The Victorian Era Values BRIEF INTRODUCTION The Victorian Era of Great Britain was a period of time when Queen Victoria reigned from the years 1837 to 1901. Several values and beliefs made up this age and it is often referred to as the climax of the British industrial revolution. SOCIAL CLASS A main value in the Victorian Era which heavily impacted every individual’s daily life was social class. There were three classes: The Working Class consisted of lower commoners and the men performed
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passed. It stated that towns with fifty families or more had to have a teacher and towns with one hundred families or more had to establish a grammar school. This law shifted the responsibility of education from the parents to the town. This eventually gave way to publicly funded education. Colonists were taxed in order to pay teacher salaries. Children ages six to eight were sent to dame school. Dame school ran much like a present day day care. It was taught by usually a widow at her home. She taught
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the street‚ fashion has to do with ideas‚ the way we live‚ what is happening.” - Coco Chanel. All throughout history‚ fashion has always been important. During the mid-1500s‚ Queen Elizabeth I came into power and drastically changed the fashion of England. The fashion of the Elizabethan Era shaped the culture and made an impact on the era and its people. Elizabethan upper class’s clothing was elaborate and very layered. When Queen Elizabethan rose to power‚ she had a major impact on the clothing of
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The Progressive Era The Progressive Era was a time of reform as the United States evolved into an industrialized world power. The country was coming into a new age of large scale corporations and factories. The country was changing and it was necessary for the government to find their place in business and in the welfare of the people. The industrialists‚ factory workers‚ immigrants‚ women‚ and politicians developed the history of the Progressive Era and forever affected the future of America.
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The thesis of the Federalist papers was that the Article of confederation needed to be replaced with a new constitution which would ultimately save the nation from the problems of the United States government having strong state government and a weak national government. The Federalist papers addressed the weakness of the Article of Confederation. The federalist were all in favor for ratifying a new constitution because it did not serve as a firm constitution. The new constitution that was
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do physical labor all day to provide for their family. During the 1840 to the late 1860s‚ an era of westward expansion took place in the United States. Many families wanted to go west because there were unclaimed land in Oregon. Many families packed their belongings on a covered wagon and followed the dangerous routes and trails to the west. Despite the dangerous journey‚ many families wanted to claim vast land and farm in the fertile lands to get rich. Different women had very different life experiences
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Elizabethan Music Music has always given us a way to express ourselves and show how we feel in a way we don’t usually let people see. The music of our day reflects the culture of our day. We can see what has been left by a certain generation in the lyrics and the sounds of that time. Music moves people. Without it‚ cultures -as well as the generations- would have no common ground to identify with one another. The Elizabethan Era‚ named after Queen Elizabeth I who ruled England at the time‚ took
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Moreover‚ the public opinion is often skewed by religious beliefs‚ which consequently influences how a criminal is defined in that particular society. Prior to the progressive era‚ religion played a large role in society and often aided in setting the standards for what was considered a crime. Throughout the progressive era‚ this theme remained mostly unchanged. Different religious groups were still politically involved in situations regarding
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Women in the Romance Era Most Romantics believed in love‚ freedom‚ respect for nature‚ and equality for all. The majority of these writers believed in freedom for slaves‚ but what about women? It seems that if we go by what we know about the Romantics that the automatic answer to this question is yes. However‚ it was not always so. The notions of equality for women and the submission of women can be seen in William Blake’s‚ Visions of the Daughters of Albion and William Wordsworth’s‚ The Solitary
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Progressive Era The progressive leaders led the reform process of the nation’s industrial economy in the early years of the 20th century. Through the antirust acts‚ inspection acts‚ and regulations on trading‚ progressive reformers reshaped the way the economy ran. In a political cartoon by the Washington Post in 1907‚ President Roosevelt is on a dead raccoon with the words “bad trust” shaved into it. The political cartoon does over exaggerate the effectiveness of Roosevelt’s policies regarding
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