"Transportation in 1860 1900" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 20 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Good Essays

    In New York the transportation was ran by a Omnibus. The Omnibus was ran by a horse-drawn carriage. The horse ran along a fixed route. The Omnibus was meant to seat fifteen passengers. There would often be more room with cramped people. The driver stopped when the people tugged on the strap around his ankle. The other New York transportation that was used was the Horsecars. Horsecars rode along Embedded iron or steel tracks. It was hard for the horses to go up hilly streets and to carry all

    Premium Prison United States Criminal justice

    • 399 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Fashion In The 1900's

    • 1323 Words
    • 6 Pages

    style is much different from when I was growing up” say’s my great grandma. Today’s fashion has changed drastically amongst almost the past century. Most people use fashion to set a statement‚ express themselves‚ and for religion‚ etc. Back in the 1900’s your fashion statement meant something‚ with the new millennium‚ it’s a competition with name brand labels‚ and who can afford to wear what. Now-a-days clothes have been highly favored‚ back then it was a necessity. Clothes were needed to cover your

    Premium Clothing Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Woman

    • 1323 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    several of the advantages of using ethanol as a renewable source of energy for the transportation sector. Many environmental organizations support the use of ethanol as it burns cleaner than fossil fuels. Ethanol is considered a renewable resource because it is plant based. Additionally‚ this paper will review several of the common disadvantages of using ethanol as an alternative fuel source for the transportation sector. One of the main issues is the amount of farm land required to produce enough

    Premium Ethanol fuel Fossil fuel Energy development

    • 1585 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Transportation was a viable avenue for England to rid itself of criminals. Many individuals and complete families where transported‚ first‚ to the American colonies and then to Australia and its surrounding islands of Van Diemen’s Land. Through this type of punishment the United Kingdom hoped to rid itself of variants and to begin colonization of a new colony in a distant land in hopes of further expanding the empire. By expanding the empire through transportation these convicts brought with them

    Premium Transport United States United Kingdom

    • 1809 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    The industrial revolution was the point in American history when society began to focus on a platform of machinery and factory work rather than farming and agriculture. However the transition of work focus was not the only aspect that was highly affected through this era. There were grand changes seen in the social‚ political‚ and economic views of American society. Living conditions and social norms were changed dramatically through the industrial revolution. Businessmen made an overwhelming triumph

    Premium Industrial Revolution Factory Cotton mill

    • 608 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Nowadays public transportation is the question of vital importance for dwellers of big cities as well as for habitants of small towns. People face serious problems of traveling around the city using public transportation. At the same time‚ people who own cars also suffer from poor roads and endless car accidents. Should government care more about public facilities of buses and trains and subways or invest more money on fixing roads?  Below I would like to point out two sides of this complex question

    Premium Bus Road Public transport

    • 483 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    penitentiary and asylum reforms as she felt that criminals came from unstable families and wanted to rehabilitate them rather than punish them. She battled against the grant of public mental facilities which eventually won over in majority of the states in 1860. 7.      Andrew Jackson – he was the first American president from the West‚ hero of the Battle of New Orleans‚ expedition against the Seminoles in Florida‚ congressman and senator in Tennessee‚ and first territorial governor of Florida. 8.     

    Premium Andrew Jackson United States President of the United States

    • 967 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Boston from 1850 to 1900

    • 836 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Brandee Meyer Boston from 1850-1900 There was no time in Boston that was most emphasized‚ than the 1850’s to 1900’s. In the city of Boston there were a lot of changes that had occurred between the second half of the 19th century‚ not only with the city but also with the people living in Boston. Boston has always been changing and in transition. Boston had changed majorly from being the merchant city to the industrial metropolis. The population of people went up about ¾ in 50 years of its

    Premium Tram Harvard University The Streets

    • 836 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Women In The 1800s-1900s

    • 463 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Could you imagine having to wait nearly 100 years to win a right you strongly believed in. Well women in the 1800s-1900s could imagine‚ they were denied access to vote even after they protested and fought for their right. Women demanded to be seen as full citizens of the United States. Even though women had to wait quite some time to get these rights‚ they still changed the course of history. I know it changed the course of history because it’s 2016 and women can vote. Sojourner Truth strongly believed

    Premium Women's suffrage United States United States Constitution

    • 463 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Transportation in Maldives 2050 Maldives is a developing country. People in Maldives travel by air land and sea. As time goes we could predict the changes in transportation that would occur by 2050. As Maldives is an island scattered in the Indian Ocean Sea and air are the main modes of transport. Out of that air transport is becoming more important for the people as it takes less time and is more convenient and safe. Hence by 2050 air transport is more likely to develop. Currently we have our

    Premium Transport Transportation Vehicle

    • 486 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
Page 1 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 50