boxes weren’t for kids at all. In the late 1800s‚ blue-collar workers carried their lunches to work in metal pails‚ which protected their food from the rigors of the workplace. In fact‚ your lunch pail illustrated your place on the economic scale -- a lunch pail meant you couldn’t afford a hot noontime meal. This didn’t stop children from wanting to emulate their working parents‚ however. Soon enough‚ kids fashioned their own lunch pails from tin boxes that were originally used to hold cookies or tobacco
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The Populist Party was a short-lived political party in the United States in the late 19th century. It flourished particularly among western farmers‚ based largely on its opposition to the gold standard. Although the party did not remain a lasting feature of the political landscape‚ many of its positions have become adopted over the course of the following decades. The very term "populist" has since become a generic term in U.S. politics for politics which appeals to the common person in opposition
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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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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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Nationalism is a culture that people support mainly their nation and people. There were many negative and positive effects of nationalism during the late 19th century. Different nations got tighter and got rid of their difference. There was constant warfare between many nations around the world. Finally‚ equality in the government throughout the world. Nationalism had many positive effects at times because nations were uniting with other nations. For instance “We ardently wish to free Italy from foreigners
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English 283 1 March 2012 Societal Influence on Nineteenth Century Marriages in Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is a nineteenth century novel revolving around the life and romantic affairs of the Bennett sisters and their family in the English countryside. Seen as a lady-like romance novel‚ Pride and Prejudice seems like a light read‚ but in reality Jane Austen uses her novel to make scathing commentary about nineteenth century society in England. Pride and Prejudice contrast
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In the earlier days‚ German Jewish immigrants are more political conservative. However in the early 1880s‚ the wave of Eastern European Jews in general were more liberal or left wing and became the political majority. These Eastern European Jewish then migrated to America and with the exposure in the socialist‚ anarchist and communist movements as well as the Labor Bund experiences. By the 20th century‚ many of the Jewish were already holding the leadership positions in the American labor movement
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How did the conflict between labor and business play out in the late 19th century? In the late 19th century‚ a conflict between labor and business grew as businesses began to cut wages‚ ignore the poor condition of their employee’s working environment‚ extend the hours in a workday‚ and laid off thousands of employees. From this conflict‚ massive strikes‚ organized refusals to work‚ and unions‚ groups formed together to improve working conditions‚ came into action. A notable strike known as the Homestead
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and 20th centuries‚ many foreigners emigrated from Southern and Eastern Europe. These were the new immigrants; they fled from famine‚ war‚ and financial instability among other issues. Once arriving‚ the new immigrants were brutally welcomed by the old immigrants. Many of the old immigrants held nativist views towards the newcomers. Old immigrants were people who were already settled in the United States and most of them believed the new immigrants were injurious to America. New immigrants‚ including
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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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