During the 19th century‚ the United States underwent a great awakening in sanitation and public health. The nation was experiencing unprecedented levels of population growth as a result of the rise in immigration and industrialization. The accepted theories of how disease spread were based on false premises‚ ultimately diminishing any incentive to implement sanitary reforms. However‚ through international travel‚ the contagious disease‚ cholera‚ spread to the United States from Europe. Cholera ravaged
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Utilitarianism was a movement that took off during the enlightenment at the end of the 18th century and through the beginning of the 19th century. The fact that this took off at the same time as the enlightenment is no coincidence‚ as that was when the general public began to lose trust in the church. Utilitarianism is the belief that the most correct action is always what serves the greatest good for the greatest number of people. This was revolutionary in its time because it goes against the major
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22nd January 08 Describe Law And Order In C19th London London in the late 19th century was quite clearly split into two main classes‚ rich and poor. There wasn’t really an in-between‚ and not only were the classes split by income‚ but also where they lived. The rich mainly resided in the West End of the great city‚ while the poor in the East End. At the time London was one of the largest cities in the world‚ and therefore one of the main areas of attraction and action for all. People would
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The role of women during the 19th century was important and was undergoing many changes because of the start of the women’s right movement. Additionally‚ the women’s role in society was very different from all of the other countries in Europe because of the political situation of the country. Women still had many restrictions and a good woman was considered someone who stayed at home and obeyed her husband. Therefore‚ women were not allowed to attend high school until 1850’s‚ In addition‚ upper class
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Women’s Rights Movement There were several different reform movements in the 19th century. They were inspired by Transcendentalism and the Second Great Awakening. The movements that the Americans started were some of the following: Temperance‚ Abolition‚ Prisons and Asylums‚ Education‚ and Women’s Rights. The latter is one of the biggest‚ most revolutionary of the bunch. The women built their rights movement on their efforts to achieve social justice and to improve the way of life for humans. Starting
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During the 19th century‚ there was a phase of mysterious deaths that occurred. This was also the time when green wallpaper was the must-have decoration in every household. People flocked to buy anything with this with green pigment‚ but green wallpaper was the main target. A man named William Morris was a founder of the British Arts and Crafts movement who wanted to revive the hand-crafting process of creating good and neglected the use of machinery and mass production. He became an icon for the
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American Expansionism During the 19th and 20th Centuries Expansionism in America during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century shared many similarities and differences to that of previous American expansionist ideals. Either way most Americans believed that we must expanded beyond our borders to make America appear as a strong nation. Americans believed that the U.S. was a strong nation‚ we just needed to prove so by taking whatever land we pleased and call it ours. This idea was displayed
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In the early 19th century‚ there were not many options outside of marriage for middle-class women which is likely due to the taboo that surrounded woman of the middle-class needing to work. The opening paragraph James Hammerton’s article “Feminism and Female Emigration” explains that even education for these women was geared toward preparing them for married life‚ which ultimately hindered those with the intent of entering the female workforce. Incidentally‚ there was a disparity between the population
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The Populist Party was a short-lived political party in the United States in the late 19th century. It flourished particularly among western farmers‚ based largely on its opposition to the gold standard. Although the party did not remain a lasting feature of the political landscape‚ many of its positions have become adopted over the course of the following decades. The very term "populist" has since become a generic term in U.S. politics for politics which appeals to the common person in opposition
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kids playing. With increasing industrialization resulting in Americans working outside the home in factories‚ it became unfeasible to go home to lunch every day‚ thus it was necessary to have something to protect and transport a meal. Since the 19th century‚ American industrial workers have used sturdy containers to hold hardy lunches‚ consisting of foods such as hard-boiled eggs‚ vegetables‚ meat‚ coffee‚ and pie.
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