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    Nationalism rose rapidly in the 1820s and influenced foreign policy. In 1816 voters elected James Monroe‚ and during his presidency‚ the economy grew rapidly‚ and a spirit of nationalism and optimism prevailed—”Era of Good Feelings.” In central and south America there were many revolts which had turned into a revolution. The idea of liberty had stirred the people of Latin America ever since the English colonies gained their freedom. The United States took a deep interest in what seemed to be a repetition

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    kilogram is a platinum-iridium cylinder 39.0 mm in height and 39.0 mm in diameter. What is the density of the material? 2. Two spheres are cut from a certain uniform rock. One has radius 4.50 cm. The mass of the other is five times greater. Find its radius. 3. Calculate the mass of an atom of (a) helium‚ (b) iron‚ and (c) lead. Give your answers in grams. The atomic masses of these atoms are 4.00 u‚ 55.9 u‚ and 207 u‚ respectively. 4. The position of a particle moving under uniform acceleration

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    significantly in many ways after the American Revolution‚ the economic‚ political‚ and social conversions are viewed to be the most dramatic. The American Revolution was the war between the American colonies and Great Britain from 1775-1783 . Most consider this war not to be a nationalist revolution‚ in which the aim of the revolutionaries was to overturn the existing system‚ but rather to set up the North American colonies as an independent nation. There were extensive economic problems and modifications

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    200). The resistance of the Revolution Era influenced the Enlightenment among colonist and promoted the idea of question. Women controlled the domestic power in the war‚ they often lied about their gender and have fake relationships in order to get information. The Declaration of independence was a war document that on July 2nd congress decelerated the United States as an independent Nation. These factor lead to the beginning of the Market Revolution‚ the Antebellum period and lastly the Civil War.

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    1800’s Transportation In order to create regional‚ national and international markets‚ strong commerce‚ trade and transportation are necessary. During the 1800’ssocial change became more prominent in different areas of the country such as the South and Midwest. As economic prosperity grew‚ the need for new and more efficient means of transportation grew as well. Through the development of new transportation technologies such as canals and railroads‚ America saw a large increase in the monetary

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    age of change and innovation. New technologies like the radio and refrigerators changed the way Americans lived. It saw dramatic social changes that would pit the past against the future. It would shape our nation decades to come. The Great War had ended‚ leaving Europe in ruins but America had been spared physically from the damage the war had caused allowing America’s economy to boom like never-before. Between 1923 and 1929 the average income rose 11 percent. This new prosperity gave way to new

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    were a time period of revolution‚ meaning an extreme or sudden change in the way people live‚ act‚ and/or work. This was shown socially‚ technologically‚ and economically. With the introduction of a new role for women‚ new technology‚ introduction of credit. Although the 1920’s had some impacts from a conservation revolution‚ the majority of the revolution was innovated. While the Roaring Twenties was more of a revolution of innovation (change or new)‚ the 1920’s also was a revolution of conservation

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    Transport is usually the movement of goods and people from one destination to another and transport economics is the study of the allocation of the resources used to move freight and passengers from destination to destination. The passengers and freight are moved all the way through a transport mode because a transport mode defined as the means of moving passengers and also freight. The largest parts of transport modes are rail‚ road‚ air‚ sea‚ and pipelines. Transport system normally helps in defeating

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    In the late 1860s when Mill published his essay on “The Subjection of Women” women’s rights were extremely low but slowly rising. Almost two decades later‚ women are still not equal to men when it comes to getting their voice heard. Women have trouble getting their opinions voiced in places such as congress. Almost all of our legislation is still created from the ideas of men without even the slightest opinion from women. At the time of Mill’s essay‚ women were not allowed to be educated and be

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    The formation‚ construction‚ and operation trains brought socialeconomic and political change to America. America came to see bridges and other structures on which train would operate crossing the country. In addition to transportation‚ railroads contributed to other industries like iron and communications. Iron production grew as well‚ even more than the population during the 1860s since the demand was so high for railroads. Communication also became important for railroads. According to Understanding

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