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    During the late 19th century‚ the United States began to expand globally and ushered us into the age of American Imperialism. By the turn of the century‚ the United States had become a minor imperial power after fighting a war with Spain for Cuba and the Philippines along with the annexation of Hawaii and some other territories. Throughout the 19th century‚ the U.S. concentrated on expanding its reach into foreign markets and the colonization of foreign territories‚ but it had tried to avoid involvement

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    civilization when speaking about this cultures centeredness. This quote almost sounds like a longing for the lost cultural practices‚ political leadership‚ and social systems. From reading this particular quote you can tell that come the twentieth century that worldwide cultures were changing due to the expansion of the Roman Empire. For any given cultural group this loss of centeredness could have meant total annihilation of all practices and traditions. Especially with smaller groups it is very

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    19th Century Industrialization Nineteenth Century Industrialization During the second half of the nineteenth century‚ the United States experienced an urban revolution unparalleled in world history up to that point in time. As factories‚ mines‚ and mills sprouted out across the map‚ cities grew up around them. The late nineteenth century‚ declared an economist in 1889‚ was "not only the age of cities‚ but the age of great cities." Between 1860 and 1910‚ the urban population grew from 6 million

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    Chartism was a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century‚ between 1838 and 1859. It takes its name from the People’s Charter of 1838. Chartism was possibly the first mass working class labor movement in the world. Chartists were largely unsuccessful at convincing Parliament to reform the voting system of the mid-19th century; however‚ this movement caught the interest of the working class. The working class interest in politics from that point on aided

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    After the first European settlers and before the 19th Century was there mostly slaves who arrived to America‚ and that was not voluntarily. Subsequently of the win of independence in America came a lot of immigrants from countries where the conditions were bad for a hope of better life and opportunities in America. After a long‚ dangerous and exhausting journey over the Atlantic Ocean was the sight of the Statue of Liberty in the distance a symbol for hope‚ happiness and holiness for immigrants

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    The women’s movement’s greatest accomplishment was the passage of the 19th amendment allowing women to vote. This victory also lead to changed perceptions of women as intellectual beings and individual from their male relations‚ a victory in and of itself. Leading up to the passage of the 19th amendment‚ protests and demonstrations by suffragettes were common. One of the best examples of effective protesting were the Silent Sentinels lead by Alice Paul‚ a prominent suffragette. These women protested

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    transportation revolution in the United States as they were widely used from late 19th century up until the 1850s. People found many uses for them whether to move throughout the country‚ to commute to work or moved goods. Prior to the introduction of railroads‚ people in the States would use sail boats‚ horses‚ or even by foot to travel long distances from one point to another but everything changed in the late 19th century‚ when there were rapid series of innovations and one of the first ones was the

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    Reflections of 19th Century Stereotypes Many authors describe their society through their literary works. Henrik Ibsen is a perfect example of this as he explains: "My task has been the description of humanity"(Fjeble 120). Ibsen lived between 1829 and 1906 and therefore experienced the prime of the 19th century. 19th century America was filled with hard-working people‚ a structured family life and clear-cut male/female roles. Ibsen is known to reflect the 19th century society through most of

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    Women of the 19th Century By: Kristian Koeppen Women of the 19th century Women of the modern era might be surprised what their 19th century counterpart’s role in society might have been. Women in the 1800’s were not treated with nearly as much respect as they are nowadays. Modern day women have many advantages that women of the 1800s did not have‚ in the way of career opportunities‚ and

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    In the 19th century one can see an increased amount of curiosity‚ discovery and knowledge‚ but that suddenly didn’t appear out of nowhere. Real scientific discoveries were brought to life and proven by observation and experiments unlike the answers people before them had thought. Questions about the universe were all explained by divine intervention‚ karma‚ or just bad luck in the 18th century. Lots of “answers” were more of less theoretical than based on actual observations. People made up reasons

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