1.What were the causes of the new imperialism of the 19th century and how did it differ from European expansion in earlier periods? Early European expansion was for the most part‚ an economic desire of the country to expand its territory and wealth. This new imperialism of the 19th century was a race to grab up non-European claimed territories to prevent their competition from gaining any advantage. It was also the need to fuel their industrial factories that emerged from the industrial revolution
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Slavery has been around for millennia and had been a plague on the mankind for far too many years until the 19th century. The 19th century was a time of great change politically‚ economically‚ and socially‚ and included the abolition of slavery. The problem with analyzing the abolition of slavery in all of the nations that did at this time is that each is so unique that it is difficult to accurately compare and contrast them because they all had different linguistic‚ cultural‚ and ethnic differences
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Immigrants have been a staple of American society throughout United States History. This is most notably seen during the late 19th century and into the 20th Century. Roughly 15 million immigrant rushed into America during these years and the influx of immigrants helped America create new ideas about the types of people Immigrants might have been. Immigration was not a new concept but the waves of people coming from so many different places was an entirely new thought to the people already living
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The American Dream is the idea that every U.S citizen has equal opportunities to be successful. In the late 19th century and early 20th century immigrants traveled to america just to have the “American Dream”. Immigrants faced gruesome conditions coming to the U.S. and were treated in positive and negative ways. Even though the immigrants were escaping religious‚ racial‚ and political prosecution‚ the price they payed to get to America was gruesome. Most of the immigrants traveled overseas on a
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During the 19th century‚ there were open fields filled with plants and animals roaming through them. The plants that grew in the different fields were mushrooms (caused hallucinations)‚ yellow-orange fruits‚ coca leaves (cocaine)‚ poppy plants (opium)‚ and cannabis plants (marijuana); the animals were observed as they roamed the fields and ate from these plants. As the humans watched the animal’s behavior during and after eating the plants‚ they began to wonder as to how and why the animal’s demeanor
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Did you know that in the 19th century there were many different economies throughout the United States. Also this country had a strong love for their nation also known as Nationalism. Today we will be talking about how Alabama gained territory‚ different Economies around the United states‚ and how Nationalism played a major role in the success of the economy. Alabama gained territory and the population of the state went up in the late 1700´s and the early 1800´s. Many immigrants left the country
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focusing on what lay beyond the vast oceans. With the discovery of a new world‚ the distant shores soon to be known as America provided both refuge for those seeking religious freedom as well as the potential of a better life. By the time of the late 19th century‚ European explorers had turned their attentions to the interior of Africa. Between both of these vastly different eras‚ explorers had major impacts on the environment and the lives of the inhabitants. America was a land just waiting to be claimed
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Juvenile courts were created first on the 19th century. It wasn’t until the 20th century when it was fully developed. There once was times that kids could face the death penalty. Overtime things changed‚ and kids are now not viewed as criminals. They are viewed as delinquents. It is important to treat juveniles as delinquents because that’s what they are. I am currently taking a course in Psychology of Adolescents‚ and I have learned so far kids make mistakes. Do not get me wrong if they murder
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During the 19th century our governments were running under an organized group called political machines. These political machines had controlled the activity of a political party in the city. These groups had functioned like a pyramid‚ they had a political boss at the top who controlled most activity in the city‚ in the middle of the pyramid was the ward boss who controlled votes‚ and at the bottom of the pyramid‚ the local precinct workers and captains had worked streets to gain votes. The political
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b) The rubric requires an “explicitly stated thesis that addresses all parts of the question.” The prompt here is: Identify the issues raised by the growth of Manchester and analyze the various reactions to those issues over the course of the 19th Century. Here is an organization that tracks the prompt and will lead to a solid thesis: Issues Positive Reactions Negative Reactions 1 (massive growth) 6 (disease‚ bad health‚ bad morals) 8 (short life span) 3 (better lives) 9 (workshop to world)
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