due to the spread of famine in Ireland which took the life of near a million people. The Famine was caused from a virus that infected the potato crops causing them to rot and decay. The disease was also known as the “Potato blight.” Because of the great famine a vast amount of the Irish people were forced to migrate else were. The poor Irish farmers were sincerely affected by the blight since they were living of their crops. The potato was a crucial crop for the farm lands and a valuable food source
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was rapidly transforming during the 19th century. Certain factors‚ such as the extension of railways‚ immigration and industrialization‚ caused the United States to transform into the country it is today. As people began to see the vast opportunities that the United States possessed‚ immigrants began to enter the country left and right. The diverse cultures of these foreigners helped define the rapidly expanding United States. During the second half of the 19th century‚ railways began to cover
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Imperialism‚ the seizing of control of other territories and resources‚ which promotes competition and rivalry between nations and subdues some weaker groups. In addition‚ Industrialization forces the poor to go through long hours of work for a low salary. This prompts strikes and action taken by the people against the government as they try to negotiate‚ or in some cases fight‚ for a consensus. Russia was one of the countries to be industrialized later on in history because it faced numerous obstacles
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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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Why Do You Dance ? “Because it’s like breathing‚ it’s like walking to me. I’m not pretending‚ when I dance I don’t pretend. I’m more of myself when I dance in any moment of the day. I can be stuck there in all of my life. I dance to become someone else. There are so many things in this world that want to push down on you but when you dance you are free. It’s pretty much when I knew like I love the biggest because I have never dedicated so much time and effort into something like this. It’s not
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During the late 19th Century and early 20th century‚ the United States had two opposite types of ideologies which were Imperialism and Isolationism. The Isolationism ideologies resonated with most Americans because they felt that the United States should not get involved with international affairs that have no benefit. While some people argued that this was an opportunity to become a superpower and that we had an obligation to help our allies‚ the majority of the public and U.S. president Woodrow
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To what extent did the British authors of young children’s literature promote nationalist attitudes during the late nineteenth century? During this time‚ the genre of children’s literature was growing with topics and began to indirectly teach children what to believe. Also‚ authors passed on their own beliefs to children so that they would grow up with the same values‚ and thus maintain the status quo of popular beliefs. Authors would have wanted to do this so that children could either maintain
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transportation to New South Wales in 1840. A main feature of this period was the populating of large territories by Europeans. Emigration from Britain increased during the 1840’s due to famine. Approximately six million people emigrated from Britain between 1831 and 1871‚ to the colonies of Canada‚ New Zealand‚ and Australia. The early nineteenth century was characterised by the shift away from the use of slaves towards the use of free labour “under the rising hegemony of industrial capitalism.” In 1837
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However‚ they were not able to control large masses of people. It was during their rein that London’s law and order collapsed in 1780 during the Gordon riots- they were unable to control rioters that had broken into the Newgate prison and were about to rob The Bank of England when the mayor called in the Grenadier Guards. Some argue that the Metropolitan Force revolutionized the law and order in late 19th century London but some think otherwise. They reduced crime rates that had been triggered by the
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One of America’s greatest feat was the continental railroad system developed/finished in the late nineteenth century. During this time it was very crucial for America to link states or territories as much as they could. This would speed the process up of traveling across the country in an exponential rate. “By the end of the construction of the continental railroad there was approximately two-hundred and fifteen thousand total miles made up of tracks in the US.” (S1) This made it paramount to
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