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    The lives of textile workers in the Lowell Mills‚ not unlike most of the lives of mostly everyone else in America at the time‚ had many challenges. Textile workers were usually single women from age 10 to mid 40’s. The women would be sent to work at the mills to earn a little extra money for their family. Workers had to work very hard for the amount of money they were paid (anywhere from $2 to $6 per week). A textile worker would often begin work before day break and end long after sunset. This eventually

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    Slave Life In The 1800s

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    What did slave life “look like” when it expanded in the south after the introduction of the cotton gin? Why? There are many perspectives of slave live‚ from the young children to matured adults‚ Saltwater Africans had one thing in common which was heartache. The shipment of slaves coming from the upper to lower parts of the south was a domino reaction by the invention of a disarmingly simple machine that processed as much cotton in a single day as fifty slaves cleaned by hand‚ created by Eli Whitney

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    Life Under Slavery 1800s

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    Life Under Slavery During the 1800s‚ slavery was very prominent in the southern states. The life for slaves was very strenuous; they were forced to work numerous days in the cotton fields. Their families were nonexistent as well as their marriage lives. Many rebellions were planned‚ but the majority were just conspiracies. Slaves made up 47% of the South’s total population. Slavery impacted the United States in a plethora of ways. Slaves normally had a busy work day. They would work sunrise to

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    President Jefferson stayed true to the ideals he held in 1790 by the Revolution of 1800‚ the Louisiana Purchase of 1803‚ the Alien and Sedition Acts‚ and by dismissing the excise taxes on America. The Revolution of 1800 started with the presidential election between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson defeated Adams but tied with Aaron Burr when they received the same number of electoral votes. The tie was broken by the House of Representatives. Most Federalists would be in favor of Burr

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    In the early 1800’s‚ the ideal woman was a sophisticated being. Intelligence‚ virtue and wittiness were all key character traits that every male would have fallen for in a female. However‚ this idea of the perfect woman has taken a huge leap backwards in modern society. Men have drastically changed their views on ‘what is hot and what is not’ in a female. Should men still be pursuing the ideal woman represented in the 1800’s? More importantly‚ does the contemporary mentality of the ideal woman yield

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    Western Expansion’s Contribution to Growing Sectional Tensions between the North and South from 1800 to 1850 G11 Jinpyung Suh ​Once in America‚ there was a time when Eastern South and Eastern North were divided. This division during 1800 to 1850 is one of the important events in American history. There are few reasons for this division such as slavery compromise‚ pursuit of ideal government‚ and also the western expansion. It will make members of the society to be curious why the territorial

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    Public Health 1800-1900

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    How Far Had Public Health Improved 1800 – 1900? Imagine if you were working in a factory at least for 16hours in a dirty atmosphere‚ then when you eventually get to go home‚ you have to go through the smell of overflowing cesspits‚ and finally you enter the dingy little room with a bed in the corner filled with sleeping family‚ how would you feel? Well‚ in the 1800s- 1900s poor people lived exactly like that‚ because they were lacking the effectiveness of public health‚ which was suppose

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    The Irish emigrated from Ireland to America at two separate times‚ during the 1700’s and again in the 1800’s. During the 1700’s the Irish that emigrated were the Ulster Irish‚ these were mostly Protestant and mostly from the northern part of Ireland. This group of Irish was originally from Scotland which was under English rule. In 1533 when Henry VIII separated from the Catholic Church‚ he enacted penal laws - laws directed against Catholics. Catholic owned land was seized and given to the English

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    new sight to see. Andrew Jackson was president‚ and was making some odd decisions. Yet‚ through the Federal Bank Crisis‚ the Spoil System‚ and many others‚ the good shined through. The Common People’s Rights (or just white men) took a step forward. Also events‚ some good‚ some bad‚ such as the Westward Expansion or Texas Independence took place. Through the early 1800’s‚ writers like Longsfellow‚ art like the Hudson River School‚ and lyricists like Samuel Smith presented not only their perspective

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    Nationalism started most of the revolution in the 1800s and helped countries reform. After the old monarch in France was restored‚ they had a revolution because Charles X made attempts to tak voting right from the middle class. After the French revolution the Italian States revolted against Austria but Italy was not strong enough. When Belgium rebelled against the Dutch‚ they won their independence. In 1848‚ France had their 3rd revolution which was successful. Austria tried to have a revolution

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