... for women. This showed that women were able to be trusted to make important decisions that affected society and themselves responsibly. Another change that was experienced by society was the attack on the Northern coast of England on 16th December 1914. This was a change as it was the first time since the 1700s that civilians had been injured by enemy fire. This resulted in an ... of being too harsh with the conditions, although there were some people who supported the harsh measures against Germany. This was a significant part of British history because although the anti-German feeling ...

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... the both the Classical World and the world of the Renaissance. The degradation and scandal of religious institutions, like the church, the horrific abuse of governmental power, and the godlessness of the people all were testimony to the lack of any moral and religious foundations of the time. Moral and religious bankruptcy was one of the key factors in the fall of the Classical World. As the moral fabric of the ... and turned to the religions of the Middle East, which appealed to the emotions. With this lack of religion and unity, civil war and revolt eventually racked the republic in the...

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... . Most important it changed the whole lifestyle of all Americans. The War ended the Great Depression by bringing more jobs to the tableand lowering unemployment. Although the economy was again flowing the National Debt was sky rocketing as federal money was being spent on war materials. The war also brought prosperity, patriotism, and confidence to the American people in the homeland. The song "Rosie the Riveter" was a symbol of women's contribution to the war effort during World War II, as ... many women took over the jobs in the factories that the troops left. The government recruited ...

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... sought absolute power, he could not be preoccupied by civil conflicts, so he set out to control the nobles by constructing the palace court at Versailles. A spectacular estate with magnificent fountains and acres of orange groves, it became home to thousands of the more important nobles, royal officials, and servants in France. Here the nobles received a sense of importance because they could consult ... his nobles. His ultimate goal was to once again make the court of France the center of fashion and art. Louis bankrupted the Treasury of France through another extravagance as well, his ...

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... were parochial and tended to settle in colonies representing their own districts and dialects in. The majority of Norwegians were of the Lutheran religion, which was the center of all their social interactions throughout the Norwegian Community. As Oleson states, in Wisconsin, as in Norway, people were very faithful to their church. Religion and faith are what reminded them of their ... in their religious culture. Food became an important way of expressing the Norwegian cultural identity. Food from the homeland such as lutefisk, and flatbread became recognized Norwegian staples.The tradit...

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... greatly affected social roles in Europe during the nineteenth century. New, larger factories utilized improved steam-driven machinery and a new working class was developed, primarily in Britain. With these factories, the population in cities increased, known as urbanization. Laborers in these new factories became know as the working class. Furthermore, there were alterations relations between men ... civil rights, increased political participation, or even national independence. Due to rapid urbanization, there was no order in these rapidly growing European cities. Factory workers suffe...

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... free education, free land, free speech, and free voting. The foreigners wanted to escape their countries because between the time of the American Revolution and the American Civil war, there were many revolutions and dictatorships in Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, and Greece. It was an age of chaos. There were many reasons why people in Europe wanted to get away from their country ... . The chaos in Europe made refugees by the millions. All wanted to come to the U.S. There were legends of rich land, undiscovered mines, and fast growing cities. During the ... test. People over f...

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