Philadelphia has had a long standing immigration of Irish citizens. The highest immigration of Irish into Philadelphia however was during the 19th century. The central cause of this spike in immigration was due to the failed potato crop in Ireland‚ which later became known as the Great Famine. Over a million Irish people died of starvation‚ while nearly another two million emigrated. A large portion of this plight landed in America‚ primarily to the Eastern coast cities‚ because copious amounts
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Imagine thirsty and angry Americans scrambling through the streets to buy every last ounce of their final legal drinks from liquor stores and salons. Well‚ this is what the streets would have looked like on January 15‚ 1920‚ because the next day the 18th amendment would be passed. The Eighteenth Amendment made “the manufacture‚ sale‚ or transportation of intoxicating liquors” illegal. This time where buying‚ selling‚ and transporting alcohol was illegal‚ was known as the prohibition. It came with
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The impending arrival of Europeans and Africans in the Americas in the 15th century and later has similarities and differences with earlier history. The Europeans who arrived in the Americas were explorers looking for new discoveries in the 15th century. Christopher Columbus started a settlement in the Americas in the late 15th century and other Europeans followed. Shortly after African’s were captured and brought to the Americas as slaves. As time went on more settlements were established and more
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1. The American attitude that emerged during the 19th century that Americans were destined by God to expand further west and ultimately expand their democracy throughout Latin America. 2. Agriculture that thrived during the Antebellum era which entailed agriculture that relied heavily on slave labor. 3. The argument that the South used to justify slavery in the South. They commonly would use the Bible as a very effective argument and eventually compared the slaves’ condition in the South to the
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School System :) Education for all has been one of the grand causes of national progress. Less than a century ago comparatively few of the working folk could read. One of the reasons for the growth of popular education has been the spread of democratic ideas and of the application of industry to science. It began to dawn upon the people how profitable it would be for each inhabitant of a country to be able to communicate with or receive communications from others through ability to read and
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Canada’s New Way of Life Canadians went under dramatic changes of their identity throughout the 20th century. Throughout Canada’s existence has created quite a reputation. New factories arose across Canada over the late 19th and early 20th century allowing thousands of Canadians‚ including women‚ to find a job being able to support their family. The Canadian society saw a huge transformation of farmers‚ loggers and fur traders during the 20th century. New provinces were settling in as well as
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empire consequently led to imperialism. American imperialism in the late 19th and early 20th century marked the country’s beginnings as a global superpower. But with these advances came with great responsibility. From 1950 to 1980‚ the world marveled at the feet of the economic Golden Age brought by the first American Empire – developing countries soared and economies proved to be growing faster than any stage of colonial history (Amsden‚ 2007:1). The first American Empire can be characterized by economic
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Paheeradan Nagulan Learning is one of important processes in human being life. It is self-evident that human development cannot stand without a proper learning. Since Learning provides unlimited Benefits‚ people should learn and experience it. The Reading is being reimagined over the time period. I’ll discuss about it later in this section. There are several ways that promotes Learning such as Books‚ electronic books‚ Movies‚ Periodicals such as Magazine‚ journals or Newspapers and Audio/Visual
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20th century From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For other uses‚ see 20th century (disambiguation). | |This article needs additional citations for verification. | | |Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2008) | [pic] The Earth seen from Apollo 17. The second half of the 20th century saw an increase
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Ted Turner’s innovation idea came after his father’s death when he takes over his father’s billboard broadcast company. Ted Turner was motivated to prove to his father that he was worthy of taking over the company and he also wanted to be at the top. Turner was a brilliant man who was crazy enough to try all the impossible things and actually successful at it. When Turner takes over the billboard company and expands it‚ so that his broadcast can reach all over America and eventually it reaches to
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