H) Have you ever been so tired you wanted to fall over and go to sleep? Well this was the case for many Americans traveling in the early 1800s before the invention of cars. (OI) The invention of cars has changed the world drastically.(T) Cars have changed the world by making it possible to drive to your destination‚ get places faster‚ and travel without having bad weather interfere with your trip. (R1) Cars have been one of the greatest inventions by making it possible for people to drive and not
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Shunda R. Anderson 07/24/2010 "Compare and contrast the Pennsylvania and New York Penitentiary theories of the 1800’s." The Pennsylvania System‚ after the failure of Walnut Street‚ Pennsylvania constructed two new prisons: the Western Penitentiary near Pittsburgh (opened in 1826) and the Eastern Penitentiary in Cherry Hill‚ near Philadelphia (1829). The Pennsylvania system took the concept of silence as a virtue to new extremes. Based on the idea of separate confinement‚ these penitentiaries
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During the late 1800’s and early 1900’s‚ there were a lot of injustices in the United States. The Progressive Movement‚ which began in the late 1800’s attempted to bring about government reforms and correct injustices in America. One example of the problem in the U.S. was over population of the American cities. More and more people began to move cities from rural areas for jobs. As you can see in Document I‚ the cities were overcrowded and the infrastructure could not hold up with the influx of
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Writing Assignment : Revolution of 1800 The election of 1800 is called by many the “Revolution of 1800” due to the fact that this election‚ was the transition of power from one political party to another. There were many foreign policy changes‚ judiciary changes‚ and political changes during the election of 1800‚ which is why it was named the “Revolution of 1800”. Adams never really had a jump on Jefferson‚ due to the fact that he had earned enemies with the Alien and Sedition Acts. The election
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progressive reforms during the period 1890-1915 in the areas of urban life and politics were mixed successes‚ with some reforms working well and others not‚ but were overall largely successful. In urban life‚ the progressives worked hard to improve the conditions for all‚ to better the cities themselves. In politics‚ the progressives (who had felt as though their needs were not being represented) attempted to make the system less corrupt and more fair and equal for all. The less successful reforms in
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depending on‚ which century one has lived in. In early 1600‚’s to the late 1800’s in American history the word freedom was something worth striving for. It kept people moving forward no matter the circumstances. In the textbook Give Me Liberty! by Eric Foner‚ there are excerpts throughout each chapter written in different times in history describing their voice of freedom. I have chosen three from the early 1600’s to the late 1800’s to see whether their definition of freedom is the same or does
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Labor unions began to emerge after the Civil War when working conditions in factories became harsh and unfair. The lack of safety‚ health conditions‚ and appreciation for the working men began to anger many of them. These men turned to forming an organized group in order to express their opinions and ideas on how to make their jobs more appealing for them. They advocated for shorter working hours‚ more safety codes‚ cleaner facilities‚ and more job opportunities by eliminating machines that replaced
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Dealing with Depression in the 1800’s William Faulkner and Charlotte Gilman are two well known writers for intriguing novels of the 1800’s. Their two eccentric pieces‚ “A Rose for Emily” and “The Yellow Wallpaper” are equally alluring. These authors and their works have been well recognized‚ but also critized. The criticism focuses on the society that is portrayed in these novels. The modern readers of today’s society are resentful to this dramatic society. These two novels are full of tradition
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In this essay I will be tracing the change in women in the consumer culture in France in the late 1800’s to through the 1920’s‚ using the works of Mary Louise Roberts Samson and Delilah Revisited: The Politics of Woman’s Fashion in 1920’s France‚ and Judith G. Coffin’s Credit‚ Consumption‚ and Images of Women’s Desires: Selling the Sewing machine in late Nineteenth- Century France. 1880’s and 1890’s mark an important turning point in the history of advertising and credit. In the larger cities in
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The era of the 1900s- 2000s brought about setbacks as well as advancements of mental health regarding treatments‚ education‚ and reform bringing us to where we are today. During the period of the great depression‚ the population was thrown into a tailspin resulting in the overcrowding of sick‚ elderly and ill in mental asylums. Families would often submit their elderly relatives to asylums because they lacked the resources or time to deal with them appropriately. The problem with overcrowding
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