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    Womens Rights in Prison

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    Gender Specific Rights in Prison Since the foundation of modern prison systems in North America‚ prisons have always been specifically tailored to run and deal only with male needs. Due to that women were just thrown in with them creating co-ed jails‚ and not being properly taken care of. This only slowly started to change in 1873 with the opening of the first women’s only prison in Indiana‚ USA.(IDOC) Since it was adapted from the men’s prison no specific gender laws were enforced and therefor would

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    Women‚ forever have been the object of desire‚ appreciation‚ and structured formality of the American household. Women were taught to observe‚ but not comment; follow their husbands and fathers‚ but not step out of line‚ and promote their perfect families. There were manuals to be followed‚ chores to be completed‚ and people to be pleased. Womenwere models of society‚ often seen as porcelain dolls that could break at any moment in time. However‚ by the 1920’s women were starting to break out

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    1800's Police System

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    Throughout history detectives and police have performed amazing feats with their abilities and were involved in some historically important cases of their era throughout the 1800s till now. Historically local tribal groups were composed of kin-based communities or as villages‚ bands‚ and sometimes regions. Local groups were generally politically and economically autonomous‚ and often maintained kinship‚ political‚ economic‚ and ceremonial ties to other local groups and the collective nation. Beck

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    the early 1800s. It was an artistic and literary movement that started in Europe and eventually spread to America. Romanticism was used in many songs‚ art‚ poems‚ and stories during this time. It included a lot of emotion and colors used to describe and create stories. There were many stories and poems created during this period and some of the stories are still read today. The authors during this time period used more emotion rather than reason in their stories. Some of the stories were used as

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    today‚ the contrivance used to compose the telegraph guided the development of telephones‚ television‚ and many other electronic based devices. Telegrams were sent to communicate transversely throughout the world and forever changed the way electricity was used. Before this invention‚ a simple letter or semaphore would have to suffice. In the 1830’s‚ the telegraph was first invented. The telegraph had high expectations as it was invented to communicate to help railroad signaling in Britain. (Morse

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    in the 1860’s is a terrifying thought for most people. The struggles they faced in order to achieve were very extreme. Luckily there were people who did not agree with the way African Americans were treated back then. There was an escape route called the Underground Railroad. Contrary to what it sounds like‚ the Underground railroad was not a railroad nor one single route. It was a combination of secret escape trails for slaves to use that lead to 14 different free states. There were many things

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    Child Labor in the 1800's

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    Child Labor in America Throughout the 1700’s and the early 1800s child labor was a major issue in American society. Children have always worked for family businesses whether it was an agricultural farming situation or working out of a family business in some type of workplace. This was usually seen in families of middle or lower class because extra help was needed to support the family. Child labor dramatically changed when America went through the Industrial Revolution. When America’s industrial

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    Ethan Scott-6th Ms. Istre FRQ Although many seemingly happy events such as the “Era of Good Feelings” and the granting of universal white manhood suffrage occurred during the early 1800s‚ the statement that nationalism and not the fear of sectionalism caused westward expansion is an invalid statement. Westward expansion was truly an effect of a growing sectionalism in the country originating from events such as the Tariff of 1828 ‚ the National Bank‚ and the Missouri Compromise. Preceding

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    least once in every lifetime a human will experience unfairness. Unfortunately‚ this unfairness can become a trend and become an injustice. Injustice could mean violating the rights of others or going through an unfair action or treatment. In the 1830’s‚ Native Americans experienced social injustice and unfortunately social injustice still exists today‚ just with gender inequality‚ specifically women’s rights. Both injustices happened due to an urge of wanting a personal gain. In other words‚ the injustice

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    the 1800s. In Hot Topics Carla Mooney says‚ "In the United States school reforms Horace Mann and Samuel Gridley Howe introduced standardized testing in Boston public schools in the mid - 1800s. The men designed the new tests to provide a standard to judge and compare the performance of each school and to gather objective information about the equality of teachers" ( Mooney 11-12).In the mid - 1800s Horace Mann and Samuel Gridley Howe brought standardized testing to Boston. The tests were created

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