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Decade - 1900s
This category has questions involving events, social trends, political beliefs, major discoveries, or general information related to the 1900's.
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What is zipporah feldman famous for?
She is the protagonist in a book called Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, first published in New York City in 1903 as part of the Dear America series. Author: Kathryn Lasky. Apparently based on a real-life person.
What were living conditions like in St. Petersburg Russia inthe 1800s?
it was horrible! The rule was that there was 1 family per room no acceptions. They would have up to 8 families per house. The streets were extremly overcrouded. Mnay people cought serious diseases from all the filth left on the streets. Even worse, the children were playing in the filth in their bare feet.
Who ordered the colosseum to be built and why?
The bulling of the Colosseum was commissioned by emperor Vespasian and was completed under Titus. Further modifications were made by Domitian. It was called Flavian amphitheatre because these men were Flavian emperors; that is, they belonged to the Flavii family. It was built for gladiatorial fights, animal hints, reenactments of famous battles, and mock naval battles.
An amphitheatres were arenas. They were circular or oval with seating all around them. A theatre, instead, was a semicircle.
Which statement best expresses a common Believe among nativists in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
"America is for Americans" is a statement that best expresses a common belief among nativists in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Nativism got its name from the "Native American" parties.
Who was the rebel leader in Mexico in the 1900s?
There were many, but the most important include Pancho Villa, Emiliano Zapata and Venustiano Carranza.
It influenced people by letting them get around faster and easier than walking.
How long did it take Horatio Nelson Jackson to drive across the US in 1903?
Dr Horatio Nelson Jackson left San Francisco in his Winton, along with his co-driver and mechanic, Sewall K. Crocker, on May 23, 1903. They arrived in New York City 63 days later, on July 26, 1903.
The full question is:
What best explains why children in American cities after the Industrialization Age often huddled together without shoes warm clothing shelter or decent food?
A. The focus was on manufacturing, not enough shoes were made
B. Many people lived in poverty due to low wages.
C. Because of protective employment laws, child laborers could no longer be employed
D. Because of the freedom women experienced in the workplace, many abandoned their children
E. Since parents' work days were guided by strict rules, they were often strict at home. As a result, their children ran away and lived on the streets.
POVERTY, from low wages along with normal reproduction rates to have large numbers of children, often left entire families homeless. There was no birth control, only abstinence, but when adults feel stress they often engage in sex for comfort (resulting in pregnancy despite living in poverty). Wages for men, often in labor jobs, were low. Women did not work in factories (not until World War II), nor outside the home. Children often pan-handled for tiny bits of donated money.
This was more often the scene in larger cities, like New York City. In rural areas, families let their girls work in the homes of others as servants, so at the working home the child had a place to sleep and food. Boys often had a harder time physically since customs restricted them from being house servants. However, more families in small towns opened their homes to other families--so 2 poor but unrelated families often lived together to try to survive.
Other families lived in makeshift tents at coal refuse dumps from coal mines because they could burn bits of coal they found in the refuse to keep warm. They often set the entire dump on fire accidentally. Many children suffered burns and died. Even people who lived in houses relied on going to the coal refuse piles (made up of clumps of clay with pieces of coal embedded in it) to scavenge for bits of coal to heat their homes and fire the cooking stove.
(As a little girl, my grandmother would pull a wooden child's wagon or sled to the refuse pile, use her hands to break apart clay clumps, and bring pieces of coal back to her mother. Her father was a coal miner, but due to low wages, sometimes hid small pieces of coal in his pockets to take home. Coal families shook out coal dust from miner's clothing and burned the coal dust to try to stay warm in their houses.)
Who invented the hippie generation?
No one invented it, but it was an outcome of several factors. The war in Vietnam, the start of the woman's movement, teen rebellion, the music, and the ideas that they could change the world through their actions.
Who laid the foundation of the federation hall in 1905?
The foundation of the Federation Hall was laid by Sir William McMillan in 1905. This event marked a significant step in the establishment of a venue for national gatherings and discussions in Australia, symbolizing the unity of the newly federated states. The hall has since played a crucial role in the country’s political and cultural history.
In 1900 the geographic form of the United States city was most strongly shaped by?
The electric streetcar
Did Elizabeth Hayward receive lashes before being on the first fleet?
no she got them when she arrieved in australia
What is different about Grover Cleveland's presidency?
His two terms were not consecutive. He served for four years, from 1885 to 1889. Then he lost to Benjamin Harrison in the 1888 presidential election, but he ran against Benjamin Harrison again in 1892 and won.
When leaving the White House on Inauguration Day in 1889, Grover Cleaveland's wife reportedly said to the White House staff, "Take care of the place; we'll be back!"
What was the speech of Marcus Brutus?
Julius Caesar Act III Scene 2
Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my
cause, and be silent, that you may hear: believe me
for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that
you may believe: censure me in your wisdom, and
awake your senses, that you may the better judge.
If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of
Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar
was no less than his. If then that friend demand
why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer:-
Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved
Rome more. Had you rather Caesar were living and
die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live
all free men? As Caesar loved me, I weep for him;
as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was
valiant, I honour him: but, as he was ambitious, I
slew him. There is tears for his love; joy for his
fortune; honour for his valour; and death for his
ambition. Who is here so base that would be a
bondman? If any, speak; for him have I offended.
Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If
any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so
vile that will not love his country? If any, speak;
for him have I offended. I pause for a reply.
