Once the late 19th century and early 20th century came around many changes had come in the sense of equality and civil rights. Women gained the rights to vote and legal slavery had come to an end. The industrial revolution caused the economy to soar. People had greater freedom‚ jobs were available and overall the citizens of the United States of America were prospering. During this time what’s known as the Third Great Awakening occurred. While the country was at its best‚ many new religious denominations
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There were many different scientific advances during the late 19th century‚ but one specific scientific advance that I will be discussing is the discovery of physics through X-rays and radiation‚ which was discovered by Wilhelm Röntgen. After he published a paper on his discovery of X-rays in 1895‚ there was great study and research done by physicists such as: Antonie Henri Becquerel‚ Marie Curie‚ and Ernest Rutherford on radioactivity and the formation of radiation through x-rays. Although Wilhelm
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In much of the country in the late nineteenth century‚ social tensions were defined in terms of rich versus poor‚ native-born versus immigrant‚ and worker versus capitalist. In the states of the former Confederacy‚ despite all the calls for a New South in the years after Reconstruction‚ tensions continued to center upon the relations between blacks and whites. Throughout the late 19th century‚ 4‚743 lynchings occurred in the United States. Most of these people that were lynched were black
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Prostitution became a significant of London ’s history during the 18th and 19th century. At the time‚ prostitution was a chronic problem of the public order. It became so big in London that it attracted the attention of many groups such as‚ "the church‚ the state‚ the medical profession‚ philanthropists‚ feminists and others." (Bartley‚ 1) All of these groups worked together in order to resolve the problem‚ even though at the time prostitution was not illegal. However‚ it was an activity that many
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Major Causes for Imperialism in the Late 19th and 20th Centuries With the growth of new technology after the Industrial Revolution‚ new technology allowed European nations to begin to expand their control over lesser countries. Many people wanted to gain these lands for a variety of reasons. First of all‚ with new lands added to major countries‚ the economy would be able to expand. Secondly‚ many Europeans wanted more land so that their country could achieve national greatness. Thirdly‚ as greater
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School System :) Education for all has been one of the grand causes of national progress. Less than a century ago comparatively few of the working folk could read. One of the reasons for the growth of popular education has been the spread of democratic ideas and of the application of industry to science. It began to dawn upon the people how profitable it would be for each inhabitant of a country to be able to communicate with or receive communications from others through ability to read and
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continued to blanket the city for four days. Although this is a short period of time‚ the smog had a fatal aftermath. This still continues today and affects the people who were exposed to the toxic fumes. There were many things that contributed to the way the smog started‚ ended‚ and how it became toxic. One main reason why the smog started and lasted so long was because of the weather. There was a high-pressure air mass stalled over the Thames River Valley. This happened because cold air came in
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changed history is the Industrial Revolution. “The Industrial Revolution was a period from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture‚ manufacturing‚ mining‚ and transport had a profound effect on the social‚ economic‚ and cultural conditions starting in Britain‚ then subsequently spreading throughout Europe‚ North America‚ and eventually whole world” (Cummingham). The Industrial Revolution influenced every aspect of daily life in Europe during the 19th century. There are many factors
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The United States changed from a largely rural‚ agrarian civilization to an industrial economy focused on big cities in the course of a few decades in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During this period‚ the number of native-born people migrating from rural to urban areas increased‚ but the influx of immigrants into cities far outstripped the speed of domestic migration. The population of foreign-born people rose from about 7 million to just under 14 million between 1880 and 1920. However
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The late 19th and early 20th centuries marked an unprecedented start of political expansion by European countries‚ The New Imperialism. The time for political expansion had arrived due to major powers rapidly growing. By this time Europe already seized power in India‚ the Ottoman Empire‚ and various locations in North America. Numerous attempts were taken earlier in the century‚ but inevitably failed because of their lack of military power. With the start of the Industrial Revolution and a sudden
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