10-31-11 Labor in the Late 1800s Essay Laborers in the late 1800’s worked in harsh conditions. Many companies and corporations went on strike and even resorted to violence in order to spread their point. These workers mostly worked for low wages‚ or felt that they weren’t being treated fair. With acts of crime‚ these laborers felt that they could get there message to the companies‚ but most of the companies retaliated with hiring national guards to settle the issue or just locking the workers
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During the 1800s there was a growing emphasis on the importance of secondary education. Aside from college‚ the emergence of the American high school offered educational opportunities to more students. Despite the ideas of teaching the masses‚ many high schools excluded women from getting a secondary education (the origins of the American high school‚ 127). Additionally‚ enrollment at universities popularized‚ but women remained excluded from attending Ironically‚ by the late 1800s women had become
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When the word “gang” is mentioned the first thought that comes to mind is a person wearing baggy clothes‚ a bandana across the forehead and tattoos all over the body. That is a stereotype. Obviously back when gangs were first initiated in the 1800’s they did not dress like that. Not all gangs are associated with colors‚ signs or names. A gang is defined as a group of criminals or a number of people forming a group (www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary). In fact the word “gang” actually originated from
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The Erie Canal was a big success during the 1800s. Helping and aiding many people‚ making their life easier. In source #3 it shows the table which from how old transportation before the erie canal came. The table shows the burst of the erie canal’s explosion on the usefulness and the usage of the erie canal. Cost lowering‚ usage of the Erie Canal going immensely up‚ population of some areas going way up due to the popularity and the usefulness of the Erie Canal‚ cutting down normal time of travel
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America had the most media‚ the cheapest media‚ and the freest media by the 1840’s. Communication through the media was vital to America in the early 1800’s because‚ as a democratic nation‚ the people needed to be well informed about their system of government. Following the American Revolution‚ the United States stayed from their traditional English ideas involving the relationship between the state and the people. Unlike Great Britain’s selective press and seditious libel laws‚ information and
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Child labor in America during the 1800s to the early 1900s was very dangerous for the living conditions of children. Some of the problems children experienced were health issues‚ extended hours‚ and not getting an education. In order for children to receive a better education‚ reform movements were made by teachers and church members to end child labor. Lillian Wald and Florence Kelley were some of the leaders of movements that made it successful at ending child labor. Other reform movements were:
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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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treatment‚ more research is being done on the different kinds of illnesses‚ and how to treat them‚ or cope with them. The treatment process for mental health patients has in a way evolved. There were many practices that were performed in the late 1800s and even before then‚ that are no longer being used
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Destiny’s Child “Independent Woman” is a twenty-first century anthem‚ unlike the nineteenth century. In the 1800’s‚ women did not have much to live for. Without the demand for change‚ the tragedy of no independence would remain. It was habit for women to be treated as lower-class‚ have no self worth‚ and simply have little to no rights. In the 1800’s‚ women were known to be property of their husbands. They did not have any independence‚ nor did they truly belong to themselves. In “Story of an Hour”
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the years. Shoes have also been improved throughout the year. Many things have been improved throughout the years. Some of the improved ideas that we have today are the cell phone‚ shoes‚ tires‚ also many more. These things all go back to the 1800’s. Cell phones are an approved idea because first there was mail‚ then there were the telegraph‚ afterward that it was the telephones. The telephone had been improved many times. The improvement of the telephone was the cell phone that
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