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    Dating In The Mid-1900s

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    With each passing day, our lifestyle is constantly in the act of changing. The way we form relationships has changed over the years as well, but the relationship itself has not changed all that much. Dating in the mid-1900s was much more formalized than dating is today. Meeting someone in the 1960s was not just a simple task one was able to do by downloading an app and swiping left or right on someone’s picture. During this time my grandmother was a young teenager just learning about the dating

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    Women In The 1900's

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    instead of taking this incident as a reason to change women’s clothing, this incident became one of the reasons why today women play less sets than men, which was one of the reasons why they got less prize money than men. Tennis Clothes for Women in the 1900’s

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    Media In The 1900's

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    As each generation comes and goes, the things that define them come and go as well. In the late 1700’s and early 1800’s it was the Roman Catholic church, in the mid-1800’s to the early 1900’s it was technology and industrialization, then throughout the 1900’s it was war. Today and for the past ten plus years. Media has defined our generation. All types of media, social, news, mass, etc. is everywhere we look and it is how we see and perceive the world today. This is especially true when it comes

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    Back in the 1900s there was a rumor going around the small town of Jefferson that there was a haunted house back in the woods that nobody has ever been to in about 75 years. On May 24, 1922, 3 kids named Ashley, Billy, and Cody put it to the test to see if they could find this house that everyone had been talking about. When they found the house after 4 hours of searching for it, all 3 kids walked up to the house. From the outside the house was very scary, big bushed not trimmed down, veins running

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    (Carrasquillo 2014). The Social Evil Ordinance Act required a team of physicians to provide a health care option to prostitutes that treated women for sexually transmitted diseases (STD) (Elrod 2015). The United States noticed an increase in prostitutes in the 1900's and they were being taking advantage of and sold into sec slavery. A further law was put in to action in 1910 when the Federal Government

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    Teamwork is Key “When you get the rhythm in an eight, it’s pure pleasure to be in it. It's not hard work when the rhythm comes- that “swing” as they call it. I’ve heard men shriek out with delight when that swing came in an eight, it’s a thing they’ll never forget as long as they live.” -George Pocock     The 1936 Olympics was an international multi-sport event held in Berlin where eight young boys, against all odds, managed to row their way to their first gold medal in the eights rowing competition

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    Houses In The 1900's

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    People’s perspective of housing has changed greatly over time. Starting with the resource, limitations, and availability of everything that is needed. All of these things has shaped and helped form our society and social interactions. Houses in the 1900’s were very small, compact spaced structures. The ceiling heights were low, and the rooms usually weren’t air conditioned unless the house had windows, or the family had enough money to support their family and buy an air conditioner. 50 years ago

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    Slaughterhouses made quite noticeable changes in the 1900s, compared to the working conditions in the 1800s and earlier on. Workers were surrounded with perilous chemicals and hazardous tools that led to injuries. However, the ruinous and toxic work conditions did not stop at chemicals and unsafe tools. There were numerous other catastrophes that put the workers in harm. That was, until the publication of The Jungle by Upton Sincliar in 1906. The publication of The Jungle brought about a change,

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    Australia in the early 1900s has developed a reputation as a ‘working man’s paradise’ for its greater opportunity to success and an egalitarian society. However not all workers proved this to be true. In order to determine this statement, Issues to be discussed include firstly the hours of work for different genders, secondly the working conditions and finally the dispute for the right to fair treatment to women and Aboriginal natives throughout the 19th century. In order to create Australia’s image

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    Immigration 1900-1940

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    This graph shows the amount of immigrants from 1900 - today. I’ve noticed that from 1931 through 1940 the scale had gone down quite a bit, due to the great depression. As of 2001-today it looks like there has been the highest immigration population there has ever been. Did it ever occur to you that there are many immigrants living in the US? Over the last decade immigration has had a whole new perspective and recently there has been mixed feelings about immigrants coming to America. Immigration

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