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    settlement for Sydney was Sydney Cove. Stage 1: 1788-1860 (walk to work) 80‚000 lived in Sydney. People had to live near workplaces. Residential areas at the time included The Rocks‚ Woolloomooloo and Pyrmont. Stage 2: 1860-90 (the railway era) By 1880‚ Sydney had spread south and west. This suburbanisation was made possible by: Development of the tramways Development of the railways With the opening of the Harbour Bridge in 1932‚ suburbanisation spread

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    physical pain that the beatings brought.[12] Of his time at the orphanage‚ Fish remarked‚ "I was there till I was nearly nine‚ and that’s where I got started wrong. We were unmercifully whipped. I saw boys doing many things they should not have done." By 1880‚ his mother had a government job and was able to remove Fish from the orphanage. In 1882‚ at age 12‚ he began a relationship with a telegraph boy. The youth introduced Fish to such practices as urolagnia (drinking urine) and coprophagia (eating feces)

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    to the concentration of wealth in the hands of few people. It was an age that looked perfected on the face value while underneath it was rotting in corruption‚ crime‚ and poverty. The period saw America transform into an industrial power from an agrarian nation. Gold mining during the Gilded Age is an event that best represents Mark Twain’s ideology. It was the activity that led the United States to the path of prosperity‚ but also condemned many people to suffering and poverty. The discovery of

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    Poverty and Wealth At the beginning of the 1800s lost poor Americans to the South resembled the poor of Europe. Wealthy people or local governments gave them "outdoor relief‚" consisting of food‚ firewood‚ or small amounts of money known as alms‚ primarily from a sense of the policy or community responsibility. Inherited English tradition‚ required towns to take care of their poor. Industrialization and immigration brought poverty of a new kind and on a new scale to American cities in the 1820s

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    Actual DBQ and Essay Questions 1991-2010 compiled by Tony Miller (Organized by historical chronology) Part A (DBQ) 1. Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by people of English origin‚ by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. Why did this difference in development occur? (1993) 2. In what ways did ideas and values held by Puritans influence the political‚ economic‚ and social development of the New England colonies from 1630 through

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    • Lesson 26 The Growing Economlc Crisis of the Late Nineteenth Century Objective • To understand progressive steps taken by big business to bring order and stability to chaotic businesses of the late nineteenth century Notes ~ ~ ~ • • • ~ • ~ • • • • • Social Darwinism soon proved to be a philosophy for economic chaos. In the laissezfatre climate of the time. suppliers had to seek a monopoly to avoid being wrecked by competition. In their view‚ the government should protect individuals. businesses

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    establishing it as Australian English. The development and use of Australian English was seen as a marker of identity as being an Australian. However‚ opinions about the Australian accent became negative and considered as inferior and ‘wrong’. Up until the 1880s‚ the accent of native-born Australians was regarded as ‘pure’- having removed any British dialect (Moore‚ 2008). But there were growing negative comments about the Australian accent‚ evident in the reports of school inspectors. In 1891‚ an inspector

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    CHAPTER 17 Frederick Jackson Turner’s Frontier Thesis : western settlement had had an extraordinary impact on U.S. social‚ political‚ and economic development "Buffalo" Bill Cody : a successful show that popularized Wild West shows‚ it consisted of a former Pony Express rider and Indian fighter‚ and the hero of popular dime novels for children. This show romanticized the West and the life of the cowboy. :"Buffalo Bill;" Killed over 4000 buffalo in 18 months while employed by the Kansas

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    1650 and earlier 1430 Portuguese start voyages down the west coast of Africa 1492 Columbus arrives in Western Hemisphere 1509-1547 Henry VII rules England Protestant reformation begins in England 1558-1603 Reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Ireland conquered by England. 1607 Jamestown founded 1612 Tobacco made a profitable crop by John Rolfe 1619 First group of blacks brought to Virginia First legislative assembly meets in Virginia 1620 First Pilgrims in Plymouth 1622 Indian attacks in Virginia

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    history of suffrage‚ debated issues of the time‚ and created successful participation in the movement (Fowler and Jones 137). She also organized and supported conventions as a method of expansion. She even spoke at the annual NAWSA convention in 1890‚ which united the American Woman Suffrage Association and National Woman Suffrage Association (Fowler and Jones 132). Because of the many attempts at publicity and expansion‚ women and men had many different ways to get involved and be informed. Catt

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