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    The late 19th and the early 20th century were extremely challenging periods for Korea as countries like China, Japan, and Russia robbed Korea of its liberty and diplomacy rights along with their violent invasions. On September 20th of 1875, peace at Ganghwa Island was brought to an end with numbers of explosive gun shots from the Japanese gunboat Unyo. As Japanese soldiers forced their way onto the Korean coast, they shot artilleries toward the Korean peninsula, killing a large population of Korean

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    Working Condition In the late 19th-century the United States is probably famous and known for the vast expansion of its industrial plant and output. At the heart of these huge increases was the mass production of the goods by machines. All this process was first introduced and perfected by the British textile manufacturers. In the century since such mechanization had begun, machines had replaced highly skilled craftspeople in one industry after another. By the 1870s, machines were knitting stockings

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    rise of pharmaceuticals raised in the late 19th century, the medical practice was a big profession along with the rise of pharmaceutics. Drugs were a part of what doctors did. The mid 199h century selling and compounding medicines become important to physicians. Opium was the doctor’s friend. It was a painkiller that was used as a narcotic and medicine. Until mid 19th century, most of the pharmaceuticals were prepared by local pharmacists. Mid-to-late 1800s was the rise of fine chemical industry

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    It is hard to deny that the imperialism seen in the late 19th century and early 20th century was merely a continuation of American expansionism from the earlier 19th century. The sentiment toward expansionism and reasons as to why America must expand into the West remain the same when expansion began abroad. When the boundaries of the contiguous United States were all but settled, it was natural for the United States to turn overseas to continue its conquest of new lands. Justifying this was the

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    The growth and conflicts of late 19th Century America was primarily positive for the United States. In the Fifteenth Amendment, it states that all American citizens, regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Since the Thirteenth Amendment grants anyone American citizenship regardless of race, African Americans were able to vote. This was positive for the United States because gave a whole other group of people the right to present their opinion. Freedmen were now given the liberty

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    imperialism. This is due in part of the infancy of the U.S. as a nation. The U.S. maintained a policy of isolationism until the late 19th century. In the late 19th century, the U.S. began to become a major player in international trade and the arena of world affairs and therefore needed more breathing room. Imperialist acquisitions during the late 19th, and early 20th centuries impacted the United States in multiple positive ways. Politically, the United States proved to the world that they were a force

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    the war, but they still did not have technology that was advanced enough to easily produce all the necessary materials and money. After the civil war, America embarked on a journey of economic expansion and unification for the nation. In the late 19th century, government policies, technological advancements and population changes contributed to

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    Being an industrial worker in the late 19th-century in America was not a simple life. Even at the best times the pay was small and the time spent at work was long in dangerous conditions. Most of the money derived in America went to the actual workforce. Women and children suffered the most however, making up the majority of the workers and only receiving a small percentage of what a man could make. Different periods of economic crises tokk the nation by storm, also breaking down the amount of wages

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    America in the late nineteenth century, experienced a period of radical imperial expansion. This was due to a multitude of reasons. In 1890, the Census Bureau announced that the western frontier had ended, this limited the American ideal of venturing and escaping civilisation for a dangerous and adventurous conquest for land and a new life. Due to the end of the frontier, the romance of the West ended with it. This caused a lot of psychological stress to many American citizens that their dreams were

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    Immigrants have always acted as a backbone of America, constantly adding to the diverse melting pot that makes up the country. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries especially, the US experienced a rapid influx of foreigners. Germans and Italians, my great grandparents among them, fled from the political unrest and poverty in their native countries. Irish came from the east to escape the starvation brought about by the potato famine, and the Japanese and Chinese came from the west

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