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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In 19th century Europe the conflict between the notions of the nation state and empire were created through the desire for more supremacy and division of ideas‚ being both imperial and nationalistic. This tension was mostly centered around the ideas of what Europe was at the time and what is would work to become. Ideological differences between nations and empires created geo-political conflict. Many thinkers of the time espoused individual rights and‚ detested many forms of imperial rule. With the
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The 19th and the 20th century were the time periods that all kinds of theological ideas‚ social movements‚ humanity explorations and wars exploded at the same time. In the nineteenth century‚ either the Roman Catholic Churches or the Protestant Churches sacrificed great human resources and wealth on sending missionaries to countries such as Korea and China. The church interacted with the world from a self-centered way. More than one century’s global mission‚ the church used the old mind to face the
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nineteenth and early twentieth century shared many similarities and differences to that of previous American expansionist ideals. In both cases of American expansionism‚ the Americans believed that we must expand our borders in order to keep the country running upright. Also‚ the Americans believed that the United States was the strongest of nations‚ and that they could take any land they pleased. This is shown in the "manifest destiny" of the 1840’s and the "Darwinism" of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s
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revolution:19th-20th centuries Throughout history‚ the medical innovations made have changed how we did and saw things when it came to our medical needs. In the hundreds of years‚ people have discovered many details vital to our survival and maintaining a healthy and knowledgeable lifestyle. The medical revolution was different depending on where you lived and the resources available. In the 19th century the “medical developments” were a “continuation from the the 18th century (Lyons‚ S. Albert)”
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Major Inventions of the Late 19th Century and Early 20th Century They have been many major inventions within the late 19th and early 20th century. Throughout history‚ these inventions have made great impacts on society. Three of these inventions that made the greatest impact are the telephone‚ the telegraph‚ and the light bulb. Each of these inventions has made a different impact in some way but they are still some of the greatest inventions. The telephone has left a huge impact on the world
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Towards the end of the 19th century and early 20th century‚ Chicago was one of the most desirable cities for immigration. It had railway access and ports and its slaughterhouse and industrial business provided for unskilled workers. Most immigration to Chicago started in or near the 1830s to 1850s. In the 1840s‚ large amounts of Irish immigrants came to Chicago because of the Great Potato Famine in Ireland. Large numbers of Germans‚ Irish‚ Swedes‚ Norwegians‚ Canadians‚ Czechs‚ Poles‚ Greeks‚ and
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European goods that they couldn’t usually get‚ and in turn‚ helped improve their social status. It opened the continent to exploration and established social and economic relationships between the Europeans and Indigenous people. I believe that the rise of disease was the most significant factor in the fur trade and had the most impact on the British Columbia population and First Nations people. During the initial stages of the fur trade‚ the first explorers arrived on ships to what is now British
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United States includes the Depression era. During the Depression era stock markets crashed and companies went bankrupt leaving everyone without money or even jobs. FDR made a promise to Americans in order to try and end the Great Depression‚ called the New Deal. He input work relief programs‚ banking reform laws‚ emergency relief programs‚ agricultural programs‚he added the Social Security Act and Union protection programs. Now to discuss the Cold War. The 2nd world war was between the U.S. and Soviet
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During the late 19th century and the early 20th century‚ European countries began their scramble for Africa which caused African to suffer from violence like wars‚ slavery and unfairness‚ but there was also a positive‚ peaceful and diplomatic consequences and events in Africa like fair trade system‚ new technology and the security given to Africans under European rule. An additional document written by an African commoner would help to further assess the African actions and reactions by telling what
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