Affluent Society or “golden age”. American idea of freedom was economic abundance. This was a time of prosperity for the middle class (60% of Americans). Between 1946-1960‚ American gross national product more than doubled. The Cold War fueled industrial production. This lead to an increase in wages and more jobs. II) American Standard of living increased. Former luxuries became standard. Home ownership‚ cars‚ TVs‚ refrigerators. Owning a car was the American idea of freedom. Automobiles
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Barbie- An American Icon Icons like Barbie recognized for their popularity and effects on society. Barbie is a subject of obsession all over the world. Collectors‚ consumers and even some designers become enthralled in the Barbie world. Designers create special designs to fit a specific trend of the high fashion runways. Collectors all over the world collect and spend amazing amounts of money to have the original Barbie in their collection. The consumers have made Barbie a true icon in American culture
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cruel and unfair treatment towards blacks and minorities. After he found the truth about the history of whites and blacks‚ he decided to make it a life goal to share the truth he found. In prison‚ he found that the teachings of Eljiah Muhammad were what he wanted to follow. He believed the white men were devils and he eventually began to share the teachings of Muhammad to people around America. Malcolm X genuinely believed that there was no good in white men. He constantly referred to them as “white
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involves fighters to close the gap between him or herself and gain supremacy over one another. The last man standing is offered a reward. A sport loved my many people around the world today‚ who would have ever thought that there was a time in America history for which this event played a very important role in hardships‚ slavery and racism. In modern times‚ the name Battle Royal has been used in a more general impression to refer to any fight involving a great number of people that are not grouped into
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Nationalism 1. In the wake of neocolonialism‚ Latin Americans remade the nativist rhetoric of the past to push a new nationalist cultural and economic agenda. I. Nationalism 1. Latin American nations had been defined by their internal diversity 1. Transculturation 2. Racial mixing 2. Europeans had associated Latin American difference with a negative meaning 3. Nativism challenged this attitude 4. Nativism faded after independence
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From chapter nine and beyond Malcom X goes through some personal growth and changes of views on different topics. Earlier in life he would se the discrimination acts on him and his family as a direct personal attack. While in prison Malcom beggins to understand that past actions taken on him and his family are more of an attack on his race rather than personally. He now sees all black people as victims of racism not just of himself. Malcom also converts to Islam and feels that his criminal
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with the labor required. Lastly‚ the English looked at Africans as different and inferior so English laws did not apply to them. This racial superiority led to the bondage of 10 to 12 million Africans and the largest migration of people in world history. The reading by Olaudah Equiano‚ an African slave who retold his horrific experience with the middle passage and life as a slave‚ really touches on just how bad these
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world. - 35‚000 YA & 10‚000 YA SFI: Ice freezing oceans to glaciers Nomadic Asian hunters took 250 centuries to cross Incan‚ Mayan‚ Aztec civilizations - 2‚000 languages‚ approx. 54 million peoples Themes: American Diversity Culture Religion Environment The Earliest Americans MI: Agriculture‚ esp. corn growing‚ spread through civilizations slowly‚ creating civilizations that grew in population and sophistication‚ all the while showing no dominion over the land. Some of these tribes
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Outsiders’ because the film has a lot of examples on camera movements‚ for example‚ close-ups‚ camera turning around‚ downward views‚ colored screen‚ camera edits‚ etc.‚ and how films work. In the movie of ‘The Outsiders’‚ there were a lot of camera movements. At the beginning of the film‚ the music lyrics restate the word gold‚ the opening tittles in gold and a golden sun. The first shot establishes the setting of the entire setting. The low angle of the camera makes the story seem like a very personal matter
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the courthouse were deeply entangled in corruption and scandal during the Gilded Age‚ the actual economic and social issues afflicting urbanizing America festered beneath the surface without being seriously addressed. During this time‚ general American attention had shifted away from national politics and more towards economic change concerning the development of the West‚ urbanization of cities‚ and industrialization. Accompanying this transition was corruption in government policy‚ evident through
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