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    destroyed machinery as a means of protest. They were supposedly led by a man named Ned Ludd‚ though he may have been an apocryphal figure. Contents * Britain: Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution * Innovation and Industrialization * Transportation and the Industrial Revolution * Communication and Banking in the Industrial Revolution * Quality of Life during Industrialization * Industrialization Moves Beyond Britain Britain: Birthplace of the Industrial

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    In 1860 and 1861 eleven of the southern states declared their secession from the Union creating the Confederate States. This act caused widespread conflict and the Civil War followed quickly after. The Southern states were led to secede from the Union by many different factors‚ including the question of slavery‚ the election of Abraham Lincoln‚ and the “right of self government.” In 1850‚ John C. Calhoun asked the question‚ “What is it that has endangered the Union?” in his speech "The Clay Compromise

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    Canada 1900

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    First Nation • A term used in place of “Indian band / nation” Pre-WW1 • Many Aboriginal peoples found themselves increasingly displaced as immigration increases in Canada • Illness and disease were becoming problems – Aboriginal populations were declining • Federal government’s policy of assimilation was being carried out through use of the residential school system‚ enforced farming‚ and reserve system o Residential schools had been set up under the 1876 InAct because the Act stated

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    The political compromise during the period of 1820 to 1860 was unable to reduce sectional tension during this time period. According to Tom Meltzer and Jean H. Bennett‚ in their book CRACKING THE AP U.S. HISTORY EXAM‚ “The new period of expansion resulted in a national debate over slavery‚ as would every period of expansion to follow until the Civil War resolved the slavery question.” The Missouri Compromise‚ the Compromise of 1850‚ and… were just a quick fix for the inevitable to come‚ the civil

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    Question 1: In 1900s as the population of the black community increase in many southern cities so is also the need to build more affordable houses that they will live in. The characteristics that plagued the black community in the 1900s even up till now is that majority of the working class in the black community are lower income earners. There is high rate of unemployment and crime rate. There also exists high rate of maternity. The challenge city planners face is to carry out a land reform considering

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    Columnar Transportation

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    Columnar Transposition Introduction The Columnar Transposition cipher is very simple and easy to implement cipher. It is a transposition cipher that follows a simple rule for mixing up the characters in the plaintext to form the cipher text. How it works In a columnar transposition‚ the message is written out in rows of a fixed length‚ and then read out again column by column‚ and the columns are chosen in some scrambled order. Both the length of the rows and the permutation of the columns are

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    HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT Definition A hazardous waste is any waste or combination of wastes that poses a substantial danger‚ now or in the future‚ to human‚ plant or animal life and which therefore cannot be handled or disposed of without special precautions. The Hazards and Disasters can be classified into four categories viz.‚ Natural events‚ Technological events‚ Man-made events and Region-wise events. The adverse impacts caused due to the indiscriminate disposal of Hazardous Wastes (HWs)

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    Slavery 1680-1860

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    The execrable path to freedom It was simply a low wage job‚ cleaning‚ cooking and beckoning to there owners needs. They owned there own property where there families live and attended the local churches every Sunday. With time they had freedom‚ agreements to be released from indentured servants and free with rights. Indentured servants were quite scarce and expensive and the issue of equal rights presented a major challenge to developing slave states like Virginia. Indentured servants slowly became

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    to Mid-1800’s Throughout American history‚ African Americans fought to establish their own culture. Even though they were silenced by white laws and stereotypes‚ African Americans created their own distinct culture‚ to a certain extent from 1800 to 1860. By mixing their African American traditions and Christian ideas‚ they formed a religion‚ their own version of Christianity. African American rebellions‚ though small and infrequent‚ were used to express their beliefs on slavery and add to their distinct

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    In the late 1800-early 1900’s‚ immigrants began to settle in cities in large numbers. As a result of this increase in population‚ cities began to grow and change. People who come to life perinatally in a foreign country are known as immigrants. Immigrants came to america to start new and better lives. Immigrants came from all different countries but in the late 1800-early 1900’s immigrants mainly came from europe and asia. Immigrants would take a long journey to ellis island‚ where they would take

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