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    The late 1800’s to the early 1900’s is known as America’s Progressive Era. During this time‚ big businesses were giving Americans more opportunities than ever before. However‚ within the big businesses people were mistreated and overlooked. This led to many groups trying to solve the problems caused by big industries. These groups sought out the problems such as lengthy work days‚ lack of disability‚ no paid holidays‚ no safety codes‚ and pay cuts. America had a philosophy that allows businesses

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    cost that came along the way of achieving this. The employment of women and children during the Industrial Revolution represented a continuation of the preindustrial kinship. Women replaced men in factory working positions‚ as seen in the 1851 illustration of plenty of women working in a cotton mill. Although these jobs were open to women‚ they were not‚ however‚ granted gender equality. Suffrage for women was still denied‚ and women were paid half‚ or even less than half of what men were paid.

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    During the Progressive era‚ immigrants from all around the world had suffered tremendously because of their living condition are poor and living in poverty. Sometimes they asked help from the citizens in the U.S. According to “I am my brother’s keeper. I am under a moral obligation to him‚” Eugene V. Debs‚ socialist who commented on unfairness of this maintains that moral obligation is a kind of human nature that everyone in the society should have. While this claim may be true in some situations

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    Civil Rights Era History Class During my following essay we will be answering several questions that will help us comprehend the segregation that was implemented in the United States during the Civil Rights Era. Yes there was segregation in all areas of the public living‚ but we will be mainly focusing on the area of school districts and how it affected black and white students. It’s a touchy subject for some of the older folks that were present during the whole civil rights era cause they

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    Victorian Paragraphs Immigrants and Natives Living in Canada No matter where you lived‚ your social class always stayed the same‚ which was unfortunately the case for immigrants and first nation’s people in Canada. Immigrants coming to Canada were hoping for one of two things: their own land‚ and freedom of class. Most new immigrants to Canada were from Europe‚ but mainly Ireland and Scotland. The living conditions were the same in Canada as they were in Europe. The poor stayed poor‚ and the

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    The Role of Women in India

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    The Role of Women in India. Synopsis:- * Introduction | * Women of the Vedic period | * Women of the post-Vedic period | * Womenduring British rule in India | * Women of the post-Independence period | * Women in Modern India | * Brutalities afflicted on women folk | * Five-Year plans | * Goals Visualized for women | * Conclusion | Introduction:- The status of women in any civilizations shows the stage of evolution at which‚ the civilization

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    The Underground Railroad was crucial to the Reconstruction era and in supporting the Union side of the Civil War. The Railroad was a system of routes and safe houses that helped slaves escape from slavery to a better life. Runaway slaves were led by “conductors” such as the famous Harriet Tubman to free territories‚ the most popular destination of these being Canada‚ or the “promised land”. Many slaves also escaped to Northern states‚ Mexico‚ or even the Caribbean. The system provided an opportunity

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    The Role of Women in the 1920s The 1920s was a time period full of fun and excitement‚ also known as the Jazz Age. It was a revolution of the basic morals and manners everyone was used to. After returning from World War I ‚ many were affected greatly. This caused people to want to have more fun in their life‚ knowing they may not have a long time left to live. This was specifically an immense decade for women politically‚ and socially. It was also a time period full of many influential women. Women

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    3.0. The Victorian Novel…………………………………………………………… page 8-17 4.0. Victorian Poetry…………………………………………………………………page 17-29 5.0. Other literatures of the period. …………………………………………..page 29-40 -Children’s literature -Drama -Science‚ philosophy and discovery -Nature writing -Supernatural and fantastic literature 6.0. Influence Of the Victorian age and Victorian literature……………page 40-43 7.0. A list of major writers of the Victorian period…………………………page

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    Although the Union (North) was victorious in the civil war and gained the freedom for millions of slaves‚ African Americans were blind to the effects to come. African Americans would face a new attack of obstacles and injustices during this time of the Reconstruction era. The Black Codes passed by the new southern government; which attempted to help regulate the lives of former slaves‚ but because of the lenient reconstruction policy’s lead by president Andrew Johnson white southerners were able

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