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    “Go as far as you can see; when you get there‚ you’ll be able to see farther”. J.P. Morgan was an extremely wealthy financier who kept getting bigger. His goal was to have the largest banking corporation in the world. And once did that‚ he invested in more companies. J.P. Morgan impacted the citizens of the United States because he made a better banking firm‚ he opened more railroad businesses‚ and he provided the United States money and art. John Pierpoint Morgan was born in 1837 in Hartford‚ Connecticut

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    Did the united states expand in the 1890’s for humanitarian or imperialism reasons? In the 1890’s powerful nations engaged in a race to extend their influence across much of the world. Imperialism was the main reason for the expansion in the United States. Imperialism was when the U.S wanted to gain more land and dominate weaker nations. There were many different factors leading to imperialism and the pressure to expand such as economical factors‚ nationalistic‚ and military factors. One reason

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    America’s most famous inventor with the most patents. He played a major role in shaping the world as we know today with inventions such as the phonograph and the electric light bulb. On the other hand‚ ford was one of America’s most prominent industrialists. ford was born on July 30‚ 1863‚ on his family’s farm in Wayne County. He introduced the assembly-line technique of production for the automobile which had a huge impact on the transportation industry. There are several similarities and differences

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    Although the Industrial Revolution had provided families with new job opportunities and income‚ there was an awful cost that came along the way of achieving this. The employment of women and children during the Industrial Revolution represented a continuation of the preindustrial kinship. Women replaced men in factory working positions‚ as seen in the 1851 illustration of plenty of women working in a cotton mill. Although these jobs were open to women‚ they were not‚ however‚ granted gender equality

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    Why did the fascists come to power in Italy in 1922? Fascism came to power in Italy in 1922 due to a number of different factors. The roots of fascism can be found in the failure of a whole political class and system to resist authoritarianism and it was a start of a big mistake made by the Italian government‚ even though allot of people thought Mussolini forced his way into power‚ in actual fact he was invited into parliament by an incompetent and underestimating liberal party (Giolitti) who

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    Lecture 11: The Consequences of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain (The Standard of Living Debate) and the Free Trade Era in Europe. I. The Consequences of the Industrial Revolution: The Standard of Living Debate. What happened to living standards during the Industrial Revolution? From today’s perspective‚ over 200 years later‚ most people would say that industrialization has raised living standards dramatically from those that prevailed in the 1700s. In fact‚ there is general agreement

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    They created so many job opportunities‚ built industries that benefited the whole country and gave away much of their hard earned money. Capitalists of the nineteenth century may have been considered robber barons but they were for the most part captains of industry. The American Industrial Revolution fundamentally changed politics‚ society‚ and the economy. Factory workers and consumerism had changed immensely in the Gilded Age; about 400‚000 patents were made between 1875 and 1900 which signifies

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    The green movement’s role in reconstruction of this ailed planet is discussed in the chapter ‘THE AILING PLANET: GREEN MOVEMENT’S ROLE’ in English textbook of class x1.since it is just an article from The Indian Express published on1994 November 24. For the sustainable development of ‘world’s most dangerous animal’ man‚ he had exploited the nature a lot. It is more than a lot truly. Since nature is the raw material for all our needs‚ we will be living in an ailed planet soon if the nature is destructed

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    RISE OF HITLER BACKROUND - Half Austrian and half German. Serves with distinction‚ wounded returns to Bavaria after war (served in a Bavarian regiment). - German nationalist+supporter of authoritarianism+ opposed to democracy and socialism + racially motivated (anti-Semitism v German Volk) - Pseudo spy for Bavarian govt and runs into the DAP (German Workers Party). Likes their anti-capitalist‚ anti-Semitic and nationalist message. Anton Drexler is founder/head; Hitler has energy‚ oratory and

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    1.0 Introduction Industrial Revolution was a period from 1750s to 1850s. It was first started in Great Britain particularly in England then spread to Western Europe‚ japan and northern America as well as rest of the world. This industrial revolution was a process where machines take over the functions of hand tools‚ thus‚ the production increase. Many new machines were invented by the inventors in this period‚ for example‚ James watt invented the steam engine in 1755 to pump water out of mines.

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