It was the winter of 1851‚ when mass number of Irish immigrants arrived in New York hoping for a brighter future‚ aboard the British ship Montezuma. It had been months since leaving their homeland‚ the immigrants were sick and hungry. The conditions on ships like Montezuma were referred to as "coffin ships" because conditions of these ships were filthy and densely populated. There was barely any sort of circulation. It is said on average‚ 15 percent of the immigrants died at sea before arriving
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Answer 1: The 19th and first half of the 20th century conceived of the world as chaos. Chaos was the oft-quoted blind play of atoms which‚ in mechanistic and positivistic philosophy‚ appeared to represent ultimate reality‚ with life as an accidental product of physical processes‚ and mind as an epiphenomenon.… It was chaos when‚ in the current theory of evolution‚ the living world appeared a product of chance‚ the outcome of random mutations and survival in the mill of natural selection. In the
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In the early colonial period up until the 1800’s‚ many Christians believed that mental illness was a result of sinfulness or demonic possession. This led to people believing that the mentally ill just needed to become closer to God and that idea led to a stigma that still affects today. Many religious people will tell the mentally ill to pray or go to church more often or read the bible‚ and while these things might be effective for the spiritual strain on the mentally ill‚ this often discourages
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19th and 20th Century composers: Claude Debussy‚ Igor Stravinsky‚ and Bela Bartok Many composers existed during the 19th and 20th centuries who defied the principles of common practice tonality. In my opinion‚ Claude Debussy‚ Igor Stravinsky‚ and Bela Bartok are great examples of composers who often refused to follow the norms. Each of them created new compositional methods and structures and each had their own reasons for doing so. In the end‚ their innovation and originality is what has kept
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throughout the last quarter of the 19th century due to the large scale of industrialism‚ immigration‚ and urban expansion. At the end of the century‚ a reform movement that included a mix of different people and groups had developed. This time is known as the Progressive movement or era‚ and the people are known as progressives. These people were culturally different‚ but they had the same desires. These desires were to change the way life was in the industrial movement and make political changes and
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The Populist Party was a short-lived political party in the United States in the late 19th century. It flourished particularly among western farmers‚ based largely on its opposition to the gold standard. Although the party did not remain a lasting feature of the political landscape‚ many of its positions have become adopted over the course of the following decades. The very term "populist" has since become a generic term in U.S. politics for politics which appeals to the common person in opposition
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sport‚ is vastly different than it was in the late 19th century. Everything from the rules‚ leagues and even what days games could be played. Competition helped baseball make the shift from an amateur event‚ to a professional game. Baseball underwent drastic changes in the late 19th century while dealing with gambling‚ and anything to do with money. Money‚ it seemed‚ corrupted the sport of baseball. The development of baseball from an amateur to a professional sport was shaped by the corruption because
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The start of twentieth century was a period of revelations of new innovation‚ presenting another way of life‚ and new thoughts. Amid that time‚ there were new manifestations‚ for example‚ autos‚ radio‚ and transmit. Such creations influenced masses of individuals. The lifestyle turned out to be faster and correspondence significantly less demanding. Many individuals‚ who were influenced extraordinarily by such changes‚ brainstormed of new thoughts concerning the general public in a wide range of
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Several conflicts in the 19th and 20th centuries contributed to the shaping of the American identity in separate ways that eventually led up to the America that we know today‚ that is still changing politically‚ socially‚ and economically. Conflicts including the Spanish-American War‚ WWI‚ and the Roosevelt Corollary all changed greatly how the American identity is seen both domestically and internationally. These conflicts caused us to see ourselves as more powerful‚ however‚ more unstable. Other
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Devine Manifestation was the belief that God sent them fourth to possess the land for expansion and growth. The United States‚ one of the most powerful countries in the world‚ has sought to expand‚ control‚ or influence nations and their people that are not strong enough to defend themselves successfully. The United States almost always has something to gain when “helping” other countries. At the end of the nineteenth century‚ the United States stated to realize what potential they had as a
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