This evolution in the American family was already in progress. ... The business or the farm survives and at times even prospers. ... After all the male of the family had the education, and responsibility to look after the women of the family. ... She dutifully writes home and tells her family about the class. ... When children were placed in other families, they were cared for as members of that family. ...

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It is very hard for families to go on extended foraging trips and someone must always be watching over the herd and crop. ... In the Ju society it is tradition to share, however among those who farm and herd, it is based on the idea of saving. ... In Debe's story, her and her husbands family would surface at the harvesting season looking for food. When the idea was mentioned that they help to make a larger farm area, the family was disgusted by the notion. ... His family however, he knew would put him out of business if he let them come and feast on all of his food. ...

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The traditional family in this time included a working husband, a few kids, and a wife. ... Women were also expected to form a merry home and take care of her husband and family for whatever they needed. ... These working women were from New England, between the ages of fifteen and thirty years old, unmarried, and from middle-class farm families. ... These women were paid considerably more than other women who were teachers, farm laborers, and domestic workers, which were the three major jobs for women. ...

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K) We can find this relationship now right in the farm. Large corporations own less than 1% of the farms owned today. This shows that the farms out there big or small are still family owned. ... While larger farms have huge contracts that account for a large percentage of the food we eat. ...

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This was especially helpful to farms in remote locations. ... It provided people with a time efficient way to travel to visit family and take trips. ... Now it would only take us a half-day the drive and we'd be back in time to take care of the farm. ...

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The people in these societies made prisoners of war work on their farms. ... She farmed and sewed just like her parents and grandparents. She wasn't allowed to go to school because at that time education wasn't a priority for them, feeding their family was, so everyone had to pull their weight to help the family. ...

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The woman slaves usually worked in the homes, cooking and cleaning, whereas the men were sent out into the plantations to farm. Slaves were of all ages and sexes so the young girls would usually help in the house also and young boys would help in the farm by bailing hay and loading wagons with crops. ... They worked fewer hours and had more privileges than did the field hands, but were more subject to the wishes of the owners families. ... If the slave disobeyed, the owner replied on punishment, such as lashings, short rations, and threats to sell members of the slave's family. ...

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This created a specialization in the food system, which is essentially the idea that farms could function more efficiently by focusing on fewer tasks. ... With the issue of increased pesticide and herbicide use on farms and the increased antibiotics use with animals, GMOs offer an alluring alternative for handling these problems. Infections that attack farm animals are becoming stronger due to the increased tolerance to antibiotics from their wide use. ... Monsanto is a monopoly and controls all of America's farms. ... Stores will be forced to step back from all the processed foods and lo...

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Most settled into farms on the Great Plains where it was cheaper to farm because they didn't need fences, and the land was cheaper. Homestead Act - In 1862 the Homestead Act was passed, providing 160 acres of public land free to any adult citizen or head of family who had lived on the land for five years. ... When they came to America they were usually poor because they had came from poor counties, and were willing to work on American farms for very low wages. ... Samuel Gompers - Emigrated to New York with his family in 1863 he worked as a cigar maker and a union organizer. ...

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They were capable of pioneering the land by running the farms and plantations. ... Some would prefer to dedicate their lives raising their kids and having a family. ... They are probably part of her goals in life, but there are also other equally important goals such as the need to build a family and live a happy life. One thing that feminism took away is the importance of the family values and her natural role of "the mother taking care of her children". ... I actually believe that it was a good thing at that time to give such great importance to the family and be united as a family. ...

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The colonial family was extended rather than nuclear. ... This was due to the high number of children in a family. ... In the early colonial families, every member had a different job. The head of the family was mostly the father. He presided over family prayers and worked on the family farm. ...

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People from small towns and farms also helped swell the population in the cities. ... Between four and sixteen families lived on a floor. ... It brought new people over from foreign lands to start families, get better jobs, and make a better life for themselves. ...

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The FAO State of Food and Agriculture 2010-11 report shows that if female farmers had the same access as male farmers to agricultural inputs and services, they could substantially increase the yields on their farms. ... Woman is carrying two duties: as a housewife, taking care of her husband and children and she also had to work to support her family's financial. ...

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Separation of marriages and families in slave trade, sexual abuse of slave women, and the harsh treatment of the slaves in the fields, were just a few ways that slaves were mistreated. ... Most farmers in the south had no more than the twenty slaves on there plantation, these farms were only about 150-200 acres large. The owners of these plantation were not of great wealth, they lived modest lives and provided for there family, man did not even live in very nice homes at all. There was about 10,000 families that owned anywhere from fifty to a hundred slaves that worked hundreds of acres of lan...

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The potato was a crucial crop for the farm lands and a valuable food source. ... The Irish people left the farms and the country side and upon arrival in America many felt unprepared for the more industrialized and modernized society they had become a part of. ... Irish immigrants were often crowded into small apartments which were originally intended for single families. ... Many of the story's from Irish immigrants were lost however here is a short summarize of the Evans family's story which was taken from the Evans family manuscript. Evans Family Before they migrated to America ...

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The family that had once worked together on a farm where each person had their separate duties and everything was taken care of inside the home was now transferred into something new. ... Families also moved from rural areas into big bustling cities. ... Prior to the Industrial Revolution, women and men worked together in the house and on the farm. ... Men could now earn high wages that would pay for any needs of the family, leaving the woman to care for the children and the home. ...

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Many inner cities were separated by their own ethnic groups and where their families were. ... Whole families had to work for wages that were close to nothing just to make it in this new land. ... The women in most farmhouses mainly worked in the family households, and ran the dairy, vegetable, and poultry part of the farm. ... Life on the farm was very difficult in the closing of the frontier. Some survived and lived to pass their farm down from generation to generation. ...

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Four-legged, hoofed mammals such as the mule, zebra, and horse are all part of the Equidae family. ... Donkeys aren't a big threat to your family either. ... Dogs and donkeys usually don't mix, although they can be trained to leave the house or farm dog alone. ... Dogs and donkeys usually don't mix, although they can be trained to leave the house or farm dog alone. ...

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Kracha wanted freedom, he wanted to run his own farm and make his dreams come true, just so he didn't have to live in a land of poverty but instead wanted to live in the land of opportunity. ... Kracha faced many hardships and overcame them and as for Mike Dobrejcak, he obtained his own success through his family. ... Dobrejcak had a wonderful family and a loving wife. ...

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They gave it to him with the understanding that he would bring into Texas three hundred American families who would become Roman Catholic and properly Mexicanized. ... Brook Farm in Massachusetts was started in 1841. ... Although a number of small manufacturing enterprises existed in America, the value of the output of factories did not exceed that of farms until well past the middle of the nineteenth century. ... Many families stopped raising all of their own food, and spinning their own wool. ...

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Most of the farms in the West moved to commercial agriculture. These people specialized in crops to be sold on national and world markets instead of only to feed their families. ... Any time a family member would move to America they would move in with their family. Houses were crowded with people, but they didn't mind very much because they were with their families and friends, and they had jobs. ... It brought the idea of the modern childhood being a time of leisure, to have fun and not worry about taking care of the family. ...

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My store that has been in my family for generations has been vandalized merely because I sell imported British tea. ... Without the major cities America would be fighting an impossible war over a few farms and plantations. ...

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Franklin's New Deal brought water to California's Central Valley, gave Appalachia electricity and saved farms all over the Midwest. ... Clinton worked on a promise for the hard-working forgotten families. ...

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Writers throughout history commonly write about something that is personal or meaningful to them. Also you see that through their writing that they tend to feed off of certain period of time for inspiration or topic. Washington Irving was one of these writers, along with St. John de Crevecoeur. W...

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My Grandfather had a large family and always drove a station wagon. ... In the sixties, most large families planted gardens, and raised their own livestock, in order to feed their families. ... Farm fresh eggs are not the same as the eggs we purchase in our neighborhood grocery stores. ... The family knew that Grandfather's life was near completion. ... It was painful for the family to see him in such pain. ...

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