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    When people hear and talk about freedom and equality‚ they think about The United States of America. This is the first thing that comes up into their mind because this is a couple of things that America value. Freedom and equality is what America conducts in now‚ but throughout the 1900’s this was not the case. All genders back then were not all equal‚ in fact‚ women back then had the littlest of freedom and equality. Sometimes the women would make a stand for their gender‚ and sometimes the women

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    The formation‚ construction‚ and operation trains brought social‚ economic and political change to America. America came to see bridges and other structures on which train would operate crossing the country. In addition to transportation‚ railroads contributed to other industries like iron and communications. Iron production grew as well‚ even more than the population during the 1860’s since the demand was so high for railroads. Communication also became important for railroads. According to Understanding

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    Migration from 1750-1900

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    During the time between 1750 and 1900‚ there were a lot of changes happening in countries. This period of time was called the Industrial Revolution. In the Industrial Revolution‚ people were moving around a lot. People moved from one country to another hoping that they could find a better way to live life. There were also people who were forced to leave their country because of a crime. The main reason why people moved was because they wanted to find work. A lot of urbanization was happening

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    Anderson Manning Mr. Hunsinger APUSH January 17‚ 2014 DBQ Through out the period of 1875 and 1900 many strikes and labor movements occurred. Many labor unions tried to reform laborers’ wages and the conditions in which they were working. Even though there were many efforts for reform by organized labor‚ they were unsuccessful in improving the position of the laborers. In document A there is a chart of the daily hours and index of average daily wages. It shows that daily hours went from

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    impact of the Industrial Revolution on children during the 19th Century in Britain During the nineteenth century great social and economic changes occurred throughout Britain. Education and political privileges that had once belonged largely to the upper class‚ spread to the growing middle class. Children were affected both positively and negatively by the Industrial Revolution depending on the socioeconomic status. Revisionist historians are quick to point out that the Industrial revolution encouraged

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    Third Reich‚ most being German “citizens” and Eastern European‚ ranging in age from children to seniors. But why Havana? Many of the passengers had applied for American visas‚ and were planning to stay for a short time in Cuba until they could go to America. Ultimately the refugees never were allowed in any country the liner sailed to‚ resulting in the ship returning back to Europe. Upon arrival in Havana on the 30th of May‚ the passengers of the liner were refused entry

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    The Industrial Revolution was a time of high profit but also the time of the devastating deaths caused by it. The Industrial Revolution was a time when the world of manufacturing changed the way we now manufacture and produce‚ the Industrial Revolution was also an important source of economic development to the United States. The Industrial Revolution was the of the changes in economic and social development that began about 1760 in England and later in the united states‚ replacement of hand tools

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    Economic growth From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (April 2011) GDP real growth rates‚ 1990–1998 and 1990–2006‚ in selected countries. Rate of change of Gross domestic product‚ world and OECD‚ since 1961 Economic growth caused the production-possibility frontier to shift outward. Economic growth is the

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    comparison of Russia and Britain in the period 1850 – 1900. How true is it to say that Russia was a ‘backward country’?” Countries develop at different rates at different times. While Britain had started to industrialise and modernise prior to 1850‚ is it true to say that Russia was as successful in trying to develop before the start of the 20th century or were they still considered a backward country by that time? Prior to and during the period 1850 - 1900‚ Russia was controlled by a Tsarist autocracy

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    American Romanticism (1820-1900) Background: Romanticism‚ a term that is associated with imagination and boundlessness‚ and in critical usage is contrasted with classicism‚ which is commonly associated with reason and restriction. A romantic attitude may be detected in literature of any period‚ but as a historical movement it arose in the 18th and 19th centuries in reaction to more rational literary‚ philosophic‚ artistic‚ religious‚ and economic standards. Since it gathered force gradually

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