United States during the late nineteenth century. New power sources facilitated American industry’s shift to mass production and also suggest the importance of new ways of organizing research and innovation. In 1869‚ about half the industrial power came from water. 2. Discuss the development of the railroad business during the last half of the 19th century in the United States and explain how the railroad companies manifested the structure and problems of American corporations during that period-
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Slavery was used widely in the 1700s. Mainly the Americans‚ the French and the British used it‚ but other countries and empires also used it. Most of the time‚ black people were used as slaves‚ but there were exceptions. At the time‚ America‚ Britain and France were mainly white countries‚ so racism was huge at the time. Names were used to insult and discriminate each other and violence was used a lot. But when slavery was first introduced‚ white people saw them as the equivalent of animals and they
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"Women ought to have representatives‚ instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government." (Wollstonecraft‚ 1792). Women began to consider that the way they had been being treated might have not been fair. Women of the eighteenth century did not wish to have greater power then men. They only wished for equal rights. Young girls could only dream of continuing their schooling and obtaining a higher education. Men‚ who had control over women
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rules of the church. The church and the state were together if anyone were to go against the church or were Heretics they would be burned on a stake to show that if anyone went against the rules this would happen to them. The hierarchy in Europe in the 1700’s was made up of the nobility who were tiled privileged and wealthy‚ which they had received from their ancestors. Then came the middle class which consisted of merchants and bankers‚ they were growing in political power and wealth. The majority of
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During the Late Antique period of the Roman Empire‚ Christianity was able to flourish. Integrating itself within the government‚ and with the rule of the emperors themselves‚ allowed the religion to spread quickly throughout society and to be given large amounts of authority. In addition‚ debates regarding different doctrines helped to create a relationship between orthodoxy and the government. These changes can be seen in how Christianity saw shifts in how it interacted with the empire both in regards
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the North Were the South‚ Same Thing. Ricardo Arjona is one of the most renowned Latin American singers. He is characterized for his socially conscious and heartfelt folk ballads and rock tunes. In addition‚ he also plays a variety of styles that combine traditional South American folk music with rock‚ hip-hop‚ and classical music‚ Arjona sings about subjects ranging from faded love to social inequities. In 1996‚ Arjona wrote the song Si el Norte Fuera el Sur (If the North were the South)‚ in
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The U.S. Rise There were many factors that contributed to the United States’ rise and roles as a world power during the early 20th century. Presidential policies during this time period were the foundation of the U.S.’s role as a world power. The conflict in the Philippines was evidence of the U.S.’s ability to crush uprising and control a territory. The Spanish-American War demonstrates the U.S.’s role as a world power. Although the U.S. was only about a century old it’s influence drastically
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was only until the late Middle Ages when wives were allowed to divorce their husbands for some reasons such as conviction of a crime. Although‚ when the husband went away‚ the wives enjoyed some freedom and became the head of the household. In the late Middle Ages‚ the Catholic Church got involved and there would be a Christian ceremony. Some people in arranged marriages grew to have mutual respect for each other and even love each other. Since infants died at an early age or during childbirth‚ life
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they lived. Before 1700‚ the British North American colonies differed on the extent of religious freedom in the New world. There were three regional orders‚ New England‚ Middle colonies and the South within the colonial empire. Most of the settlers in these colonies were of English origin on whom applied the different Acts of British Empire. Puritanism was predominant in New England. The mid-Atlantic colonies had a majority population of the Quakers. The population in South was oriented more to
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The society in the North increased do to immigration between 1800 and 1860. The population in the North started at 5 million and went up to about 31 million do with massive immigration. The immigration affects the economy do to all the jobs open. The economy has big cities from the immigration witch is good for the trade and manufacturing. Water from rivers and streams are used to make water power. Water power was used to run the factories . To the economy going up in the North the harbors and streets
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