boat was docking‚ these immigrants discovered that life in America was going to be a battle for survival. Hundreds of runners‚ typically large greedy men‚ swarmed on the ship‚ grabbing immigrants and their bags trying to force them to their favorite tenement house and then exact an outrageous fee for their services. As the poor immigrant had no means of moving
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She discovered that child labor was wide spread among poor tenement residents whose children worked to help support their family. She believed that providing daycare and education could help parents (Doc 3a). As a result of her activities as well inspired other social reformers‚ such as Florence Kelley. The Illinois
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NON OBJECTIVE ART Composition with red‚ yellow and blue‚ composed by Piet Mondrian from 1937-1942 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: * The art movement that Composition with red‚ yellow and blue was created in was Surrealism. * After returning to Holland in 1914‚ Mondrian was fascinated by abstract paintings. * With the war outbreak in Holland‚ Mondrian was forced to stay in Holland‚ where in 1916-1917‚ he helped form the Neo-Plasticism movement. Neo-plasticism impacted and brought out the
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night‚ in a storm.” I can relate to his storming out of the house to when I roll my eyes after my mom lectures me‚ lock myself in my room‚ and lose myself in music. I often slam the door shut. I thought of many different scenarios as he reached the tenement. He could be kidnapped‚ shot‚ get lost‚ anything could have happened to Greg. As the story progressed‚ I learned with Greg that I should value my family and friends while I have them. When I was younger‚ I didn’t really believe anyone close to me
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Both may seem to have nothing in common‚ but taking a closer look reveals many important similarities between "The Masque of the Red Death" and "Nothing in the Dark‚" settings‚ protagonists‚ and antagonists. In a beautiful castle or in a condemned tenement death will find you. Although the settings in the two stories are in no way alike they both are depicted as a prison for the protagonists. "The
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improved water‚ and improved sewer systems. They also wanted more space for building lots. In addition to that they wanted better ventilation systems‚ more fireproofing‚ and a toilet in every apartment. These reforms failed because the owners of the tenement bribed city officials and governments were
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AP US History 11 February 2014 The Migration Series The Great Migration was a period in history when there was a massive relocation of blacks from the South to the North. These people were driven from their homes due to the lack of work available and poor treatment. They headed north and first filled the positions of those who had gone to fight in the World War‚ filling mainly industrial jobs‚ many of them in the steel industry. Migrants headed for cities like New York‚ Chicago‚ Philadelphia
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platform‚ Riis showed his readers what it was truly like to live in poverty-stricken areas. He became a pioneer of latest vesion of photography‚ flash photography. Through his camera skills he used the images to show the public’s eye the crowded tenements‚ dangerous slums and disturbing street scene. Images of the underclass that most readers had only read about‚ if that. Due to Jacob Riis’s experiences‚ he feels for the poor and wants to shed light on their struggles to make others see their struggles
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burned with the immense intense fever of noon." (from ’The Summer Solstice’ in Tropical Gothic‚ 1972) Nick Joaquin was born in Paco on Calle Herran‚ as the the son of Leocadio Y. Joaquin‚ a lawyer and a colonel of the Philippine Revolution‚ and Salome Marquez‚ a schoolteacher. After three years of secondary education at the Mapa High School‚ Joaquin dropped out of school to work on Manila’s waterfront and in odd jobs. On his spare time he read widely at the National Library and on his father’s
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The Gilded Age * During the Gilded Age‚ American businesses were transformed: * Massive corporations replaced small‚ family businesses * New technology‚ transportation‚ marketing‚ labor relations‚ & efficient mass-production * By 1900‚ the U.S. was the most industrialized country in the world * 19th-century inventors led to an “Age of Invention”: * Cyrus Field’s telegraph cable * Business typewriters‚ cash registers‚ adding machines * High-speed textile
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