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    Life changed dramatically for Americans during the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution paved the way for women joining the workforce‚ the transition from the quaint farm life that most Americans lived in at the time‚ and the advancements in cleanliness and health. Women have been treated very different than men for… well… ever. Things really only began to change in the 1960s. However‚ progress was being made‚ thanks to the Industrial Revolution. Because many machines were being created

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    was relabeled as AIDS (acquired immune deficiency system). The videos ‘We Were Here’ and ‘How to Survive a Plague’ let us in on how people were affected during this crisis. The interviewees in the ‘We Were Here’ video expressed their thoughts on how life was during this time. A large population of gay men decided to move to San Francisco during the 1970s because thats where they were respected and were surrounded by people with the same sexual preference. The gay community began to form

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    1. What are the significant political‚ scientific‚ and intellectual developments that occurred during the first half of the twentieth century (1900-1950)? (10 points) In the first half of the twentieth century‚ there were many significant developments that were political‚ scientific‚ and intellectual. The political developments that occurred in the twentieth century are fascism‚ liberal-democratic capitalism‚ and communism. Communism came into play during the Russian Civil War. Fascism took place

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    notably occur after the break up of the Inca Empire due to Spanish colonization mostly among groups that had no actual Inca origin. The concept of Incaism during the colonial period was predominantly an Indian “re-conceptualization of a past as Inca subjects”. Significantly Incaism has become a theme held by resistance movements since the colonial period‚ as well as cultural revitalization movements which are relatively “pro-indigenous.” Incaism has since

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    D B Q PAGE 353 Write a coherent essay that integrates your interpretation of Documents A–H and your knowledge of the period to answer the following question: To what extent is it justified to characterize the industrial leaders of the 1865–1900 era as either “robber barons” or “industrial statesmen”? DOCUMENT A. Q: How is the freight and passenger pool working?
W.V.: Very satisfactorily. I don’t like that expression “pool‚” how- ever‚ that’s a common construction applied by the people to a

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    Before the revolution‚ cloth was typically woven at home‚ which would take long hours a day to do. With the creation of these new inventions‚ cloth was made much faster which led to a boost in merchants’ profits. Industrial Revolution Research explains the textile industry during the industrial revolution‚ “The demand for cloth continued to rise‚ so merchants had to be in competition with others for their supplies to make it. This caused a problem for the consumers because the products were now at a

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    led to economic growth in the beginning of the nineteenth century. These reasons are divided into six contributing factors: Capital‚ Cotton Textile Production‚ Manufacturing‚ Transportation‚ Population and Urbanization‚ and Westward Expansion. Each factor had an unprecedented contribution to America’s economy and helped pave the future of the country’s economic success. Following the end of the War of 1812 against the British‚ trade resumed between the latter and America. During the War of 1812

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    states between the time period of the 1800-1860s From 1800 to 1860 the relationship between the Northern‚ and Southern States grew worse and the threat for the formation of 2 cooperate unions was drawing nearer. This change on the relationship can be attributed to industrial development to a fairly large extent‚ however it should be noted that there are also other factors‚ which contributed‚ in large part to this change in the relationship. Industrial development was a factor in the relationship

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    Entertainment in 1900s Vs. Now There are many differences between the 1900s and now‚ we have discovered a lot of amazing technology and ways to be entertained since the 1900s. A few of those technologies are televisions‚ radios‚ and cellphones. Entertainment has influenced our generation a lot and has changed significantly over the years. Entertainment back in the 1900s was definitely more active and social than how our generation calls “entertainment” now. Teenagers in the 1900s would actually

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    The movement in organized labor from 1875 to 1900 to improve the position of workers was unsuccessful because of the inherent weaknesses of unions and the failures of their strikes‚ the negative public attitudes toward organized labor‚ widespread government corruption‚ and the tendency of government to side with big business. After the Civil there was a push to industrialize quickly‚ and the rushed industrialization was at the expense of the workers as it led to bigger profits for big business and

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