about the ethics of colonization and the status of the indigenous peoples‚ as reflected for instance in Bartolomé de las Casas’s Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies
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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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Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier spoke of the truth “As the 19th century was that of the United States‚ so I think the 20th century shall be filled by Canada.” Canada gained recognition worldwide during the 20th century as a powerful country which helped our country to grow as a whole. Canadian victories during the First World War put Canada on the map‚ Vimy Ridge; where pride and awareness of our country and its strength was born. The Last Hundred Days‚ the sense of nationalism grew as Canadians become
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sixteenth to early twenty first century. Women in the sixteenth‚ seventeenth‚ and eighteenth centuries were challenged with expressing themselves in a government controlled by men a system that generally refused to grant permissions to women’s views. Cultural and political events during these centuries increased attention to women’s issues such as education reform‚ and by the end of the eighteenth century‚ women were not able to speak out against injustices. Though modern feminism was nonexistent
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Healthcare in the United States has changed dramatically over the last hundred or so years. Before the 20th century‚ individuals and families were responsible for their own care without government involvement. People did the best they could to stay healthy with epidemics arising. The early 1900’s saw hospitals being built and physicians being trained. Still most services were free or government paid. The U.S. was learning more and more about medical services. During World War II it became clear that
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One was the final and explosive culmination of rising tensions within Europe‚ a result of the surge in nationalist ideology and related principles. During the years preceding the start of the war‚ the world was experiencing a division between states based on culture‚ ethnicity‚ and societal norms-- these attributes unified and formed identities of the collective within these states. Nationalism played a large role in shaping international relations during the late 19th and early 20th centuries‚ with
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set of attitudes and behaviors that discriminate against people of different sexes and it has began from the old times. Since the past centuries‚ men always had more rights than women. While men were seen as the pillar of society‚ women were seen as fragile human beings. The right to vote‚ for example‚ has only been achieved by women in the mid-nineteenth century. Despite all the progress we had‚ our society still faces numerous instances of sexism‚ which often begins in childhood. We all grow up
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of the century‚ control of infectious diseases resonates with me the most. There’s a very high chance that I would not be alive today‚ because I may have not made it past infancy. Sanitation and hygiene‚ vaccination‚ and antimicrobial medicine all fall under the category of control of infectious diseases. This category caught my attention because I am a first generation American; both of my parents are from India. I took my first trip there a little over two years ago and realized that it was drastically
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A Maturing Industrial Nation During the 19th century the United States faced its greatest economic revolution. Mainly‚ this industrial enhancement primarily a result of the completion of the transcontinental railroad‚ a transportation system that runs cross-country. Aside from impacting the economy‚ the railroad also affected the politics of the late 1800s and early 1900s. Since the political jobs were reserved for the upper class‚ investors in the railroad tended to have inflated bank accounts;
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