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  • How Were Western European Attitudes Toward Children During the 1750-1900?

    How Were Western European Attitudes Toward Children During the 1750-1900?

    "How were western European attitudes toward children during the 10-1900?" The western European attitudes toward children and child rearing were that they had trained and disciplined the children within the home setting. Which make their home life and their economic life the same? In the 1830, the workers became concern about the plight of child rearing, because the parents were no longer in control of the children's discipline in the factories. That later it created

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    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Mike
  • Analyze the Ways in Which Techonology, Government Policy, and Economic Conditions Changed American Agriculture in the Period 1865-1900

    Analyze the Ways in Which Techonology, Government Policy, and Economic Conditions Changed American Agriculture in the Period 1865-1900

    In the period 1865-1900, technology, government policy, and economic conditions all changed American agriculture a great deal. New farming machinery had a large role in the late 19th century, giving farmers the opportunity to produce many more crops than they had ever been able to previously. The railroads had an enormous influence on agriculture. They were able to charge the farmers large fees, expenses that farmers barely had enough to cover, in order to

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Analyze the Ways in Which Techonology, Government Policy, and Economic Conditions Changed American Agriculture in the Period 1865-1900

    Analyze the Ways in Which Techonology, Government Policy, and Economic Conditions Changed American Agriculture in the Period 1865-1900

    In the period 1865-1900, technology, government policy, and economic conditions all changed American agriculture a great deal. New farming machinery had a large role in the late 19th century, giving farmers the opportunity to produce many more crops than they had ever been able to previously. The railroads had an enormous influence on agriculture. They were able to charge the farmers large fees, expenses that farmers barely had enough to cover, in order to transport

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    Submitted: May 1, 2010 By: Jessica
  • To What Extent Had the Colonists Developed a Sense of Their Identity and Unity as Americans by the Eve of the Revolution? Use Documents and Your Knowledge of the Period 1750 to 1776 to Answer the Question.

    To What Extent Had the Colonists Developed a Sense of Their Identity and Unity as Americans by the Eve of the Revolution? Use Documents and Your Knowledge of the Period 1750 to 1776 to Answer the Question.

    By the eve of the revolution, predominately between 10 to 1776, the colonists struggled to develop a sense of identity and unity. Parliament began making laws that the colonists did not agree with. In order for the colonists to live how they wanted, they had to make changes; they had to break away from their “Mother Country.” Seen in the illustration in Document A, propagandists predicted the outcome of the revolution about 20 years before

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    Submitted: May 22, 2010 By: Artur
  • The Revolutionary Period and the Age of Reason

    The Revolutionary Period and the Age of Reason

    11/4/15 The Revolutionary Period and the Age of Reason To understand even the basics of relating Ben Franklin’s action with revolution, we must first understand what the revolution is. We can define it as “A new radical change in social and political values over a relatively short period of time”. During this time, it was quite clear that many social changes quickly led to political changes in the span of a few years. The common

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    Submitted: April 3, 2016 By: Nick S
  • What Factors Helped to Promote America's Huge Industrial Growth During the Period from 1860-1900?

    What Factors Helped to Promote America's Huge Industrial Growth During the Period from 1860-1900?

    What factors helped to promote America's huge industrial growth during the period from 1860-1900? America had a huge industrial revolution in the late 1800"s. Many changes happened to our great nation, which factored into this. The evidence clearly shows that advancements in new technology, a large wave of immigrants into our country and new views of our government, helped to promote America's huge industrial growth from the period of 1860-1900. Advancements in new technology clearly

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    Submitted: March 19, 2009 By: Edward
  • How Successful Were Progressive Reforms During the Period 1890-1915 with Respect to the Following? Industrial Conditions, Urban Life, and Politics

    How Successful Were Progressive Reforms During the Period 1890-1915 with Respect to the Following? Industrial Conditions, Urban Life, and Politics

    Between 1890 and 1915, progressive reforms swept the nation, with some leading to improvements for society. Although some of these reforms led to radical behavior, either for the reform or against it, most were civil. The areas of most concern for the reforms were industrial conditions, urban life, and politics. Industrial conditions were atrocious during the early 1900’s. There were many difficult aspects to being a factory worker. The first was unfair wages. Workers could

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    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Janna
  • It Is Not a Eurocentric Bias or Incorrect with Historical Records to State That the 18th Century Was an Age of Progress

    It Is Not a Eurocentric Bias or Incorrect with Historical Records to State That the 18th Century Was an Age of Progress

    It is not a Eurocentric bias or incorrect with historical records to state that the 18th century was an age of progress. The 18th century was able to obtain the term, age of progress due to the massive changes which occurred around the world. Issues which arise exemplifying an age of progress were the Asian influence on world economy, the American Revolution and the rise of Islam. The Asian economy played a major part in

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Jon
  • How Accurate Is the Perception That Spain Underwent a Transformation from an Open and Tolerant Society in the Late Middle Ages to a Closed and Intolerant one in the Early Modern Period?

    How Accurate Is the Perception That Spain Underwent a Transformation from an Open and Tolerant Society in the Late Middle Ages to a Closed and Intolerant one in the Early Modern Period?

    How accurate is the perception that Spain underwent a transformation from an open and tolerant society in the late middle ages to a closed and intolerant one in the early modern period? Medieval Spain society was a society of uneasy coexistence, called convivencia,. This convivencia was increasingly threatened by the advancing Christian reconquest of lands that had been Muslim since the Moorish invasions of the eighth century. The reconquest did not result in the full

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    Submitted: January 30, 2010 By: Mike
  • How Successful Was Organized Labor in Improving the Position of Workers in the Period from 1875-1900? Analyze the Factors That Contributed to the Level of Success Achieved.

    How Successful Was Organized Labor in Improving the Position of Workers in the Period from 1875-1900? Analyze the Factors That Contributed to the Level of Success Achieved.

    UNITED STATES HISTORY FREE-RESPONSE QUESTION Topic: How successful was organized labor in improving the position of workers in the period from 18-1900? Analyze the factors that contributed to the level of success achieved. In an 18 world, run by corporations and narcissistic owners, workers found that as individuals, they were mute to the rest of the nation. They were mere workers in the anthill, ruled by numerous ’queens’. These workers rallied together in an attempt

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    Submitted: March 19, 2010 By: Andrew
  • The Machine Age (1877-1900) Aka the Gilded Age

    The Machine Age (1877-1900) Aka the Gilded Age

    The Machine Age(1877-1900) AKA The Gilded Age Assembly Line Production 12 -14 hour workday One mistake results in many injuries Corporate Consildation Businesses getting larger and larger Bc court was very pro business Gov’t unsure how to enforce Holding Companies Held certain amount of stock in industry Usually meant it controlled the industrya Factors of production Leads to monopoly Horizontal integration Cartels John D rockafeller Standard oil illegal Verticle Integration Own all factors of production

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    Submitted: May 1, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Should the Middle Ages and Renaissance Be Classified as Two Distinct Time Periods?

    Should the Middle Ages and Renaissance Be Classified as Two Distinct Time Periods?

    The Middle Ages and the Renaissance occurred at two different time periods. During the Middle Ages, the main focus was feudalism which was a way of structuring society in that present time whereas during the Renaissance time period, focus was human beings and their secular needs before they even thought of religious ideas and values. With the Renaissance’s very few unique advances, it was distinct from the Middle Ages. One of my reasons for

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    Submitted: December 11, 2017 By: therealnaj
  • 1900 Through 1942 and Copland: Since 1943

    1900 Through 1942 and Copland: Since 1943

    Book Reports: Copland: 1900 through 1942 and Copland: Since 1943 In their books: Copland: 1900 through 1942 and Copland: Since 1943, Aaron Copland and Vivian Perlis give a detailed account of the life of one of America's most influential composers. The books are arranged similarly to the Shostakovich biography that our class reviewed earlier this semester. That is, through personal accounts by Copland himself along with accounts of Copland's friends and acquaintances, the authors manage

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    Submitted: January 8, 2009 By: Bred
  • Early 1900's in N. America

    Early 1900's in N. America

    Early 1900s in N. America Life in the 1900's was depressing and was an era filled with extremely hard and strenuous work that didn't offer any future for the average canadian in doing better. If you were an average wage earner you would be virtually stuck in the same job for the rest of your life, while rich maintained their wealth mainly caused by the low taxes. Living conditions were poor for average canadians and

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    Submitted: February 16, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Business Plan: Progressive Consulting

    Business Plan: Progressive Consulting

    Business Plan Business Plan: Progressive Consulting What follows is a complete business plan for a hypothetical company. Please copy or save to your disk and use as an example in developing your own business plan. If you would like to read a series of articles jump to Web Marketing . For additional business aids click on The Practical Tools of Consulting 1. 0 Executive Summary Progressive Consulting will be formed as a consulting company specializing

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    Submitted: March 4, 2009 By: David
  • Age Discrimination

    Age Discrimination

    No matter how talented or experienced one employee may be over another, workplace history has demonstrated more than just a few times that the younger candidate is often the one to win the promotion. Age discrimination has become more than a minor inconvenience throughout the twentieth century; indeed, the issue has become such a hot potato within the workplace that laws have been forced into existence as a means by which to address the problem.

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    Submitted: March 11, 2009 By: July
  • Was the 5th Century Bce a "golden Age" for Athens?

    Was the 5th Century Bce a "golden Age" for Athens?

    The 5th century BCE was a period of great development in Ancient Greece, and specifically in Athens. The development of so many cultural achievements within Athens and the Athenian Empire has led scholars to deem this period a "Golden Age." It is true that his period had many achievements, but in the light of the Athenians treatment of women, metics (non-Athenians living in Athens), and slaves it is given to question whether or not the

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    Submitted: March 16, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Society in the Egyptian Period

    Society in the Egyptian Period

    I. Introduction Location of Egypt Egypt, located in northeastern of Africa along the river Nile, an ancient civilization flourished long before the Roman Empire but ultimately faded from importance after thousands of years. The Ancient Egypt Civilization prospered near the Nile River due to the natural factors combined. Egypt usually has cloudless sky and the Sun almost always shone, consistently providing heat and light. The Nile River served as a water highway for the people

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    Submitted: March 17, 2009 By: David
  • Overpopulation in the 1900's

    Overpopulation in the 1900's

    Some people believe that immigration in the 1900's was a good thing, however, they would be wrong. The United States government should have restricted the immigrants around that time. Some reasons are the population, the taking of new jobs and lowering wages, and diseases spreading quickly. These all factored importantly into why they should not have been allowed in. The population in the 1900's was beginning to overflow. In 18 the United States government had

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    Submitted: March 22, 2009 By: Top
  • America's Age of Empire: The Bush Doctrine

    America's Age of Empire: The Bush Doctrine

    America's Age of Empire: The Bush Doctrine With barely a debate, the Bush doctrine has set out a radically new -- and dangerous -- role for the United States. On September 20, the Bush administration published a national security manifesto overturning the established order. Not because it commits the United States to global intervention: We've been there before. Not because it targets terrorism and rogue states: Nothing new there either. No, what's new in this

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    Submitted: April 13, 2009 By: Janna
  • Progression of America

    Progression of America

    Progress is a steady improvement, on advancement toward a better stage, America has made an enormous progression because of the charter issued by King James I of England; John Smith; and even though it was a small contribution, the Tobacco industry which was established by John Rolfe. May 24th was the first day for many settlers and they had no idea as to that day being the first day of the rest of their lives.

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    Submitted: July 15, 2009 By: regina
  • Kinseiology 345 - the Effects of Exercise During Aging

    Kinseiology 345 - the Effects of Exercise During Aging

    Kinseiology 345, The Effects of Exercise During Aging 05/23/06 "By the year 2030, the number of individuals 65 yr and over will reach 70 million in the United States alone; persons 85 yr and older will be the fastest growing segment of the population. As more individuals live longer, it is imperative to determine the extent and mechanisms by which exercise and physical activity can improve health, functional capacity, quality of life, and independence in

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Mike
  • Importand Films of the Early 1900’s

    Importand Films of the Early 1900’s

    If there are two films that have truly endured the every changing diversity of entertainment in this country from the time of their creation all the way to present day, they would have to be King Kong (1933) and The Wizard of Oz (1939). Both films are landmarks in our countries history of motion pictures. They have been highly influential to the movie industry and they deserve recognition for what they have given us. King

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Mike
  • Drinking Age Consistent

    Drinking Age Consistent

    Drinking Age: Consistent So, should this Act of 1987 be enforced or not? It is my opinion that minimum drinking age of 21 that our society accepted should not be lowered. The following arguments will show the base of my view on this question. It is widely known that “a majority of college students under this age [21] consume alcohol… in an irresponsible manner. This is because drinking by these youth is seen as an

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Edward
  • Gilded Age

    Gilded Age

    How did the "Gilded Age" glisten? How was it tarnished? How did the progressives of the early 20th Century want to change the coating of their society? The Gilded Age glistened in many ways. It also tarnished in many ways as well. Some of the topics that were considered highly important during this time period included political issues, race relations, workers, class issues, agriculture, and reconstruction, and the ways that this time affected the women.

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: July

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