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    The beautiful silver sky may have lightening in their womb form. Thank you my dear madam speaker. Assalamualaikum and a very good day to the wise and honourable adjudicators‚ the alert and punctual time keeper‚ my fellow teammates‚ the misleading government team and MOTH. First and foremost‚ i would like to refute the definition given by the government team. Allow me to re-define today’s motion. Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines ‘celebrities’ as ‘famous or celebrated people’. In Oxford

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    We all have a role model a we look up to and admire. Whether it is their personality‚ accomplishments‚ or life story that enthralls us‚ we can always relate to them and sometimes even want to be like them. For me this person was one of our past presidents‚ a man who did not lead the best life but when he had to make a decision for our country he made it firmly and stood with the results. This hero was John Fitzgerald Kennedy and if I could choose to live as him for one day I definitely would. John

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    Three main entrepreneurs of the 1920s were Alfred Sloan‚ the founder of GM‚ Henry Ford‚ the founder of Ford Vehicles‚ and Richard Sears‚ the founders of the department store‚ Sears. Richard Sears started out his business as mail order catalogues but decided to expand and have actual stores where people would be able to come in and shop. Richards Sears started opening his retail outlets in 1925 and the stores turned out to be a great success‚ as Sears department stores are still in existence today

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    the United States during the 1920s. At the beginning of the Harlem Renaissance‚ there was the great migration. The great migration was a migration of African Americans from southern states to Harlem. It all began “In the early 1900s‚ a few middle-class black families from another neighborhood known as Black Bohemia moved to Harlem‚ and other black families followed.” (History.com) then it preceded to a full-on movement of over three hundred thousand by the 1920s. The lifestyles of these newly

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    of women’s liberation from their biological constraints lie in the heart of the first wave of feminism; a wave which although is characterised by the suffrage movement and political equality; does not provide a comprehensive view of feminism in the 1920s. In order to correctly analyse the evolution of birth control in relation to the waves metaphor I am therefore encouraged to start with the first ‘wave’ and recognise the emergence of bodily autonomy against a political equality background which is

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    Account for the growing social tensions in US society during the 1920s Despite the 1920s being referred to as the ‘Roaring twenties’ due to the prosperous changes in the social and economic way of America‚ further study of the nation in the decade reveals the growing social tensions‚ and a country ‘driven by social conflict and confused by social change.’ (Catton) The bitterness stemmed from the white Anglo Saxon Protestants (WASP) and their reaction to the flood of immigrants‚ Catholics and the

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    The Causes of the 1920s Conservative Policies After World War 1‚ America was in a state of recovery‚ both economically and politically. To try to “fix” the new obstacles in America’s way‚ President’s such as Wilson‚ Harding‚ and Hoover all put in new policies‚ but many backfired. As a result‚ citizens were confused and felt no hope for their nation and government. The drive for normalcy‚ social tensions‚ and occupational divide manipulated as well as created this huge increase in conservative policies

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    In the early 1920s‚ America was at its peak of prosperity and economy growth. This time period was labeled the “New Era” and “Roaring Twenties” because of the decade’s high-spirited energy and cultural changes. American men and women had this idea that business and its wonderful products were what made America great and they would indulge in spending in new consumer items American factories send forth. Mass production of goods fueled corporate profits and national economic prosperity. Though the

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    The 1920s are a time filled with American culture and a mix of everything new technologies‚ different cultural views and newly broken barriers. Jazz music was also brought into the lives of white civilians bringing a whole new culture mix to areas otherwise recognized as segregated. These new styles of life and music brought together two different communities yet also set problems for both. Seen as a time of shine and beauty not all was black and white and with the aid of colored writers and poets

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    topic of the stock market crash‚ is one that brings many theories and ideas to the true cause of the American economy downfall in the late 1920s. Foremost‚ the American economy suffered drastically following the conclusion of WWI‚ many lived under the assumption that the new era of the 1920s was full of economic opportunities‚ which caused over production of goods creating lasting effects on the economy. In addition‚ Americans had a false sense of security in local banking systems‚ stock prices soared

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