The era of the 1900s- 2000s brought about setbacks as well as advancements of mental health regarding treatments‚ education‚ and reform bringing us to where we are today. During the period of the great depression‚ the population was thrown into a tailspin resulting in the overcrowding of sick‚ elderly and ill in mental asylums. Families would often submit their elderly relatives to asylums because they lacked the resources or time to deal with them appropriately. The problem with overcrowding
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Beginning in 1800s America began a mission of western expansion. Americans knew that they wanted to expand and grow. The Monroe Doctrine was a foreign policy that regarded domination in the America’s‚ issued in 1823. This policy said that future efforts by the European nations to colonize land and interfere on American soil will be viewed as an act of aggression. This would require U.S intervention. Many Historians felt that the Monroe Doctrine enabled Americans to move west because no other countries
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Slavery was a harsh and terrible way of life for all slaves. However there were differences in class among slaves. Lower class slaves were “field slaves”. Upper class slaves were “house slaves”. The daily routines of these slaves differed greatly. Field slaves sole purpose was production. Their duties were raising‚ planting and cultivation of crops‚ clearing land‚ burning underbrush‚ rolling logs‚ splitting rails‚ carrying water‚ mending fences‚ spreading fertilizer‚ and breaking soil. Working from
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Slave Oppression During the 19th century‚ slavery was an extremely dehumanizing period. The complete control over another human being’s life brought many hardships and disappointments. Families were separated and‚ for African-Americans‚ the slave era was extremely depressing. Slaves were often beaten‚ or killed for the simple incompletion of a task. Women had no rights and were used for cooking‚ for cleaning‚ and for the creation and nurturing of babies. There were often instances of lynching and
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ultimately disgusting. In 1800 the population of the United States included 893‚602 slaves‚ of which only 36‚505 were in northern states (Phillips 18). Slaves were treated as if they were a piece of meat. The defined characteristics of slaves are as follows‚ " their labor or services are obtained through force; their physical beings are regarded as the property of another person‚ their master; they are entirely subject to their master’s or owner’s will" (Phillips 17). Slave life according to historians
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The Democratic and Republican Parties can trace their roots back to the 1800s‚ but some of the most interesting stories in American political history spring from parties which enjoyed flashes of glory before fading away for good. The extinct political parties of the 1800s include organizations which were successful enough to put candidates in the White House. And there were also others that were just doomed to inevitable obscurity. Here is a listing of some significant political parties who
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African American History‚ 1877-1919 National | Year | African American | James Garfield inaugurated as President‚ assassinated later in the year; Chester Arthur becomes President | 1881 | Tennessee introduces racial segregation on the railways‚ opening a pattern of legalised discrimination in public facilities that will spread through the Southern states. | | | July The black activist Booker T. Washington (18561915) opens the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama to provide agricultural and industrial
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African Slavery and the Slave Trade African Slavery and the Slave Trade was one of the most devastating events that took place between us African Americans. African slavery all began back in 1482 when the Portuguese built their first permanent trading post on the Western Coast of present day Ghana. The Elimina castle later became one of the most important stops on the route of the Atlantic Slave Trade. The Dutch seized the fort from the Portuguese in 1637 and traded slaves there until 1872 when they
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Throughout history Russia has went through many invasions‚ reforms‚ and led under the worst leaders imaginable‚ but has seen great rulers such as Peter I. Through many reforms‚ modernizations‚ and increased education‚ The Russian Empire developed into a stronger European State than it once had been. Russia was broken down to nothing and built back up stronger becoming a power in Eastern Europe. Russia’s development from the Mongol conquest to Peter I was much different from the 13th century to the
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One day in 1832‚ in the middle of Arizona‚ there was a shack. In this shack‚ there was a young married couple who would later come to be known as Papa Pancakes and Mama Maple. They both loved pancakes very much‚ and had them for breakfast every day. But on this day in 1832‚ something special was happening in that shack… A child was being born! His name was Fred. He was lanky‚ with blonde hair and blue eyes. It is said that Fred’s first meal was a pancake‚ and he loved it so much‚ he ate the whole
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