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    History of fashion 1900-1990 What a Difference 100 Years Makes Looking back over fashion trends for the past 100 years can only cause one to marvel at the drastic changes that have occurred‚ often in lockstep with societal changes. Women’s liberation‚ for example‚ can be visually measured through the evolution from suffocating corsets to jersey fabrics to bikinis. A timeline of the past century shows how the times have changed. During ancient times people wore limited clothing made from animal

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    Chapter 17-The West: Exploiting an Empire Time Period: 1850-1900 1. Beyond the Frontier -line of white settlement at MO timber country by 1840s What’s in the West? What land? -“The Great Plains”/Prairie Plains: rich soil and good rainfall (Wisconsin down to Texas) -High Plains: rough‚ semiarid (Montana down to NMex.) -Rockies: formidable barrier (Alaska to NMex.) -Western Basin: home to many NA‚ desert‚ held in by the Cascades and Sierra Nevada‚ MOST travelers here (Idaho and Utah)

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    the movie have a different theme‚ and most of the scary movies have history. Many people that go see the movie when it comes out did not know any of this so your not the only one. Between the year of 1900 and 1920 many of the filmmakers are still trying to find new genres of scary movies. In the 1900 one popular movie was ““The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari”‚ it is about a traveling showman and his fortunetelling somnambulist is a haunting example of the absurd

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    1865 to 1900 Identify at least (2) two major historical turning points in the period under discussion. Death of Lincoln in 1865. Lincoln’s death changed the course of the country trying to rebuild after the Civil War. President Andrew Johnson was not popular and could not convince Congress especially the southerners to go along with him. Lincoln had a plan to build up the South and end the hate. He ordered amnesty and that the south be rebuilt. He pardoned‚ with a few exceptions

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    Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold‚ and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture‚ purchase or birth‚ and deprived of the right to leave‚ to refuse to work‚ or to demand compensation. Historically‚ slavery was institutionally recognized by most societies; in more recent times‚ slavery has been outlawed in all countries‚ but it continues through the practices of debt bondage‚ indentured servitude‚ serfdom

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    The practice of slavery was more common in the southern states in America. Slavery first started in 1619 in Jamestown‚ Virginia. One of the main reasons for so much slavery down south was because of the large plantations. It was cheaper to buy‚ house‚ clothe‚ and feed slaves then it would be to hire day workers and pay them a wage. The practice of slavery spread quickly from town to town and state to state until generations of slaves quickly became the norm. When it comes to slave auctions‚ Day

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    Women in 1900s

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    Women were supposed to fulfill certain roles‚ such as a caring mother‚ a diligent homemaker‚ and an obedient wife. The perfect mother was supposed to stay home and nurture so society would accept them. A diligent housewife had dinner on the table precisely at the moment her husband arrived from work. After World War II‚ there was an expansion of the population; therefore caused the need for more housing and other needs of people. The first mass-produced suburb - Levittown‚ New York - was built

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    realize that slavery still exists. Yet without realizing we are supporting slavery. How is this possible? Around the country there are factories that are run by slaves‚ brothels where travelers go and have an “escort” for a week. There are thousands of people in slavery today and many of the countries don’t want to admit they have them. So what is really going on and how can we stop it from happening anymore. To figure out what can be done we have to look at the different aspects of slavery such as

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    "Lincoln hoped to slowly end slavery without tearing the nation apart‚ Blight says. "He was a gradualist‚" Blight says. "He was trying to prevent a bloody revolution over it. He couldn’t." He couldn’t because of the pressure exerted by the abolitionists and the slaves themselves‚ other historians say. Blacks did not wait for white people to free them‚ they say. At least 180‚000 blacks fought in the Civil War. And Douglass was one of Lincoln’s harshest critics. He constantly pushed Lincoln to

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    During slavery the slaves were treated cruel‚ inhumane‚ and brutal. We have saw in the past the way the white men did the African Americans slaves when they put them in cages‚ stack them on top of each other‚ and stuffed them on boats basically leaving the African slaves for dead. Also we seen in the past how the white men took the African family’s split them apart and sold them off to other white men like they were food. In addition to that the white men even raped some of the African women. So

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