One day Edison’s boss called him to his office. He asked him how much it would cost to buy his improvements. He wanted $6‚000 but his boss offered $40‚000! Edison bought a factory and started inventing. In 1871‚ Edison married Mary Stiltwell and had three children. In 1876‚ Edison moved out of Newark and into Meleno Park. In 1876 Alexander Bell invented the telephone and Edison improved it by making it battery powered. He then invented a lampback out of graphite and it made the signal clearer
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Women’s Rights Throughout history change has occurred throughout the United States. . Change occurred for men‚ citizens with disabilities‚ and even blacks. White men were considered superior to women and African Americans.In the 19th century women were not equal to men in the United States. If anything women were not seen as individuals like slaves‚ they were seen as nothing more than property. Women were excluded with no given opportunities to change their circumstances until 1818. Courageous
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Industrialization was growing and spreading vigorously. Many more people became open to the ideas of industry/factories. In 1789‚ a young British man named Samuel Slayer emigrated to the US and built his one machines and started up the ideas of factories in the United States. Because of this many more people followed in his foot steps. Little later in 1813‚ the American Textile industry was revolutionized. Due to these new industries‚ money grew and was able to help fund more operations. All of this
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In 1900s about 18 percent of all American workers were under the age of sixteen. The educational reformers of mid- nineteenth century were convicted to be native-born population that an education from the school was a necessity to them. That lead to several states to establish minimum wage for labor and a minimal requirements for school attendance. About 18 percent of the children were employed in the 1900s. In southern cotton mills twenty five percent of the employees were below the age of fifteen
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Americans take everything for granted nowadays. Citizenship in America is a privilege‚ yet Americans have a sense of entitlement. Wealth and life had a different meaning 100 years ago than it does now. Times have changed over the course of time but some may argue women still have less rights. Women’s rights and privilege was unjust and women then were treated poorly. We can see these differences and similarities in things like military‚ work force‚ home life‚ suffrage‚ and civil rights. Women in
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Hellen Wang Transportation Developments Essay The United States had developed a lot through 1790-1830. By the mid-nineteenth century‚ the American transportation system had grown dynamically. Turnpikes were broad paved highways whose access required fees or tolls‚ which connected eastern cities together‚ canal systems like the Erie Canal helped make traveling through waterways the most efficient form of transporting goods and people‚ steamboats were made capable of holding lot’s of cargo and
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The dawn of the twentieth century in America was a time of extreme change and progression. Urban areas began to rapidly increase in size as well as population and this lead to increased poverty levels. Advancement in these areas required an abundance of workers to run the expanding factories. Children were often preferred because they were seen as obedient‚ manageable‚ and less likely to strike. Because of this‚ child labor was very present issue and the conditions were often described as inhumane
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As Americans moved westward in the early 19th century‚ new territories were seen as an opportunity for a fresh start and opportunity for economic success. However‚ this was not the case for all Americans‚ especially African Americans. The new northwestern states (Ohio‚ Indiana‚ and Illinois) impeded the migration of African Americans‚ and severely discriminated against those that were able to settle in these states. Although these were free states‚ the northwestern states had very small black populations
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Educational Reform Movement In the early 1800s education in American wasn ’t the best. Most schools were small and only went for 6 weeks because the children worked on their family farms. Other‚ more wealthy‚ children would have a tutor in their homes or they would be sent to a private school. The children that did go to school would sit in a one room building with 60 other children. The teachers also didn ’t have much training and has limited knowledge to teach the children. They also received
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Nicaraguan Revolution A Revolution can either fail or succeed ‚ many revolutions succeeded due to overthrowing their presidents ‚ and kings and over all important people in that current era . For Example ‚ The people of Nicaragua suffered a huge impact of oppression that led to the development of domination against the Sandinistas and a Revolution that impacted not only Nicaraguan people but also Latin American people with political and social effects . In the Nicaraguan Revolution some of the key
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