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Child Labor was the most effective reform from The Gilded Age because it impacted most of the working children, and factories in United States. “Child labor began to decline as the labor and reform movements grew and labor standards in general began improving, increasing the political power of working people and other social reformers to demand legislation regulating child labor”. As the problem of child labor grew more and more attention, people started to make unions and reforms to help…

A time that gave us the Magna Carta, nations like England, France, Spain, and Japan. Heroes like Joan of Arc, the Shogun and Knights, commerce, a new economy should not be called “Dark”. The Middle Ages is the time that goes from 400 CE, after the fall of the Roman Empire, to 1400 CE. During this time Europe experienced the crusades, which led to the unification of kingdoms and new commerce routes between Europe, Africa, and Asia. The medieval feudal system developed during this time, with…

ideals their predecessors throughout the Middle Ages had emphasized, revamping concepts of the individual in their works. In particular, they focused on realistic depiction of new subject matters, deliberate creation using artistic abilities, and importance of human ideals. Contrary to religious figures of the Medieval Ages’ art, in the Renaissance, patrons of the arts began to commission artists to create art about classical themes. The medieval ages were times when strong ties between artists…

The general theme from the lecture and readings of the Emerging Modern World and Age of Discovery focuses on the big picture behind 15th century history and what we all know as the Age of Discovery. Not only was this time period filled with exploration, more significantly, this was a time of expansion and conquest. When we use the word “discovery” to describe this time period, we can often overlook what really happened behind the scenes, which was essentially the extermination of millions of…

A man named (Petrarch) From Europe was the man who brought the name "dark age" in 500-1500 AD (Movie Talk- The Dark Ages).The dark age was not just dark but light too. There was many dark periods like the black death. There was also many growth periods too, like education improved. There was many growth periods in the dark age but the dark age had more bad periods than good. The (dark age) was not just all just bad it had some good periods in it too. For example, Document C discusses how Europe…

The Middle Ages were, in a certain way, a time of darkness. Stories and history were primarily passed on through the ages by word of mouth. However, this changed when a man, a monk named Bede, took pieces of history and wrote books describing these historical events. Bede was able to learn through his monastery’s library and became the Middle Ages’ greatest scholar. Without him, our knowledge of this time period might have been limited and historical events lost. Around the time of Bede’s birth…

Age discrimination is where elderly or people who is 40 years of age that suffered unlawful and have been harmed by a decision affecting your employment. It is also involves treating someone less favourable because of his or her age. For example, you did not get the job because the employer wanted a younger-looking person, the promotion opportunities goes for the younger who come from other company, you had been told that you weren’t flexible in handling on new project, or you were fired because…

that would be incorrect. In fact, life in the early middle ages was not in reality considerably darker or more savage compared with various times, and the period saw its own offer of political, social, financial and religious change. In the following essays, I’m going to tell you why the dark ages shouldn’t be referred to as such due to the advances in education, architecture and religion. The education system created in the dark ages (still utilized today in a few schools) was the framework…

The age of exploration in Europe was fueled by many different factors. The main desire was for new sources of wealth. Europe was hoping to make money trading spices and other luxury goods from Asia, and could only do this by overseas exploration. Another goal was to spread Christianity. The Crusades had left a feeling of hostility between the Christians and the Muslims. The Christians believed they needed to keep fighting the Muslims and convert non-Christians from all over the world. A final…

An Italian Scholar in 1300s, Petrarch used the term "Dark Age" to describe the period in Europe after the fall of Rome. Even though some stated it was in a dark age, it was more in a period of growth. Why it is more in a period of growth it is because there were good things happening like new universities built. Europe is more in a period of growth than a dark age. Europe was not in a dark age, more of a period of growth because of some good things that happen. For example, Document C…