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    Technology Advances in Antebellum America The Era of 1800 to 1860 proved to be some of the most technologically advanced years of the 19th century. This Era saw a rapid technological change in communications‚ travel. Through these advances helped the United States grow and prosper. Communication was now possible from the most populated to the least populated areas of the country. Telegraph wires stretched from north to south and east to west. The introduction of the Pony Express allowed the

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    Muckrakers were US journalists and other writers who exposed corruption in politics and business in the early 20th century. The term was first used by Theodore Roosevelt in 1906. Roosevelt denounced muckrakers in 1906 because he felt that they were making stories up to prove that America was corrupted‚ when it was not. Some people believe that Teddy Roosevelt was missing the point of muckrakers‚ but Roosevelt made the right decision. The people did not deserve to be worried about issues that were

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    The Place of Technology Opinions on the roles technologies have assumed in our lives vary greatly between individuals‚ but all most often question the potential effects it has on our brains and their functions. Some‚ like the author Nicholas Carr‚ see the change as a loss rather than a gain‚ and others‚ such as the Glass explorer Gary Shteyngart‚ are welcoming the change with open arms. Carr elaborates on his technological concerns in great detail in his 2008 article “Is Google Making Us Stupid

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    The relationship between workers and the owners during the 20th century was not a good relationship‚ The workers did not like the way they were being treated and that the companies were making more while not paying the workers more. The workers would not support/ work well for the owners or corporations because they would work many hours a week and still not make very much money. They would go on strike while the companies are in the profit margin‚ which would in a sense drop the economical value

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    Article Summary. During a winter afternoon on February (May 2001)‚ a wheelchair equipped with sensors and a computer moved crossed a hectic lounge of a railway station in Ulm‚ Germany‚ avoiding commuters and luggage. From the other end of the hectic lounge of that wheelchair‚ a group of engineers looked carefully as a person moved towards that wheelchair. The wheelchair stopped and move in a different direction (right)‚ stopped again and turned left as the man danced around‚ trying to prevent

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    20th Century Imperialism

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    International Relations: At the beginning of twentieth century‚ international relations around the world were poisoned by tensions emanating from several sources. New levels of nationalistic pride spilled over into international affairs‚ heightening existing fears and hostilities inherited from past. Imperialist competition for the control of territories around the world added more fuel to the fire‚ driving nations to search for security in arms races‚ alliances‚ and plans of war. Imperialism:

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    At the start of the 20th century‚ Wilfred Laurier stated “ the next hundreds years would belong to Canada.” Your job as a historian is to decide whether that statement was true. When Wilfred Laurier said that the 20th Century would belong to Canada‚ I believe he meant‚ that the 20th century will be a year of great prosperity for Canada. Also that Canada will shine‚ and stand out as a country‚ and a fighting force. The 20th century belonged to Canada On January 18‚ 1904 Prime Minister

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    The internet technology has become one of the most important forms of technology there is. It has come a long way from a research project funded by the American Department of Defense called ARPAnet‚ designed as a back-up system that could withstand a nuclear attack: if a bomb fell on part of it‚ the rest should keep working. One could never imagine a world without the internet‚ where information is just within your fingers. You can find anything from phone numbers to the scientific name of the zebra

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    Australia‚ Opera House‚ by Jorn Utzon‚ the work of Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum.  Architect Frank Lloyd Wright • American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) is the most famous architect of the twentieth century and one of the most prolific. Wright defined his Prairie School style of architecture with organic buildings that extend the indoors to the outside. Prairie style houses cling to their site with low-slung projecting roofs that suggest security and

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    classrooms‚ which asserts the utmost attention amongst its listeners. A crazy ideal that believes women hold fundamental rights among men‚ and deserve the same treatment‚ the same opportunities. Feminism has grown since its conception in the early 20th century‚ and has catapulted upward in a grand and illustrious fashion‚ clinging to the souls of women who will no longer be oppressed by an abusive patriarchy. However‚ in this decade‚ feminism has become the topic of crude humor‚ has been made the punchline

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