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    The 19th century was a huge step in the history of Canada. They decided that it shouldn’t be divided in east and west but combined to be a country. In 1864 they had their first conference in Charlottetown with Ontario‚ Québec and the Maritimes. They also had another that same year in Québec. In Québec‚ even Newfoundland and Labrador was invited. In 1866 all the colonies go to London (England) for permission to unite. Aubiosly London accepte since this was their plan since the beginning. To unite

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    19th Century Marriage

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    The marriage culture within Middle and Eastern Europe‚ during the early nineteenth century added to the weight of the women’s plight in their efforts for equality. Women in marriages during this time‚ especially those of the arranged nature‚ were significantly less well of than their male counterparts. This oppression was enforced through social pressure‚ religious beliefs and practices‚ economics‚ and common law. Often times women had little say in when‚ where‚ and even sometimes to whom they were

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    19th Century Liberalism

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    Nationalism as a radical idea of the early 19th century was destined to have an enormous influence in the modern world. In this ideology we find some points standing out‚ firstly nationalism has normally evolved from a real or imagined cultural unity supporting itself especially in a common language‚ history‚ and territory. Nationalists also have usually sought to turn this cultural unity into political reality and modern nationalism had its immediate impact in the French Revolution and the Napoleonic

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    Ghetto In The 19th Century

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    late 18th century every city in the United States has had neighborhoods where the poor‚ the recent immigrant‚ the desperate‚ and the criminal have made their homes. However; it was only in the late 19th century that the systematic poverty in the ghetto and related problems such as‚ alcohol and drug abuse‚ child abuse and neglect‚ spousal abuse‚ and crime came to the public’s attention through the work of settlement workers such as Jane Addams and journalists like Jacob Riis. The 20th century saw a rise

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    In the 18th and 19th century slavery was supported by southern churches for many years. They used verses from the Old Testament to support their reasons for slavery. Although some congregations realized that they should only support humane slavery‚ they still missed the Paul’s point in the new testament. (Finkelman) He wanted all believers to be equalized in Christ. In Romans 14:4 Paul urges believers not to judge fellow slaves in Christ. He views all believers as slaves to Christ‚ and he urges

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    toward a person based solely on their social standing. Discrimination is negative actions or behavior addressed towards a certain group of people according to their gender‚ the color of skin‚ social class‚ etc. In the late 19th century following on the heels of the "age of enlightenment" and entering the "Industrial Revolution" in France Alexander Comte believed that using the techniques of science‚ could be applied to the study of society. Thus entered the sociology into academia

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    toward the end of the 19th century‚ industrialized cities across Europe and the United States witnessed a new kind of pollution which was caused by the waste of industries and factories. The rivers became polluted and diseases were spreading for there was lots metals and industrial chemicals being dumped in the rivers. Water and air pollution was increasing massively in the U.S. towards the 20th century. For example the river of Cuyahoga In Cleveland was so polluted

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    In the 19th century the American government went through a dramatic revolution in democracy that profoundly changed the way of life for many ordinary citizens. The average American now had a voice and could impact his community and the country. Though Americans were free to vote‚ only those with all of the correct qualifications were allowed to vote. The structure of democracy was democratic in principle‚ but not in application. Despite their claim of equality‚ the founding fathers left us with

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    Theology Final Essay 1: During the late 18th Century‚ views on religion were beginning to change. While in previous generations‚ those who were educated were believers; society had advanced and developed a stronger focus in the arts and sciences‚ which caused roles to reverse. Those who were educated became nonbelievers‚ which resulted in a wave of new philosophy being written by the likes of Feuerbach‚ Marx‚ Nietzsche and Freud‚ arguing strictly against religion. To respond to these critics‚ theologians

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    The 19th century guano/nitrates trade illustrates the emergence of a global metabolic rift‚ as guano and nitrates were relocated from Peru and Chile to enrich the soils of Britain and other imperial countries. This global metabolic rift created the decline of soil fertility in Britain and importation of Chinese “Cooley” labor to Peru‚ (Foster 359-361)‚ through a law that was coercing‚ deceiving and even kidnapping Chinese for the slave trade. They were in such inhumane labor conditions that most

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