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    nineteenth century has led to the creation of innovations that have had a significant impact on the current wellbeing of civilization such as antibiotics‚ the printing press‚ and the telegraph. Although these all pertain to the advancements of technology‚ steam engines have not only been considered an advancement to technology‚ but have changed the view of transportation entirely. Transportation rapidly became the focal point in all areas embodying civilization‚ including but not limited to‚ social structure

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    ethnic rivalries and religious strife along with disputes over territory‚ resources and morals. However‚ with the considerable advancements in technology presented over the last century‚ the effects and devastation are more vast and noteworthy. Prior instances being the innovation of the Maxim Machine gun in the nineteenth century that took the lives of millions of people in World War I‚ the bringer of the war of

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    Reform Movements: Part B

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    the Temperance Movement grew and advocates like Lyman Beecher and Father Mathew gained many supporters. The poor quality of education was also addressed by many reformers of the time. Some reformers though‚ had more specific ideas. For example Dr. Graham wanted to eliminate impure foods from people’s diets and Ralph Emerson wanted to rid society of organized institutions which were leading to corruption. What factors created a climate favorable to reform in the early 19th century? Several factors

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    England had many various factors that made it the most industrialized nation by 1820. It began in the eighteenth century with the dramatic rise in population. With increased population‚ the need for mass food production became paramount. Capital-intensive commercialized farming began to form in England earlier than anywhere else. The new invention of railroads was a catalyst for the industrialization of England. Trains allowed industrials(including coal)‚ garments‚foodstuffs‚ and personnel to be

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    As urban industrial workers expanded in the 19th century‚ industry and the industrial work force boomed as well. Workers ‚ however‚ were met with difficult situations that ultimately led to violent outbursts. Low wages could not buy food and clothes at the same time and conditions in the work place brought about countless deaths and injuries. Growing number of immigrants caused the reduction of wages and insecurity of the workers caused unemployment. There were hostilities between workers‚ employers

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    helped to shape its character. In the nineteenth century there were at least two critical periods of immigration. The first took place in the 1840s and 1850s when famines in Ireland drove hundreds of thousands of people to seek refuge in the United States. The Irish population of cities such as Boston and New York expanded enormously during this era (Glazer & Moynihan‚ 1970). The effects of the new immigrant population was to redefine many of the major social institutions of these cities. In New York‚

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    Where would Western civilization be without the “long” 19th century affects on the unconstrained and continuous progress it made in peoples lives? The industrial revolution was key for major inventions that would help boom the economy. For example‚ the steam power’s advantage was its efficiency in mass production and the only resources needed were water and heat. This is one of the many new inventions to help increase production at a faster rate and be more cheap. Labor laws were very poor when the

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    payload onto a steamship in the Port of New Orleans‚ the business motivation behind the meeting of the war in the South‚ while two in vogue white men stay by talking. Business development relates the degree that the eye can see. By the mid-nineteenth century‚ southern business centers like New Orleans had ended up being home to the best centralization of wealth in the assembled states. While most white southerners did not have slaves‚ they endeavored to join the spots of world class slaveholders‚ who

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    19th Century Dogs

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    Prior to the nineteenth century‚ most of the population subsisted on plain fare‚ produced and grown locally. Dogs were generally left to fend for themselves. A lucky few were provided with a share of the family’s daily rations—whatever that happened to be. For instance‚ in Ireland‚ many dogs subsisted entirely on potatoes. The precise nutritional requirements of man’s best friend could hard- ly be described as an overriding concern to dog owners. If they considered the matter at all‚ most people

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    Concern for the well-being of those suffering from mental illness gradually increased and was particularly embraced in the charitable social and political policy of the Victorians. County asylums were the recommendation of a House of Commons select committee‚ which had been set up in 1807 to enquire into the state of lunatic- Legislations in support of the establishment of asylums followed‚ including Wynn’s Act of 1808 for the better care and maintenance of lunatics‚ being paupers or criminals and

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