Notes on Victorian Prostitution Reginald Denya 18/05/2015 Causes of Victorian Prostitution; Urbanisation; high levels of urban unemployment. Because according to Victorian values a man could not marry until he was able to support a family and because he was unemployed meant he had to resort to prostitution, (Clement, 2006). Urbanisation brought all classes in close proximity, wealthy idle men mixed with the poor and so created ideal conditions for prostitution to flourish, (Acton, 1870). Poverty, women and young girls indulged in sexual activities as a way to earn a living. Sex provided a distraction to the poor unaffected by morals, (Greg, 1831) Desperation to escape from such appalling levels of poverty rather than moral corruption was a cause of prostitution, (Mearns, 1883) Working class women indulged in prostitution as a way to supplement their low wages, (Martineau, 1870.
(92) The 200 men of the U.S. Army were massacred by the 1,800 strong force of native warriors. On the other hand, civilized armies were able to counteract the natives’ superior numbers by just making simple fortifications. Using the same battle, Keeley recounts how Colonel Custer’s subordinates fortified a hill with 400 men and were able to reject the natives. (92) With just some simple fortifications, these men were able to hold out until the Native Americans’ food ran out and they were forced to leave due to incoming reinforcements. Keeley gives many different examples of battles between civilized and primitive armies.
Any genocide in history is important because a lot of people died in cruel and unusual ways and it’s wrong. Victims of any genocide did not deserve to be discriminated against and did nothing to deserve to be killed from pure hate, and that is exactly what happened in the Ukraine Famine. The Ukraine Famine was headed by Joseph Stalin during 1932-1933. Millions Ukrainian people starved to death and as a result, it oppressed the national pride of the Ukrainian people. In 1929, Stalin arrested over 5,000 educated Ukrainian people and they were either shot without trail or sent to prison camps in remote areas in Russia.
Was prohibition the key factor why US society in the 1920s was so divided (24 marks) Prohibition was a key factor in the social unrest in America, It had many social impacts. Due to the unpopularity of Prohibition and people still wanting to consume alcohol even though it was now illegal, many ‘mafia’ type gangs saw an opportunity to make a lot of money by bootlegging and illegally selling alcohol and although organized crime was already around by the time Prohibition was put in place there was a rapid rise in it once Prohibition became the law of the land. Speakeasy’s were opened, these were illegal bars and clubs in which people would go to consume alcohol, these could range from tiny backrooms to large buildings with entertainment such as dancers and musical acts, The alcohol was supplied by the local gangs - It in some ways glamourized organized crime, making the idea of Gangs seem cool and a good way to make money – but gangsters would bribe the local police and government officials into ignoring the many illegal clubs in the area, They would also use fear tactics into getting the club managers and owners into paying them “protection money” this would ensure that their club was “protected” from the gangs but if they refused to pay the gangs the money they would often find their clubs blown apart or themselves being gunned down. Al Capone was one of the most famous gangster who made a profits during Prohibition, it is estimated that he made $60 million from bootlegging alone, He took control of the whole Chicago liquor industry by killing off all the competition in the area, he had a good talent for avoiding jail. The St Valentine’s Day massacre is a good example of how extreme the organized crime became, on the 14th February 1929, two rival gangs, one led by Al Capone and the other led by Bugs Moran, 7 mob associates were killed out in broad daylight
One of the US soldiers orders the Sioux people to go back to their place HOWEVER one Sioux soldier didn’t want to go back and people started to fight back in a result 300 men including women and children were killed. Overall the wars and massacres was a major impact on both the Native American Indians and aboriginal people. Loss of land was another
In trying to limit alcohol consumption in America, the temperance movement was an effort by to not only limit consumption, but to encourage complete abstinence from alcohol. The movement was mostly by women with children who were hurt by the effects of alcohol abuse by men. Though mostly begun due to the abuse a number of women suffered when husbands returned home drunk, it transformed into a more popular of a movement as alcohol became the blame for most of the issues in society, such as the crime rate, poverty levels, and declining health in a number of people. With the help of large organizations and powerful leaders such as Susan B. Anthony, Frances E. Willard and Carrie Nation, the movement spread and became heard throughout America. However, the temperance movement could not have possibly become such a large movement, with the thousands of groups and organizations that formed under it, without the influence of the religious awakening that was occurring in it’s midst.
The draft removed men from swing scene which meant there were fewer people to play in the bands. Because of the need for many materials for the war effort gas and rubber were in shortage and cut short or stopped all together many road trips that the bands relied on to make their livings. The curfews forced many clubs to shut down during their most lucrative and busy hours. This combined with an amusement tax as high as 20 percent in some cities raised the cost of operating these clubs and ballrooms. In addition, racism of the day made it hard for black musicians to tour.
Although the feminist movement was on the rise, so was the divorce rate. This decade was where the divorces increased the most, and families started to fall apart. In the 1980s family was not the most essential priority. Just like in the book “Blow” by Bruce Porter, George Jung was not the best father figure. His job, which was smuggling cocaine, made him money hungry and was more interested in making more and more and more money that family wasn’t his top priority in life.
Terror filled the streets of Nanjing; Japanese forced their way into the homes of innocent Chinese civilians. The Japanese forces killed anyone that was in there way. In two days the death toll totaled more than 50,000 giving the streets the name “Streets of Blood” (Yao) as the bodies of humans began to litter the streets. The only hope for the refugees to escape was to cross the Yangtze River. Upon arriving at the river the refugees found themselves trapped with no transportation.
Was prohibition the key factor why US society in the 1920s was so divided? Prohibition was a key factor in the social unrest in America, It had many social impacts. Due to the unpopularity of Prohibition and people still wanting to consume alcohol even though it was now illegal, many ‘mafia’ type gangs saw an opportunity to make a lot of money by bootlegging and illegally selling alcohol and although organized crime was already around by the time Prohibition was put in place there was a rapid rise in it once Prohibition became the law of the land. Speakeasy’s were opened, these were illegal bars and clubs in which people would go to consume alcohol, these could range from tiny backrooms to large buildings with entertainment such as dancers and musical acts, The alcohol was supplied by the local gangs - It in some ways glamourized organized crime, making the idea of Gangs seem cool and a good way to make money – but gangsters would bribe the local police and government officials into ignoring the many illegal clubs in the area, They would also use fear tactics into getting the club managers and owners into paying them “protection money” this would ensure that their club was “protected” from the gangs but if they refused to pay the gangs the money they would often find their clubs blown apart or themselves being gunned down. Al Capone was one of the most famous gangster who made a profits during Prohibition, it is estimated that he made $60 million from bootlegging alone, He took control of the whole Chicago liquor industry by killing off all the competition in the area, he had a good talent for avoiding jail.