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women at a standstill and not even a second thought. I do agree with the statement that the historian proposed after learning about minority struggles throughout this unit. The most important topic of the quote and issue for America in the early 1800s was economic status and advancement. Many white Americans only cared about the benefits that they will received therefore only looked out for themselves. In this time the status was determined by wealth, in order to be looked at as superior one…

held their merit for a period of time. However by the 1900’s, one concept had dominated the medical landscape. The continued development of medical theories symbolized the increased complexity of thinking between physicians and scientists. During the 1800’s, major infectious diseases like cholera, tuberculosis, typhus, and yellow fever strongly emerged in Europe with the etiology of these infections far to be known. Some of the early concepts that could have explained such diseases included the…

in the 1800s In the early 1800s, sectionalism between the North and the South was based on slavery. While the North completely disagreed with the idea of slavery, the South was all for the idea of slavery. As more time has passed, slavery became a greater issue. Throughout the United States of America, life for the slaves had slightly changed. The states of the North had become anti-slavery and the states of the South became slavery supporters. This is a relation to sectionalism in the 1800s…

History tells a story about a time that the hospital, LTC system and mental health were all connected to one another and were all serviced in the same manner. Well, maybe there wasn’t really a hospital, nursing home or asylum so to speak of but there were people who had conditions or were poor and could not take care of themselves which resulted in a need which brought life to the health care facilities and models of care that we recognize today. Early in American history, few people lived to…

During the 19th century, the increase of labor grew, men, women, and even children worked. But, what happened to America to accepted the usage of child labor? Simply, The Industrial Revolution. Moreover, with the economy moving from farming to manufacture based, families began to struggle financially, parent were not able to support their families, leading to have their children to help out. It was quite common for families to have their children to work, instead of pursuing an education.…

After the War of 1812, shifts in technology and economic growth ushered in transformational changes into the American society. Since major populations and trade centers were landlocked, it made bulk shipments difficult to mobilize on a national scale. Such challenges served as a catalyst for change in efforts to achieve greater economic outcomes. Needs for improvements become increasingly linked to transportation, infrastructure, and communication. By the nineteenth century, the…

Although children were servants throughout most of human history, child labor reached new extremes during the Industrial Revolution. The Conditions children worked in were horrific and violated human rights, these practices needed to come to an end. Nineteenth century reformers and labor organizers sought to restrict child labor and improve working conditions but, it took a huge effort to sway public opinion. Forms of child labor such as indentured servitude and child slavery have existed all…

When the founding fathers wrote the Constitution, slavery was an issue, but they chose not to include the abolishment of slaves in the writing because they felt the use of slaves was dying out. This was true, the economy in the South was bad enough that trading slaves was too big of an investment, but all that changed when the cotton gin was invented in the late 1700’s. The cotton gin had made growing and producing cotton much cheaper, and many plantations were established to venture into the…

Native American 's Treatment In The 1800s Have you thought of all the land that is the now U.S? Have you thought about how exactly did they acquire the land? No one thinks of the people who lives were giving or taken for the expandtion of this great nation. The treatment that was endured by the Native Americans for more land, by greedy white settlers. Although the white settlers desired more land for settlement,the treatment of the Native American harsh and unjust. Bureau of Indian Affairs:…

Urban london in the 1800's was a place to experiment because london was known for place with somber individuals. Like Jekyll and Hyde in the book “ Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Stevenson. Strange Case was written with the time of the Victorian Period in the 1800’s. Jekyll resided in the Soho district of London, and Hyde transformation happened in Regents Park. The city of London in this story is described as a foggy, dark place with very little light. Stevenson’s…