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    Throughout history‚ reform movements emerged‚ causing a tremendous social extension of reform from the late nineteenth century into the Progressive movement of 1900-1920. Subsequent to moving into the United States‚ immigrants had seen a new side of the impeccable nation it lead itself on to be‚ as many children previously living in America‚ were living in squalid conditions and were being exhausted through extensive and unsafe work. Along with immigrants‚ women in America were also beginning to

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    “Two Similar Women of The 1800s” During the time of the 1800s women did not have many rights. Their main obligation in life was to marry young and take care of the house and the children‚ while the husband did all the physical things such as work and bring in an income. Women had very few rights during this time. It was almost like they were ruled by a man‚ that man being their husband. Although‚ in love with this man or just living the life of that era‚ they could not speak for themselves and

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    expansion of tracks encouraged settlers to migrate‚ and build more cities out west. By the 1900s over two thousand miles of railroad tracks were laid down. Over time‚ the railroad industry was able to overcome these flaws and be the first to professionalize in the United States‚ which led other industries to follow their example. The improvements they made to organize through the hiring of trained managers. Further reforms in scheduling led to the founding of the four time zones of the United States. Another

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    For the immigrant workers‚plantation life in Hawaii in the 1800s was extremely hard.Living conditions were terrible‚disgusting and unsanitary‚too small for the amount of people fit in the barracks;Working conditions were hard;painful and the salary was way too low‚and the race discrimination and gender difference were unfair‚while the worst jobs were given to the Asians‚and the best jobs were given to the whites and Portuguese. Living conditions were disgusting‚unsanitary‚too small‚and terrible

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    From the late 1800s to around the 1920’s America was going through the Progressive Era. During the Progressive Era people sought out change in the way workers were treated on the job and as a citizen. There were many reforms trying to improve life for people in the time period. Ending the sales of alcohol was one of the reforms attempting to improve lives of immigrants and poor people. Passing laws controlling child labor and the amount of hours women and children can work has a larger effect on

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    expression of a boarder artistic movement at the turn of the century known as Arts and Crafts” (110). In the nineteenth century‚ the Progressive reform era promoted simple architectural styles. As the era progressed society changed living styles. But did they keep them conservative or radical? “The Bungalow’s appeal was also related to dramatic changes overtaking women in late nineteenth century” (111). The supporters of the Bungalow style of architecture were radical because of the progression or era

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    Slavery in the 1700’s and 1800s was crucial to the economy in the southern states and impacted the northern economy as well. The advancement of the cotton industry directly and indirectly influenced slavery in the South. Advancements such as the cotton gin‚ the increase in demand‚ and the increase in available land were some of the major influential changes. The cotton gin was a rather simple invention but it increased the speed at which seeds could be removed from cotton. Due to the increase in

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    completely dependent on the starchy root in order to survive‚ until a terrible adversity struck in the 1800s that resulted in a famine that effected millions. The cause and factors of the Irish potato famine have puzzled Biologists for many years. Biologists have known that it was a strain of phytoptharainfestants that destroyed Ireland’s potato crops as well as northern Europe’s during the 1800s. Several determined

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    Private systems of art dealership have changed dramatically since their inception in Babylonian times (Shubik‚ Martin 2003). This essay will discuss one of the major changes that occurred during the industrial revolution in Europe in the 1800s. I will be discussing what the role of an art dealer is‚ how the modern art dealership system arose and how the industrial revolution influenced the role of private art dealership systems in two ways. Firstly‚ it created a new middle class that had more expendable

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    1. What are the significant political‚ scientific‚ and intellectual developments that occurred during the first half of the twentieth century (1900-1950)? (10 points) In the first half of the twentieth century‚ there were many significant developments that were political‚ scientific‚ and intellectual. The political developments that occurred in the twentieth century are fascism‚ liberal-democratic capitalism‚ and communism. Communism came into play during the Russian Civil War. Fascism took place

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