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    19th Century Chartism

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    Chartism was a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century‚ between 1838 and 1859. It takes its name from the People’s Charter of 1838. Chartism was possibly the first mass working class labor movement in the world. Chartists were largely unsuccessful at convincing Parliament to reform the voting system of the mid-19th century; however‚ this movement caught the interest of the working class. The working class interest in politics from that point on aided

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    19th Century Immigration

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    After the first European settlers and before the 19th Century was there mostly slaves who arrived to America‚ and that was not voluntarily. Subsequently of the win of independence in America came a lot of immigrants from countries where the conditions were bad for a hope of better life and opportunities in America. After a long‚ dangerous and exhausting journey over the Atlantic Ocean was the sight of the Statue of Liberty in the distance a symbol for hope‚ happiness and holiness for immigrants

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    19th Century Suffragettes

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    The women’s movement’s greatest accomplishment was the passage of the 19th amendment allowing women to vote. This victory also lead to changed perceptions of women as intellectual beings and individual from their male relations‚ a victory in and of itself. Leading up to the passage of the 19th amendment‚ protests and demonstrations by suffragettes were common. One of the best examples of effective protesting were the Silent Sentinels lead by Alice Paul‚ a prominent suffragette. These women protested

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    Railroad 19th Century

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    transportation revolution in the United States as they were widely used from late 19th century up until the 1850s. People found many uses for them whether to move throughout the country‚ to commute to work or moved goods. Prior to the introduction of railroads‚ people in the States would use sail boats‚ horses‚ or even by foot to travel long distances from one point to another but everything changed in the late 19th century‚ when there were rapid series of innovations and one of the first ones was the

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    In the early 19th century‚ the Canadian government embedded an Immigration policy with the Continuous Journey Regulation that requires each person to pay $200 cash. A Punjab merchant named Gurdit Singh Sirhali started the movement of migrants to aboard a ship. Komagata Maru the steamship included 376 Indians men (340 of them were Sikhs‚ 12 Hindus‚ and 24 Muslims) that were challenged of admittance to the country. Due to British Colonists enforcing “The White Man Canada” policy‚ it restricts non-white

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    19th Century Urbanization

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    Travelling and transporting goods were very inconvenient before railroads were built in 19th-century. According to Stephen Slavin‚ “Before railroads‚ shipping a ton of goods 400 miles could easily quadruple the price. But by rail‚ the same ton of goods could be shipped in a fraction of the time and one-twentieth of the cost.”1. These made the economies of the American West bad and difficult to improve. John Steele Gordon describes it as: “there really was no "American economy." Instead there was

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    Reflections of 19th Century Stereotypes Many authors describe their society through their literary works. Henrik Ibsen is a perfect example of this as he explains: "My task has been the description of humanity"(Fjeble 120). Ibsen lived between 1829 and 1906 and therefore experienced the prime of the 19th century. 19th century America was filled with hard-working people‚ a structured family life and clear-cut male/female roles. Ibsen is known to reflect the 19th century society through most of

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    Modern Europe Thesis Subject Domesticity and it’s evolvement during the 18th and 19th century By: Allen Karlin The Cambridge dictionary defines domesticity as “life at home‚ taking care of your house and family”. Traversing this thesis we will discuss the vital role women played in modern day‚ 18th and 19th century Europe‚ and how their responsibilities and priorities changed throughout the years. This

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    Allie Peter Romantic 19th Century Painting 11/12/12 The 19th century was welcomed with a flourish of new ideas. One of the drastic changes was the development of romanticism in art‚ especially in paintings. Romanticism includes features of artistic intellect‚ nature‚ industrialization‚ life‚ nobility‚ and a lot of emotion recorded through art. Many romantic artists created their works focusing on the negativity of industrialization‚ regarding the industrial revolution. These paintings often

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    Women of 19th Century

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    Women of the 19th Century By: Kristian Koeppen Women of the 19th century Women of the modern era might be surprised what their 19th century counterpart’s role in society might have been. Women in the 1800’s were not treated with nearly as much respect as they are nowadays. Modern day women have many advantages that women of the 1800s did not have‚ in the way of career opportunities‚ and

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