New Jersey in my opinion is one of the most industrialized states in the country specifically the 19th century. Jersey City which today is the second most populated city in New Jersey after Newark. Over a century ago‚ thousand of immigrants passed through the historic Ellis Island in hope of finding work. Many immigrants settled in Jersey City while others spread through the tai-state area. This magnificent city is conveniently located by the Hudson River and Upper New York Bay and on the west by
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a 48-48 tie‚ with the decision coming down to Representative Harry T. Burn‚ a Republican. Although he opposed the 19th Amendment‚ his mother swayed him by writing to him‚ reportedly saying‚ "Don’t forget to be a good boy and help Mrs. Catt put the ’rat’ in ratification." And thus‚ with Burn’s deciding vote‚ the 19th Amendment was ratified. Some effects and reactions of the 19th Amendment were good‚ such as the significant changes made for women in education‚ politics‚ home‚ and work‚ but some
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Austin Storhaug AP American History 2/7/2005 19th Century Cities In 1880‚ a national census determined that the United States had grown to a population of 50‚100‚000. 6‚600‚000 of those who helped account for the population growth of cities were immigrants arriving from around the world. Also‚ many rural Americans became attracted to the lure of the big city. This incredible condensation into the big cities led to many problems including crime. Overall‚ the lure of the city‚ the abundance of
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Factors caused Industrialization In the late 19th century‚ industrialization influenced and effected the nation a lot. And the industrialization for America is not accidental‚ there are several factors that lead America to industrialization. The abundant natural resources‚ increase of labor‚ rapid development of technology and support from the government‚ all of them settle the basis for industrialization in American late 19th century. The affluent natural resources‚ which
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Discuss the major factors that promoted the development of industrialization in the United States during the late nineteenth century. New power sources facilitated American industry’s shift to mass production and also suggest the importance of new ways of organizing research and innovation. In 1869‚ about half the industrial power came from water. 2. Discuss the development of the railroad business during the last half of the 19th century in the United States and explain how the railroad companies
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Since the 19th century the process in which a society or country transforms itself from an agricultural way of life to one based around the manufacturing of goods and services otherwise known as industrialization has had positive as well as negative effects on the lives of the workers living in a specific nation. Many countries in the world especially England have undergone an industrial revolution in the 19th century. Though these periods of industrialization have improved life in that nation and
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School System :) Education for all has been one of the grand causes of national progress. Less than a century ago comparatively few of the working folk could read. One of the reasons for the growth of popular education has been the spread of democratic ideas and of the application of industry to science. It began to dawn upon the people how profitable it would be for each inhabitant of a country to be able to communicate with or receive communications from others through ability to read and
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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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19th Century China Drawing on what I’ve learned from class discussions and individual research‚ the 19thcentury in China brought a lot of failure and hardships. It was a time of unhappiness and rapid decline giving it a theme of “national humiliation”. There was a lot of corruption and rebellion during this period of the time. Around this time China experienced economic regression when foreign interests invaded the country. With the majority of the world expanding and advancing‚ China found itself
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Allie Peter Romantic 19th Century Painting 11/12/12 The 19th century was welcomed with a flourish of new ideas. One of the drastic changes was the development of romanticism in art‚ especially in paintings. Romanticism includes features of artistic intellect‚ nature‚ industrialization‚ life‚ nobility‚ and a lot of emotion recorded through art. Many romantic artists created their works focusing on the negativity of industrialization‚ regarding the industrial revolution. These paintings often
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