The United States changed from a largely rural‚ agrarian civilization to an industrial economy focused on big cities in the course of a few decades in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During this period‚ the number of native-born people migrating from rural to urban areas increased‚ but the influx of immigrants into cities far outstripped the speed of domestic migration. The population of foreign-born people rose from about 7 million to just under 14 million between 1880 and 1920. However
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Progressivism was a movement in the early 20th century characterized by a combination of political and social ideologies that covered a wide spectrum of social aspects including civil rights social justice and also political movements such as liberalism and social democracy. The common denominator linking all these ideologies was the desire to curb capitalistic excesses‚ rapid urbanization and dynamic industrialization characteristic of the early 20th century (Ruiz‚ 1989). The progressive movement gained root
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KKK "In world history‚ those who have helped to build the same culture are not necessarily of one race‚ and those of the same race have not all participated in one culture. In scientific language‚ culture is not a function of race" (Benedict). The sad fact is that many races are discriminated against. Discrimination is defined as the act of perceiving and making evident the distinctions between two different groups of people. There have been many groups that have been very discriminating‚ but
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different—some are responses to economic distress‚ others are revolts against dictatorship‚ still others express the aspirations of new middle classes in fast-growing emerging markets—but all have common underlying features. The economic‚ social and political fallout from the 2008–09 global economic and financial crisis helps only partially to explain the upsurge of protest‚ but what appears to be decisive is the erosion of trust in governments‚ institutions‚ parties and politicians—what is generally
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The 20th century shaped modern-day America more than any previous period since the American Revolution. In the years between 1901 and 1999‚ the United States was active participants in multiple conflicts (including both World Wars)‚ spearheaded international cooperation‚ underwent several social reforms‚ experienced both an industrial revolution and a digital revolution; as well as became the poster nation for freedom and opportunity. This time period was so instrumental that new generational descriptions
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fourteenth century‚ children’s literature has gone through different literary periods each defined by its own divisions and genres. Many children’s novels‚ such as J.M. Barrie’s Peter and Wendy‚ and C.S. Lewis’s The Lion‚ the Witch‚ and the Wardrobe were published in the twentieth century and became classics. These books were marked with an increased diversity of literary genres such as mystery and fantasy literature. Fantasy literature has been a dominant literary genre in twentieth century children’s
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Major Causes for Imperialism in the Late 19th and 20th Centuries With the growth of new technology after the Industrial Revolution‚ new technology allowed European nations to begin to expand their control over lesser countries. Many people wanted to gain these lands for a variety of reasons. First of all‚ with new lands added to major countries‚ the economy would be able to expand. Secondly‚ many Europeans wanted more land so that their country could achieve national greatness. Thirdly‚ as greater
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Kari Mathes Art 101 Professor Plourde Pablo Picasso Born October‚ 25th 1881 in Malaga Spain‚ Pablo Picasso became one of the most well-known and influential artists of the 20th century. His father‚ Don Jose Ruiz Blasco‚ was an art teacher and a painter. From an early age he showed interest in art and loved to doodle. According to biography.com by the time Pablo was “13 years old his paintings were already better executed than his father ’s.” In his lifetime Picasso was known for being a womanizer
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The women’s movement grew from the efforts of abolitionist fighting to free enslaved African Americans. Among these abolitionists were women like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony who realized that they too were oppressed. Maybe not in the same way as blacks‚ but lacking rights all the same. Women have been fighting for their rights for well over one hundred and fifty years‚ and whether it was in the nineteenth century or the twentieth the fight has always been for equality. Beginning with
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In the 19th and 20th century‚ Latin America went through a huge period of progress when it came to gender norms and patriarchy. Prior to this time‚ the majority of households in Latin America had a very defined patriarchy‚ with men as protectors and providers. Women who could afford to stay at home usually did ‚ caring for children and tending to the home. However‚ into the 20th century‚ we start to see more women not only getting educations‚ but also seeing the importance of education for their
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