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    characteristics of a city. It wasn’t until about thirty years after the civil war that America started seeing signs of urbanization. In the late nineteenth century‚ America started changing its lifestyle and started going from farming to city life. Cities started growing and more people started living in the cities. The Industrial Revolution of the 19th and 20th century gave people higher expectations to improve the way of living. Jobs along with technology and transportation increased. Cars and railroads were

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    once said‚ gin… ‘saved more Englishman’s lives‚ and minds‚ than all the doctors in the Empire’ (LeBor). However‚ this is a common misconception in the history of gin: in 18th Century England‚ a Gin Craze took over. The Gin Craze was a brief stint in English history when the poor drank excessive amounts of gin (“18th Century Gin Craze”). This period defined the time when the government exploited the poor by domesticating gin production. In doing so‚ gin became affordable to everyone‚ and the government

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    America’s sporting culture of the late 19th century and into the early 20th century largely reflected ideals the country enforced during colonial times‚ as the same ruling parties (upper class white males and the newly forming “middle class” white male) were charged with shaping and influencing society. These ideas‚ that enforced white male (unless poor except in certain cases) dominance‚ limited women’s involvement and ranked “others” (blacks‚ immigrants‚ poorer whites) below the upper white class

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    Throughout the 19th century‚ America faced a new era as industrialization marked a shift toward powered‚ specialized machinery‚ factories and mass production allowing many businesses to begin to bloom. New philosophies unfolded as Americans faced many challenges and aimed to develop solutions to fix such problems. Yet‚ despite the attempts of the working class to create a better life for themselves in this new era‚ many business moguls would soon take over and begin to monopolize their respective

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    Irish-American immigrants as an example of a minority that experienced systemic discrimination( in their native England) which subsequently determined their social standing in the New World as well as the few organizations aimed to improve their conditions. Like many immigrant groups in the United States‚ the Irish were characterized as racial others when they first arrived in the 19th century. The Irish had suffered horrible injustices in the U.K. at the hands of the British‚ even called “white negroes

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    During the last centuries‚ women were inferior to men‚ but things have changed and evolved‚ also women have changed through the time. The feminist movement and the women’s revolution started in the last 19th century because of the social justice and they did not like to be considered as the second citizen. They lived with the domestic sphere and have no role outside the home. From this picture‚ the true woman was socially considered as a scared character in the society‚ and she was the angel of the

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    Railroads were played an important role in the colonization and economic improvement in India and Mexico. Railroads created infrastructure and by integrating markets and increasing trade‚ this helped grow these two respective economies. Railroads allowed India and Mexico to increase their imports and exports‚ and also attributed to people becoming more connected between cities‚ which could have contributed to the native people of both countries desiring independence from their foreign rulers. Both

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    At the end of the Civil War in 1865‚ America found itself in a state of economic chaos. As it experienced a second Industrial Revolution after the Civil War‚ the United States emerged as an industrial colossus and world power. While capitalists undeniably facilitated America’s industrial and economic development between 1875 and 1900‚ the intention with which they did so has been a topic of dispute. While some historians described these capitalists as “captains of industry” others believed they were

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    Antebellum America Transforming Antebellum America was the time before the Civil War‚ and it was full of minorities including women and African Americans. Both were abused‚ had little educational opportunities‚ were treated poorly‚ were looked down upon‚ had no right to vote‚ and were basically nothing but second hand help. These reformers would communicate the problems of the men running the society. They tried to reform America for more equality through several movements. These include the temperance

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    Through the ingenious works of poetry the role of nature has imprinted the 18th and 19th century with a mark of significance. The common terminology ‘nature’ has been reflected by our greatest poets in different meanings and understanding; Alexander Pope believed in reason and moderation‚ whereas Blake and Wordsworth embraced passion and imagination. The 18th century was known as the Age of Reason‚ where the focus was on the search for truth and clarity in the world of disorder through reason. Alexander

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