the California and Oregon. High wages‚ and later‚ gold‚ stimulated immigrants to pursue their fortunes in America. And above all‚ America supposedly had peace. Wars‚ famines‚ and revolutions rocked the world‚ but in the early to middle nineteenth century‚ America stayed relatively peaceful. Immigrants frequently found their monetary dreams realized in America‚ but when times got hard they often met ridicule and discrimination from people there. Although large numbers of Germans‚ Irish‚ and Chinese
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Developments in transportation‚ rather than in manufacturing and agriculture sparked economic growth in America in the first half of the nineteenth century. The developments in transportation helped the economy of America to compete with European nations. There was much growth due to the new transportation systems of canals. With the creation of canals came a less expensive way for westerners to transport goods from the west. This also made it easier for Westerners to market their goods to the North
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During the 19th century‚ the United States underwent a great awakening in sanitation and public health. The nation was experiencing unprecedented levels of population growth as a result of the rise in immigration and industrialization. The accepted theories of how disease spread were based on false premises‚ ultimately diminishing any incentive to implement sanitary reforms. However‚ through international travel‚ the contagious disease‚ cholera‚ spread to the United States from Europe. Cholera ravaged
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Grahamism & 19th Century Health Reform Grahamism was a 19th Century alternative medical therapy/health reform movement. “Living right” was the key to this alternative medical therapy‚ as it was said that the body would take care of itself naturally without interference. This health reform system was created by Sylvester Graham (1794-1851). Concerned for his own health‚ Graham began studying human physiology and nutrition‚ giving lectures along the eastern states. He published the leading
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Natural Selection is “a mechanism… whereby an organism has characteristics enabling it to survive under current environment conditions. It will then pass these characteristics to its offspring” . The theory of Natural Selection was first published by Charles Darwin in the 19th century after hearing that another scientist‚ Alfred Wallace‚ was publishing a similar theory. The basis of their theories was: 1. Variation in traits within individuals in specie’s generation. 2. Heritability- where some
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During the 19th century in the United States‚ male and females of Asian descent had migrated into the country‚ which created a huge impact to America. In 1848‚ the Treaty of Hidalgo was signed by Mexico‚ which ended the Mexican-American war resulted with Mexico giving up the territory of California to the U.S.. By March 15‚ the news spread that plenty of gold was found within California and caused many men from different countries to explore the territory to find precious gold such as China. China
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B. Anthony who realized that they too were oppressed. Maybe not in the same way as blacks‚ but lacking rights all the same. Women have been fighting for their rights for well over one hundred and fifty years‚ and whether it was in the nineteenth century or the twentieth the fight has always been for equality. Beginning with the Seneca Falls Convention in July of 1848‚ a key moment in the women’s movement‚ women have been hard at work trying to rally the troops in support of women’s rights. Elizabeth
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America’s sporting culture of the late 19th century and into the early 20th century largely reflected ideals the country enforced during colonial times‚ as the same ruling parties (upper class white males and the newly forming “middle class” white male) were charged with shaping and influencing society. These ideas‚ that enforced white male (unless poor except in certain cases) dominance‚ limited women’s involvement and ranked “others” (blacks‚ immigrants‚ poorer whites) below the upper white class
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earliest evidence dating back to 1157 B.C. In the 20th century it killed some 300 million people globally (National 1). Spread in an almost domino effect‚ once one country was exposed it was only a matter of time before the next was hit. From Egypt and China the people of Japan developed the decreased because of an increase in trading between the countries. Then‚ in the 11th century Crusades further spread smallpox in Europe. In the 17th century we then see the movement of the disease over to North
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men postponed marriage until they received an income which would allow their wife a comfortable life of a particular style. Hence‚ it was not uncommon for men to indulge in premarital sex‚ especially with the prevailing notion that male lust was a natural impulse. Such men‚ it is believed‚ accounted for ‘by far the largest share of the demand for the services of prostitutes’. Consequently‚ these men were equally as susceptible to venereal disease as the soldiers and sailors of the armed forces. Upon
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