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    Why the population exploded during the time era of 1750-1900 Between the time era of 1750 and the 1900s the population had dramatically risen in England from around 5 million to 35-40 million giving the gradually increasing number of people in the country a population explosion. The sudden rise in the population was due to many reasons including improvements in hygiene and sanitation‚ an increase in food stock and also an increase in young marriages which led to more children being born and the

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    Life from the 1890s to the 1920s “...Act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies.” (Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 article) The election offered voters several choices: Wilson’s New Freedom‚ Taft’s conservatism‚ Roosevelt’s Progressivism‚ or the Socialist Party policies of Eugene V. Debbs. Clayton act prohibits corporations from acquiring stock of another if doing so would create monopolies. Wilson turned his attention to financial reform when the nation needed a way

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    The role of government has changed in the U.S. since 1900 as evidenced by transportation‚ education‚ and food safety. Transportation has changed in the US since the 1900’s‚ making it safer and more efficient to travel across the country. The Clean Air Act was enacted in 1963. It implements stricter emission standards for vehicles. This meant that car manufacturers had to develop and produce vehicles that emitted fewer pollutants into the air. Additionally‚ the development of cleaner fuels‚ such as

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    Classical to the Post-Modern Eras In this essay‚ I’m going to trace the development of Classical Music from the late 1750s to the Post-Modern era in the 2000s and provide a brief history of music‚ and how they link together to form what we have today. There are many preconceptions of what the history of music is. Some people think it is mainly a biography of composer’s lives‚ but they are wrong. The history of music is primarily the history of musical style. In order to appreciate this‚ it is essential

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    Progressive Era through the Great Depression - Assignment 2 HIS105 August 3‚ 2013 Progressive Era through the Great Depression The Progressive Era time frame begin from 1890-1920 and during this period many drastic events took place that impacted the economy through the great depression such as‚ voting reforms‚ unemployment‚ Federal regulations‚ political issues‚ culture differences‚ suffrages and legislation to name a few. The great depression was a

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    within the American government. The U.S. Secretary of Health‚ Tommy Thompson‚ received $50‚000 in donations from Monsanto during his winning campaign for Wisconsin’s governor. Mitt Romney has taken $4‚075‚531 in campaign contributions from America agribusinesses‚ while Barack Obama has taken $1‚377‚503 from these interests. As you can see‚ both candidates are in bed with agribusiness corporations to some degree. Individuals who work for the industry go to work for the government‚ make public regulations

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    The three different systems of government have varying advantages and disadvantages. Unitary governments are often described as centralized governments. It is a government in which all powers are held by a single‚ central agency. Most governments in the world are unitary. A Federal government is one in which the powers are divided between a central government and several local governments. The United States is an example of a Federal government. A Confederate government is an alliance of independent

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    power of the federal government expanded so significantly? Was this shift in power from state governments to the federal government necessary? Government power took a huge shifted from state government to federal government during and after the civil war. Although President Franklin D Roosevelt’s new deal is often considered the pivotal point that caused this shift‚ the major event attributing to this shift in power was the civil war. The first event that led to a growth in federal power was the

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    Tingzi Zhang Ms. Crouse U.S Government Oct. 27 Federalism is a political system in which power is divided and shared between the national government and the states. There are four types of federalism -- Dual Federalism‚ Cooperative Federalism‚ Regulated Federalism and New Federalism. Dual Federalism‚ from 1789 to 1865‚ divides nation power into two parts delegated to state governments and federal government accordingly. In agreement‚ they were not at liberty to interfere with each other. Politicians

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    Who Were the Progressives? (ca. 1890s-1910s) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Even more energetic a sphere of historical controversy than that over the Populists is the historians’ argument over the Progressive movement. The Progressives were a heterogeneous collection of reformers. Active chiefly in the nation’s cities and the urban mass media (and in the legislatures of such states as Wisconsin and New York)‚ the Progressives carried out efforts

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