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    Racial Segregation Imagine the position of an African American person in the 1900’s? Just because of their skin color‚ they had to have permission to do certain things‚ and laws against them and their rights. Having separate bathrooms or water fountains than everyone else. Although racial segregation isn’t as big of a problem today‚ it was a major issue to most everyone in the 1900’s. Martin Luther King Jr. once said‚ “We must live together as brothers‚ or parish together as fools.” Now think about

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    Baseball has been America’s pastime since the late 1800’s. White men were the only ones who played the sport. Major League Baseball denied the access of allowing black players to play on the same field as the white players. They believed it would increase the amount of black fans coming to the stadiums and push away the white fans from coming to watch baseball anymore. In 1945‚ a new commissioner of baseball was hired‚ Happy Chandler‚ and he was more supportive of integrating the major leagues. People

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    6.16 Macedonia History Essay To what extent do you agree with the assertion that May 4th 1919 was one of the most significant dates in Chinese history. The May 4th movement in 1919 was a significant date in Chinese history to a very large extent. This essay will attempt to justify this claim by explaining the short-term effects of the M4M and more importantly the long-term effects. The year 1919 is a significant year as it was the year right after World War 1 (WW1) had ended; hence many war-settlement

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    Many factors contribute to a group of people failing to accomplish a goal‚ but the stubbornness of participants is often a leading cause. This can be seen in the Senate’s failure to ratify the Treaty of Versailles in 1919‚ due to the feud between President Woodrow Wilson and the Internationalists‚ and Henry Cabot Lodge and the Reservationists. The Internationalists believed that the Treaty of Versailles‚ specifically Article Ten‚ should be passed the way it was‚ with no changes to the Collective

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    The American health system in the beginning of the 1900’s took a dramatic change on how food was to be handled‚ to prevent diseases and keep freshness. It a lot has helped change and eliminate diseases. Some conditions are different though‚ what some food is made with‚ and any unchecked places of service. Fast food going from conspiracy to not so much of a crazy thought. And then people put some food‚ not where it’s supposed to be. To a new generation of animals. Horses used for war‚ sport‚ work

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    Was Britain a better place by 1900? This essay covers the years 1750 to 1900. During this period‚ lasting and sustainable changes took place. It was a period in British history when great industrial towns and cities appeared‚ vaccinations meant life expectancy was risen and people where linked by roads‚ canals and trains‚ that not only went through the cities‚ but the countryside too. In the 1900 people where better fed and sewage systems where emplaced and the police were enforced. However some

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    During the period from the late 1800’s to the mid 1900’s many changes came about in the way of civil rights. After the end of slavery‚ African Americans sought freedoms and new rights‚ but ultimately had to fight the authoritative forces that wanted to keep any change from occurring. Segregation‚ and legal boundaries that kept the black communities from rising above stereotypical racism and having a chance at true equalities they wanted‚ held the community back for a long time. Eventually‚ history

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    In the 1900’s. 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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    Army wanted to procure dental amalgam but had no criteria. At the time the National Bureau of Standards was the chief physical laboratory to the government so the Army wrote to them requesting a standard for amalgam in order to put in a bid request in 1919. Separate manufacturers were producing dental materials but due to the lack of authoritative literature in dental materials orders for these products were based on advertised brand names not facts. The National Bureau of Standards contacted Dr. Wilmer

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    OTHER BIT LIFE IN THE 1900s Jobs Caring mother Diligent home maker Obedient wife Provide emotional support for husband Cook Shopping Washing Few paid jobs such as dress making‚ textiles‚ cooking‚ domestic service. This covered 75 percent of jobs. Restrictions Not allowed to work in many jobs purely because they were labelled as ‘’mens jobs’’ Not allowed to show legs They were looked down upon Men held all resources if she was married Were forced into sex They

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