In the 18 to 19 centuries‚ a spark of events occurred called the Industrial Revolution‚ in which people started to stop using tools and use machines in order to expand the current country’s wealth by using their resources. Many inventions and ideas were created‚ but in order to experiment the wealthy people at the time bought up all the major farm lands. By doing this‚ the experiments were an immediate success while many farmers were forced to move to the cities and work in factories in order to
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German society changed enormously as a result of the war. During the war the percentage of women in the workforce had risen to 37%. The food shortages across Germany led to a web of new views. As a result extremist views‚ such as communism‚ became widely supported‚ particularly in the industrial cities. Also‚ the German economy had suffered terribly during the war. Industrial output fell by over 40% between 1914 and 1918. WW1 negatively affected Germany by putting it in Social political and economic
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years to perform. As a result of the USA joining the war in 1916‚ industrial production in America flourished. Producers had to keep production up to the tempo needed to support the war. In order to produce more material in a small amount of time‚ new technologies was developed to help manufacturers take on the needs of the government and the great unwashed‚ and employment became readily available for women and African Americans. Young men saw the war not in terms of slaughter‚ but inward opportunity
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Ryan Alkhatab Intro: During the colonial periods‚ English emigrants traveled to America for a new life and better opportunities. Some settlers came because of debts and charges that they want to avoid or pay off. Others came for the freedoms of the new world. The English settlers came to develop colonies such as New England and The Chesapeake. Although the settlers in New England and the Chesapeake came from the same place‚ they started to separate into two distinct societies based on the
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In religious and political matters‚ Virginia varied considerably from the New England colonies. The Church of England was the established church in Virginia‚ which meant taxpayers paid for the support of the church whether or not they were Anglicans. A lack of clergymen and few churches kept many Virginians from attending church. Religion thus was of secondary importance in the Virginia colony. While New England was a land of towns and villages surrounded by small farms‚ Virginia and Maryland were
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Developments of New England colonies are rapid in the early 1600s. Colonies developments are influenced by the Puritans‚ who immigrate to America after protesting against the Church of England fearing religious persecution. The Puritans idea of representative democracy‚ strict values of frugality‚ and society based solely around the church shaped the development of the New England colonies from 1630 through the 1660s. The Puritans idea of a representative democracy greatly influenced the development
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skepticism about US involvement‚ particularly by more conservative minds was naturally very high. But by the time America had wholly committed to active engagement in World War II‚ disputes over isolationism versus interventionism had transformed into new‚ more pressing issues of the time. Regarding price controls and rationing of consumer goods and civil rights for African Americans‚ voices by partisans of either side rang like sirens throughout the country. Going into the war‚ it became paramount that
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imperialism and slavery came in‚ that it had all gone away. Imperialism and slavery tore africa apart. Africa had gotten taken over by a majority of Europe‚ and other places. They had the “Berlin Conference” which had also affected Africa. This is how the Berlin Conference‚ slavery‚ imperialism had affected Africa in many ways. Slavery was a big problem in Africa‚ because of the “European slave trade.” Merchants had before sold gold‚ but were now selling slaves. Slavery would even happen by Africans
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been traveling throughout Europe and were staying with the John Jacob Astor party in Cairo‚ Egypt‚ when Margaret received word that her first grandndchild‚ Lawrence Palmer Brown‚ Jr.‚ was ill. She decided to leave for New York immediately‚ and booked passage on the earliest ship: Titanic. At the last minute Helen decided to stay behind in London. Due to her quick decision‚ very few
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In the 19th century‚ Washington engaged in an aggressive campaign to bolster its territories by the way of military conquest of new areas (Greenblatt and Bowman 87-88). The national pride and self-confidence had blossomed. The American nation gained more confidence in the strength of their military‚ the defeat of Britain‚ the most dreaded adversary of the time‚ meant that they could
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