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    Australia‚ Opera House‚ by Jorn Utzon‚ the work of Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum.  Architect Frank Lloyd Wright • American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) is the most famous architect of the twentieth century and one of the most prolific. Wright defined his Prairie School style of architecture with organic buildings that extend the indoors to the outside. Prairie style houses cling to their site with low-slung projecting roofs that suggest security and

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    The US abandoned Isolationism in the 20th century‚ and it increased its involvement in global conflicts.The global conflicts led to an increase in federal spending and US policy was also modified due to the threat of the soviets‚ during the cold war. However‚ the Cold War brought forth the rise of the Red Scare‚the fear of Communism. The fear of the hostile foreign countries led to increased federal spending‚policy;and social changes like the Red Scare. The threat of war has caused US policy

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    Eugenics in the 20th Century During 1912 in western society everybody was all about keeping the superior white race “pure.” Therefore‚ laws enacting eugenic measures such as forced sterilization were passed. Political leaders across the ideological spectrum supported its goals‚ and scientists thought of eugenics as the salvation of humanity. There was no one to save you should you be anything other than white-skinned. Francis Galton‚ one of the great polymaths of Victorian science in Britain‚ published

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    20th Century Music

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    By the turn of the century and for the next few decades‚ artists of all nationalities were searching for exciting and different modes of expression. Composers such as Arnold Schoenberg explored unusual and unorthodox harmonies and tonal schemes. French composer Claude Debussy was fascinated by Eastern music and the whole-tone scale‚ and created a style of music named after the movement in French painting called Impressionism. Hungarian composer Béla Bartók continued in the traditions

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    In the modern world disease was a huge thing in the 20th century. There were many diseases that affected many people all around the world.many of them suffered or even died from it. Disease were very serious in the 20th century. The top main disease were HIVs‚ Malaria‚ Tuberculosis‚ Influenza‚ and SARS. One of the disease that started in the 20th century was HIV in the 1980s. HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. HIV was discovered by Luc Antoine Montagnier‚ a French virologist and joint

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    20th Century Genius

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    considered to be a genius of the 20th century. Background Pablo Picasso‚ born Pablo Ruiz‚ was destined to become an artist at a very young age. Born in Malaga‚ Spain on October 15‚ 1881‚ the young artist began to follow in the footsteps of Jose Ruiz Blasco—his father. Many say that Picasso ’s love for art was somewhat genetic‚ since his father was also an aspiring painter. At the young age of four‚ Picasso had already learned to draw detailed pictures‚ and by the age of 15 had already become technically

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    20th Century London

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    THE 20th CENTURY   In the early 20th century Hendon and Finchley became built up. Growth also spread to Harrow and Wealdstone‚ Twickenham‚ Teddington and Kingston Upon Thames. Wimbledon and Surbiton also became suburbs of London. Furthermore in the early 20th century London County Council began to build estates of council houses on the edge of the city. In 1903 the first ones were built at Tooting. Later estates were built at Norbury‚ Tottenham‚ Roehampton‚ at Downham near Catford and at Becontree

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    Over the past century‚ history has shown that the brutal crimes executed to exterminate a particular group of people are considered among the most traumatic human tragedies. The extreme aggression that people are willing to portray‚ with the intent of completely destroying a cultural group‚ is devastating. In 1944‚ the term genocide was introduced to describe the attempt of erasing an entire population through killing. In particular‚ there have been multiple occasions in the 20th century that demonstrate

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    To improve power‚ influence and living standards. You need: technological advances and the degree of its commitment to modernisation * A major catalyst for challenge and change to the old political‚ social‚ economic and cultural order of the 20th century. Because: encouraged urbanisation- the move from country to town * Urbanisation * Spread of disease became a major problem * Where your house was located reflected social classes * Social change * Change in women’s traditional

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    Technology in the 20th Century Margie R. Collins HUM/300 The Global Village October 13‚ 2014 Joan Canby Technology in the 20th Century There can be no doubt that the twentieth century is one of the most remarkable unparalleled rate in mankind’s history for its technological advances and scientific discoveries‚ a rate that continues to this day. In fact‚ there were so many new gadgets invented and discoveries made in the last century that it’s difficult to pare the list down to just the three

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