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    19th century: period of growing consciousness‚ restlessness which promulgated the formation of two major movements  Propaganda Movement (failed)  Revolutionary Movement (replaces the PM) Leaders:  Jose Rizal  Marcelo H. Del Pilar  Lopez Jaena Members:  Pedro Paterno  Ponce  Panganiban  Antonio Luna *They worked for the Philippines’ assimilation as a Spanish province and equal treatment of the Filipinos as for the Spaniards *Writings in this period cannot be called literature

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    The gilded age was the period of fast economic growth in late 19th century. During that period‚ national railroad and communication network was developed‚ and the corporation became the leading form of business organization. Many small manufacturing factories became corporation and people started to work in those industries rather than in the farm. The wage rate for the skilled worker was better than the many European countries so immigrants from many European countries were came to the The gilded

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    Late 19th Century Artists always tried to rebel against the artistic traditions of the past. Before the 1800s‚ the arts all changed‚ but most of these changes still followed a common theme of expressing beauty. Art was not really ever political or representative of everyday common life. In the 19th century‚ all of that changed. The impressionists‚ realists‚ and post-impressionists all sought to change the course of art history. The realists specifically rebelled against traditions by representing

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    ECONOMIC DURESS DURING A PERIOD OF ECONOMIC DOWNTURN Introduction Credit crunch good news for the Bar? The Business Secretary‚ Lord Mandelson‚ has expressed concern that banks are suddenly and unilaterally changing the terms of credit facilities with companies making the credit more costly and at the same time charging the companies high administration fees for doing so. Can some of these arrangements be challenged on the ground of economic duress? Two requirements must be

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    Sociology Unit 1 Discussion Chapter 1 How did prejudice and discrimination affect the development of sociology in America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries? When researching prejudice and discrimination‚ I am often perplexed by my inability to separate or distinguish between the two. Prejudice is usually seen through discrimination and where one is found‚ the other is always lurking nearby. Consider this excerpt from the “questia” website; Prejudice is an unsubstantiated prejudgment of an

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    Between 1880 and 1930‚ despite heavy restrictions on immigration‚ millions of people from Eastern and Southern Europe emigrated to the United States. As they settled into the urban cities‚ native-born and second-generation American citizens saw these immigrants and their foreign values and behaviors as a threat and thus sought to “Americanize” and assimilate them into the mainstream American society. However‚ Americanization in the eyes of the native-born was different from how immigrants understood

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    was a journey requiring days or weeks to travel‚ often through harsh and unfriendly terrains. These conditions happened not so long ago‚ before commercial air and automobile travel. The development of railroads in America during the mid to late 19th century had a profound impact on the growth and development of the country by making personal travel easier‚ which in turn impacted the growth of corporations‚ changed how Americans perceive time and promoted the diffusion of technology and ideas throughout

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    Imperialism began as a way for world powers‚ such as Great Britain and Spain‚ to obtain Gold‚ spread the word of God‚ and attain Glory for their respective country. These three things motivated European imperialism for many centuries until the late 19th and early 20th century. During this time‚ Industrialization began to arise and become an important political and economic factor for these countries. Causing them to do everything that they could to to be on top. European’s motivation for imperialism

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    profitable for those in charge. This civilizing also meant a specialization of labor as many athletes became more professional with irreplaceable skills. American sports in the late 19th century are reflective of greater historical trends regarding industrialization. American sports became American over the late 19th century by gradually integrating rising class values into the creation of sporting rules and practice. The urban and extensively diverse atmosphere in which popular sports developed necessitated

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    Glancing back towards the late 18th century early 19th century‚ it can be debated that Socialism does not work. During the late 18th early 19th century there were many socialist leaders that believed in human nature and that everything should be divided equally. One of the leaders were Robert Owen who was a social activist 1 that believed that he could mold human character but after 3 years his idea collapsed.2 Moving forward to the 20th century we can argue that there are many socialist countries

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