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    Birth control pills today are seen differently and are accessible to many people. In the past‚ not many people talked about the topic of birth control and shied away from it because men were afraid that women would take over and attempt to fight for equality. The long endeavor to have birth control allowed women to have control of their own body without being criticized as much today. Margaret Sanger was a strong activist who fought for birth control was born in 1879 and died in 1966 had it easier

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    also known as a family tree it can allow us to keep records of the past. The Edwards family tree shows great record from the early 1700 ’s to the mid 1800s. This family tree demonstrates when a person was baptized; when they got married; and when they passed away. The Edwards family chart show the different relations of marriages and fertility rate from today ’s society. From the chart we can determine that the Edwards family show a different demography compared to todays society. This is because

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    America had remained mostly an isolated country until the late 1800s when the United States was faced with the opportunity of building a colonial empire. By 1890 the United States‚ like Europe‚ had began to expand its influence onto islands in the Caribbean and South Pacific areas. They entered in other countries’ affairs claiming that it served the interests of all peoples and were motivated by Idealism. In reality‚ the United States was mostly after its own self-interest. The Spanish-American

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    industry was a very popular industry in the late 1800s. It was also very important because people used it in their everyday foods. Flour was made from wheat so the company needed it. That is why there is so many fields around Minnesota. Always‚ here is everything you should know the about the flour industry. The founder of the Pillsbury flour co. was Charles Pillsbury. He started the company with little money and because he needed a job. Pillsbury did not come up with the idea of flour mills. There

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    The Irish emigrated from Ireland to America at two separate times‚ during the 1700’s and again in the 1800s. During the 1700’s the Irish that emigrated were the Ulster Irish‚ these were mostly Protestant and mostly from the northern part of Ireland. This group of Irish was originally from Scotland which was under English rule. In 1533 when Henry VIII separated from the Catholic Church‚ he enacted penal laws - laws directed against Catholics. Catholic owned land was seized and given to the English

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    that come to mind is high end clothing‚ fancy jewelry‚ expensive boutiques‚ and who could forget Louis Vuitton. The consumer culture of today in France is geared towards high-style‚ well dressed women but this was not always the case. This culture has been many years coming. Many changes in this consumer culture came about in the time periods surrounding World War I. In this essay I will be tracing the change in women in the consumer culture in France in the late 1800s to through the 1920’s‚ using

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    Chapter eight discusses the migration of the Chinese in the 1800s. These migrants were looking for a peaceful place to live from than China. In China there were conflicts caused by British Opium Wars. While British Colonialism was pushing the Irish population west across the Atlantic‚ it was also pushing the Chinese east across the Pacific. Another reason for this migration was that they were getting away from the chaos of peasant rebellions. Along with all of this‚ there was an economic crisis

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    In the 1800s married women were treated unfair and unequal‚ and in this case inequality of all women‚ of all races‚ was very evident by the way women were merely property. State law governed in all states that married women were legal possessions rather than equal persons. Married women could not own any personal possession or property‚ all they had‚ became their husbands. In the 1800s women had no rights to vote‚ and women would not have the right to vote until 1920. There were unequal wages for

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    What combination of factors resulted in rapid US industrial growth in the late 1800s?               In the late 1800s the US overtook Great Britain as the world’s largest source of manufactured goods               Abundant natural resources o             The US was its own source of the raw materials necessary for industrialization o             Coal‚ iron ore‚ copper‚ lead‚ timber‚ and oil               Abundant labor supply o             High immigration between 1865 & 1900 o            

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    One day Edison’s boss called him to his office. He asked him how much it would cost to buy his improvements. He wanted $6‚000 but his boss offered $40‚000! Edison bought a factory and started inventing. In 1871‚ Edison married Mary Stiltwell and had three children. In 1876‚ Edison moved out of Newark and into Meleno Park. In 1876 Alexander Bell invented the telephone and Edison improved it by making it battery powered. He then invented a lampback out of graphite and it made the signal clearer

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