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    Ammari History 240 -01 Paper 1 (Spring 2013) The Controversy of the Modernization of Japan (late 1800s-early 1900s) During the Meiji era‚ Japan underwent a major change from functioning and running under the system Tokugawa shogunate to the modern era. The Meiji era brought about changes that affected Japan’s social‚ economic‚ political‚ military

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    of artificial sand is also rising. This leads to the mining machinery manufacturers in the production process to constantly improve on Vertical Shaft Impact Crusher‚ in order to achieve to meet the development needs of the community. Third‚ working conditions are improved. Most of the jaw crushers adopt automation system. So when operating‚ the workers don’t need to directly contact with raw materials such as limestones. Workers also won’t be corroded by limestone‚ which greatly improves the security

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    industrial revolution affected the lives of many people but not in a good way. Terrible working conditions in factories‚ increase in pollution‚ and changing the social aspects of women are all reason for why the industrial revolution was a bad thing. When machinery was created‚ more people had to work in factories rather than their own homes. Many individuals were reluctant to this because of the working conditions. The workers had long demanding hours every day and would be severely punished if they

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    most important connections were; factories caused dangerous working conditions‚ unions caused improved working conditions and the working class and dangerous working conditions caused unions to form. One significant connection I had was factories caused dangerous working conditions. I believe factories caused the dangerous working condition because of the complex machines the workers had to run. Another way the dangerous working conditions were caused by factories was because of how long people had

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    Packing town. Unlike the working conditions of today‚ they encountered the worst working conditions possible‚ testing their family life and values‚ and how authority figures were there for their own gain‚ disregarding basic human rights. Jurgis and his family first arrived in Chicago‚ to find out that people were not as hospitable as they thought‚ and that their cousin was not as profitable as well. They had to settle in a place were

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    Working Conditions of Children During the Industrial Revolution During the beginning of the industrial revolution there was a high demand for labour. Families travelled from rural farm areas to newly industrialized and larger cities in hope of finding new work. To survive even in the lowest class of poverty families would have had to have every single able family member working‚ this includes children. Children as young as six were put to work in factories. They worked for up too 19 hours a day

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    Working class women during the 1800s-1900s most often had no choice but to work to help provide for their families. Female wage earners were mainly unmarried women‚ single mothers‚ or African American women. Often women’s wages were believed to be secondary to the earnings of the men in the household; even though women’s earnings were also vital to the family’s survival. “In 1890 three-quarter of white working women were unmarried.” (297) These women either worked in domestic service for richer families

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    in the late 1400s‚ when Europeans disembarked and established trading posts in Africa. Europeans generated an interest in West Africa predominantly between the 1400s and 1800s‚ and especially regarding the coastal regions of Africa. This is where they first set up trading posts and focused on trade with the local peoples of Africa. Colonial advance in West Africa ranged from trade relations to formal colonial rule. The colonial development of West Africa was in its highest effect in the late 1800s

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    Democrat and Republican Parties of the late 1800’s Essay The Democrat and Republican parties of the late 1800’s had a parallel belief that it was giving a voice to its constituents. The Republicans and Democrats fought over political corruption‚ civil rights‚ reconstruction‚ immigration‚ and States’ rights. Republicans appealed to the Union‚ Border States‚ and African Americans. The South had to be rebuilt‚ but giving power to the Southern whites was not an option at any time. Lincoln’s

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    The late 1800s were difficult for African Americans in the south. Though they had been emancipated‚ they still experienced quite a bit of scrutiny and thus Jim Crow laws came around not too long after. This particular article is from an African American publication after black and white sugar workers walked off a plantation in protest. Though the sugar workers in Louisiana who began organizing the Knights of Labor group were both black and white‚ only the blacks were targeted in a militia killing

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