b) The rubric requires an “explicitly stated thesis that addresses all parts of the question.” The prompt here is: Identify the issues raised by the growth of Manchester and analyze the various reactions to those issues over the course of the 19th Century. Here is an organization that tracks the prompt and will lead to a solid thesis: Issues Positive Reactions Negative Reactions 1 (massive growth) 6 (disease‚ bad health‚ bad morals) 8 (short life span) 3 (better lives) 9 (workshop to world)
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Immigration in the U.S was a very prominent occurrence in the 19th century. However‚ this great wave started coming to an end by the beginning of the 1920s. Between the late 19th century and the beginning of the 20th approximately 25 million people on American land were foreigners. Of that 25 million about 9 percent of them were Irish Immigrants (Over 7 million). Most of the foreign people from this time period‚ categorized as the New Immigrants‚ were young men looking for jobs to accrue enough money
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The foundation of correctional law and the start of the correctional system goes back to the seventeenth and eighteenth century in England. In the seventeenth and eighteenth century it began as hospice facilities which were institutions that promoted the idea of isolating offenders from each other. There were also had houses of correction which emphasized the importance of hard work at disagreeable tasks. The 1779 Penitentiary Act found that prisoners should be housed in secure and sanitary facilities
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The American Expansion or the Westward Expansion was one of the most defining themes of the 19th century. When evaluating the effects of the American Expansion in the United States‚ Mexico‚ and Spain‚ Americans had the ideal idea that they should be able to spread their colonies westward. The Americans called this god given right Manifest Destiny. This led to conflicts of war in which America became a great imperialistic powerhouse. This caused a lot of controversy between the different colonies
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In the early 19th century‚ Virginia had long been the central point of focus in terms of the American slave trade. Slaves were brought in to the city from the surrounding areas where they were housed in jail cells and sold at auctions. The primary sources of today’s reading experienced by James Martin‚ Elizabeth Keckley‚ and Elizabeth Veney offers insight into the process of the selling of slaves in order to allow us to better understand the history of the past. It was during this time period that
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"In Europe and Asia‚ ’the age of the horse’ lasted from the classical times of Greece and Rome until the beginning of the 19th century."(1) This quote shows that horses have been used by mankind for centuries‚ and still are. Without horses‚ mankind may not be as developed as today. Not only did they help us win wars and work on farms‚ but they were a key factor in exploration and the industrial revolution. Horses have been around for some 50 million years!(2) The first type of horse was a small 4
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past‚ and starting in the 1900’s‚ issues started getting addressed. Even today‚ there are issues which appear to still affect roles and views of people. A difference between today’s issues and the ones from the 19th century is that at least today women have rights as citizens. 19th century England enforced debilitating gender roles on women which prevented them from being considered “real” citizens in society. There have been several issues and topics in conversation which depict how the gender
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could be shown to be socially constructed within a specific historical context‚ rather than natural and universal‚ then feminists would argue that it was open to change. Activists within the first organised women’s movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries found that women were largely absent from standard history texts and this inspired them to write their own histories. Detailed studies of women’s work‚ trade unionism and political activities were produced by authors such as Barbara Hutchins
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legal and social equality of women with men. The beginning of the fight for women’s suffrage in the United States‚ which entry into Congress by nearly 70 years‚ grew out of a larger women’s rights movement. That reform effort evolved during the 19th century goals before focusing solely on securing the franchise for women. The first gathering devoted to women’s rights in the United States was held July 19–20‚ 1848‚ in Seneca Falls. A look back at history shows that women have made great strides in
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During the early portion of the 19th century‚ slavery was deemed to be fundamental for this country economy (Foner 406)‚ claiming it a necessary evil. According to John C. Calhoun‚ “Many in the South once believed that slavery was a moral and political evil…we see it now in its true light and regard it as the most sage and stable basis for free institution in the world.” Those that were proslavery truly believed this; slaves were fed‚ sheltered and all they had to do was obey their owners and those
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