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    What are Canada’s greatest achievements of the 20th century? Huda Elmi There were a bunch of achievements that happened in the 20th century. The ones I picked are the ones I thought were really interesting to me. Achievement means a thing done successfully‚ typically by effort‚ courage‚ or skill. People are proud of achievements and it can occur after wars‚ laws that were made or even things like entertainment that people liked. Dwight once said “accomplishments will prove to be a journey

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    phenomenon that began in black and white. Today it is a revolution of advancement. From the set top box to high definition plasmas‚ the television has changed the world. In order to understand how television over the 19th and 20th century changed the way we use technology‚ this paper will focus on the rapid pace in which new technologies are being developed‚ the impact television has had on radio and establishing how television was affected by the internet. Finally‚ delving into the relationship between

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    Prior to 1900’s * Unequal Treaties unfair for China * Qing Dynasty (1644 1912) * 1842: War over trade Britons want to trade Chinese opium for their tea C don’t want opium B and C battle it out C lose disastrously leads to Treaty of Nanjing: B gets Hong Kong starts to take over parts of China * extraterritoriality: citizens of ruling country abide by their own country’s laws * Most Favored Nation status: * 1844: Treaty of Whampoa French open up

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    In 1919 there was a very common issue of poverty in Melbourne.There was very poor areas all around Melbourne‚ there would be small homes that poor people would live in. People would buy small house because its less work to clean and easier to maintain.Some of the main areas that poor people would live in was Richmond and thats were the main character of the book the runner Charlie Feehan was living.The place that the poor people would live in was called the slums. These areas would be all polluted

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    Henry Demarest Lloyd-Journalist who was notable for‚ pre-1900‚ attacking the Standard Oil Company with his book "Wealth Against Commonwealth" Thorstein Veblem- An economist who wrote “Theory of the Leisure Class”. He condemned and criticized conspicuous consumerism where status is displayed and conveyed through consumption. Jacob Riis- Early 1900’s muckraker who exposed social and political evils in the U.S. with his novel "How The Other Half Lives". He exposed the poor conditions of tenements

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    all of them have a dream which to have the American dream. This causes a melting pot which means everyone wants to be the same. By reading Burro Genius every one should be like a salad everyone has a different role. By being as one whole is like boring or dull which no one wants that. There is one memoir where stereotyping is everything it is Burro Genius by Victor Villaseñor. This book is about Victor living the life of a Mexican and how they struggle with stereotypes and racism. Stereotypes can

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    Kari Mathes Art 101 Professor Plourde Pablo Picasso Born October‚ 25th 1881 in Malaga Spain‚ Pablo Picasso became one of the most well-known and influential artists of the 20th century. His father‚ Don Jose Ruiz Blasco‚ was an art teacher and a painter. From an early age he showed interest in art and loved to doodle. According to biography.com by the time Pablo was “13 years old his paintings were already better executed than his father ’s.” In his lifetime Picasso was known for being a womanizer

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    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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    Romanov Dynasty Revision Tutorial Social Structure of 20th Century Russia  Largest country‚ land is quite useless (only 5% could be used for farming)  Russia was ruled by an autocrat who had absolute power  Serfdom and slavery was entrenched in Russian society  By 1914‚ 125 million people lived in Russia and of these only 55700 000 were Great Russians. What problems did this create??? Alexander I‚ Nicholas I and Alexander II • Contact with other European nations came under the reign of Alexander

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    Ei Mrityu Upotyoka Aamar Desh Naa: The Role of 20th Century Poetry In Critiquing And Resisting ‘Nationalism’ The 20th century witnessed‚ perhaps more dramatically than any other era of human socio-political history‚ a realignment and redefinition of political‚ cultural and geographical patterns. On one hand‚ the main driving force behind this movement came in the form of the two World Wars‚ throwing Europe‚ Asia and USA into a slaughter would change‚ within a span of 30 years or so‚ the entire power

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