In the late 19th century the government reaction was one of Laissez Faire to poverty. Minimal intervention through the workhouse (expanded after the Poor Law Amendment act of 1834) where eligibility criteria was enclosed to try to scale down the worst excesses of poverty and squalor. People arrived at the realisation that poverty was due to social and economic factors outside the person’s control. Poverty had more or less vanished from the political radar in the early 1950s. However‚ came back into
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Over the course of two centuries‚ the ways that wars and battles are fought have changed drastically‚ and yet the end goal has always remained the same‚ to win and not be defeated no matter at what cost. As the progression of the Industrial Revolution escalated‚ it paved the way for what could be produced to help military forces win in battle. Industrialization during the 18th & 19th centuries caused the battles of Waterloo and the Somme to be a great example of how industrialization helped evolve
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made for man." A quote from Elizabeth Stanton. Women during the 19th century were judged by four outstanding qualities according to the Cult of True Womanhood; “piety‚ purity‚ submissiveness‚ and domesticity.” Men deemed piety to be the foundation for a good wife. Religion would not take a woman away from her “proper sphere” known as her home which kept her in isolation. Another way men would control women was by her purity. A woman in the 19th century was to remain pure and innocent. Remaining so
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Jacob Riis played a central role in the debate over the causes and consequences of urban problems in the late 19th century. Riis was a photographer who started as a poor immigrant from Denmark. Initially Riis worked low paying jobs until he eventually found his calling in police reports and later photography. As a police reporter‚ Riis had unique access to the city’s slums. In the evenings‚ he would accompany law enforcement and members of the health department on raids of the tenements‚ witnessing
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Imperialism is the policy of extending a country’s influential presence and power‚ in other places by means of military action‚ or diplomacy. In the late 19th Century‚ American began harnessing imperialism as to have spots in a variety of places across the globe to ‘re-fuel.’ Naval power became the power of the time‚ so having more places where you could safely land made you even powerful. Also‚ having a country under your control allowed for economic gain‚ through harnessing the resources on said
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transportation to New South Wales in 1840. A main feature of this period was the populating of large territories by Europeans. Emigration from Britain increased during the 1840’s due to famine. Approximately six million people emigrated from Britain between 1831 and 1871‚ to the colonies of Canada‚ New Zealand‚ and Australia. The early nineteenth century was characterised by the shift away from the use of slaves towards the use of free labour “under the rising hegemony of industrial capitalism.” In 1837
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During the 19th century‚ the United States had began to expand it’s territory towards the western frontier. This era of U.S. history was dominated by the belief in manifest destiny – the idea that the United States was destined to expand to the west coast‚ and was justified in doing so (History.com Staff‚ 2010). However‚ settlers heading west faced many hindrances to their grand plans along their way‚ including the Native Americans‚ who had been living on the land for centuries before western expansion
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of history women generally have had fewer legal rights and career opportunities than men. Wifehood and motherhood were regarded as women’s most significant professions. In the 20th century‚ however‚ women in most nations won the right to vote and increased their educational and job opportunities. Perhaps most important‚ they fought for and to a large degree accomplished a reevaluation of traditional views of their role in society. Early Attitudes Toward Women Since early times women have been
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Nationalism is defined as the “advocacy of political independence for a particular country” (Google Dictionary). It’s easy to see this definition in practice throughout the late 1800s and early 1900s in Europe and Asia. From the Boxer Rebellion to the Russo-Japanese War to the Young Turks during the Armenian Genocide‚ there are a great many examples of Nationalism to be found. The year-long Boxer Rebellion is an interesting example of Nationalism‚ as it involves a Chinese Nationalist group going
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During the 19th century‚ Shamanism was a practice among primitive societies which the diagnosis or treatment was based on trance-like states of the healer or the patient. On the other hand‚ the shaman is a healer whose diagnosis of patients is based at least in part on trances or frequently induced by hallucinogenic drugs. However‚ during the 19th-century drugs were available and grew almost everywhere. Moreover‚ during this era‚ people used natural herbs to cure most everything. Therefore‚ not being
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