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    In the 1800s‚ African-Americans were highly discriminated against. There were still many blacks that worked for their white masters as slaves. Most women did not receive education. African-Americans were given a free education until they finished elementary school. Prudence Crandall’s greatest accomplishment was founding the first school for African-American girls. By doing this‚ she impacted the lives of the African-American girls who attended her school‚ the people of Canterbury‚ Connecticut‚

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    Othello endure it is clear that Shakespearean society viewed women as lesser beings who existed only to serve the men in their lives‚ and who were supposed to subservient‚ submissive‚ pure and above all else obedient. Obedient to their husbands‚ father‚ brothers and all men. Patriarchal rule justified women’s subordination as the natural order because women were thought to be physiologically and psychologically inferior to men. Although the women in Othello are measured against these ideals and in this

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    Factory conditions were harsh in the 1800s because they had to worked a lot‚ factories had no heating or cooling systems‚ and there were a lot of rapidly movings machines which workers‚ especially children‚ were often hurt by the machines. There were a lot of other things that were bad about this and these are just a few. Factory conditions were harsh in the 1800s. One reason was that they had to work a lot. Back then the average workday was 11.4 hours and this caused the workers to get tired

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    life in Hawaii. Many different races migrated and became our labor force on the plantation. They changed the history of the island and they settled their family in Hawai’i and this has become their new home. Life on Hawaii’s sugar plantations in the 1800s was hard for immigrant workers‚ because of the ethnic segregation‚ working conditions and living conditions. First‚ ethnic segregation was a problem for the workers. For example‚ the immigrant workers were paid differently‚ depending on their race

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    always the case‚ especially if you worked during the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s. This is the time period‚ when the working conditions were terrible and millions of people found their pay inside of huge factories. Hundreds of people stood in lines in front of factories to get a job‚ for any amount of money. Many of the workers that were hired‚ weren’t skilled and received a pay of about 10 cents an hour. Women received less pay than men‚ in a fourteen hour shift‚ working 6 days of the week

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    For much of history women have been considered inferior to men‚ and were treated accordingly. Their role was defined in‚ and around‚ the home; as domestic carer and dutiful housewife. This changed with the Industrial Revolution. As cottage industries ceased to be feasible‚ and were replaced with factories‚ some lower class women began to enter the workforce. The social stigma of working‚ however‚ remained until the early 1900’s‚ when the labour shortage‚ caused by World War I‚ forced employers to

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    Psychology has majorly changed from the 1800s due to developing methods and theories that adapt to human nature and societal changes. As an academic discipline that has been taught‚ modified and industrialized since the 1800s we are able to understand and use these past theories to practice psychology today. Firstly‚ the essay will explain and define psychology‚ where it originated from‚ including the main theorist that impact the way psychology is influenced today through approach’s. Secondly

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    The romantic period in American history came around during the early 1800s. It was an artistic and literary movement that started in Europe and eventually spread to America. Romanticism was used in many songs‚ art‚ poems‚ and stories during this time. It included a lot of emotion and colors used to describe and create stories. There were many stories and poems created during this period and some of the stories are still read today. The authors during this time period used more emotion rather than

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    the world women have often been subjected to fewer rights and to a lower social class than that of men. In most societies the traditional role of the woman was the role of wife‚ mother‚ and caretaker. Women endured this type of prejudiced behavior since the dawn of time until the first women’s movements began to develop during the 1800s in the United States and Europe. These women’s movements are often referred to as feminist movements or feminism. The development of feminism in the 1800s was a very

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    The Reform Movement is a collection of social reform movements that emerged throughout the 1820’s and 1830’s. Factors driving these movements were the growth of urbanization‚ changes in labor‚ immigration and emergence of a new middle class. The main driving factor was the religious fervor that swept middle class America and was characterized by the need for large scale provisions for the needy‚ a belief in the basic goodness of human nature and the reformers moralistic dogmatism. All these factors

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