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    The industrial era was a time of great change‚ but there were numerous problems that needed to be resolved‚ the progressive era was a result of this and fixed many of these issues. One complication that the progressive era solved is the rapid urbanisation and industrialisation of cities. Often overcrowded because of immigration‚ cities had very low standards of living‚ people couldn’t sustain themselves; one man named Jacob Riis even photographed the poor and published his book “How The Other Half

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    Healthcare and nursing in the 1900-1919 period would change history forever. Nursing during this time would change from the traditional bedside nursing at home to a more institutional based nursing within the hospitals (Porter-O’Grady‚ T. 2004). In the Early 20th century most nursing education was hospital based and students learned by doing. Care was now being delivered at the hospitals. Organized medicine begins to emerge with the American Medical Association (AMA) reorganizing as the national

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    revolution was the point in American history when society began to focus on a platform of machinery and factory work rather than farming and agriculture. However the transition of work focus was not the only aspect that was highly affected through this era. There were grand changes seen in the social‚ political‚ and economic views of American society. Living conditions and social norms were changed dramatically through the industrial revolution. Businessmen made an overwhelming triumph. Ordinary

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    1900 Versus 2000 I think that we take for granted the things that we have today. Just look at all of the innovations in technology and quality of living over the last 100 years. Back in the year 1900‚ things went crazy. All sorts of new inventions were coming out all of the time‚ and people were becoming rich beyond their wildest dreams. In my opinion‚ the past 100 years have left us in a completely different world. Back in the early 1900’s people were amazed to see a person driving

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    Classical Liberalism Classical liberalism was the dominant ideology of capitalism during the periods of eighteenth century. It view was widely accepted. It said that government should just sit back and watch business so they do not cheat the government also to enforce contracts. The classical had many creeds they were Psychological‚ economic‚ and ‚political. Each view has its own points. In this paper I will discuss those points and show you how Bob Dole is a classical liberalist

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    Every parent and child should have trust in their relationship with each other. There is a signifacant difference in the parenting styles in 1900 than the parenting styles in today’s society. In the 1900s‚ it was socially acceptable for parents‚ mainly the fathers‚ to punish their children in a forceful manner. “Fathers typically were there to punish and enforce the children” (Museum‚ n.d.). Today‚ if parents were to paddle their children in the behind‚ the beating would be viewed as assault. Mel

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    To what extent was Lenin crucial to the Bolshevik seizure of power in October 1917? On 24th October 1917 the Lenin and the Bolsheviks led a revolution in Russia. The Bolshevik Red Guards led a revolution against the Provisional Government by seizing control of stations‚ telephone exchanges‚ post offices‚ the national bank and the Winter Palace in Petrograd. Now Lenin set about creating the world’s first communist state. Although he was a strong influence‚ he was not solely responsible for the outbreak

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    Media Culture: the Triumph of the Spectacle “Media culture is a contested terrain across which key social groups and competing political ideologies struggle for dominance and . . . individuals live these struggles through the images‚ discourses‚ myths‚ and spectacle of media culture” -Douglas Kellner‚ Media Culture Table of Contents Introduction-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 History of M

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    STUDENTS SPENDING MORE TIME PLAYING COMPUTER GAMES RATHER THAN STUDYING Leader: Ian B. Datinguinoo Members:Ivan Dominic Cordero Richmond Cortado Austin James De Borja Ian De Leon Dan Emil Dela Cruz Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in English IV Arellano University Plaridel Campus February ‚ 2015 Acknowledgement “No one walks alone inthe journey of life.” We have taken efforts in this

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    Services Act‚ 1917 Was the Canadian government justified in enacting the Military Services Act in 1917? There were many perspectives on this issue like‚ Francophone vs. Anglophone‚ this generation’s view or the generation living in that time or war‚ age‚ social status. My opinion is that conscription was a necessary to get people to fight for Canada to get alliance Support‚ economic gains‚ and nationalism. Even though Canada was on the way to becoming an independent county it was still tied closely

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