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    Australia Late 1900's

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    Not only has the introduction of different cultures shown an effect but the change in gender roles‚ attitudes‚ beliefs and values have also had a massive impact on the Australian diet and food scene. In the early 1900’s Australia was still influenced by its British and Irish ancestors in the meals that were eaten. These influences mainly affected dinner which contained meat and three vegetables‚ this was a daily regime and rarely ever changed. This was complimented

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    Slavery and Sugar Trade

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    ././/////////////////////////////////////////////is so called sugar trade‚ you ask? Consumer demand‚ return on investment‚ and slavery were all very important aspects to the making of the historic events in which werWhat Drove the Sugar Trade What Drove the Sugar Trade? In the late 1600s and 1700s sugar growing took firm hold in the Caribbean. France and Britain competed for domination of the Sugar Trade. By 1655‚ Britain was the biggest sugar trader. France passed Britain as the biggest Caribbean

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    women in slavery

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    The Treatment of Black Enslaved Women In the middle of the 19th century‚ thoughts about slavery differed from males to females‚ predominantly throughout the white race. The gender of a slave remained the main controversial issue about slavery‚ due solely on the fact that the treatment of enslaved black women was by far different from enslaved black men. Black women were raped by their white owners and conceived children from the assaults. They also had to undergo unfair treatment by white women

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    Woman's Slavery

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    Slavery in a Woman’s Role Throughout the 19th century‚ women were treated as an inferior species. They were locked into a role in society with no way out. There are three pieces of literature written in the 19th century that describe this large issue very well. A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen‚ The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Trifles by Susan Glaspell. In all three of these works a woman was trapped into her role or marriage and each book describes the unique was in which the

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    Eric Foner stated “While slavery was expanding in British America‚ so too was freedom” That was because slavery expanded rapidly while indentured servants had more rights. The spread of tobacco made Chesapeake planters to move from indentured servants to slaves. There were many reasons for this change. Firstly‚ by law‚ blacks had many disadvantages. Such as‚ they could not claim the protection under the English law. Secondly‚ while indentured servants had fixed terms‚ blacks’ terms of service never

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    Women in Slavery

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    The notion of slavery‚ as unpleasant as it is‚ must nonetheless be examined to understand the hardships that were caused in the lives of enslaved African-Americans. Without a doubt‚ conditions that the slaves lived under could be easily described as intolerable and inhumane. As painful as the slave’s treatment by the masters was‚ it proved to be more unbearable for the women who were enslaved. Why did the women suffer a grimmer fate as slaves? The answer lies in the readings‚ Harriet Jacob’s

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    Treatment and punishment towards prisoners during the 1900’s for their beliefs was extremely unfair and some unnecessary. Men chose to fight for what the belief in and do what they thought was right but received endless jail time and cruel punishment. Three men specifically whose names are Philip Grosser‚ Robert Lipscomb‚ and Morton Sobell. They all had their way taking action in what they believed in but were punished. Standing up for what you believe in should never come at cost where you lose

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    Chinese Culture 1800-1900

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    It goes without question from 1800-1900 China was experiencing a decline‚ which had not been seen for quite some time. Problems such as overpopulation started to take its toll on the once-known elite nation‚ sending them into famine‚ lower standard of living‚ extreme mistreatment of females‚ especially at young ages and an unfit government that allowed chaos to unfold. Conflict arose in China‚ but was it due to internal affairs of the Chinese people and government‚ wanting to maintain its superiority

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    This expanded land ownership and attracted foreigners to settle in these areas. Another huge invention which impacted the lives of people communicating across the country. This invention was called the Telegraph‚ created by Samuel Morse in 1844. By 1900 telegraph lines linked all continents in a global network of cables. This helped the communication travel around and when

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    was a much different union then seen in previous years. IWW believed that most trade unions during it’s promoted same industry worker competition. To be specific‚ this ultimately would lead worker competition especially seen in terms of wages. In the 1900’s there where multiple different unions; each of which was usually divided by race‚ gender‚ or skill. The IWW (Industrial workers of the world) sought a very different type of union apart from trade or craft. For the first time a union truly wanted

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