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    Four Freedoms Revised

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    Four Freedoms Revised Essay The basic idea of the four freedoms has changed drastically from the times of the 1940s to the current time we are living in now. In the 1940s‚ the freedoms that people were promised to receive weren’t for all people of different races and they were different from what the four freedoms had to offer the common good of society compared to our time now. In present time‚ people are more accepted for who they are and what race they are. Also‚ almost everyone in America

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    Dunkirk

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    Dunkirk What Really Happened? 1. The British troops were evacuated between the period from 28-31 May 1940. 2. The reason this is the case is because at 1940 both countries only showed the civilians the good side of what was happening in that they both wanted support by the civilians to carry on the war. This was achieved by ways of propaganda to make them believe war was good. However this all changed‚ as time went on they found the truth and when the war was over they explained what was

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    Warren Reed‚ the head of a household of 9 including himself‚ provided shelter for his wife‚ 2 sons‚ 3 nephews and 2 nieces in 1940 Temple‚ Texas. Warren was 57 years old at the time of the census while his wife‚ Louise was 5 years younger at 52 years old. The household had plenty of sources of income. Warren worked as a janitor at Dunbar High School while Louise worked as a housemaid in a private home. Their two single sons‚ Benny‚ 27‚ and Jo‚ 24‚ both provided yardwork for a private home. Also‚

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    Ms.Silva Essay

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    Jiovany Jimenez Ms Silva Education in the 1940’s Having an education for the Black man of the 1940’s was a blessing and a curse. It was very rare to hear of a Black person with an education because Black people were enslaved for so long that they never had a chance to learn how to read and write. These privileges were taken away from them for so long and now that slavery was now over‚ they were still being treated unfairly by the white man. Those Black men who learned how to read and write took

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    1984 Essay 9th grade

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    1984 Essay People often wonder about why the world is the way it is. Some think that humans have changed over the years of evolution‚ but this statement is only partially accurate. Yes‚ humans have changed and evolved‚ but basic human tendencies have always been around. 1984 by George Orwell is a book that describes and demonstrates human tendencies that were relevant to the time the book was written and that are relevant to today. Orwell used Kohlberg’s first three stages of moral development

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    World War 2 Timeline

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    World War Two TimeLine Key: -Pact/Treaties -Meetings/ Conferences -Important event -Agreements/ Acts -Attacks/Battles The Holocaust Begins: 1933 Nazis made a persecution government policy They passed laws forbidding Jews to hold public office 1935 The Nuremberg Laws passed‚ with deprived Jews of their rights to German citizenship jobs‚ and property. November 9‚ 1938 The night of the Broken glass occurred also known as the Kristallnacht This was the first act of

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    Social Unrest

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    What Factors Contributed to the Social Unrest of the 1930’s and the 1940’s?What factors contributed to the social unrest of the 1930’s and the 1940’s? “As a consequence of the riot‚ the first awakenings of a new political awareness began to be felt in the hearts of black people‚ time and the remarkable foresight‚ courage and initiative of a few dedicated members of the majority were all that were required to crystallize this awareness into a mighty political force.” – Doris Johnson‚ the Quiet Revolution

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    Sl Math Ia Olympics

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    this report. In this problem we are looking at the data collected from the gold medalists in the men’s high jump in from the years 1932-1980‚ excluding the years 1940 and 1944 where the Olympics were not held due to World War II. Below is the data for the gold medalists in the men’s high jump from the years 1932-1980 (again excluding 1940 and 1944). Year | 1932 | 1936 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 198 | Height (cm) | 197 | 203 | 198 | 204 | 212 | 216 | 218 | 224 |

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    American Woman essay

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    American Woman America is considered a melting pot of ethnicities due to the majority of citizens arriving by means of immigration. In the 1940’s there were about 127‚ 000 Americans with Japanese decent living in the U.S. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1942 President Roosevelt passed an executive order to detain any American with Japanese decent in internment camps. The novel‚ When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka is based upon one Japanese American family’s experiences during

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    practise nonviolence and truth in all situations‚ and advocated that others do the same. He lived modestly in a self-sufficient residential community. Gandhi’s vision of a free India based on religious pluralism‚ however‚ was challenged in the early 1940s by a new Muslim nationalism which was demanding a separate Muslim homeland carved out of India. Ghandi representing the qualities of individuality by protesting without using any violence‚ which in the end proved to become effective. Mohandas Karamchand

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