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    The Collapse Of Communism

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    Two of the most well known economic events overt the last decade are the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and the emergence of the market economy in China. They both changed for the citizens.but they differed in the form of government they wished to achieve and the reasons why their governments failed and needed to change . China changed to do something about the poor of their country‚ while Russia was more focused on their upper working classes. Strikes and food riots broke out in Russia

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    New Election 1960

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    year 1960 was a year of new ideas and new beginnings. During the Cold War‚ the Civil Rights Movement and the changes in youth culture‚ Americans were looking for a new leader. The election of 1960 was a gateway to change in America. With a close popular vote Electoral College vote‚ the election brought in a new president with new ideas and beliefs. This change helped America during the Cold War and the Space Race‚ making America become one of the most dominate countries in the world. The 1960s was

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    “Any cook should be able to run the country‚” said Vladimir Lenin‚ a renowned Russian revolutionary and devout communist‚ while preaching the keystone principles of both communism and socialism. While similar‚ Communism and Socialism have many differences that create a minuscule divide between the two ideologies that can be seen by a negligent eye as the same. First published in 1827 England‚ and five years later in France‚ Socialism became a large part of the region’s history. Conveniently beginning

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    The legitimacy crisis that occurred within the police in the 1960s was a result of the injustice that minorities experienced at the hands of the police. Often times beaten and brutalized by the police‚ African Americans started demanding equal rights and wanted discrimination based on color to stop. Protests and marches were organized to bring attention to the mistreatment they were receiving. White police would show up to try to contain and monitor these protests that often ended in riots. Protests

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    Hippies In 1960s

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    In the 1960s‚ there was a change in people’s belief and their rights‚ and they were known as the hippies. Today‚ a similar change is occurring that is changing people’s belief‚ and that is the issue of the LGBT. In the 1960s‚ many Americans‚ especially younger ones‚ experience a change in attitude and how to express life. Both men and women began to wear long flowing clothes‚ beads‚ and headbands and often put flowers in their hair‚ which gave them the nickname “flower children”‚ or hippies. These

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    Anti-Communism and McCarthyism America has both seen and had to face many obstacles which include several wars and a Great Depression. During those times America had many challenges to face‚ many of which almost led to the destruction of the foundation of the country. The most memorable is the Red Scare which is a result of anti-communism and McCarthyism. This paper describes the differences between anti-communism and McCarthyism. Next‚ the perspective from which the media covered the issue is

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    The Arts and the 1960s

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    comprehend. Art in general became such a talked about subject during the post-WWII years and especially during the American involvement of Vietnam. During these years‚ and for many to come‚ art shaped our society in a way that the American people have never seen before. Art gave the American people a great form of expression starting in the 1950s and still plays a major role in our country today. Art had a major influence on the United States during the post-WWII years and that is the reason art changed

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    Education in the 1960s

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    employment has caused a major setback on the life of minorities. There are two major dilemmas that appear throughout the 1960s and our current time. The first major problem is that education system is always rapidly growing in all its levels‚ which leads to increasingly crowded classes that can’t uphold the required material and faculty to that huge number of students‚ “in the 1960s public school enrollment was 1.9 million students in excess of classroom capacity‚ a situation that persisted throughout

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    During the 1950’s and 1960s in America‚ there was racial discrimination and segregation‚ which was legalised through the Jim Crow laws. The Civil Rights movement aim was to challenge these laws and achieve legislative change‚ making the ”X” challenging the racist laws and enforcing equal ones. The movement was a ”Sustained upsurge” due to the constant protest and large scale buy in from the African American community‚ which lead to numerous groups forming because of it which sustained the CRM..

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    Communism vs. Capitalism

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    according to his abilities‚ to each according to his needs.” There is no greater economic system that can rival the Utopian nature of Communism‚ yet this statement sent shivers down the spine of the Capitalist World. The concept was flawless however the implementation resulted in one of one of the most infamous Political systems in the world. Communism‚ in layman’s terms‚ is a revolutionary political system ‚ aiming to create a classless‚ moneyless and stateless social order structured upon

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