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    In the western world‚ the relationship between church and state exists as separate entities. Individuals have the freedom to practice or not practice any religion without the government becoming involved. China‚ too‚ allows for this freedom of religious belief. However‚ most governments in the western world use a democratic form of government whereas China uses a communist form of ruling. Therefore‚ although the freedom of religious belief does exist‚ a strong interdependence between the state and

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    Modernism In the arts‚ a radical break with the past and concurrent search for new forms of expression. Modernism fostered a period of experimentation in the arts from the late 19th to the mid-20th century‚ particularly in the years following World War I. In an era characterized by industrialization‚ rapid social change‚ advances in science and the social sciences (e.g.‚Darwinism‚ Freudian theory)‚ Modernists felt a growing alienation incompatible with Victorian morality‚ optimism‚ and convention

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    The first half of the 20th century saw Britain evolving into a welfare state lots of policies come into place within the early 1920-1930s which aimed to help people with housing‚ unemployment‚ education‚ pensions‚ insurance problems which where all massive issues at that current time and in 1940s a policy was created which allowed people to get health care and sick pay (Rose‚ 1992). In the 19th Century the prisons went from private to public control and to Cohen (1985) this was the start of increasing

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    Women’s suffrage was one of the most important issues the United States had in the 20th century. It included women’s revolution to gain their rights‚ where they fought hard for a good purpose‚ but the most important was the end of slavery. This battle caused the loss of human’s life for some and incarceration for others. This tragedy would have never happened if and only if women had an important voice in the society‚ had the right to work‚ and the right to vote. However‚ if women’s voices

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    movements as well as the Labor Bund experiences. By the 20th century‚ many of the Jewish were already holding the leadership positions in the American labor movement. Jewish founded the unions that played an important role in left wings politics and after 1936‚ in the Democratic Party politics. And have been aligning with the Democratic Party ever since then‚ throughout most of the 20th century. However by the end of 20th century and early 21st century‚ initiation were made by the Republicans to woo over

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    Many of the events‚ situations and circumstances of the second half of the 20th century set the stage for‚ caused and made possible‚ most of the business‚ political and interpersonal scenarios we are experiencing in this country today – good‚ bad and indifferent. According to the U.S. Census of 1900‚ ninety percent of Blacks lived in the South. Three-quarters of black households were located in rural places; only one-fifth owned their own homes and most worked as farmers or laborers. If not on

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    people consider the 1930’s to be a terrible time of prejudice‚ especially to some violent extremes. Between racism‚ sexism‚ and social prejudice‚ discrimination levels were about the highest America has ever seen. Prejudice in the early twentieth century was a very big problem because nobody was treated likewise. Men and women‚ Whites and Blacks‚ they were all the same‚ but at the same time‚ all were different. In the fight with different types of predisposition‚ sadly‚ the majority won the battles

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    assyrians‚ and greeks question why there group of individuals were killed. The attacks that the ottomans carried out were mass deportation of the groups but mostly mass murder. The Armenian Genocide is considered the first major genocide of the 20th century. Some might ask well what is the history of Armenia? Armenia is located on the Asian continent‚ west of asia. It is bordering turkey to the west and Georgia in the north. The capital

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    Italian-American. Most of the Italians immigrated to the United States in small percentages. Most of the immigration occurred in the 20th century during the years of 1880-1960. Many of the Italian immigrants came from southern Italy with very low education. The main reason for Italian immigration was because of the poor economic conditions in Italy during the 20th century. The Italians settled in specific areas where they can all interact with each other and be away from other ethnic groups. Since they

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    was coined by the Romans who were trying to come up with a purpose for divisions of labor. Then during the scientific revolution‚ it was pushed even harder by having students specialize in specific areas of study. But it wasn’t until the 19th – 20th century when universities began to explicitly

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