The Start of Social Change: Women in the 19th Century According to Mintz Professor of History at University of Houston‚ the 19 the century for the United States was a time without Social Security‚ Medicare‚ health insurance‚ and government regulation. Technology had not played a huge part of society as of yet‚ they were without airplanes‚ antibiotics‚ automobiles‚ computers‚ radio‚ and television. There were telephones but only eight in the entire country. Our government was small and gather
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Transportation and technology evolved from horses and dirt roads to trains and steam boats‚ from imperfect and handmade objects to precise and factory-made objects. These changes influenced an environment of factories and very large cities. This big change was called The Industrial Revolution. Transportation changed from horseback riding to trains and steamboats. New roads were invented to help horse carriages travel smoother. Steamboats‚ clipper ships‚ and canals all helped travel on the water
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If this isn’t a Military Revolution I don’t know what is…… Kelly Archer Hawaii Pacific University Dr. Satterfield 17 October 2010 Archer 1 The late nineteenth and early twentieth century saw a great deal of colonization of Asia and Africa by European powers‚ each trying to fulfill its own version of manifest destiny. England controlled vast holds in Africa‚ as well as India; the Belgians ruled the Congo; Germany‚ France‚ and Italy also held several African lands. These colonies funded
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economic and social changes have occurred throughout history‚ certain period have seen great changes. This time period includes the Industrial Revolution in England. The changes experienced during this time period have dramatically changed social and economic structure. During the Industrial Revolution the way people people lived and worked‚ and produced good changed . The causes of the Industrial Revolution are powerful middle class‚ and transportation and communication. The Industrial Revolution
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The Industrial Revolution negatively affected the lives of poor British children. 1. The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain during the 18th century‚ in which new technology was being discovered at an alarming rate. 2. The Industrial Revolution had brought numbers of young children into mines and factories where they worked long hours in dangerous and filthy conditions. 3. The Industrial Revolution perpetuated the class system in Great Britain by forcing the lower classes to work for
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19th century: period of growing consciousness‚ restlessness which promulgated the formation of two major movements Propaganda Movement (failed) Revolutionary Movement (replaces the PM) Leaders: Jose Rizal Marcelo H. Del Pilar Lopez Jaena Members: Pedro Paterno Ponce Panganiban Antonio Luna *They worked for the Philippines’ assimilation as a Spanish province and equal treatment of the Filipinos as for the Spaniards *Writings in this period cannot be called literature
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BRITISH LITERATURE (from 19th cent. up to now) ROMANTICISM (first half of 19th cent.) • Romantic poetry – two generations: • „Lake school“ (Wordsworth‚ Coleridge) • Byron‚ Shelley‚ Keats • Romantic novel – historical novel (Sir Walter Scott) – gothic novel‚ horror (Mary Shelley) The Lake Poets The Lyrical Ballads William Wordsworth Samuel Taylor Coleridge The second generation George Gordon Byron: Childe Harold´s Pilgrimage Percy Bysshe Shelley: Ode to the West Wind John Keats: Ode to a
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Industrial Revolution Industrial Revolution The general working conditions in northeastern factories was sad‚ they was very dangerous and not safe in any way. Corruption and abuse was frequent also in working conditions and very few workers worked their way to poverty‚ it seemed impossible to so with the way things were going. Workers were doomed to repeat dull repetitive tasks every single day‚ day after day and there were no labor laws. Child labor was common and for a worker that was
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European Society in the Industrial Revolution The industrial revolution of the late 18th and early 19th centuries was revolutionary since it changed European society significantly. The transition from agricultural and handicraft economies to the new urban industrial society produced persistent displacement and suffering. In the countryside‚ the erosion of traditional authority and social stability preceded large-scale industrialization . Many farmers migrated to industrial towns offering work. Before
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Social Consequences The First Industrial Revolution is the name given to the years between 1780 and 1850 when agriculture was replaced by industry as the main wealth source in the Western world. With this major shift also came considerable societal disadvantages. I will justify my choice for the two most significant social consequences‚ the changes in family life and the penalties of child labor The role of the family was forever changed during the Industrial Revolution. When agriculture was the
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