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    Labor in the Nineteenth Century 2. A. The Lowell Mills Strike of 1834 took place in Lowell‚ Massachusetts in 1834. The dominant work force in the Lowell Mills were young‚ rural‚ unmarried women. Working in the Lowell Mills was dangerous because the machinery could easily injure a young girl if she made a simple mistake. Also the women worked long hours with little pay. Despite these treacherous conditions there was sense of unity among the women who all came from similar backgrounds. In 1834

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    The nineteenth century marked a new age for the people of the United States‚ both socially and industrially. Industrialization in the United States was driven by a variety of factors including immigration‚ inventions‚ transportation‚ and the growth of the domestic market. The rapid growth of industrialization brought profound social changes that redefined American society. Industrialization was brought on by an abundance of factors‚ and brought on an array of social changes. Industrialization and

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    At the end of the Nineteenth Century‚ the American population was growing rapidly. Industrialization was growing and this meant all of the major cities were populating also. After some of the government grants given to the railroad companies‚ 200‚000 miles worth of tracks laid across the country‚ to help settle the west by the year 1900. “From 1877 to 1890‚ both the amount of goods and the number of passengers traveling the rails tripled” (U.S. History chapter18). Agriculture was the first big

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    As observed in the cities of London and Paris during the early nineteenth century‚ the development of the two modern cities sparked revolutionary changes upon prominent social issues. Dilemmas such as rapid growth‚ housing problems‚ poverty‚ crime‚ class tensions‚ infrastructure‚ and political instability were all factors that changed through the urbanization of the two capitals. In the time of the nineteenth century‚ sexuality in the city surface over gender division systems‚ which reflect the

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    This paper will deal with the attitudes of the early nineteenth century toward women and their roles. The paper will examine these attitudes by utilizing primary sources such as newspapers and advice and housekeeping books and by comparing them to books written today on the topic of nineteenth century women. Many examples taken from period newspapers represent the opinion of historian Barbara Welter that attitudes of women were based on their possession of certain well?defined virtues. This paper

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    Lastly‚ because of the theories and invention that were developed‚ it created many discoveries in diseases that were going around in the later nineteenth century. The first vaccine for anthrax was discovered by Louis Pasteur in 1881. Anthrax is a disease caused by bacteria the primarily affect livestock and can occasionally spread to humans‚ which can affect the skin‚ intestines‚ and lungs. Workers would get the disease from bacterial spores on hides‚ wool‚ and fabric fibers. Anthrax was mostly

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    ‘The Nineteenth Century English Novel offers us strong‚ independent heroines‚ but ultimately has them conform to socially acceptable feminine roles’. Do you agree with this statement? By definition‚ a heroine is a woman who would typically encompass the qualities of nobility‚ courage‚ independence and strength. Nineteenth century English women would have struggled to accomplish any of these particular acts of heroism within their social environment as ultimately‚ their roles within civilisation

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    about it. There’s a farmer who’s fruit tree near the industry area. His fruit trees and fruits were damaged by the smoke. Even he wanted to get some compensation‚ the ruling rejected him and tool him it’s impossible. In the beginning of twentieth century‚ London’s authorities tried to pass law to limited the smog‚ but it did not get succeed. On the other hand‚ there were some people aware this smog was so harmful and tried to clean their air. It also did not succeed‚ because of the same reason‚ the

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    set of attitudes and behaviors that discriminate against people of different sexes and it has began from the old times. Since the past centuries‚ men always had more rights than women. While men were seen as the pillar of society‚ women were seen as fragile human beings. The right to vote‚ for example‚ has only been achieved by women in the mid-nineteenth century. Despite all the progress we had‚ our society still faces numerous instances of sexism‚ which often begins in childhood. We all grow up

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    As the Roman Catholic Church begins to untangle itself from the secular government and become its own kind of state around the turn of 10th century‚ the need for a mechanism of enforcing its laws and punishing perpetrators becomes apparent. In Charlemagne’s empire this role was filled by the missi who sought out criminals and imposed fines; in modern America‚ it is the police and prison‚ respectively; and in the late Middle Ages‚ religious violations begin to be punished with excommunication. Excommunication

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