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    1900 Parenting Styles

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    Every parent and child should have trust in their relationship with each other. There is a signifacant difference in the parenting styles in 1900 than the parenting styles in today’s society. In the 1900s‚ it was socially acceptable for parents‚ mainly the fathers‚ to punish their children in a forceful manner. “Fathers typically were there to punish and enforce the children” (Museum‚ n.d.). Today‚ if parents were to paddle their children in the behind‚ the beating would be viewed as assault. Mel

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    During the late 1800s and the early 1900s‚ the US became much more involved in world affairs. In other words‚ they were becoming a world power. This meant many things‚ many changes. In the 1880s‚ the US was still known as a minor county‚ a nation known to play only a small role in world affairs. Before the start of intervening in other nations‚ the US had followed a policy of isolationism‚ or having little to do with the political affairs of other nations. This was advised by George Washington in

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    National Bureau of Economic Research Volume Title: Reform‚ Recovery‚ and Growth: Latin America and the Middle East Volume Author/Editor: Rudiger Dornbusch and Sebastian Edwards‚ eds. Volume Publisher: University of Chicago Press Volume ISBN: 0-226-15745-4 Volume URL: http://www.nber.org/books/dorn95-1 Conference Date: December 17-18‚ 1992 Publication Date: January 1995 Chapter Title: Trade Policy‚ Exchange Rates‚ and Growth Chapter Author: Sebastian Edwards Chapter URL: http://www.nber.org/chapters/c7649

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    to Mid-1800’s Throughout American history‚ African Americans fought to establish their own culture. Even though they were silenced by white laws and stereotypes‚ African Americans created their own distinct culture‚ to a certain extent from 1800 to 1860. By mixing their African American traditions and Christian ideas‚ they formed a religion‚ their own version of Christianity. African American rebellions‚ though small and infrequent‚ were used to express their beliefs on slavery and add to their distinct

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    Political Strategies in America during the Eighteenth Century Introduction The eighteenth century was a period of many changes in both America and Europe. Many wars took place in different battlefields including the entire American continent‚ All Europe and the Atlantic Ocean. Many groups of people awakened and fought for independence in the British Colonies. And European and American philosophers defined the period as of the enlightenment. By the year of 1650 the European population was 103

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    process through which the vegetation is turned into coal. This means that it’s not possible to keep it going since we can’t wait around for a few million years. Coal was the first fossil fuel to be exploited on a large scale during the 19th century with the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. Production of these fossil fuels is expected to rise‚ approximately doubling the amount of use of each fossil fuel. As the world population continues to grow and the limited amount of fossil fuels begins to diminish

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    1820-1860 Research Paper

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    Amr Sadek November 4‚ 2012 U.S. History In what ways did developments in transportation bring about economic and social change in the United States in the period 1820-1860? Development in transportation helped each area of the United States. Those areas were the South‚ North and the new west. Transportation helped each area develop economically and socially. Transportation helped by making the South making money by sending cotton to the north so they can manufacture clothes. This helped

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    Women today in 2016 couldn’t last two minutes living the life of a woman in the 1900s. 100 years ago‚ females were known as the weaker gender but more virtuous and were not allowed to do anything unless they had a husband. They didn’t have any rights‚ authority‚ or opinion about ANYTHING! It was illegal for women to do a lot of things‚ and here we are 100 years later‚ we can do whatever we want‚ when we want‚ however

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    1860-1980 Social Factors

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    Social factors were the most prominent factor to contribute to the changing status of women in Britain in the years 1860-1980 as women had more freedom in exploring different aspects of the society without hesitation and without feeling the upper hand from men. A women had the freedom to wear and behave the way she believed was correct and not necessarily according to how the society would have preferred her to behave. One of the most significant act is the “The Matrimonial Property Act of 1970”

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    to protect workers. The labor unions fought for safer working conditions‚ better wages‚ and reasonable hours. During the Industrial Revolution‚ children were being employed and many of them worked as many hours as the adults. The wages during that time were extremely low and most were living in poverty‚ even though they were working very long days. Labor unions were definitely needed during those years and they were successful in stopping child labor‚ getting health benefits for workers‚ obtaining

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