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    Women in this era, are recognized as people and citizens. In the 1900’s. women struggled to even have social equality. Women demanded their position in the community and wanted to be acknowledge as significant members in society. However, before women achieved their standing position, this wasn’t the case for women living in the 1900’s. Today, women have established different standards and expectations that are equal to men such as; roles in society, political affairs, economic affairs, education

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    Racism In The 1900's

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    parents, grandparents were put into internment camps, later relocated to Santa Anita Racetrack (Lewis 7). There were many causes that created this “grave injustice,” but along the way there were also opportunities to avert the abuse of rights. In the 1900’s and prior, many non-white individuals faced discrimination and racism. Racism in general was a problem racism against african americans, and germans. On just the west coast there were 120,000 Japanese americans and all of them were forced out of

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    Racism is the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially to categorize it as inferior or superior to another race or races. Racism has changed a lot over the last century. In the early 1900s, most black people were suffering worse than white. The unemployment rates for blacks was fifty percent compared to the whites percentage of thirty. Blacks were also getting paid thirty percent less than whites. The National Recovery Act of 1933 was

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    1900s Vs Now

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    Mikaela Valovick Imagine you lived back in the 1900s. What is one thing that you would miss from today? Most people would probably say wifi or their phones. Technology is the biggest difference from back in the 1900s to today. Cell phones, entertainment, and even weapons have changed dramatically because of technology. Internet is one of the biggest differences in technology. Without internet we wouldn’t have half of the things that we do. We wouldn’t have Google or Wikipedia to quickly look something

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    Before the 1900s, anyone who wanted to participate in strength training had to either go to a gym to train or buy expensive weight lifting equipment. However, during the 1900s, the invention of the resistance band changed all that. During the early 1900s, resistance bands were used merely for surgical tubing. By the 1990s, psychotherapists were using resistance bands and accompanying exercises with their patients. As a result, resistance bands became a staple in the fitness world, rising to popularity

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    Republican governments under President Harding (1921-1923) and President Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929). The American foreign policy of Isolationism in the 1900's was a diplomatic and economic doctrine that aimed at self-advancement to make the United States economically self-reliant and retaining peace with other nations. The policy of Isolationism in the 1900's attempted to isolate the United States from the diplomatic affairs of other countries by avoiding foreign entanglements and entering into alliances

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    Empires In The 1900's

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    Colonized people across the globe were the ones responsible for their own destiny as they pushed for their independence from controlling empires. In the 1850’s to the 1900’s, there were many powerful countries, particularly in Europe, Asia and Africa that ruled through their colonial empires. This control was important as mother countries benefitted from their colony’s raw materials and labor. It didn’t take long for populations in these colonies to feel used as they started to realize that they

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    Teepees In The 1900's

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    In the 1900’s we used to have apaches in the United States. Apaches believed that supernatural beings lived with them. The apaches could not see them, but they were there. How the apaches built there teepees was they would use long poles, and buffalo skin. The women from every family would build the teepees, and it took up to 30 minutes to build. How they would build the teepees is the women would put the long poles up, then they would tie the poles together, and then the women would tightly wrap

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    that allowed for more freedom of movement. In 1921, Coco Chanel introduced the “drop-waist” dress, which were worn with long strings of glass beads or pearls. By 1925 these dresses resembled the shifts that were worn under the dresses of the early 1900. Evening dress were made up of mesh material, sleeveless, low v-neckline or backless, and sometimes adorned with sequence. These new fashions were advertised in fashion magazines that made their appearance in the 20s, Vouge, The Queen, and the

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    Summative Assessment Unit 2-Idealism and Influence In the late 1800’s through the early 1900’s, America’s identity was rapidly shifting as each new era came along. At the end of the each era, there were problems that were needed to be fixed. As Woodrow Wilson stated in What is Progress?, “The laws of this country have not kept up with the change of economic circumstances in this country; they have not kept up to the political circumstances.” The Industrial Era had left major tracks in America’s

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