The United States changed from a largely rural‚ agrarian civilization to an industrial economy focused on big cities in the course of a few decades in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During this period‚ the number of native-born people migrating from rural to urban areas increased‚ but the influx of immigrants into cities far outstripped the speed of domestic migration. The population of foreign-born people rose from about 7 million to just under 14 million between 1880 and 1920. However
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grown cynical and cruel. This interaction caused the Lakota culture to change a great deal during the nineteenth century. Horses and guns brought about a dramatic change in the Lakota’s culture. They “enabled them to seize and defend their rich hunting grounds‚ to follow the great migrating herds of buffalo that shaped their distinctive way of life‚ and by the middle of the nineteenth century to evolve into the proud and powerful monarchs of the northern Great Plains (R6).” They acquired their first
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SP History 117 – Final Exam Two Professor JKW May 23‚ 2013 The Demise of European Liberalism in the Nineteenth Century Word Count: 1‚692 (excludes footnotes and works cited) During the long nineteenth century‚ liberalism gained increasing support and popularity as an alternative to the political doctrines of conservatism‚ socialism‚ and communism. European liberals subscribed to diverse political ideologies and methods of governance; however‚ they all shared common threads
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WOMEN ’S STATUS IN MID 19TH-CENTURY ENGLAND A BRIEF OVERVIEW by Helena Wojtczak It takes a considerable leap of the imagination for a woman of the 21st century to realise what her life would have been like had she been born 150 years ago. We take for granted nowadays that almost any woman can have a career if she applies herself. We take for granted that women can choose whether or not to marry‚ and whether or not to have children‚ and how many‚ Women of the mid-19th century had no such choices
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In the early 19th century‚ women were treated differently than men. Married women were denied the rights to own and manage property‚ to form contracts‚ to sue and be sued‚ and to gain legal control over children. Women were also prohibited from voting or holding public office and denied access to higher education and the professions. Married women had no legal identity apart from their husbands. Divorced women could not even gain custody of their children. During this time period men were expected
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The late 19th and early 20th centuries marked an unprecedented start of political expansion by European countries‚ The New Imperialism. The time for political expansion had arrived due to major powers rapidly growing. By this time Europe already seized power in India‚ the Ottoman Empire‚ and various locations in North America. Numerous attempts were taken earlier in the century‚ but inevitably failed because of their lack of military power. With the start of the Industrial Revolution and a sudden
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During the 19th century‚ change was in the air. Industrialization‚ involving the movement of labor and resources away from agriculture and toward manufacturing and commercial industries‚ was in progress. As a result‚ thousands of women were moving from the domestic life to the industrial world. During the 19th century‚ the family economy was replaced by a new patriarchy which saw women moving from the small‚ safe world of family workshops or home-based businesses to larger scale sweatshops and factories
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musical life of the 19th century. Due: 4 October 2012 The 19th century was an era of change. There were lots of progression in technology‚ science‚ and philosophy that gradually turned European society away from the past centuries. Women’s status in the 19th century Europe also changed. Many of the 19th century women were able to have a profession as they received higher and wider education‚ and also allowed to have more participation in society. In the musical life of 19th century Europe‚ numbers
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powerful states to force their culture and societal systems upon subjugated‚ or less powerful‚ people. These formal and informal efforts are often based on ethnocentrism and were exemplified by the social Darwinist movement of the late nineteenth century. Cultural imperialism is responsible for the spread of some positive values‚ including democracy and equal rights‚ but it also brought about the demise of many indigenous cultures and languages and provided a justification for colonialism. During
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In the era of Reconstruction to the end of the 19th century‚ the United States underwent an economic change marked by the rapid expansion of big business. The rapid corporate growth in America started in the end of 1860s‚ after the end of Civil War. The first period of Big Business rise matched with important changes in the American society. These were the end of Civil War‚ abolishment of slavery and several other political reforms‚ resolution of social tension between the North and the South‚ and
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