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    Hist-H210 Essay 1 Prompt #2 England in the early 1800s was very segregated place. Social classes were distinguished by many factors including wealth‚ land ownership‚ gender and race. The wealthy white land owning males were at the top of the chain while blacks‚ women‚ and land workers were at the bottom. The aristocracy was considered the top of the social chain. There were many things happening at this time in British history that affected the public and the public’s view of the aristocracy

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    During the 1800s‚ children were taken away from their families and friends from orders of the federal government. The government was working upon a system that isolated children from their families‚ traditions‚ language and culture. The purpose of residential schools was to take Indigenous children and "to kill the Indian in the child" (Erin Hanson)‚ meaning to rip the Aboriginal identity out from the children.  The government wanted all Indigenous children to be taught a culture that they thought

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    testing has been part of American history since 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

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    Women in the 1800's Dbq

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    DBQ Project Final Draft Women in the late 1700s had practically no rights. In 18th century America‚ the men represented the family. Women couldn’t do practically anything without consulting their fathers‚ or if they were married‚ their husbands. Then‚ in the early 19th century‚ Republican Motherhood began to take a stronger place in American society. Republican Motherhood reinforced the idea that women‚ in their domestic sphere‚ were much separate from the public world of men‚ but also encouraged

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    Abstract This paper goes into detail about the struggles women faced back in the 1800s‚ as well as how they were treated verses men. Women weren’t able to vote‚ work‚ learn‚ and were considered “less powerful” than men. They were strictly known as “mothers” and their job was to take care of their family. In the second and third paragraphs of the paper‚ the author describes that women wanted change‚ and wanted to make an impression on the world. This caused movements and acts to be developed‚ and

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    The romantic period in American history came around during 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

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    Slavery in the mid 1800's

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    the races. The North and South profited greatly at the expense of shackled and separated families‚ up until the early 1800s as the idea of slavery became a topic to be repeatedly examined. Slavery was not only a practice of owning a person‚ but controlling and ruling over every action that they take in order to benefit at their expense. These black men‚ women‚ and children did not have the same rights as white Americans living among them. In fact‚ they had no rights at all and no freedoms. They

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    Nowadays‚ women seem to have an entitlement in this world; an entitlement that gives them authority and a voice. However‚ to get this prerogative‚ women had to go through difficult times and diligent work. Since the 1800s‚ women were feeling the urge of gaining rights that they didn’t have. Due to this desire‚ a group of women decided to get together and organize their thoughts to establish a document in which they would incorporate the rights they wanted to acquire. With this in mind‚ the first

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    In the 1800s‚ African-Americans were highly discriminated against. There were still many blacks that worked for their white masters as slaves. Most women did not receive education. African-Americans were given a free education until they finished elementary school. Prudence Crandall’s greatest accomplishment was founding the first school for African-American girls. By doing this‚ she impacted the lives of the African-American girls who attended her school‚ the people of Canterbury‚ Connecticut‚

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    Australia Late 1900's

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    From the start of 20th Century to the early 21st Century‚ Australia has gone from a European centric nation to a multicultural superpower. With the introduction of many different ethnicities and cultures throughout the years‚ not only have our values‚ attitudes and beliefs evolved to accommodate the amount of variety‚ but many other things have evolved too. One of the most important things to have been brought to the country of Australia is the wide variety of different cultural foods and cuisines

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