The industrial order of the nineteenth century was a period of growth and advancement in America. With industrialism came an influx of jobs for American and immigrant workers. Technological advances made more jobs available to unskilled workers and led to a rise in national productivity. However‚ the industrial movement also created more challenges within the workplace. Although nineteenth century workers saw slight improvements in wages and working hours‚ workplace conditions remained hazardous
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During the nineteenth -century America was known for it ’s drinking abilities. The question some people want to know is "was early nineteenth-century America really a nation of drunkards" (Rorabaugh 5)? The United States was among the most addicted of nations‚ that in this respect it had out stripped all of Europe‚ and that "no other people ever indulged‚ so universally." Alcohol was looked upon as a disease like the plague and it was spreading wider and wider throughout the country. It was being
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us the situation with immigrants in America in the end of nineteenth century. Thinking about
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racism had begun. The official sanction began for the attitudes that had begun in the sixteenth century‚ by the Spain and the Jews. They had converted to Christianity and their descendants became the victims of a pattern of discrimination and exclusion. Also at this time‚ the Europeans were increasing their contact with Africans‚ Asians‚ and Americans because of their skin differences. The Europeans were making any judgments about them that they wanted. Judgments had continued on‚ in 1667 slaves could
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- 1775 1. Puritanism bore within itself the seeds of its own destruction. Apply this generalization. (74) 2. In the seventeenth century‚ New England Puritans tried to create a model society. What were their aspirations‚ and to what extent were those aspirations fulfilled during the seventeenth century? (83) 3. Between 1607 and 1763‚ Americans gained control of their political and economic institutions. To what extent and in what ways do you
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One of the most influential centuries during human history is the nineteenth century. During this century the world‚ especially Europe‚ experienced radical change--change that revolutionized the world‚ as everyone knew it to be. It was a century of war‚ of industrialization‚ of urbanization‚ and of nationalism. The major development of the nineteenth century was the Industrial Revolution. Every aspect of the nineteenth century is most likely directly influenced by the Industrial Revolution‚ from
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during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Intellectuals in the eighteenth century formed liberalism‚ which the economic leaders during that time readily adopted for the sole reason that it would help them generate more money‚ as a reaction citizens formed conservatism. The existing social construct was being questioned by supporters of liberalism which led to supporters of the current social arrangement forming conservatism to counteract that. In the late nineteenth-century working class liberalists
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the 19th century‚ continued industrialization and urbanization sparked an increasing demand for a larger and cheaper labor force. The country’s transformation from a rural agricultural society into an urban industrial nation attracted immigrants worldwide. As free land and free labor disappeared and as capitalists dominated the economy‚ dramatic social‚ political‚ and economic tensions were created. Religion‚ labor‚ and race relations were questioned; populist and progressive thoughts were developed;
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the nineteenth-century‚ the roles of men and women were distinctively outlined and enforced‚ limiting the participation of women in the music industry. Women had to behave and act in a socially acceptable way; otherwise‚ they may be vulnerable to rejection by society. Unlike men‚ who were allowed to compose and perform freely‚ most women were constricted to only composing and performing music domestically‚ which stripped their opportunity of showcasing their talents to the public. They were encouraged
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private security began. The earliest recorded examples of private security were in the thirteenth century where they wealthy individuals would hire private security personnel to protect their land and families. This type of security spread all over the world and when the industrial revolution began to have international relevance‚ so did the crimes and crime prevention methods as well. Early in the nineteenth century in England‚ a bill was passed which enforced law enforcement to enhance their
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