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    During the 19th century‚ big business‚ along with greedy company owners made ruins of the American people and other small businesses for that matter. The typical American industrial worker in the late 1800’s didn’t make nearly enough to support a wife and children. On average‚ industrial jobs would be making 1-3 dollars per week. This forced women and young children to be put to work‚ in order to survive. There were children that were pitted inside mines‚ factories‚ and mills‚ where often they would

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    The way a person perceives her/himself in relation to the surrounding human environment affects one’s emotional world. Collectivistic cultures emphasize the fundamental relatedness of individuals to each other; they tend to value attending to others‚ fitting in‚ and harmonious interdependence with them. Thus the self in collectivistic cultures is interdependent‚ and the individual is focused predominantly on his or her relationship with ingroup members or with the ingroup as a whole. In collectivistic

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    19th Century American Imperialism & 20th Century War Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan couldn’t have said it any better‚ “No nation had ever become great without control of foreign markets and access to the natural resources of foreign countries” (Kinzer 33). Throughout the years‚ America has had an astonishing obsession with the idea of global imperialism. One can’t help but ask the following question: what sparked this sudden obsession with global imperialism? Even though there are many different

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    The Civil Rights Movement occured in the mid 20th century‚ however racism is still a harsh reality for many. The divide between white people and African-Americans established hundreds of years ago still remains. But today‚ explicitly racist legislation has been removed‚ and racism is no longer easily definable and is more indirect. Today’s symbolic racism is based in underlying societal prejudice and segregation. Modern-racism is the product of previous U.S. government policy decisions rooted in

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    America has been driven to acquire land. In this country’s youth‚ land was needed for economic expansion; however‚ by the end of the 19th century‚ the entire continental United States had been in possession and the citizenry of this country turned their eyes out to sea. The United States no longer sought new lands to farm and work nor did they need new areas for their geological resources; the motives had changed. The United States was now driven by the temptations of world power and political supremacy

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    would cause an unbelievable amount of uproar. Unfortunately‚ in the late 19th century it was all too common. Black people were treated as nothing more than slaves‚ though they had recently been freed. The Southerners still felt as if they weren’t being treated fairly. The country was divided While it was a start on their long journey for equality‚ many people wanted to speed it up. People of all races and genders decided it was well past time to revolutionize the United States to become a united

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    Italians‚ particularly from the southern region of Italy‚ started immigrating to New York‚ in large amounts‚ in the late 1800s to early 1900s mostly because of the poor economic state Southern Italy was in because the Italian government didn’t cater to the needs of the working poor. “The economic crisis in the South [of Italy] was perceptibly the consequence of national policies hostile to the interests of the people from the [Southern Italy]” (Richards 98). The majority of the Italian immigrants

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    How Technology affects Criminal Psychology Criminal psychologists are people who are‚ by definition‚ experts or professionals in the study of the wills‚ thoughts‚ intentions‚ and reactions of criminals and all that partakes in the criminal behavior. In other words‚ criminal psychologists study the minds and behaviors of offenders. What exactly they do and where they work depends on their employer‚ but it can range from tasks such as helping law enforcement to providing testimony in court and more

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    Twentieth Century ​It started on May 2‚ 1914 according to Jessica Jenkins: “women‚ men‚ and children across the United States celebrated ‘National Suffrage Day.’ Parades‚ speeches‚ and demonstrations in support of the proposed women suffrage amendment to the United States Constitution took place in every state and territory in the country” (131). It started in Connecticut‚ where more than 531 districts from all over the country gathered and contemplated on the women’s suffrage movement that was spreading

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    The Holocaust still affects us today in many ways. Throughout history we are reminded of these times to show us how large of a consequence the Holocaust was. The Holocaust still affects us today in many visible ways that continues to influence the way we understand things today. The Holocaust started on January 30th‚ 1933‚ the day Hitler rose to power; Anne Frank‚ a young jewish girl‚ Fled germany and headed over to The netherlands. In the Fall of 1933‚ The netherlands had been invaded by the Nazis

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