Before the 20th century it was common for children to be sold as slaves. In the eyes of society‚ they were basically property. As for the courts‚ they could bring juveniles to trial and punish them as they did adults. While they did not always get as severe of punishments‚ kids as young as seven could be given the death penalty. why the system was created‚ how it has changed over the years‚ and how youth have been viewed during the past century. The early juvenile justice system‚ and the problems
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Expansionism in America during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century shared many similarities and differences to that of previous American expansionist ideals. In both cases of American expansionism‚ the Americans believed that we must expand our borders in order to keep the country running upright. Also‚ the Americans believed that the United States was the strongest of nations‚ and that they could take any land they pleased. This is shown in the "manifest destiny" of the 1840’s and the
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World War I occurred in the years 1914-1918. The following countries were involved in Trench Warfare; Britain‚ France‚ and Germany. Trench warfare was a common form of battle on the Western Front during World War 1. Trench warfare is a military operation in which the soldiers fight from protected ditches. At the beginning of August 1914‚ soldiers had a positive attitude going off to war. They thought they were going to have a fun adventure. However‚ everything did not go as they planned. There
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In the late 19th and the early 20th century the American society shifted from the ideologies and beliefs it has always known. It went from religious beliefs and values to scientific methods and findings. Which caused major forms of conflicts between religion and science because the belief was that science was undermining the very existence of religion. In other words‚ society was not rule or based on the absolute truth any more rather it was more about finding a relationship between a cause and effect
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The 19th and 20th century was the era of Jim Crow. The Jim Crow Laws were enacted‚ mainly in the southern states. The Jim Crow Laws were restrictions on everything from marriage to games. The Laws came after the emancipation of the slaves‚ but before complete desegregation. African Americans were seen as something to be treated like a dog‚ but not as lovable as the latter. The laws covered everything. Bathrooms must be separate. In most places‚ restaurants could serve whites or blacks‚ not both.
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In 1919 there was a very common issue of poverty in Melbourne.There was very poor areas all around Melbourne‚ there would be small homes that poor people would live in. People would buy small house because its less work to clean and easier to maintain.Some of the main areas that poor people would live in was Richmond and thats were the main character of the book the runner Charlie Feehan was living.The place that the poor people would live in was called the slums. These areas would be all polluted
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Henry Demarest Lloyd-Journalist who was notable for‚ pre-1900‚ attacking the Standard Oil Company with his book "Wealth Against Commonwealth" Thorstein Veblem- An economist who wrote “Theory of the Leisure Class”. He condemned and criticized conspicuous consumerism where status is displayed and conveyed through consumption. Jacob Riis- Early 1900’s muckraker who exposed social and political evils in the U.S. with his novel "How The Other Half Lives". He exposed the poor conditions of tenements
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Hardened or Hopeful: Immigrants in the Early 20th Century Stephen Crane’s novel exemplifies the lives of poor immigrants in the major cities of turn of the century America. While a few immigrants were able to rise above their struggles and succeed‚ most were held below the poverty line and many of their descendants still are due to the circumstances they were faced with. New immigrant groups are going through modern versions of those struggles in today’s world. As immigrants filled the cities
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Occasionally‚ authors write based on what has happened during their lifetime. Literature can be written in many different genres and those are how novels are made up as. John Steinbeck has had a huge impact on literature in many different ways. Steinbeck once said‚ “You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway”. This dramatizes that people only ask for advice because we think we are going to get the answer we are looking for‚ which is not always the case
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The five major Canadian events of the 20th century that I would include as Heritage Minutes are The Great Depression‚ the Confederation of 1867‚ the Canadian Charter of Right and Freedoms‚ Canada entering World War II‚ and the Women’s Suffrage Movement. I think that The Great Depression should be a Heritage Minute because it had a massive global impact and revealed new policies that needed to be put in place. This time period caused the unemployment rate to increase by 25%. There were no social
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