There were many different scientific advances during the late 19th century‚ but one specific scientific advance that I will be discussing is the discovery of physics through X-rays and radiation‚ which was discovered by Wilhelm Röntgen. After he published a paper on his discovery of X-rays in 1895‚ there was great study and research done by physicists such as: Antonie Henri Becquerel‚ Marie Curie‚ and Ernest Rutherford on radioactivity and the formation of radiation through x-rays. Although Wilhelm
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Unfortunately‚ in the late 19th century it was all too common. Black people were treated as nothing more than slaves‚ though they had recently been freed. The Southerners still felt as if they weren’t being treated fairly. The country was divided While it was a start on their long journey for equality‚ many people wanted to speed it up. People of all races and genders decided it was well past time to revolutionize the United States to become a united and equal place for everyone both socially
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Civil War and Reconstruction period recognized that the nation had passed through perhaps the single most significant transformative period in its history. Technology and Labor unions had a profound effect on Industrial workers in the nineteenth century. As technology advanced‚ it forced workers into monotonous positions that led them to form labor unions to fight for changes in their work. These factors opposed each other under a strained economy where employers didn’t recognize worker’s rights.
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continued to blanket the city for four days. Although this is a short period of time‚ the smog had a fatal aftermath. This still continues today and affects the people who were exposed to the toxic fumes. There were many things that contributed to the way the smog started‚ ended‚ and how it became toxic. One main reason why the smog started and lasted so long was because of the weather. There was a high-pressure air mass stalled over the Thames River Valley. This happened because cold air came in
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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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changed history is the Industrial Revolution. “The Industrial Revolution was a period from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture‚ manufacturing‚ mining‚ and transport had a profound effect on the social‚ economic‚ and cultural conditions starting in Britain‚ then subsequently spreading throughout Europe‚ North America‚ and eventually whole world” (Cummingham). The Industrial Revolution influenced every aspect of daily life in Europe during the 19th century. There are many factors
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Women in the Middle East During the Late 19th and Early 20th Century As a result of Western imperialism circa 1900‚ throughout the Middle East things began to change. European writers and tourists flooded into Middle Eastern countries and developed a very exoticized view of the men and particularly women who lived there. Ultimately the general consensus was that Middle Eastern women were oppressed by Middle Eastern men. Through the Western lens this perceived oppression was indicative of the “uncivilized”
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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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Although America up to the nineteenth century is a nation full of bustling people living their own separate and original lives‚ people today look at the past with a narrow and romanticized perspective. It is easy to stereotype and stigmatize people who live in certain eras because they will never be known-- they are defined by the events they live through. However‚ it is possible to rediscover that time does not change what makes everyone human. Americans of the past defend themselves through their
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During the 19th century‚ nationalistic thoughts began to infiltrate Europe‚ which eventually lead up to unifications‚ as well as the First World War. Nationalism began as each ethnicity began to feel a sense of individuality and identity. Nationalism was the start of independence and revolutions‚ even after the Congress of Vienna‚ which sought to continue conservative ways. With the rise of nationalism in the 19th‚ it catalyzed many wars including World War One. At the beginning of the 19th century
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