During the 19th century our governments were running under an organized group called political machines. These political machines had controlled the activity of a political party in the city. These groups had functioned like a pyramid‚ they had a political boss at the top who controlled most activity in the city‚ in the middle of the pyramid was the ward boss who controlled votes‚ and at the bottom of the pyramid‚ the local precinct workers and captains had worked streets to gain votes. The political
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During the 19th century‚ there were open fields filled with plants and animals roaming through them. The plants that grew in the different fields were mushrooms (caused hallucinations)‚ yellow-orange fruits‚ coca leaves (cocaine)‚ poppy plants (opium)‚ and cannabis plants (marijuana); the animals were observed as they roamed the fields and ate from these plants. As the humans watched the animal’s behavior during and after eating the plants‚ they began to wonder as to how and why the animal’s demeanor
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"In Europe and Asia‚ ’the age of the horse’ lasted from the classical times of Greece and Rome until the beginning of the 19th century."(1) This quote shows that horses have been used by mankind for centuries‚ and still are. Without horses‚ mankind may not be as developed as today. Not only did they help us win wars and work on farms‚ but they were a key factor in exploration and the industrial revolution. Horses have been around for some 50 million years!(2) The first type of horse was a small 4
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During the late 19th century and early 20th century‚ there were a lot of changes happening in Europe‚ and many of those changes caused imperialism to rise. The industrial revolution was happening‚ and there many growing cities‚ Charles Darwin published his findings that went against everything that was written in the bible‚ the need for power was increasing‚ and there was a large disconnect between the superior race (white) and the subordinate race (African). All of the new ideas‚ and changes happening
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Introduction: Despite the growth of industry‚ urban centers and immigration‚ America in the late 19th century was still predominantly rural. Seven out of ten people in the United States lived in small towns with populations under 2500 or on farms in 1870. In Indiana‚ the 1880 census reported a population of almost 2 million residents‚ about 55 per square mile‚ 1‚010‚000 men and 968‚000 woman. About three out of four people lived in rural areas. Although much of the study done on woman’s roles during
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During the early portion of the 19th century‚ slavery was deemed to be fundamental for this country economy (Foner 406)‚ claiming it a necessary evil. According to John C. Calhoun‚ “Many in the South once believed that slavery was a moral and political evil…we see it now in its true light and regard it as the most sage and stable basis for free institution in the world.” Those that were proslavery truly believed this; slaves were fed‚ sheltered and all they had to do was obey their owners and those
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Garreau’s Edge City‚ though‚ he asserts that today’s image of cities is essentially still a nineteenth-century one. For while American cities have come a long way since their founding and first construction in the 1600’s‚ much of their layout‚ organization‚ divisions‚ and building types remain somewhat similar to the time of their largest transformations in the late nineteenth‚ early twentieth century. These cities’ forms then were shaped not only by economic and transportation factors‚ but also by social
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past‚ and starting in the 1900’s‚ issues started getting addressed. Even today‚ there are issues which appear to still affect roles and views of people. A difference between today’s issues and the ones from the 19th century is that at least today women have rights as citizens. 19th century England enforced debilitating gender roles on women which prevented them from being considered “real” citizens in society. There have been several issues and topics in conversation which depict how the gender
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At the turn of the 19th century‚ the concept of “new imperialism” first came onto the scene. Under the guise of this new term‚ Europeans began to wreak havoc on surrounding areas around them as they began their campaign to lay claim to‚ and bring their form of civilization to people that were otherwise considered to be something just short of savages. For varying motives‚ some of them being religious‚ some economic‚ and others based on Darwinism and racism‚ many European nations made moves into lands
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In-Class Final Essay (Final Exam) World History Honors 12/18/09 19th Century Industrialization Industrialization economically and socially transformed an obsolete society. It brought a new system of trade and commerce‚ allowed individuals to gain affluence through aptitude rather than birth‚ and altered the cultural perception of family. The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain in the late 1800s and subsequently spread through Europe and the United States. Britain had recently
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