science The purpose of this experiment is to find out why the earthquake of Chile occur in 1960. The reason why the earthquake accrued is the Nazca Plate has been colliding and subducting underneath the South American plate for thousands of years. The 1960 Chile earthquake was caused by the Nazca plate releasing tension and descending 15 meters underneath the South American Plate. The earthquake accrued because of plates
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This image portrays women’s contemporary perspective on life. Young women were attracted to more modernized clothing‚ wearing short skirts‚ high heels‚ and their elegant Victorian hats. To enhance their beauty and fragrance‚ women put on makeup and cut their hair short. In addition to their appeal to new attire‚ they inherited the conventional attitudes of urban life. More often‚ they would attend bars‚ dance to the soothing tune of jazz and drink. This photo depicts the rejoicing atmosphere
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October 1‚ 1962 Dear Diary‚ A lot has happened over the past few months. You absolutely would not believe what happened today. You remember me telling you about that negro‚ James Meredith‚ who was trying to get admitted into the University of Mississippi around the end of May of last year? Well‚ rather than letting it go and forgetting about it like he should have‚ he decided to get the NAACP involved. Apparently they appealed his case all the way up to the Supreme Court and they ruled that
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In 1963‚ Birmingham became a focus for the Civil Rights Movement. Birmingham‚ as a city‚ had made its mark on the Civil Rights Movement for a number of years. Whether it was through the activities of Eugene "Bull: Connor or the church bombing which killed four school girls‚ many Americans should have known about Birmingham by 1963. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was relatively inactive in Birmingham until February of 1963 because the Birmingham City Council
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The first event that began every women’s movement rights act in the country was the world’s first women’s rights convention held in Seneca Falls‚ NY on July 19-20‚ 1848. This convention instilled hope in women all over the country to fight or equality in the work force‚ education‚ pay‚ and rights. (49) Because of the first convention leading women to fight for what should righfully be theirs‚ places soon fell in line to accept women accordingly. In 1855 the University of Iowa became the first
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Differences Between the 1960s and 2000s Movies are like time machines. They make us realize how the world has changed since then. The 1960s was the decade that a lot of social movements and political trends were affecting the U.S. It had developed and changed a lot since the 1960s to the 2000s mostly in popular culture. The 1960s and the 2000s are very different than each other in terms of; science‚ music and fashion. Science was one of the areas that developed the most. In the 1960s‚ the first space
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The 1960s Sports Many people say that the 1960’s sports were so exciting and interesting! I will tell you how that statement is true in this essay. The first super bowl happened in the 1960’s but football wasn’t the most popular sport. The most popular sport in the 1960’s was baseball. The Green Bay Packers smash the Kansas City Chiefs in the first super bowl. The Kansas City Chiefs were going against the Green Bay Packers in the first super bowl. “The Green Bay Packers were heavily favored to
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was Fondue‚ one of the many foods made in the 1960s that everyone liked and still does. Food is very important to human life‚ and in the 1960s‚ companies got so creative that the foods they created are still around today. Food is the 1960s changed the way we live because many food products came out in the 1960s‚ it had a boom of fast food restaurants‚ and many restaurants from the 1960s are still around today. Many types foods were invented in the 1960s. Most of them were packaged to make it so mothers
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The 1960s-1970s Cultural Revolution’s Impact on Culture Today To what extent did the cultural revolution of the late 1960s – early 1970s impact culture today? The cultural revolution of the late 1960s – early 1970s has had a major impact on current American culture. The distress caused by the Vietnam war forced American citizens to search for a new outlet of false-happiness or an ability to forget their worries to avoid what was currently a dull and depressing war-time state of living.
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Literature’s Link to Culture in the 1960’s The 1960’s were a momentous decade in the United States. Notably‚ the civil rights movement and the activities associated with counterculture–referred to as hippies–were becoming normal. The literature of the ‘60s reflects these new age ideals; but‚ two books in particular translate this message. To Kill a Mockingbird (which was the literary genius of Harper Lee) tells a tale of racial equality and The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test written by Tom Wolfe‚ which
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