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    Jazz Influence on the 20th Century Jazz is considered one of the most influential types of music in American history. Some of the greatest artists in the world have contributed to the success jazz has had not only on American history‚ but throughout the world. Jazz music has come to serve as the base of many music styles in the United States. This paper will explain the history of jazz‚ where it all came from‚ and the effect it has had on the American culture in the 20th century. To start

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    the mid-18th century and reached its height in the 19th century. The Romantic literature of the nineteenth century holds in its topics the ideals of the time period‚ concentrating on emotion‚ nature‚ and the expression of "nothing." The Romantic era was one that focused on the commonality of humankind and‚ while using emotion and nature; the poets and their works shed light on people’s universal natures. Romanticism as a movement declined in the late 19th century and early 20th century with the growing

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    malaria‚ and diphtheria. The average American city during the 19th century was a breeding ground for the frequent epidemics that occurred‚ killing thousands. Port cities were particularly susceptible to epidemics of infectious disease. New York‚ Boston‚ and Philadelphia were places where ships carrying foreign goods-and disease- were unloaded; they were also where potentially infected immigrants disembarked. Toward the end of the 19th century‚ as people searched for a way to control infectious diseases

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    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 Centurysocial 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 land

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    Immigration in the U.S was a very prominent occurrence in the 19th century. However‚ this great wave started coming to an end by the beginning of the 1920s. Between the late 19th century and the beginning of the 20th approximately 25 million people on American land were foreigners. Of that 25 million about 9 percent of them were Irish Immigrants (Over 7 million). Most of the foreign people from this time period‚ categorized as the New Immigrants‚ were young men looking for jobs to accrue enough money

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    enterprises run by criminals for the purpose of engaging in illegal activity‚ most commonly for their own profit. Seemingly‚ the highest rate of criminal violence was partaken in the 1920’s. With the prohibition laws in America and the world in an economic depression. People turned more and more too criminal activity‚ organized criminals such as the American mobsters and other crime organizations grew vigorously. Most common people would look at these organization leaders as heroes. Criminals like

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    Mutually agreed between historians‚ the 19th century was a time period of rapid and significant European upheaval and progression in terms of society‚ politics‚ science and economy. The European Powers‚ including Germany and Great Britain‚ not only were the dominating forces on the continent but were also already the most powerful nations in the world. No other continent in this time period contained such influential and well-developed nations that were able to successfully control trade around

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    the most important invention of the 20th century is the internet. It has a great effect on our life in every field. we can make use of internet almost in everything. It has many advantages on our life as well as disadvantages. as in every technological invention internet also can be misused. of course‚ to decrease the misuse depends on us. the advantages of internet can be seen in every field. The most important benefit is we can get many information related to many things in any field from different

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    Over the span of the 19th century‚ the European Empire expanded physically with the colonization of Africa‚ and mentally through advances in technology and education. Despite the fact that the world was changing‚ European women had the enormous pressure set upon them to stay exactly as they had always been. Through this paper‚ readers will better understand the limits and restrictions that 19th-century women bodies and sexuality had placed upon them‚ and how colonization‚ plus the emergence of the

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    The rapid expansion of physical mediumship phenomena transpired during the 19th Century‚ heightened people’s appetite for spiritualism. During the 19th century physical mediums developed due to the many years of dedication to the divine spirit‚ contributing to the enhanced understanding of spirit communication. Their beliefs at that time what were they; why did they develop in this fashion? The manifestation of spirit‚ being physical mediumship‚ what we perceive we can believe‚ giving the highest

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