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    and political power disproportionality rests with males. Given the traditional gender roles set in America’s early nineteenth century patriarchy‚ both men and women’s attitudes towards sexuality and enforcement of gender norms were used to oppress women while valuing men‚ and slavery magnified the patriarchy’s worst aspects like sexual violence. The early nineteenth century for America symbolized nationalism and industrialization‚ but with all that came gender roles emphasized by the patriarchy. Women

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    In the mid-19th century‚ a famine hit Ireland that forced many Irish to leave their homes and emigrate to America in hopes of rebuilding their lives and rising out of their impoverished and starving state. Many Irish emigrated to the eastern part of the United States‚ specifically to New York. The Irish immigrants did not have an easy life in New York because of anti - Irish sentiment and their inability to assimilate into American culture. The most common place in New York where the Irish lived

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    hand with media -- only not the standard meaning of the blameless media we know. Media propaganda is the other form of media that is somewhat described as media treatment. In this paper‚ the subsequent will be discussed: first‚ how stereotypes of ethnic groups operate in propaganda‚ why does it function so satisfactorily‚ and finally‚ the consequences of these stereotypes on the life of Egyptians in particular in society. A fair inspection will be conducted on this example of stereotypes through

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    The average American was susceptible to many infectious diseases during the 1800’s. Because the spread of disease and pathology itself were not adequately understood until the late 1800’s(major epidemics continued to occur into the 1900’s‚ however)‚ and the practice of medicine was relatively primitive‚ the average life expectancy was very low. Many epidemics occurred in the new and thriving industrial centers of America‚ where rapid urbanization had not provided for adequate sanitation or living

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    The early 1900’s and the era of the Great Depression were times of great changes and hardships. There were wars‚ the relocation of many people just to find work‚ and huge gaps and problems between social groups such as African Americans and Caucasians and the poor and rich. In John Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ an abundance of problems the characters face reflects real life situations. The story follows two men‚ Lennie and George‚ as they deal with the hardships presented to them. The many

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    and Alcohol in the 19th Century In the early 19th century the working class lived on plain food such as bread‚ butter‚ potatoes and bacon. Butcher’s meat was a luxury. However things greatly improved in the late 19th century. Railways and steamships made it possible to import cheap grain from North America so bread became cheaper. Refrigeration made it possible to import cheap meat from Argentina and Australia. Consumption of sugar also increased. By the end of the 19th century most people were eating

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    focusing on what lay beyond the vast oceans. With the discovery of a new world‚ the distant shores soon to be known as America provided both refuge for those seeking religious freedom as well as the potential of a better life. By the time of the late 19th century‚ European explorers had turned their attentions to the interior of Africa. Between both of these vastly different eras‚ explorers had major impacts on the environment and the lives of the inhabitants. America was a land just waiting to be claimed

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    development of a land poor‚ agricultural poor country led to many Polish migrating West in hope of finding a better sense of life. This was true of my stepfather’s grandparents‚ who came to the United States from Poland around 1915. "During the late 19th and early 20th Century‚ social as well as economical hardships fell upon a country which saw more then three million emigrate overseas to the New Land." (American Identity). The mass movement of people was the result of the reforms of the legal systems governing

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    Since the fifteenth century when the first Anglo-American explorers came to explore the New World with all its land‚ riches and resources‚ settlers have struggled with peacefully cohabiting with the Native American people who inhabited these lands long before Christopher Columbus had even sailed the ocean blue. Native Americans helped settlers when they first arrived; teaching them how to grow crops‚ weave baskets‚ and make shelter. But tensions quickly rose as settlers became greedy for land and

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    It never really got started because he was assassinated soon after coming to office. Describe voter participation during the late nineteenth century. It was generally very high––usually from 80 percent up to 95 percent. Why did the federal government tend to ignore the social consequences of industrialization during the late nineteenth century? Most American leaders‚ regardless of party‚ believed in the laissez-faire doctrine and did not support a large governmental role

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