Imagine you’re a six year boy‚ who instead of going to school for an education‚ you’re working fifteen hour shifts in dangerous working conditions just to help support your family. This was the case in the 1800’s for children living in the United States. For years the glass-bottle industry had been taking advantage of children by having them work in terrible conditions. Some of the concerns surrounding child labor were the long hours‚ hazardous working conditions‚ and the strenuous work for a low
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charging way too much for products. Also monopolies were so powerful they cause competitor companies to lose money and run out of business. Then they made monopoly illegal in the 1890’s was passed as the Sherman Antitrust Act. Work industries in the 1800’s were extremely dangerous‚ they didn’t have any equipment to keep them from getting hurt. They had children working also working there to get into cramped spots in machines and sometimes they would lost limbs and even their life. The work place was
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What was the impact of World War Two on America ? World War 2 was fought from 1939 to 1945. It began in Europe on September 1‚ 1939 with the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany‚ and concluded on September 2‚ 1945‚ with the official surrender of the last Axis nation‚ Japan. When World War II finally broke out in Europe and Asia‚ the United States tried to avoid being drawn into the conflict. But such a powerful and an influential nation could not avoid involvement
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reciting the national anthem‚ joining the military or standing up for a cause you feel needs improvement or stopped. It is important to take the responsibility that we have been given seriously‚ in order to be a mature citizen. My responsibility to America includes showing gratitude for the freedoms taken for granted‚ striving to make
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Their owners dehumanized them by treating them as a machine. For example‚ an escaped slave testified‚ “He would make us hold up our heads‚ walk briskly back and forth‚ while customers would feel up our hands and bodies‚ turn us about‚ ask us what we could do‚ make us open our mouths and show our teeth…Sometimes a man or woman…was taken‚ stripped‚ and inspected more minutely." (nps.gov‚ 2011) Slaves were not only talked to unfairly‚ but they were abused as well. When a slave did not perform
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When the Industrial Revolution began in the late 1800s‚ there were plenty of factory jobs available to both skilled and unskilled workers‚ but the working conditions were appalling. The typical workday was ten to twelve hours and most jobs exposed employees to dangerous conditions that led to tragic accidents. These risks included working in confined spaces with many other workers and being exposed to dust‚ heavy metals‚ and dangerous chemicals. Moreover‚ many low-income workers felt that enough
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Professor Williams English 101 14 December 2010 The Roots of America’s Heritage: The Indians? The Indians were here before the name American even existed. In Luther Standing Bear’s essay “what the Indian means to America”‚ he informed us of how great the American Indian is. While many scholars would debate on the true heritage of America’s beginning‚ The Indian would not join this argument because they alone know the real story of this country we call
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the children did to survive. Family life was very terrible. When children did work they got pennies a day because they were so young that they couldn’t get paid as much as the adults. THE bosses were all right to them unless the children wouldn’t do what they say. Children were very young Working started at 6 and up. HALF of the kids that were going to school didn’t get more then 2 or 3 years of their childhood the rest were just them working. Their lifes living were bad. SOME children had to workfor
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Reconstruction in the 1800’s can have a lot of different meanings. For some the reconstruction was the rejoining of the two sides that fought in the civil war‚ the North and the South. For others in government it was the presidential reconstruction after the death of Lincoln. Most importantly for some reconstruction mean finally being a free man with right and who could vote and provide for his family. The African Americans were a big part of reconstruction‚ just being freed by the passing of the
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age group who is number of deaths is increasing instead of decreasing. Also‚ all the people are exposed at risk and actually every one of them has got car accident at least once that could have been easily prevented. Then why are the car accidents happening? Car accidents are caused mainly by drunken drivers‚ using cellular phones while driving‚ and teenage drivers. First‚ drinking and driving is the leading cause of car accidents. Driving while intoxicated is dangerous‚ because drinking increases
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