School System :) Education for all has been one of the grand causes of national progress. Less than a century ago comparatively few of the working folk could read. One of the reasons for the growth of popular education has been the spread of democratic ideas and of the application of industry to science. It began to dawn upon the people how profitable it would be for each inhabitant of a country to be able to communicate with or receive communications from others through ability to read and
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1940’s were dominated by World War II. European artists and intellectuals fled to the United States from Hitler and the Holocaust‚ bringing new ideas created in disillusionment. War production pulled us out of the Great Depression. Women were needed to replace men who had gone off to war‚ and so the first great exodus of women from the home to the workplace began. Rationing affected the food we ate‚ the clothes we wore‚ the toys with which children played. After the war‚ the men returned‚ having seen
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wrote memorable poetry and philosophical essays. Towards the end of the 18th Century and the beginning of the 19th‚ a distinctive criollo literary tradition emerged‚ including the first novels such as José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi’s El Periquillo Sarniento (1816). The "libertadores" themselves were also often distinguished writers‚ such as Simón Bolívar and Andrés Bello. [edit]Nineteenth-century literature The 19th century was a period of "foundational fictions" (in critic Doris Sommer’s words[citation
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19th century: period of growing consciousness‚ restlessness which promulgated the formation of two major movements Propaganda Movement (failed) Revolutionary Movement (replaces the PM) Leaders: Jose Rizal Marcelo H. Del Pilar Lopez Jaena Members: Pedro Paterno Ponce Panganiban Antonio Luna *They worked for the Philippines’ assimilation as a Spanish province and equal treatment of the Filipinos as for the Spaniards *Writings in this period cannot be called literature
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Many of the events‚ situations and circumstances of the second half of the 20th century set the stage for‚ caused and made possible‚ most of the business‚ political and interpersonal scenarios we are experiencing in this country today – good‚ bad and indifferent. According to the U.S. Census of 1900‚ ninety percent of Blacks lived in the South. Three-quarters of black households were located in rural places; only one-fifth owned their own homes and most worked as farmers or laborers. If not on
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the turn of the century‚ numerous changes occurred in the United States‚ both positive and negative. These conflicts formed the modern America‚ and were crucial to the advancement of the nation. Without the events that took place in this time period‚ the country would not have advanced so greatly. They essentially shaped the nation into what it is today. With all of these major changes that happened many years ago‚ historians wonder; how did late 19th century and early 20th century conflicts shape
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Expansion in the U.S. in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century has many thing in common with previous American expansionist ideals and had some different things. Many of the worlds leading powers were all expanding and many citizens was convinced if they didn?t jump on this land rush‚ than they would miss out. There were three reasons why America was interested in expansion. The first reason was economic. During the civil war the U.S. had greatly increased its production of manufactured products
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Impact of the 19th century imperialism on India The Impact of the 19th century imperialism on India resulted from industrialized nations seeking control of foreign territories for economic‚ military‚ political and philosophical aims; the conditions that motivated and fueled the great expansion for industrialized nations were mostly based on economic motives. Imperialism in India had many positive and negative effects on both Britain and the colony‚ India. With an increase of imperialism and colonialism
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Issues of identity in the 19th century and 20th century American Literature In the American Literature the major issue in every writer’s works was identity. Many people struggled to find their own identity. Some succeeded‚ some failed. The same issue will appear in the following works. In Good country people‚ the main character Joy/Hulga suffers an identity crisis just like Dee‚ from Everyday use by Alice Walker and the Swede‚ from The Blue Hotel by Stephen Crane. All of these characters have
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In the late 19th century Americans fully embraced the concept of American exceptionalism‚ believing the “United States had a destiny unique among nations to foster democracy and civilization.” With this ideology‚ Social Darwinism‚ Anglo-Saxon‚ naval expansion‚ and the need for market promoted the rise to imperialism in the United States. When the Americans moved west and defeated the Native Americans they felt matchless because of all the technological and social developments they had over the
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