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    RIGHTS MOVEMENT OF 1964 1 The Civil Rights movement results from the African American Civil Rights movement completely transformed the lives of African Americans and helped to integrate public schools‚ places and help them get their natural rights back. From the earliest of time‚ white people enslaved and frowned upon African Americans. In the southern states‚ African Americans were not allowed to even associate with whites. This is what we call segregation. African Americans were not

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    American reform movements in the early to mid 1800’s strived at improving our developing society. America was growing larger‚ and with the expanding population‚ many new ideas sprang up. Conflicting opinions between the people of the United States caused the emergence of an Age of Reform‚ where people tried to change things such as the educational system and women’s rights. These movements were the result of our nation’s self-determination and interest in improving the society we

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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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    AIM‚ standing for American Indian Movement‚ was an advocacy group for Indian rights in the United States. Known for its militancy‚ AIM was one of the most dazzling and promising Indian organizations after its creation. However‚ it turned out to have a mixed and to an extent ineffective result due to its general failure in fulfilling its main goals of positive imaging‚ enforcement of past treaties and reclamation of lost lands‚ let alone its ultimate wish of the resurgence of Indian power. One of

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    Blumenbach inadvertently engaged in creating a rank-order hierarchy‚ which Garland E. Allen‚ an American historian‚ describes as a hierarchy that is greatly influenced by the social context of the time and puts

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    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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    How did the tensions of the 1860s show the human side of the Civil War? Three perspectives of the Civil War were the children‚ African Americans‚ and the medical staff. Most of the effects of the tensions made were not good. One side of the Civil War were the children. Tens of thousands of fathers were killed in the war. This caused many children to become orphans‚ causing the opening of many orphanages all across America. Some children wanted to become soldiers and they would slip through the cracks

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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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    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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    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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