Goal: In groups‚ students will teach the Latin American Independence Movements by focusing on the leaders of the movements. Procedure: 1. Students will be divided into 6 groups: Simon Bolivar (Venezuela) Liberator of the North Jose San Martin (Argentina) Liberator of the South Bernardo O’Higgins (Chile) Toussaint L’Ouverture (Haiti) Miguel Hidalgo/Jose Morelos (Mexico) Benito Juarez (Mexico) 2. Each group will be given media time to research and create a power point on their
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Imagine being famous living the American dream. Imagine being famous for the wrong reason. Imagine starting an organization to help the good of the African- American people‚ but then that organization becomes one of the biggest target in the eyes of police‚ and white America. Imagine having to take on the hatred of millions‚ with havoc and disaster being sparked out of the organization created for the good of the people. What was asked to be imagined has already happened right here in America. The
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1. American Civil Rights Movement THE BLACKS 1865 and 1870 - Three Constitutional amendments: The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery‚ the Fourteenth Amendment gave blacks the rights of citizenship‚ and The Fifteenth Amendment gave them the right to vote. Until the modern civil rights movement (1950s) blacks were denied access to public places such as restaurants‚ hotels‚ theaters‚ and schools. There were separate facilities marked "colored only"‚ which was sanctioned by the courts. 1896
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The American government is practically in our everyday lives‚ including our private lives. The government is basically everything we do. It is the way we work‚ the reason why we look for a career‚ the way we eat or drink to conclude‚ the way we live. Sometimes it is a problem for most citizens but some other times‚ it is the real reason why they live better and maintain everything they have. The government is the people; it is education‚ entertainment‚ peace but can be completely different
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During the Progressive Era‚ there was a rise in advocates for various issues of the period. A prime example of a progressive advocate is Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ who through her writing encouraged more social‚ political‚ and economic rights for women. Gilman specifically advocated for women to not only participate in their domestic duties but for women to also serve as active members of society; both politically and financially. To convey these points‚ Gilman wrote and published many books that
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The American Revolution: A Middle Class Movement Revolutions are generally defined by certain causes and results stemming from discontent in the governed people. Among these outcomes are change in the political‚ social and economic order of society. In the American Revolution‚ however‚ not all of these areas of the nation were altered in a way conducive with a true Revolution. The government was overthrown and a democracy was formed. Nevertheless‚ no large variance was apparent in the economic
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The Progressive Era - Liberal or Conservative During the latter part of the nineteenth century‚ presumably around the 1890’s‚ it became known as the Progressive Era‚ a time of change‚ reform‚ and adaptation. As Vernon L. Parrignton put it‚ it was a "democratic renaissance" (Vernon L. Parrington in The Progressive Movement: Liberal or Conservative). So what was Progressivism? Well‚ its main goals were to curb corporate power‚ to end business monopolies‚ and to wipe out political corruption. They
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Favoring or implementing social reform or new‚ liberal ideas is a progressive Ideal. Progressive Ideals have been used all the time throughout history. What makes a progressive‚ is when someone takes their ideas and takes action in trying to make them happen. Two certain people that fall in the categorizes of developing progressive Ideals is‚ muckraker‚ Thomas Nast‚ and cartoonist Dr. Suess. In more than one ways than another‚ both of these people have created a difference in the world in quite similar
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position and they still are using race to make decisions it creates more problems in the first place. On the other side some people attempt to use their race to benefit themselves because they are a minority. I went to school with a young African American that was picked on because of the color of his skin‚ he was new to
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During the Progressive Era‚ pressure from labor‚ suffrage‚ and conservation movements profoundly changed the course of American history. Many of the reformers’ ideas clashed with the male-dominated‚ capitalist economic structure present at the turn of the century. Some of the intended reforms opposed the current system‚ but the level of social unrest necessitated change. Businessmen and activists alike initiated the reforms during the Progressive Era. Government‚ due to the intention of calming the
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