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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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When did the Texas War of Independence begin and end?
The Texas War of Independence began in 1835 and ended eight years later.
Why is tenement housing significant to US history?
because it was a major factor of the industrial revolution. Tenements led to the modern day apartment building.
Why is Einstein's theory of gravity widely accepted today?
Because the effects that the theory predicts have been confirmed in many ways.
What was the minimum wage during slavery time?
They did not pay slaves, thus the reason to call them slaves
Why is the 1904 Entente cordiale called a diplomatic revolution?
Because, obviously, it was a revolution in diplomatic relations. The french and the britons had had a difficult relation ship in the aftermath of the napoleonic wars. This entente was, in that viewpoint, unexpected and new. This also completely turned around the powerrelations on the continent, and made Italy leave the tripple alliance with Germany and Austro-Hungary.
How did Booker T Washington become famous?
Booker T. Washington left the Burroughs plantation in 1865 when he was nine years old. After President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Booker and his family were free - no longer slaves who belonged to Mr. Burroughs. They traveled to Malden, West Virginia to be with Booker's stepfather.
Booker's family was lucky because they were together. Despite the fact that they had to work hard at demanding and grueling jobs, they had food and somewhere to live. Many former slaves were not so lucky.
Educating slaves was against the law, so Booker never went to school before 1865. This is what he had to say when he remembered one of his jobs on the Burroughs' plantation - carrying books to school for one of Mr. Burroughs' daughters: I had the feeling that to get into a schoolhouse and study would be about the same as getting into paradise.
Booker worked persistently at many jobs to earn money to go after his dream of learning to read and write. Many generous people also helped him to reach his goal. He then became a teacher, and later founder and principal in 1881 of The Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
He had grand goals for his black students. He urged them to return to the plantation districts and show the people there how to put new energy and new ideas into farming as well as into the intellectual and moral and religious life of the people. Booker T. Washington, former slave, became the most important black teacher in the United States.
How did farming change between 1750-1900?
All farming was done by hand or horse power in the 1750s. Many people worked in the farm as many people were needed in the farm. But as the revolution of machinery came, there were many new machines and tools for farming. Soon, fewer workers were needed and most of them started to work in factories.
There were also better crops and harvests. Moreover, as the transports got faster the foods got fresher and farming got better.
1 field a year was left fallow so that was wasted for a year!
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What is the cause and effect of miners began to leave boomtowns?
They were popular because of the gold but once all the gold was gone they turned into ghost towns
What did the US and Denmark do in the early 1900s?
Among other things, Denmark sold the US Virgin Islands to the United States. The treaty of sale was negotiated in 1916 and formal exchange of posession occured in 1917.
What does Hester ask of Chillingworth while they are alone in the forest?
If I'm not mistaken, Hester did not meet Chillingworth in the forest. She met him in the prison and on a beach (I believe). During the first interaction, he asked her to pretend she didn't know him. During the second, she asked him to stop torturing Dimmesdale.
What kind of jobs were acceptable for women in 1900?
Dressmaking, textiles/fabrics , and domestic service were jobs that were available to women in 1900.
What kind of torture did Yu Kwan Sun receive?
she was tortured to death. The Japanese tortured her in so many, inhuman ways. They put coal tar on her had and when it dried, they pulled her hair, which tore off all her head skin. They also sexually harassed her, whipped her, cut off her breasts, burned her legs, and broke her arms... etc.
Why did the us make cuba a protectorate?
The US and Cuban relationship has always had a degree of strain. The idea behind the protectorate notion was to keep communist ideas in check.
What was Richoften Manfred Albrecht Rittmeister Rreiherr von's plane made out of?
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His title, rank and name was Freiherr Rittmeister Manfred von Richtofen. Most of the aircraft of WW1 was made of wood frame with cloth fabric stretched over it and glued tight. Some had round fuselages made of formed laminated wood. A few aircraft were made of Aluminum alloy frame or metal skin.
What types of housing were available in the early 1900s?
most of the houses were made out of wood
that's pretty much all I know.
hope this helps;D
The needs of the industrial revolution ijn the 19th century Europe greatly contrbutied to the?
growth of oversies empires @_@ ;D
Women who were teachers in the early 1900s had a career that was somewhat unusual. Most women did not work outside the home. Being a teacher was considered an honorable profession.
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What were the conditions that existed for working children in the early 1900s?
Working children in the 1900s lived very difficult lives. Both girls and boys worked to help support the family. They often did dangerous jobs, such as cleaning the machines. To do this, children would crawl under or over running machinery or use their fingers to re-thread or clean machine parts. These jobs were assigned to children because only they were small enough to climb over or under machinery and they had smaller hands and fingers. Children ran the risk of severe injury, such as losing a finger, and even death if their hair or clothing was caught by a running machine (business owners would never turn off the machines for fear of wasting production time).
Children began working in some industries as young as 6 or 7 years old. They worked long hours, as long as adults did. These were often 11-13 hour days with no sick days, over time pay, or workers compensation for injuries. Short breaks were given for meals, but often they were eaten right on the factory floor. Children, like all workers, were not allowed to sit and be idle but were constantly given tasks to do. Children were paid less than women (who were paid even less than men) for the same number of hours - making pennies a day and less than $10 a week. There were no opportunities for working children to go to school.
