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    Kush Patel AP US History Miss. Guzman Period: 7 Ever wondered how farmers lived in the 19th century? The government passed laws that favored the wealthy.Technology was making vast strides but mainly in urban manufacturing. The technological advancements that were made available were sold to the farmers at ludicrous prices. Economically‚ the prices of agriculture was declining and as a result‚ farmers often lived in poor conditions. But‚ farmers not were represented in government‚ urban industry

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    An analysis of Fathers and Sons and Russian society in 19th century Russian society drastically changing in 19th century due to the “abolishment of the serfdom’’. In the middle of the 19th century Alexander II came to power and he thoroughly abolished serfdom in Russia which “ending the monopoly of landed aristocracy’’. The abolishment of the serfdom had a huge impact towards changing of the Russian society in 19th century because it “pushes the free labor to the cities’’ as well as

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    we look at the three religions we discussed in recent lessons which are Jews‚ Catholics‚ and Protestants‚ its easy from the surface to view the basic similarities and differences. However‚ each one of these religions over the course of the 19th and 20th century has gone through significant situations or evolved in one way or another. My hopes of this essay is to highlight that these three religions are more divided in today’s era and a major reason behind

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    In the middle of the 19th century‚ after the Reconstruction‚ rapid industrialization paved way to a huge increase of immigrants searching for job opportunities and freedom in the United States. From 1880-1925 these immigrants kept coming into the United States causing issues between them and the Americans‚ and with the government. Americans felt threatened and resented these New Immigrants for being different in culture and physical aspects‚ and for "stealing" their job opportunities‚ which in the

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    The era of the nineteenth century imperialism was a significant turning point in women’s fashion. Many of fashion changes happened all across the world. Nineteenth century was a time where new technologies were being invented to make the clothing manufacturing task easier and less time consuming. One of the most important inventions was the paper patterns for at home dress making. Paper patterns were invented in 1840 to make it easier to construct articles of clothing on a basic level no matter your

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    The nineteenth century changed into a period marked by huge changes in the area of health and well-being. This era witnessed advances in medical science‚ upgrades in public health practices‚ and the upward push of new attitudes towards fitness and well-being. From the emergence of vaccination programs to the merchandising of bodily fitness‚ the nineteenth century laid the inspiration for many of the health practices which are nonetheless typical today. One of the maximum good sized advancements in

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    There are videogames‚ movies‚ books‚ and even shows based on some of the crazy and grueling things that happened in 19th century medicine practices. Even though‚ medicine back then was absurd…doctors were learning and growing. We have come a long way from where we use to be‚ thanks to the Civil war and the industrial age‚ 19th century medicine and mental health changed drastically. The biggest way medicine has changed; is the way doctors treat patients now compared to what we use to do back then

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    during the 19th century is different from the nationalism today. Today nationalism is referred to as “new-nationalism”. Donald Trump represents the new-nationalism. He is trying to keep all the illegals out of the United States. Also‚ he is trying to change free trade and globalization. Other countries‚ such as Russia is trying to recover from the collapse of the Soviet Union and some European states are trying to lower the high level of immigration. Rather today‚ in the 19th century the nations

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    At the end of the nineteenth century‚ the population‚ especially in cities‚ began to surge. Technology began to advance‚ helping cities handle the increasing population. (pg. 701) Along with the population‚ cities grew “as horse-drawn streetcars and commuter railways let people live farther away from their downtown workplaces.” (pg. 701) America greatly prospered‚ resulting in many immigrants being attracted to it. Many newcomers from Europe arrived in America‚ causing the number of immigrants to

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    The reasons why the number of female sex-workers rose are varied‚ but one of the most obvious has to do with the money; it was no secret that a women who sold her body to men could make as much money in a few days as a needle-worker could make in an entire month. Thus the call to the morally questionable occupation seemed quite reasonable to a number of women. But money was not the only reason why women chose to prostitute themselves. Historical accounts

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