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    exciting as well as easier for many families. Around the time of the late 1800’s‚ under the idea of “separate spheres”‚ caring for children was looked at as a central part of most women’s lives. The man was the breadwinner and the hunter and gatherer‚ providing the sustainable essentials for a family to survive. Marriage was viewed as a foundation of ones national morality. At the

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    Mental Health In The 1800s

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    In the late 1800s Boston’s population was around 177‚840. In 1860 on October 18‚ Edward VII of the United Kingdom visited Boston‚ Young’s Hotel started for business‚ the Public Garden and Gibson House were built‚ and the Old Feather Store was demolished. There were limited asylums scattered around Boston in the early 1800s. Asylums in the 1800s were merely nothing but stables for the mentally ill. Before the farm building were

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    Trade In The 1800's

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    Trade is the business of buying and selling or bartering commodity. Trade in the 1800’s was a little difficult. Many reasons include of the fact that you had to (in some cases) trade an old dog for a new gun. Like in the Yearling‚ Penny had to trade one of his dogs to get a better gun for hunting. Many things were traded like meat‚ fur‚ clothing‚ weapons‚ and anything that is a necessity for life. Trade was also a main part in life then and now. Still in 2018 we still trade things. For instance‚

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    method of execution‚ along with boiling‚ burning at the stake‚ drawing and quartering‚ and beheading. By the 1700s‚ the number of crimes punishable by death rose to 222‚ which later would induce reforms to Britain’s death penalty statutes during the 1800s. Britain has a long history of the use of the death penalty with American ideals at its foundation. Although death sentences have been carried out throughout human history‚ the first execution in the United States was of “Captain George Kendall in

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    When you think about what has changed between now and the 1800’s there are endless possibilities to mention. Most of the time however these changes have been for the better. When you come across something that hasn’t changed much one can’t help but wonder why. The similarities between institutionalism now and in the 1800’s are eerily similar. “In the 1830’s jail was an all purpose solution for a lot of issues” (Campbell‚ 2014). Intentional or not I still feel like this is still the case. The

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    Child Labor In The 1800s

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    In the 1800’s the production Industry developed on an extensive scale and the mechanization of industry resulted in the abuse of children who were forced to work in terrible conditions in factories‚ mines and mills. The poor treatment of young employees brought attention to the issue of child labor. The sources above are a few examples of the severity of working conditions for children in the 1800’s. Although they all discuss or represent child labor‚ the pictures offer a different view of the issue

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    #3.The critics that were chosen‚ both wrote their reviews in 1855. A lot of changes have happened during the early 1850’s‚ especially for African Americans. Social practices in that day were also drastically different from the ones of modern-day America. Those social practices regard the roles in society of people based on class‚ gender‚ age‚ and race. In the 1850’s several historical events served as a stepping stone for African Americans. Everything started when in 1850’s The Fugitive Slave Law

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    Stop Slavery In The 1800s

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    people were starting to decide that slavery was a terrible institution and needed to stop in America. There were multiple ideas on how to stop slavery and continuing through the 1800s the debates over slavery changed and became more widespread.     Congress was a big factor in altering the debates and nature of slavery in the 1800s. In 1808‚ Congress banned the importation of slaves into America. This restricted the growth of slavery‚ making it a lot harder for slave owners to get large amounts of slaves

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    1800 Medical Education

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    “from about 1800 to 1950‚ medical training was largely received through an individual apprenticeship with a practicing physician” and not through university education as is do it in the present (p. 87). In the United Stated (U.S.)‚ during the preindustrial era‚ the American medicine was falling behind compared to the medical education‚ medical advances and research in Europe. Additionally‚ medical procedures in the U.S. were primitive and lack a scientific base to support them. “By 1800‚ only four

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    Old Immigration 1800s

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    increased profoundly. The two times of this immigration can be separted into the "old" and "new". These movements differed not only in the people that were immigrating but for different political‚ social‚ and economic reasons as well. The early 1800s saw the earliest wave of immigration: "Old Immigration". These settlers generally came from western and northern Europe‚ mainly England and English territiories. Other settlers were slaves that were immigrating to work on plantations in the south.

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