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    throughout the 1900s this was not the case. All genders back then were not all equal‚ in fact‚ women back then had the littlest of freedom and equality. Sometimes the women would make a stand for their gender‚ and sometimes the women would let the society control them. Two women who decided to make a stand for their sex were Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ and Lucretia Mott when they started the Women’s Suffrage Movement in 1913 (Table 1). This movement was created because women in the 1900s wanted rights

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    Democrat and Republican Parties of the late 1800s Essay The Democrat and Republican parties of the late 1800s had a parallel belief that it was giving a voice to its constituents. The Republicans and Democrats fought over political corruption‚ civil rights‚ reconstruction‚ immigration‚ and States’ rights. Republicans appealed to the Union‚ Border States‚ and African Americans. The South had to be rebuilt‚ but giving power to the Southern whites was not an option at any time. Lincoln’s

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    Medical Advancements of the late 1700’s to the early 1800s In early medicine‚ the sounds of the heart‚ lungs‚ and organs were few of the only sources to determine if an individual was ill. The act of listening to these sounds‚ known as auscultation‚ was dramatically refined by the invention of the stethoscope. The word stethoscope originated from two Greek words for “I see” and “the chest”’. In the early 1800s‚ medicine had been immensely improved. Scientists and doctors made advancements that

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    One day Edison’s boss called him to his office. He asked him how much it would cost to buy his improvements. He wanted $6‚000 but his boss offered $40‚000! Edison bought a factory and started inventing. In 1871‚ Edison married Mary Stiltwell and had three children. In 1876‚ Edison moved out of Newark and into Meleno Park. In 1876 Alexander Bell invented the telephone and Edison improved it by making it battery powered. He then invented a lampback out of graphite and it made the signal clearer

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    Throughout history detectives and police have performed amazing feats with their abilities and were involved in some historically important cases of their era throughout the 1800s till now. Historically local tribal groups were composed of kin-based communities or as villages‚ bands‚ and sometimes regions. Local groups were generally politically and economically autonomous‚ and often maintained kinship‚ political‚ economic‚ and ceremonial ties to other local groups and the collective nation. Beck

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    Women in the 1800s were very segregated from men compared to women today. Many of us don’t stop to think about all the hard work and bravery women put in for us to have the privileges we have in our modern society. The women in America During the late 1800s were treated unequally to men because they couldn’t vote‚ they had no job opportunities‚ and were controlled in marriage. Women were unable to vote; just men. Also‚ women weren’t allowed to choose laws. It’s unfair that men were the only ones

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    In comparing the three authors and the literary works of women authors‚ Kate Chopin (1850 -1904)‚ "The Awakening"‚ Charlotte Perkins Gilman ’s (1860-1935)‚ "The Yellow Wallpaper"‚ and Edith Wharton ’s (1862-1937) "Souls Belated"‚ many common social issues related to women are brought to light‚ and though subtly pointed out are an outcry against the conventions of the time. In these three stories‚ which were written between 1899 and 1913‚ the era was a time in which it seems‚ women had finally awaken

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    In the early 1700’s America started to use slaves‚ this continued for over two and a half centuries. The slaves which were used at the time for tobacco plants and then later cotton were mostly from Africa. The growing demand for cotton led for many slave owners in the south to start growing cotton this led to slaves and cotton being the base of the souths economy. The abolitionist movement during the late 1800s began dividing the United States over the issue of slavery. Slavery was banned

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    decades‚ they were still mostly scarce‚ expensive‚ and unreliable at the Model T’s introduction in 1908 (Curcio). To get over the huge barrier of overpriced‚ unreliable cars‚ Ford priced the Model T at $850‚ a far cry from the $2‚000 cost of most early cars. He also made sure that everything was perfectly safe for families and that it wouldn’t break down when you were driving (Davis). Since the Model T was positioned as reliable‚ easily maintained‚ and a mass-market transportation‚ the Model T was

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    In the 1900s. South Africa was under rule of a black apartheid. This system ranked black South Africans‚ who consisted of the majority‚ only slightly higher than slaves. A man named Nelson Mandela went on a life-long mission to destroy the ways of the unfair government‚ and provide equal rights for all citizens. He fought his way up in society to preach his views‚ and faced many impediments along the way. Nelson Mandela was the most resilient human rights activist‚ who fought to destroy the South

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