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    Theology Final Essay 1: During the late 18th Century‚ views on religion were beginning to change. While in previous generations‚ those who were educated were believers; society had advanced and developed a stronger focus in the arts and sciences‚ which caused roles to reverse. Those who were educated became nonbelievers‚ which resulted in a wave of new philosophy being written by the likes of Feuerbach‚ Marx‚ Nietzsche and Freud‚ arguing strictly against religion. To respond to these critics‚ theologians

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    Hysteria in the nineteenth century can be explained as a “social role that reflected gendered socialization in an American cultural context” (Marshall 711). Early cases of hysteria during this time were linked to an excess of emotions that interfered with the nervous system (Crimlisk

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    14 million between 1880 and 1900‚ cities had become a world of newcomers (551). America evolved into a land of factories‚ corporate enterprise‚ and industrial worker and‚ the surge in immigration supplied their workers. In the latter half of the 19th century‚ continued industrialization and urbanization sparked an increasing demand for a larger and cheaper labor force. The country’s transformation from a rural agricultural society into an urban industrial nation attracted immigrants worldwide. As free

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    In my opinion agriculture played the largest role in the success of American business from the colonial period through the first half of the 19th century. From the very beginning farming held a crucial place in the American economy. This country started with 13 small independent farming economies which joined together in 1776 to form the United States. Without being able to be self-sustained these colonies would have never developed. Between 1860 and 1910‚ the number or farms in the United States

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    1819‚ The whale ship‚ Essex‚ set its sails and departed from Nantucket‚ Massachusetts on a voyage to the Pacific Ocean to hunt and kill sperm whales and retrieve the abundance of oil the whales possess‚ which became a crucial component in 19th century industry [2]. The island of Nantucket had been one of the most important oil businesses for quite some time. For the crew of the whale ships‚ harvesting whales was a tough assignment; when a whale was spotted‚ the crew would approach it‚ harpoon it

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    19th Century Gypsum

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    compositions and characteristics of Gypsum it had a practical use. In ancient Egyptian times the Alabaster form of gypsum was used to help build pyramids. Fast forward a few centuries to the 18th century‚ the chemical properties were defined‚ by a chemist named Lavoisier. As the world began exploring during the 18th century‚ large deposits of gypsum were found near Paris‚ France. The French began to use gypsum as building materials as well as decorative material by dehydrating gypsum. Dehydrating

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    In the early 19th Century‚ the United States saw a large wave of immigrants that came to America in search of better lives. Roughly ⅓ of the immigrants came over from Ireland and settled on the east coast of the US. The Irish were driven out of Ireland by the great famine of the 1840’s. Around 5 million Germans also came over during that time. There were tons of boats full of immigrants and most of them came through Ellis Island which is located in New York. Transoceanic transportation had become

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    Women in the 19th Century

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    A desire for Equality The nineteenth and early twentieth centuries hosted uproar among the women of America who sought equal representation and rights from the U.S. government. Among the female activists‚ authors‚ such as Willa Cather and Louisa May Alcott‚ began to commence about women’s suffrage through their writing. A multitude of other women‚ such as Anne Sullivan‚ began to feel empowered to become independent and strong females‚ just as able and equal as men. Women faced an immense amount

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    Whether it is now in the 21st century or as early as the 19th century‚ there was a lot expected from women. Their main roles had always been carrying mothers for their children and loving wives for their husbands. However‚ where did this idea come from and how did it change throughout the years if they were expected to be goodwives? In a world of patriarchy‚ how did women find other roles besides domesticity? Women started with barely any rights in the colonial America but as decades went by‚ more

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    The Nineteenth Century was a prosperous period of European‚ in Imperialism efforts‚ Europeans began colonial expansion in Asian‚ Africa and North America‚ At the same time‚ heightened nationalism‚ and the emergence of scientific racism showed up‚ in this essay expounds respectively the connections between these phenomena. Imperialism and Nationalism Nationalism is a sense of identity with the nation‚ during the period 1850 to 1871‚ the nation-state achieved its mature status in Europe.Nationalism

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