Social Security Act of 1935—this law was enacted in order to protect the general welfare by establishing a variety of systems to assist the aging‚ the disabled‚ and children. Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970—This act‚ which established the Occupational Safety and Health Administration‚ was designed to force employers to provide safe and healthy work environments and to make organizations liable for workers’ safety. Today‚ thousands of regulations‚ backed by civil and criminal penalties
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In the late 1960’s and early 1970’s cults first emerged as harmless religious sectors. The term cult is originally associated with the term religion. Cults are centered around new ideas and new beliefs. A cult is defined as a religious movement that believe in a particular figure or object. Cults are smaller than denominations and different than sects. A sect is a religion that has separated itself from a larger church and a denomination is a sub-group of a larger religion that have their own set
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From 1910-1970‚ many Indigenous children were taken from their biological families‚ because of unnecessary government policies. Although this is over‚ the traumatic experience of the children who experienced that‚ consequently‚ is having a current impact on Indigenous communities‚ families and individuals. The Stolen Generation is what these children are known as. The Europeans wrongly told the children of the Stolen Generation that their parents had either died or abandoned them after once they
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Philip Hampson Knight was born and raised in Oregon and was able to attend the University of Oregon and graduate in 1959 with a degree in journalism. Knight also earned his MBA from Stanford in 1962. During Knight’s time at the University of Oregon he was a member of the track team. After he graduated and entered the workforce he realized that he had a passion for something he had never thought about as a career. Knight wanted to be an entrepreneur and he dove into his dream by flying to Japan to
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Upon analysis of a small fragment of the NBC schedule‚ 7:30-8:30PM on a Wednesday‚ the evolution of Raymond Williams’ classic concept of flow in the 1970s is evident. His traditional concept is no longer sufficient to explain modern network broadcasting‚ largely due to the complex circumstances of advertiser supported broadcast networks in the post-network era of fragmented audiences. This evolution maintains the basic structure of Williams’ concept of flow with the addition of clear demographic
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1. If people were to compare children’s experience from now to the 1970’s‚ most would say that children no longer play outside. Although that is partly true due to entertainment media‚ there are other reasons why children no longer play outside as much. Before‚ many women were mostly housekeepers. They made sure that the house was clean‚ and they watched over all the children. Today‚ many more women work in the labor force‚ so the time that children spend outside in creative play has decreased. Nevertheless
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a Plague’ let us in on how people were affected during this crisis. The interviewees in the ‘We Were Here’ video expressed their thoughts on how life was during this time. A large population of gay men decided to move to San Francisco during the 1970s because thats where they were respected and were surrounded by people with the same sexual preference. The gay community began to form
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Examine the reasons for changes in divorce rate since 1970 Since the 1960’s divorce rate began to increase dramatically but the biggest rise in divorce rate was in 1972 when it doubled and was 120‚000. The divorce rate continued to rise and in 1993 reached its peak at 180‚000. There has been explanations for the rise in divorce which are: secularisation‚ changes in law‚ divorce had become cheaper and also changing attitudes in society especially with women as they had begun to receive more rights
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How Successful was the Heath Government of 1970-74? Edward Heath came into power in 1970 in a surprise victory against Harold Wilson. Heath was very different to other conservative leaders; he was a middle class grammar school boy‚ the youngest ever Conservative leader and the first to become a leader through an open election. His accession marked a change in the leadership of the Conservative Party from aristocratic to meritocratic‚ which many people saw as a refreshing change. However‚ the
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Canadian Women in the Workforce: 1940’s to the 1970’s The 1940’s to the 1970’s were 30 short years‚ but resulted in a huge revolutionary change to Canadian women and their place in the workforce. The women who lived during this time period fought for the rights that working women have today. Women went from working in their homes to working in stores‚ factories‚ and running the farm. There were plenty of things women had to overcome during this time‚ such as; filling in the job market during WWII
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