expectancy was very low. Many epidemics occurred in the new and thriving industrial centers of America‚ where rapid urbanization had not provided for adequate sanitation or living conditions for the burgeoning middle class. Major epidemics were caused by such diseases as yellow fever‚ cholera‚ tuberculosis (TB)‚ influenza‚ measles‚ scarlet fever‚ malaria‚ and diphtheria. The average American city during the 19th century was a breeding ground for the frequent epidemics that occurred‚ killing thousands. Port
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21th century American is the definition of free world. The citizens of the country have the freedom to do almost everything. They have freedom of speech‚ freedom to go anywhere anytime‚ take any job‚ they can wear anything they like‚ chose to life anywhere they want. However‚ today’s American wasn’t always like this. Today’s America was built of greed and unethical acts. Until late 1800 century‚ Americans were allow to have slaves. At that time slaves were people of color‚ mostly black people shipped
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had been thriving in Europe since its beginnings in the 16th century‚ 19th century America was still a relatively young‚ focusing its growth elsewhere. Musically‚ opera did not appeal to the common American‚ who was much more interested in simpler tastes. Interest in opera was mostly shared among the upper class elite‚ and due to the lack of a middle class‚ wasn’t largely established in the general public until the turn of the 20th century. Socioeconomic limitations reinforced the exclusivity of opera
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During the nineteenth -century America was known for it ’s drinking abilities. The question some people want to know is "was early nineteenth-century America really a nation of drunkards" (Rorabaugh 5)? The United States was among the most addicted of nations‚ that in this respect it had out stripped all of Europe‚ and that "no other people ever indulged‚ so universally." Alcohol was looked upon as a disease like the plague and it was spreading wider and wider throughout the country. It was being
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19th Century due to events such as the Stono rebellion of 1739‚ different demands for slaves‚ political issues‚ and laws that were passed. There were different rankings for slaves based on gender‚ skills‚ and use for which the master had in mind. Repercussions for slaves varied widely but were all very horrific. The struggles faced by female slaves in the antebellum south ranged widely and was much different from the struggles that males faced. Slavery will always be a deep scar that America will
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WOMEN: THE NEW ART PATRONS IN 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY AMERICA Art was not always a woman’s pursuit‚ like it is nowadays. In the late 18th century‚ during the Enlightenment‚ the idea of the “gentleman” pervaded American culture‚ as exemplified by Ben Franklin. Arts‚ natural sciences and humanities became de rigueur for respectable men. This continued throughout the early 20th century‚ until the end of the westward expansion and the transformation of the United States from a rural to an urban society
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advances of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and their impact on society Mico University College Student`s name: Chante Jackson Student`s Id: 1121610116 Course name: Revolutions Lecturer: Ms. A Jackson Due Date: October 25‚ 2012 Essay Plan * The introduction gives some brief information on the scientific revolution and then it zooms in to give information on what took place in the 17th and 18th century * The body start with the 17th century scientific advances made by
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Alexander G. Kline Honors The American Century 04/10/2012 Mr. Dietz Today I went to the mall to observe and write down how racism is still around and the different ethnic groups in society. I went to the Berkshire Mall with a fellow classmate David Knauer. Together we found a total of 5 groups of people‚ African Americans‚ Asians‚ Latinos‚ Whites‚ And a mixed racial couple. They were all so different from each other in every way. The AA’s were about 17 or 18 and all dressed in sports jerseys
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people of Europe know that the sixteenth century would be the start of something that would change their lives forever; the discovery of the Americas. The encounter caused the economic power in Europe to shift from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic‚ causing effects such as the Price Revolution in Spain‚ which increased the power of the middle class‚ and the Columbian Exchange which spread goods from the Old and New World. Prior to the encounter with the Americas‚ the economic power of Europe was Italy
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In the late 19th century America went through various transformations‚ with regional changes as well as rural and urban transformations‚ with political movements‚ urbanization‚ labor movements‚ and even Reconstruction and Westward Expansion; these are only a few examples of transformation that America underwent. The Unions victory in the Civil War in 1865 over the Emancipation Proclamation meant that nearly four million slaves gained their freedom‚ leaving the Confederates and southern states upset
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