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    positions that we have in our job‚ but that wasn’t always the case‚ especially if you worked during the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s. This is the time period‚ when the working conditions were terrible and millions of people found their pay inside of huge factories. Hundreds of people stood in lines in front of factories to get a job‚ for any amount of money. Many of the workers that were hired‚ weren’t skilled and received a pay of about 10 cents an hour. Women received less pay than men‚ in

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    There was a generation of American politicians that did not possess the suspicion of consolidated authority that distinguished the revolutionary era. A number of men in this younger generation created a nationalist program for economic development resembling the one suggested by Alexander Hamilton during the Federalist era (Schultz‚ 2013). Improved t fit the requests of the 1810’s and 1820’s; they named this economic idea the American System. The American System stemmed from an unexpected source:

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    Abolition of Slavery in America in the 1800s Slavery is act in which a person or persons is sold‚ traded and forced to work against their will. The slaves are treated as property and not seen or viewed as people with human rights. Slavery was popular in England and the idea followed our settlers over seas and was incorporated into the American life. As time passed‚ some people began to see the inhumane side of slavery and wanted it to be completely abolished in the United States. Even 100+ years

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    telegraphs are no longer used today‚ the contrivance used to compose the telegraph guided the development of telephones‚ television‚ and many other electronic based devices. Telegrams were sent to communicate transversely throughout the world and forever changed the way electricity was used. Before this invention‚ a simple letter or semaphore would have to suffice. In the 1830’s‚ the telegraph was first invented. The telegraph had high expectations as it was invented to communicate to help railroad signaling

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    their rights and gender equality. In addition‚ it is either fighting for equality‚ discrimination‚ sexism‚ or having an equivalent pay they have been “promised.” Since the 1800s it was common that women would not have to work‚ but rather stay at home and be a house wife. They were mostly considered second-class citizens‚ and did not have the right to do anything‚ even the right to vote. As time would pass by‚ women would be inferior to men; not having any say or do to the choices of their husbands

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    role of wife‚ mother‚ and caretaker. Women endured this type of prejudiced behavior since the dawn of time until the first women’s movements began to develop during the 1800s in the United States and Europe. These women’s movements are often referred to as feminist movements or feminism. The development of feminism in the 1800s was a very crucial part of history because women began the long road of gaining women’s rights with the Seneca Falls Convention‚ the founding of the National American Woman

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    The topic of the abolition of slavery in the 1800s was a big controversial issue‚ there were people supporting slavery and people against it. During the abolition movement there was the formation of several abolition groups with different manners of tackling the task of fighting for the freedom of slaves. There were two distinct categories the groups tactics for accomplishing this task fell under‚ moral persuasion‚ and violence. Two of the abolition groups fell under the moral persuasion category

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    and many people who seek for high quality of life led into expansion of national territory. The United States constructed the new regions after experiencing the Manifest Destiny in 19th century‚ and it created an innovation and invention. The success in industrialization resulted into successfulness of agriculture such as plantation of cotton‚ sugar cane‚ lumber‚ tobacco‚ and rise. However‚ the differences in economic development between the Northern and Southern states in the early 1800s affected

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    Ethan Scott-6th Ms. Istre FRQ Although many seemingly happy events such as the “Era of Good Feelings” and the granting of universal white manhood suffrage occurred during the early 1800s‚ the statement that nationalism and not the fear of sectionalism caused westward expansion is an invalid statement. Westward expansion was truly an effect of a growing sectionalism in the country originating from events such as the Tariff of 1828 ‚ the National Bank‚ and the Missouri Compromise. Preceding

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    have a good education because of something you can’t control. In the 1800smany women didn’t have equal rights until a war happened. Then‚ millions of women took charge and fought for what they believed in. "Rosie the Riveter" was a symbol of the contribution of women in women in America. It was used in many ads so that women would get nontraditional jobs in the workplace. Because of the war‚ many men and women fought in the war so there was a lot of job openings. Gender inequality is still a very

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