don’t want opium B and C battle it out C lose disastrously leads to Treaty of Nanjing: B gets Hong Kong starts to take over parts of China * extraterritoriality: citizens of ruling country abide by their own country’s laws * Most Favored Nation status: * 1844: Treaty of Whampoa French open up areas in China for trade ports are forced open b/c Chinese keep losing wars French get Guangzhou * 1858: Treaty of Tianjin Russia‚ Germany‚ and Italy take Yangtze River
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In this essay I will discuss the advantages of mass immigration at the turn of the 20th century‚ such as the influx of fresh labor into the American workforce and the reawakening of America’s social consciousness. I will then reconcile the advantages of old mass immigration with that of today’s migrant populations who are revitalizing rural America with economic growth and labor surplus. The turn of the 20th century brought great change to the cultural landscape of America. By 1900‚ over 39.7 percent
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Music is the most powerful form of human expression. It has been a way for man to express himself since the dawn of ages through the embodiment of love‚ disapproval‚ happiness and experience through melodies and words. During the twentieth century music has been a major factor in the American society that helped change the course of history by stimulating the masses to “get up and stand up for their rights” as the reggae legend Bob Marley once said. Thus music has helped the American culture to achieve
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Dehumanization is the best way to describe colonialism that took place in Africa from the 19th and into the 20th century. It has a long history of oppression and effects‚ and Africa proved to have been shaped by imperialistic powers that ruled over them during the 19th and into the 20th century. This era left ideological‚ political‚ social‚ economic‚ and psychological impacts of colonialism on the African continent‚ and the people living within it shows the byproduct of what foreign authorities manipulated
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SCIENTIFIC INVENTION ASSEMBLY LINE: Primitive assembly line production was first used in 1901 by Ran some Eli Olds (1864-1950)‚ an early car-maker (he manufactured the Oldsmobile‚ the first commercially successful American car). Henry Ford (1863-1947) used the first conveyor belt-based assembly-line in his car factory in 1913-14 in Ford’s Highland Park‚ Michigan plant. This type of production greatly reduced the amount of time taken to put each car together (93 minutes for a Model T) from its
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is a technological phenomenon that began in black and white. Today it is a revolution of advancement. From the set top box to high definition plasmas‚ the television has changed the world. In order to understand how television over the 19th and 20th century changed the way we use technology‚ this paper will focus on the rapid pace in which new technologies are being developed‚ the impact television has had on radio and establishing how television was affected by the internet. Finally‚ delving into
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Two friends were walking on the road. One of them pointed towards a window A.C and asked‚ do you know what that is? The other boy turned towards him‚ smiled and replied‚ “Globalization”. The biggest idea or process of late 20th century is Globalization. Almost all of us are well aware about the word of Globalization. It can be define as “The advance level of interaction of people of the world and their cultures‚ religions etc and integration and interdependence of national and local economics across
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Top 10 Inventions in America • A clothes hanger‚ or coat hanger‚ is a device in the shape of human shoulders designed to facilitate the hanging of a coat‚ jacket‚ sweater‚ shirt‚ blouse or dress in a manner that prevents wrinkles‚ with a lower bar for the hanging of pants. Invented by albert park house in 1903. • Air-conditioning is mechanism designed to extract heat from an occupied space air temperature using a refrigeration cycle. It was made in 1902 by Willis Haviland Carrier. http://www
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Task 2: A Thematic Study in Twentieth Century History Introduction This essay will attempt to answer the question: “Did changes in anti-Semitism behaviour happen at the same rate over the period 1933-1945 in Germany?” I will demonstrate that changes in anti-semitism behaviour did not occur at the same rate during the period 1933-1945. Anti-Semitism began slowly when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany on the 30th January 1933. Initially the restriction of Jewish rights and freedom
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German Philosopher and cultural critic‚ Friedrich Nietzsche stated “Nihilism’s impact on the culture and values of the 19th century has been pervasive‚ its apocalyptic tenor spawning a mood of gloom and a good deal of anxiety‚ anger‚ and terror. “ Nihilism is the belief that life has no objective value‚ to begin‚ moral nihilism‚ or ethical nihilism is the belief that nothing is intrinsically right or wrong. Essentially- there are no set morals in the world. For example if you wanted to kill someone-
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