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    and it is an important aspect of our survival. Communication has evolved a lot and it has come a long way from what it was once‚ but the most drastic changes came in the last 50 – 60 years. Communication has changed from people struggling to communicate over long distances to now we can virtually talk to anyone at any corner of the Earth. But it was not the same always‚ during 1950s and 60’s was the era of revolution of communication i.e. such as telephonic answering machines created by Bell Laboratories

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    Can you believe that over a few decades ago changed the way women dress and act? The flapper girls sparked in the early 1920s leading a revolutionary change to modern day clothing for both women and men. The style that most of us try and pull of came about during a time of change and growth in our nation. Flappers in the 1920s are considered to be our modern day feminist. During their time period‚ women were granted with more freedoms and equality to men‚ such as voting and being able to hold

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    Australia 1920's

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    Paragraph 1 Following the end of World War I‚ it took eighteen months to return 260‚000 Australian soldiers to their home and with them they brought the world-wide “Spanish influenza’ epidemic‚ which caused almost 12‚000 deaths in Australia. The soldiers had been told they would return to a land fit for heroes but Australia’s economy could not quickly adjust to the addition of so many workers. Initially 417‚000 men had enlisted in the AIF‚ which resulted in women emerging from their homes to fill the jobs

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    Music In The 1950's

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    influenced the way people think and act but when the 1950´s arrived music played even a greater role in people’s lifestyle and as the decades went on music kept becoming more and more popular and it is now one of the biggest industries and influences in the world. Music doesn’t only changes people´s mood. It goes beyond that‚ Music reflects society on a much deeper level because it mirrors the attitudes of its time. Society is constantly changing and the world we live in today is very different that 50 years

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    America was not prosperous or united during the 1920s. Although there were reasons to show that The United States were prosperous during this time‚ there are stronger arguments and ‘harder’ evidence to show that most of population were neither prosperous nor united. These arguments are‚ the collapse of the American economy in the late 1920s and the countries economical situation‚ prohibition and the truth in society a large part of this being racism. There are signs of prosperity and unity in

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    Sports in the 1950's

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    Sports in the 1950s Whether it’s Mark McGwire breaking the home run record‚ Terell Davis breaking the rushing record‚ or superstars retiring‚ Americans have always had a fascination with sports. Sports have provided entertainment even before radio or television. Sports provided many things for the fans that watched them. Sports allowed communities to grow stronger and provided great athletes to look up to. With the arrival of television sports took on a whole new meaning. Being able to watch

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    Complacent In The 1950's

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    After the second world war‚ many of Europe was completely devastated from all the warfare that had taken place since the beginning of the first world war. Two straight generations participated in a war that killed tens of millions combined‚ while destroying infrastructure all over the world. By the end of the second war‚ many were just focused on finally being with their families and recovering what little they had left. So the idea of “change” was most likely coming second to a lot of people. Many

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    separate Blacks from Whites‚ but one of the most absurd ones is that “White motorists had the right-of-way at all intersections” (Pilgrim). In 1957‚ nine brave black students walked in to Central High School in Arkansas to challenge the idea of segregation in America. All of the children were courageous enough to have very mean things yelled at them including acid thrown in their faces‚ yet all but one live today. The Jim Crow laws were a huge part of the act of segregation in the 1950s. The Jim Crow

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    What Caused World War II?

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    World War II was a war that took a lasting toll on the world‚ lasting from about 1931-1945. The Holocaust‚ the Rape of Nanjing‚ Nazis‚ the Pearl Harbor attack‚ and dropping an atomic bomb are major a few major events during World War II. During this war‚ there are many underlying factors similar to the first world war‚ for example‚ there were new alliances formed and the war was an arms race. World War II can be connected to some of the worst times in history as people developed devastating weapons

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    The radio in the 1920's.

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    The Roaring 20’s During the 1920s‚ also known as "The Roaring 20’s"‚ Radio Broadcasting became one of America’s favorite sources of entertainment. During this time period most Americans depended on radio for their source of communication‚ since television was not yet invented. The invention of radio had a major impact on Americans. Radio stations transmitted a variety of shows and programs that entertained many people through out the nation. "In the 1920s the Westinghouse engineer‚ Frank Conrad

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