the Europeans against establishing any new colonies or encroaching on the interests of any sovereign state in the Western Hemisphere. In kind‚ the United States would stay out of the old world. But this seemingly complete disregard for world politics did not mean that the United States had no territorial ambitions of its own. On the contrary‚ for the latter half of the 19th century‚ the U.S. continued to expand. With the Louisiana
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Slavery was abolished in 1865‚ but many racial prejudices still exist today‚ as they did in 1900. 19th Century Galveston was relatively racially accepting. It is noted in the book that “Blacks‚ whites‚ Jews‚ and immigrants lived and worked side by side with an astonishing degree of mutual tolerance.” (Pg. 67). Because of the Negro Longshoremen’s Association‚ Galveston’s wharves were controlled by its black population. In general‚ Galveston’s black population luxuriated in a much higher standard of
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Photographers in the 1970s and 1980s continued to grapple with the invasion of modernity affecting the land and everyday life. With progress‚ photographers’ paid homage to the romanticism of photography of the 19th century‚ yet showed the tensions that intersect between humanity and the natural environment. Photographers responded by using their camera to revel in the magnificence and power of machines‚ other photographers captured the inherent beauty and form found in nature and places not yet affected
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In the late 19th century Russia was in a industrial standstill and its zeitgeist completely skewed compared to the evolution of the rest of the western world. This was mainly due to Russia being so big as well as having a much larger population than the rest of europe and having no government to match the sheer size of the masses. During the end of the 19th century into the 20th‚ the population of Russia was the fastest growing western nation‚ other than the U.S.‚ with their population more than
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The second half of the nineteenth century was the most significant period for modernization and urban revolution of the United States. Parallel with the growth of the factories‚ mines and fields‚ grew also the cities‚ attributed as ’’great’’ ones. In a single period of 50 years‚ between 1860 and 1910‚ the population multiplied more than 7 times‚ expanding itself from 6 to 44 million. The rural influence and importance began to fade‚ comfirmed by the fact that by 1920‚ the majority of Americans would
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During the period of 1800-1880 New York City’s population doubled. With no place to house everyone building owners began to invest in tenements. “A tenement is a substandard multi-family dwelling in the urban core‚ usually old and occupied by the poor.” As New York became more and more crowded with immigrant’s tenements started popping up through the city. There was approximately more than 80‚000 tenements build by 19th century. It is said that they housed approximately 2.3 million immigrants.
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Drugs have played a most important role in increasing average life expectancy in the world in the previous century. In the 19Th and previous centuries‚ natural product extracts‚ mainly those derived from botanical species‚ provided the major source of folk medicines. In 19Th century‚ biologically-active organic molecules began to be isolated in pure form for medicinal use. For example‚ salicyclic acid‚ the precursor of aspirin‚ was isolated from willow bark in 1874. Painkillers‚ such as codeine and
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Women in the nineteenth century were often seen as the progenitors of family-life: they saw to a child’s education‚ well-being‚ and guided them through their first years of life; they were the ‘masters’ of their households‚ and were therefore seen as little else. Women‚ particularly wives‚ were not to venture outside of it nor question its limiting standards‚ nor was an education beyond the most basic of standards considered necessary. Friedrich Engels defined women’s role as that of a chattel in
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The marriage culture within Middle and Eastern Europe‚ during the early nineteenth century added to the weight of the women’s plight in their efforts for equality. Women in marriages during this time‚ especially those of the arranged nature‚ were significantly less well of than their male counterparts. This oppression was enforced through social pressure‚ religious beliefs and practices‚ economics‚ and common law. Often times women had little say in when‚ where‚ and even sometimes to whom they were
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precious metals or a large indigenous population to exploit‚ Cuba remained a neglected‚ sparsely populated outpost of the empire. The is- land’s inhabitants engaged‚ for the most part‚ in small-scale farming for domestic consumption. During the 19th century there was a severe change in Cuba‚ the country had transformed into a monoculture. Cuba was dependent on the production of a single crop called sugar. There was an economic boom in the 1800’s due to
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