Many alcoholics were sent to alcohol addiction centers and alcohol asylums. These places often didn’t make a difference in the patients drinking habits. Soon though‚ in the 1940’s Alcoholics Anonymous support groups began popping up in major U.S. Cities. Soon these groups began diffusing around America‚ and many lives were saved because of these groups. Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are still one way that alcoholics receive treatment
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Indigenous children in Australia were unfairly taken from their families in the 1900’s by Australian authorities who held the idea that the aboriginal culture would die out. The authorities wrongly thought that the Aboriginal culture was a bad influence to the indigenous children. On top of that‚ they accused the indigenous families of abusing their children. But in reality‚ they had no proof; as a result‚ the Aboriginal tribes suffered and their family trees will be forever affected. Even though
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‘separate spheres’. This ideology emphasised that men and women were to occupy distinct arenas: whilst women remained within the private domestic sphere of the home‚ men occupied the public sphere of politics‚ business and law. Prevailing ideas surrounding the distinction between femininity and masculinity became increasingly evident and translated into practice before 1850. Gender came to be considered as the power relations between men and women‚ whereby separate spheres of activity were institutionalised
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During this time period the working conditions‚ health issues and metal stability of workers was at an all-time low. Especially in the meat packing industries were this family had to endure many hardships. These problems include overworking their employees‚ failing to maintain basic safety measures‚ as well as being completely unsanitary. An example of this is when Jurgis is forced to work in an unheated slaughterhouse during winter‚ and when he sprains his ankle due to an unsafe work environment
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opportunities for people with disabilities. In the 1800s‚ it was considered generous that the disabled were segregated from society. Many were regarded as freaks or aberrations‚ and were consequently locked up in asylums and sanitariums. In the early 1900s‚ the Eugenics Movement began to grow‚ which specifically targeted people with disabilities. A multitude of disabled people were forced to undergo sterilization‚ in an attempt to prevent genetic imperfections. This clear violation of their civil
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Cassie Pinion Professor Smith AMH1020 11 December‚ 2015 In America‚ the 1920’s were a time of great social‚ cultural‚ and political change. Many people no longer lived on farms and were moving to the cities. The wealth of the nation had almost doubled in this decade. The consumer economy was booming and the market was flourishing. It was the time of the “Jazz Age‚” a change in social thinking‚ and women began to see more equality; to name a few. Freedom began to flourish and people had begun
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The Uses and Health Related Claims Made for Radium during the Early 1900s During the early 1900s‚ newly discovered radium was quite popular. People were awed by its mysterious properties rather than it lethal affects. Many uses were found for its luminescence when mixed with a phosphor. Initially‚ radium was widespread among everyday necessities such as toothpaste‚ hair tonic‚ ointments‚ elixir etc. Furthermore‚ radium was also one of the first cancer treatments; it was used as a radiation source
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Agency and Identity: Women in Early America The historiography of gender in American is a rich and diverse field that has made its presence felt throughout the discipline of history. Gender historians have found bountiful ground in the shifting social and economic structures of eighteenth and Nineteenth century North America‚ as well as the surrounding regions. The multi-national and multi-ethnic nature of the region has led to a multitude of new investigations on the roles played by gender and identity
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matter what‚ and being called by the “N” word. Society has labeled african-americans because no white person wants to live in the same neighborhood as a black person. In the article‚ “New Segregation Research Studies White Flight Patterns in the Early 1900s” the text states‚ “As blacks arrived in northern neighborhoods‚ more whites left. By the 1920s‚ there were more than three white departures for
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During the late 1800’s and early 1900’s‚ there were a lot of injustices in the United States. The Progressive Movement‚ which began in the late 1800’s attempted to bring about government reforms and correct injustices in America. One example of the problem in the U.S. was over population of the American cities. More and more people began to move cities from rural areas for jobs. As you can see in Document I‚ the cities were overcrowded and the infrastructure could not hold up with the influx of
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