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    and makes it easy for people to stand up for their own rights. Martin Luther King Jr. is a prime example as to why peaceful resistance to laws has a positive effect on a free society. King was a marquee figure in the civil rights movement in the 1960s. King encouraged his followers to be peaceful in protest and not retaliate when punished for their civil disobedience. King goes about the protest in this way because of the effect the tactic of civil disobedience has on the opposition. When people

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    1960s Dbq

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    someone mentions the 1960s‚ what do you think about? Do you think about the war in Vietnam‚ the Apollo 11 mission‚ or the Civil Rights movement? If you’ve ever thought about the Civil Right’s Movement; have you thought about whose philosophy was better for the 1960s‚ was it Martin Luther King Jr. or Malcolm X. During the 1960s‚ King wanted black’s and white’s to getting along; while Malcolm X wanted black’s and white’s to work separately. I think that Martin Luther King Jr.’s philosophy was best

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    1960s Music

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    along with the music industry like peas in a pod‚ but never has it had more of a literal meaning than it did in the free loving 1960s. Many of the greatest rock bands and rock artists in history were forged out of the 60s‚ which culminated in 1969 with a festival of peace‚ love and happiness in a time of war. Rock and Roll was a release from war tension in the 1960s. Many "Hippies" protested the Vietnam War. Many of these protests were met with hostile means of breaking up by our government

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    Communism In Russia

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    been in a rebuilding process after losing World War 2 and the Cold War. Having a communist government haunted Russia during this time period‚ not allowing Russia to develop as quickly as other nations (Student Resources Gale‚ “End” ). Lacking a strong government Russia is affected economically and socially due to Communism. In addition‚ Communism has lead Russia downhill during the beginning of the Cold War in 1945. President Ronald Reagan increasing the military budget; Mikhail Gorbachev expanded

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    Advantages of Communism

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    theoretically‚ help to raise labor productivity and advance a society in its development. Communist ideology advocates universal education with a focus on developing the proletariat with knowledge‚ class consciousness‚ and historical understanding. Communism supports the emancipation of women and the ending of their exploitation. Both cultural and educational policy in communist states have emphasized the development of a "New Man"—a class-conscious‚ knowledgeable‚ heroic‚ proletarian person devoted

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    1960s Equality

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    all has become an integral and necessary part of our American culture. Without equality for all‚ we cannot function as one nation under one flag. It has become such an important ideal and concept of American culture‚ that whenever people think of America‚ they naturally and automatically think of freedom and equality. In the pursuit of equality and the "American Dream‚" there have been countless events in this nation’s history that have dramatically changed how equality is viewed in this country.

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    1960s Decade

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    Decade of the 1960s “Ask not what your country can do for you‚; but what you can do for your country-John F. Kennedy”(“John F. Kennedy”). The 1960s was full of excitement‚ but also filled with shock and disappointment. The people and events of the 1960s impacted the later decades to come. The 1960s also had a lot of improved technology. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ John F. Kennedy’s assassination‚ the Supercomputer‚ and unisex fashions were all a big part of the 1960s throughout America. “I came to feel

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    Plato Communism

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    PLATO’S THEORY OF COMMUNISM Plato was born in may/june 428/27 BC in Athens in an aristocratic family . Plato’s real name was Aristocles.He excelled in the study of music ‚ mathematics ‚poetry and rhetoric . Plato met with Socrates in 407 BC and became his desciple . The execution of Socrates proved to be the turning point of Plato’s life . Plato left Athens and went to many countries ‚ studying mathematics and the historical traditions of the priests . He returned to Athens in 386 BC and established

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    Life in America during the Great Depression Jordan Hora HI 202 Dr. Barske MWF 1-1:50 The Great Depression began in 1929 and lasted until 1939. This was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn so far in history. In the United States‚ the Great Depression began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929‚ which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. Throughout the next several years‚ consumer spending and investment dropped‚ this caused steep

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    Communism In The Giver

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    Mao Zedong once said that “Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.” Communism is a political theory derived from Karl Marx‚ 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. Throughout history we can see examples of communism in the Soviet Union and China. Currently many countries including China‚ Laos‚ North Korea‚ Vietnam‚ and Cuba are communist countries

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