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    invented the powerloom‚ Which after 1800 was powered by new steam engines. Replaced by the flying shuttle. Five years later after that in the late 70s‚ 1790‚ cartwright changed all his big factories over from water power to steam engines. Then in 1799 about nine years later‚ some combination acts were made illegal in England for workers to unionize in order to bargain for higher pay and better working conditions.

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    During the 1800s US and other colonies from Europe wanted Latin America to become a source of materials‚ and to become a market for goods. The US and Europe nations started to build mines‚ railroads‚ and bridges. The US and other nations began working together while both using the Monroe Doctrine. The Monroe Doctrine is an principle of the US policy‚ but then the governments of Latin America started to think that the US was going to use the Monroe Doctrine to defeat all of Western Hemisphere

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    In comparing the three authors and the literary works of women authors‚ Kate Chopin (1850 -1904)‚ "The Awakening"‚ Charlotte Perkins Gilman ’s (1860-1935)‚ "The Yellow Wallpaper"‚ and Edith Wharton ’s (1862-1937) "Souls Belated"‚ many common social issues related to women are brought to light‚ and though subtly pointed out are an outcry against the conventions of the time. In these three stories‚ which were written between 1899 and 1913‚ the era was a time in which it seems‚ women had finally awaken

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    role of wife‚ mother‚ and caretaker. Women endured this type of prejudiced behavior since the dawn of time until the first women’s movements began to develop during the 1800s in the United States and Europe. These women’s movements are often referred to as feminist movements or feminism. The development of feminism in the 1800s was a very crucial part of history because women began the long road of gaining women’s rights with the Seneca Falls Convention‚ the founding of the National American Woman

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    Abstract This paper goes into detail about the struggles women faced back in the 1800s‚ as well as how they were treated verses men. Women weren’t able to vote‚ work‚ learn‚ and were considered “less powerful” than men. They were strictly known as “mothers” and their job was to take care of their family. In the second and third paragraphs of the paper‚ the author describes that women wanted change‚ and wanted to make an impression on the world. This caused movements and acts to be developed‚ and

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    In the 1800s‚ African-Americans were highly discriminated against. There were still many blacks that worked for their white masters as slaves. Most women did not receive education. African-Americans were given a free education until they finished elementary school. Prudence Crandall’s greatest accomplishment was founding the first school for African-American girls. By doing this‚ she impacted the lives of the African-American girls who attended her school‚ the people of Canterbury‚ Connecticut‚

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    couldn’t do simple things like vote‚ own property‚ have most jobs‚ or even have a good education because of something you can’t control. In the 1800s‚ many women didn’t have equal rights until a war happened. Then‚ millions of women took charge and fought for what they believed in. "Rosie the Riveter" was a symbol of the contribution of women in women in America. It was used in many ads so that women would get nontraditional jobs in the workplace. Because of the war‚ many men and women fought in the

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    The success in industrialization resulted into successfulness of agriculture such as plantation of cotton‚ sugar cane‚ lumber‚ tobacco‚ and rise. However‚ the differences in economic development between the Northern and Southern states in the early 1800s affected into the argument regarding the size of the federal government and the developing of western land and foreshadowed the upcoming civil war by

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    life in Hawaii. Many different races migrated and became our labor force on the plantation. They changed the history of the island and they settled their family in Hawai’i and this has become their new home. Life on Hawaii’s sugar plantations in the 1800s was hard for immigrant workers‚ because of the ethnic segregation‚ working conditions and living conditions. First‚ ethnic segregation was a problem for the workers. For example‚ the immigrant workers were paid differently‚ depending on their race

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    most important aspect that has changed the Americas is the immigration of people from around the world. Immigrants did not just come from one location‚ they came from many countries such as Spain like Alonso Ortiz‚ France like Marie‚ and London like Elizabeth Spriggs‚ all three of who immigrated to the Americas for a reason. Based on the letter Alonso Ortiz wrote to his wife who was living in Spain‚ readers can clearly tell Ortiz immigrated to the Americas for a better life and more opportunities

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