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    Penny Press In The 1800s

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    The Penny Press was developed during a very dynamic and colorful period in American history. In the early 1800s‚ newspapers were biased and controlled by political parties that only reported on political news. Social‚ economic‚political and cultural conditions created a new form of journalism which began during the penny press. For once readers were able to read a newspaper and not just view it. This new press refelcted the new politics going on in America. Many historians believed that the nations

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    Child Labor In The 1800s

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    Child labor in America during the 1800s to the early 1900s was very dangerous for the living conditions of children. Some of the problems children experienced were health issues‚ extended hours‚ and not getting an education. In order for children to receive a better education‚ reform movements were made by teachers and church members to end child labor. Lillian Wald and Florence Kelley were some of the leaders of movements that made it successful at ending child labor. Other reform movements were:

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    obstructed foetuses. The most influential early man-midwife in Britain was William Smellie. He was a leading teacher of obstetrics‚ midwifery and forceps use. Despite growing professionalisation‚ man-midwives only found real respectability in the early 1800s‚ when they gained approval among the upper classes. Families who could afford their fees increasingly ‘called for the doctor’‚ invariably male. Female midwives became unfashionable‚ outmoded and associated with the poor. This gradual shift was criticised

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    Child Labor In The 1800s

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    developed to take on a task of that nature. Later in the 1800’s‚ The Federations of Organized Trades and labor unions was formed‚ labor unions has risen the standard of living for most people. The Federations of Organized Trades and labor unions made it possible for people to receive better wages and sensible hours. The labor movement was aid to ending child labor‚and giving health benefits to those in need‚injured or retired. Also in the 1800’s two financial classes were created which was the rich

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    that utilized their natural predisposition towards nurturant activities (Kerber 1988). While the idea that women should be banned from the polity dates back to ancient greece‚ the idea of women as the more moral‚ domestic sex took hold during industrialization (Kuersten 2003.) Prior to the industrial revolutions‚ family members

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    by cowboys also referred to as vaqueros. In 1836‚ Texas became independent because Mexicans left with their cattle behind. Around that time beef was not popular so animals were only used for their skin and tallows. However; in 1850‚ the use for beef flourished which resulted in some ranchers becoming wealthy. The Civil War‚ 1861‚ broke out between the Northern and

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    Child Labor in the 1800s

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    Hannah Lambach Miss Johnson American Literature 14 May 2014 Child Labor Children today should be very grateful. They have school‚ sleep‚ and parents that give them almost next to no chores. Children in the 1800s and early 1900s worked in factories sometimes as young as 4. They received very little pay‚ as having children work in the factories was easier for the factory owner‚ for they did not have to pay as much and children were easier to manage. Many children were hurt in many ways from working

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    way before any knowledge of mental health developed. These people we labeled as witches and demons‚ and the only response to them that people had was to kill them‚ or lock them up in horrible conditions. This continued well into the 1800s‚ and only by the late 1800s were mentally ill people actually acknowledged. More extensive research into the mind started to develop through the 18th century‚ and continues today. The way we treat and diagnose mental illnesses has improved significantly since

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    The period of the Industrial Revolution (1750-1850) was characterized by a time of change and development‚ to which the cotton industry and scientific machinery advancement acting as the engines driving radical demographic and social change. The developments in the factory system subsequently led to the demographic shift from rural to urban society. The demographic shift depressed the living standards of workers of the of the manufacturing systems and left the aggravated conditions of labor and poverty

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    Women In The 1800's

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    which eventually came to be a great issue to women. Women’s questioning of their equality helped spark the beginning of the Woman’s Right’s Movement. This paper will go over how women were paid significantly less than men during the 1800’s‚how most women in the 1800’s got married to men for financial stability‚ how women were more decorative and sentimental‚ women’s entrance to the world of politics‚ and some different viewpoints of women earning more rights in general. This movement had abundant

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