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    It was the 1960s, gas was cheap, 37 cents a gallon on average, and people were finding their way back to normal life after World War 2. Racial tensions and tension with the USSR were coming to turning points, art and music were growing as an outlet for personal expression. The economy was circulating as the decade was run by democratic presidents between 1961 and 1969.The 1960s were a decade of change, and the auto industry was no exception. In the 1960s the automobile industry was shaped by a…

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    Ads can be an effective way to reach a specific audience, unfortunately not all of these ads pull this off effectively. Even those who do manage to pull of this task, sometimes end up achieving a hidden agenda. In the 1960’s, Volkswagen, an automotive company, put out several ads in magazines, which many would see as questionable by today’s standard. Specifically, in 1964, they put out one of their most controversial yet. They set out to advertise their brand new car named Beettle. An image of a…

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    Ancient World Changes

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    Societies have changed from the Ancient world to the Modern world by Farming, Trading, Migration and Settlement. Although there are many more ways Societies have changed but these are the main ways. Societies changed because of inventions, the more inventions, and the easier life became until the modern world appeared. Migration and Population was an important thing in the Ancient world because the more people that migrated into a country, the more the population grew consequently, the more…

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    Like forceful conduct at home, stalking is a wrongdoing of constrain and control. Stalking is conservatively portrayed as "a course of lead facilitated at a specific person that incorporates reiterated (no less than two occasions) visual or physical region, nonconsensual correspondence, or verbal, created, or induced risks, or a mix thereof, that would realize a sensible individual fear." Stalking hones in like manner may consolidate constant cases of leaving or sending the setback undesirable…

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    1. The factory system was better than the domestic system because more objects were produced in a smaller amount of time. There were only so many people in a house to get a job done and with the “machinery” they had, it took awhile for projects to be finished. It was explained that “Work done at home – hence the “domestic” in the title – was slow and laborious” (Trueman). This shows how work took awhile to do and you had to be skilled to be able to produce anything. In the factory system, there…

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    The industrialization of America had a monumental impact on the citizens. Life of the nation’s people knew it would be revolutionized. With reconstruction comes the upsides and the downsides, so there were critics such as Henry George and Edward Bellamy. Also, this was a time of change for women, questions regarding ‘place’, purpose, and morality were too brought to light by the likes of Frances E. Willard. Many proposed ideas to improve or rebel against industrialization, but not all ideas were…

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    Dbq Victorian Era

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    Into the 1790s much of the Savvy investment trends started to fade and most the canals were actually built on mere speculation many thought that just the fact that I can I was built that it would automatically result in wealth. but that was not the case. more than 40 of these new canals were made and very few turned profits. despite this fact there were still hundreds of successful canals, And the canals uses only increased exponentially into the 1800s. as a result the face of British…

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    Today, when many people hear the words nineteenth and twentieth century america, many automatically express that the progressive reformers had the greatest effect on America’s progress during this time period, however shouldn't something be said about the industrialists? In the decades following the Civil War, America arose as a modern industrial giant. Old industries remained, and various new ones emerged, for example, oil refining, steel fabrication, and electrical power. Railroads enormously…

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    The Industrial Revolution was an era of economic reform in modern history. In this era, the transformation of labor force formed major impact on children and their families. For these groups, they must be prepare for newly urban life primarily labor. On July 10, 1909, Lewis W. Hine, an American photographer and sociologist, wrote,“Child Labor In The Canning Industry of Maryland” to his editor. Inside his account, he tells a story of an average American factory workers who shares their thoughts…

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    The installment of railroads had social and economical benefits in American History. It influenced the development of other movements in history, such as the way we traded, the places we lived, and the and the environments of the communities. The lasting effects of the increased use of railways are seen today as the cities, which were built around the railroads have grown increasingly in size and popularity, such as Chicago, Illinois or Sacramento, California. Railroads became the means of…

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