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    Charlie Solomons History Homework Year 11 Mr Thomas Why Did the Women’s Rights Movement Emerge in the USA During the ’50s and ’60s? During the 1950’s and 1960s‚ there were campaigns for rights widespread across the USA - namely the Civil Rights movement as led by Martin Luther King. Eventually‚ co-operation between King and the Supreme Court had been reached. Consequently‚ women whom aimed to bring about Women’s Rights felt confident and motivated towards escalating their cause in order to bring

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    Abstract: The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s has been widely viewed as the set of events that finally improved the quality of living for African Americans. The question to be asked‚ is that in the last half century since the movements‚ how has quality of life improved and in what ways must it still improve? In general‚ blacks have experience decreased poverty rates‚ better income‚ and increased education in recent years. However‚ the still very high statistics of all these areas in comparison

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    Disco is a genre of dance music that that had its roots in clubs that catered to African American‚ psychedelic and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and early 1970s. While disco was a form of black commercial pop music and a craze among black gay men especially‚ it did not catch mainstream attention until it was picked up by the predominantly white gay clubs of New York. Latinos and women embraced disco as well‚ and the music eventually expanded to several

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    Pop Art movement was marked by a fascination with popular culture reflecting the affluence in post-war (WWII) society in the 1950’s and 1960s. It was most prominent in American art but was understood to have commenced in Britain. Pop Art coincided with the globalization of pop music and youth culture. It was brash‚ young‚ fun and hostile to the artistic establishment. The movement was led by activists‚ thinkers‚ and artists who sought to rethink and even overturn what was widely interpreted as a

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    Many issues divided Americans in the 1920s and 1930s. This paper with examine some of these issues‚ such as dating‚ youth culture‚ the influence of Hollywood‚ the role of the automobile and sexuality. These issues arose during the roaring 20s and the 30s because the young generation started to do things differently than the generation before them. This was seen as rebellious and against the older generation’s morals. One of the issues in dating in the youth culture is petting and necking. Petting

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    Communism in Pakistan Communism was‚ and still is‚ considered an established political force in the sub-continent and has been an ideological choice of a fairly large list of it’s heroes and martyrs which exist on both sides of the partition spectrum. The movement‚ especially in this region‚ has seen it’s fair share of dull days there’s no denying it. However‚ to understand what communism is and how it is viewed by different people in the light of their cultural and political backgrounds one

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    fight racism and the youth effectively held and organized protest for equality for all throughout the nation from Alabama to Washington D.C. Youth had the greatest impact on society and were the backbone to the Civil Rights Movement. The youth of the 1960s had had enough and they believed something had to change an example of this would be the SDS or Students for a Democratic. The Students for a Democratic Society advocated for the abolishment

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    In the discussion of how much of Dr. King’s Vision do I think has been realized today compared to the 1960s when he gave his speech and how much do I think has not changed. I believe M.L.K knew 1963 was only the beginning and everyone should not settle or Gabe up or the nation will continue to “send out bad checks”. Back in 1960s there were protests in the black community for example to be granted citizenship rights and stopping police brutality. Which has not changed because now there is

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    things about American society have changed in the past sixty years. The 1960s were a time of counterculture‚ and many people rebelled against what had been socially normal in years past. Today‚ Americans still fight and rebel for what they believe in‚ but perhaps not on such a large scale as in the 60’s‚ and now for somewhat different causes. In some ways‚ the social norms of the 1960s are still similar today; during the 60’s‚ birth control became popular‚ drug use was very common‚ and people tended

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    Google would define communism as “advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.” Communism is exactly what Americans wanted to prevent during the Cold War. The Cold War started on March 12‚ 1947‚ when Europe had been split in half. Soon after World War I was over‚ an economic and political war between capitalist and communist countries‚ America and the Soviet Union began. Subsequently

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