Post-WWII‚ life in America seemed to be returning to normal. America overcame the Great Depression‚ and the daily life was what it once was. Men were returning home‚ women were returning to their previous duties‚ and the economy was back on track. On the topic of women and family‚ marriages and birth rates were skyrocketing in the 1950s. However‚ this means that divorce was becoming more common as well. It was not a drastic jump‚ but more of a slow and steady increase‚ by about 10‚000 in the decade
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the changes and trends in family life in Britain over the last 50 years and outline two different sociological perspectives on the family This essay will discuss some of the changes and trends in family life in Britain over the last 50 years. In order to do this‚ this essay will firstly define what is meant by the term family in this context. It will then go on to describe the main family types including the nuclear family‚ the extended family‚ cohabiting family and more. The family has changed over
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The period after Civil War is called Reconstruction. During Reconstruction African Americans were not being treated equally. African Americans did not gain their freedom after the Civil War. One way that African Americans did not gain their freedom was poll taxes which meant that they had to pay money to vote. Also there was the poll tests. Citizens had to take a test and if you were white you usually passed In Document J it stated‚ “....Had to take a literacy test and pay a poll tax of $1.50‚
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World War ultimately began because Germany wanted to avenge its loss in the first World War. Fascism became popular in Italy and Germany during this time. In Germany‚ Hitler wanted to take over German speaking countries surrounding Germany‚ such as Austria‚ and parts of Czechoslovakia. Although‚ he was offered an appeasement‚ Hitler broke his promise and he demanded to get those countries back. Hitler and the German army started spreading across Europe‚ killing thousands of civiians. At this time
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How did the Civil War impact Americans and their perspective on freedom? The Civil War was the battle between states. It was fought between the united states and the confederate states. The confederates left the union in order to keep slaves‚ but the north wanted them to be free. The United states eventually won the Civil War with a lot of blood shed‚ but slavery was abolished. Soon people started speaking up about how they needed more freedom or they spoke about what freedom really was in their
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congressmen saw this as a opportunity the south to increase farmland and for slavery and the northern congressmen saw these states to create a bigger country and taxable land to put in place a strong representation of government and military. The situation came to stalemate with a compromise they choose to allow the newly won or bought territory to make the difficult
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"Explain how freedoms for African Americans were socially‚ politically‚ and economically limited from 1865 to 1900?" Posterior to the Civil War‚ African Americans weren’t respected equally within society. Black codes were established‚ which meant cheap labor and an organized economy. African Americans weren’t allowed to vote‚ carry weapons‚ or travel without permits which angered some citizens. Literacy tests‚ the grandfather clause‚ and poll taxes were used to prevent African Americans from voting
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President Lincon is also well known for his stance and opinion on slavery. We know that Lincoln was a member of the Whig party in the mid-1800’s in this he was influenced in many ways by a mass amount of people‚ because of this he was able to form a solid opinion of slavery by a young age. Lincoln was not one to force his views on others‚ so with this he would "pass the Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ which repealed the Missouri Compromise‚ allowing individual states and territories to decide for themselves
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Germany’s violence early on in the war caused the United States to enter the war on the Allies side. President Wilson had tried to mediate between the two alliances but Germany did not accept this proposal. The Treaty of Versailles was fair to Germany because they ignored Wilson’s Call for Peace and Germany’s violent tactics called a need for the treaty to be made in order to end World War I. President Wilson did not want the United States to enter World War I when it initially started because it
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lavishly just for being born into the right family while poor farmers had to work hard and long hours for low pay. If they failed to produce these farmers and their family could be sold into slavery. It’s no surprise that the lower classes of classical Greek society wanted to bring about change to their government. This dissatisfaction with the current political system is what eventually encouraged Cleisthenes to implement his reforms and by extension‚ what caused Democracy to emerge. While Cleisthenes
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