all. In the late 1800s‚ blue-collar workers carried their lunches to work in metal pails‚ which protected their food from the rigors of the workplace. In fact‚ your lunch pail illustrated your place on the economic scale -- a lunch pail meant you couldn’t afford a hot noontime meal. This didn’t stop children from wanting to emulate their working parents‚ however. Soon enough‚ kids fashioned their own lunch pails from tin boxes that were originally used to hold cookies or tobacco. Early mass-produced
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The Industrial Revolution in the U.S. transformed the nation during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The technological advancements made during this period changed lives‚ made vast fortunes‚ and positioned the nation for its rise to global superpower. The Industrial Revolution in the U.S. began in the years and decades following the end of the Civil War. As the nation rebuilt its bonds‚ American entrepreneurs were building on the advancements made in Britain. In the coming years‚ new forms
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[Economy pushes us to imperialism. Main reason] - Main reason of why we’re in the mideast? - Oil B. Reasons for expansion C. Foreign policy approaches. (1867-1900) D. The lure of Hawaii and Samoa - We’ve been interested in Hawaii since 19th century - Convenient stopping place for far eastern trade.
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WOMEN IN THE MIDDLE CLASS IN THE 19TH CENTURY The nineteenth century for Europe and America has been called the "century of the middle class." Growth in both power and prestige of the middle class was perhaps the most important single development in social and economic history. Prior to the nineteenth century‚ there was a recognizable middle class‚ but it was not large. With the advent of the Industrial Revolution‚ new wealth was created‚ and concomitantly the middle class became the harbingers
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together‚ would become the clamor of the nineteenth century. This riot was not just a random outbreak during a labor demonstration but rather a boiling over of a culmination of many factors that were building up in the late 19th century.
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THE WORLD AND THE PHILIPPINES IN RIZAL’S TIME 19th Century - Rizal was born and raised in a period of massive changes in Europe‚ Spain and the Philippines. - During this era‚ the glory and power of Spain had waned in both in her colonies and the world. - Social scientists marked this period as the birth of modern life as well as the birth of many nation states around the world. The birth of modernity was precipitated by three great revolutions around the world: the Industrial Revolution in
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WOMEN: THE NEW ART PATRONS IN 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY AMERICA Art was not always a woman’s pursuit‚ like it is nowadays. In the late 18th century‚ during the Enlightenment‚ the idea of the “gentleman” pervaded American culture‚ as exemplified by Ben Franklin. Arts‚ natural sciences and humanities became de rigueur for respectable men. This continued throughout the early 20th century‚ until the end of the westward expansion and the transformation of the United States from a rural to an urban society
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characteristics of a city. It wasn’t until about thirty years after the civil war that America started seeing signs of urbanization. In the late nineteenth century‚ America started changing its lifestyle and started going from farming to city life. Cities started growing and more people started living in the cities. The Industrial Revolution of the 19th and 20th century gave people higher expectations to improve the way of living. Jobs along with technology and transportation increased. Cars and railroads
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apparent within the guiding principles concerning railroad land grants‚ management of interstate commerce‚ as well as antitrust actions we see direct governmental intervention and clear infringement and disruption of laissez-faire ideology. During the late 19th century many Americans advocated the fosterage of a laissez faire administration to allow for the insurance of property rights as well as the upkeep of social order. However‚ many Americans believed that the government did not have the right to
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Today Women and Men are equal in almost all aspects‚ but a few decades ago that was not the case. Imagine ladies that you couldn’t vote‚ you couldn’t decide things for yourself. That you where looked at as a lower role model than a man. I cannot even begin to imagine how horrible life would have been. But women in the 18th and 19th centuries have been there and survived. They were both very different in many aspects. The eighteenth century helped mold and shape the way women were treated in the nineteenth
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