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    American citizens with disabilities began to join forces in the 1960’s. They all saw the same problem; disabled people were not treated equally. Disabled and non-disabled people nationwide began to band together for the common cause demanding equal treatment‚ equal access‚ and equal opportunity for all. Although this movement began in the 1960’s‚ nothing happened until 1990. In 1990‚ the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) expanded the freedoms and hopes of individuals with impairments through

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    was Fondue‚ one of the many foods made in the 1960s that everyone liked and still does. Food is very important to human life‚ and in the 1960s‚ companies got so creative that the foods they created are still around today. Food is the 1960s changed the way we live because many food products came out in the 1960s‚ it had a boom of fast food restaurants‚ and many restaurants from the 1960s are still around today. Many types foods were invented in the 1960s. Most of them were packaged to make it so mothers

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    point during the 1960’s. The looming communist threat that the people of the time had been so fixated on was at an all time high. While America would go into another war in asia for reasons most people wouldn’t understand. In the home front civil unrest had reached its boiling point as many of the status quos of race would be challenged. Trailing behind the fight on equality on race would be a fight for the equality of gender. But what would fuel the rise of women’s rights in the 1960’s? If we were

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    I chose to interview my step mother’s grandparents for my 1960s interview paper. I interviewed them Saturday‚ February 13 at their home in Zanesville‚ Ohio. Her grandfather’s name in Andy and her grandmother’s name is Karen. In 1960‚ they were both 19 years old. I chose them for this interview because they were alive and well during the 60s and because I believe the 60s were a very impactful time period for them. The most horrific time of the 60s for them was when Russia was going to bring missiles

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    think about the strides taken during the 1960’s for equal treatment of women. The sixties started off with a bang for women‚ as the Food and Drug Administration approved birth control pills‚ President John F. Kennedy established the President’s Commission on the Status of Women and appointed Eleanor Roosevelt as chairwoman‚ and Betty Friedan published her famous and groundbreaking book‚ “The Feminine Mystique” (Imbornoni). The Women’s Movement of the 1960’s was a ground-breaking part of American

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    Sports in the 1960’s Professional athletes are celebrities in today’s world. The superstars of their sport get paid millions of dollars every year. They are also role models for many young people that wish to play the same sport. But it wasn’t always that way; however‚ sports have always been affected by the culture of that time. In the 1960’s sports have been affected by war‚ racism‚ and politics. The Vietnam War and political assassinations of the 1960’s were paramount. A shocking event that occurred

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    The Stormy Sixties; 1960 – 1968 The Stormy Sixties bean with heightened Cold War tensions that led to the full-scale eruption of the Vietnam War. President Kennedy’s youthful energy brought about a new age of American politics that outlived the assassin’s bullet and into President Johnson’s administration. From bus boycotts and sit-ins to a March on Washington‚ the Civil Rights Movement gained momentum in the 1960s and inspired all of America to fight for equal rights. The major concern

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    The Hollywood studios’ systems in 1960 were very interesting because the Hollywood had to face the issue of its business structure changes. In 1960‚ the Hollywood studio systems had to change the strategies because of television and people’s demanding. In the 1950s‚ TV was invented‚ and most people bought it. Because of TV‚ many people began to stay home to watch movie instead of went to theater because TV companies got broadcasting rights from studios. In addition forging-films was imported by some

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    The 1960s were a time of change. It was a time when blacks wanted equal rights. The 1960s called for peace and freedom. During the 1960s people started to dressed in more colorful clothes. Clothing became loose and flowy. The hippie movement was during the 1960s. People did not care about what they looked like. They did drugs and partied and hooked up with whoever. There were many major events that happened during the 60s. The Pentagon papers was one of theses major events. It changed the how the

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    The 1960 film Spartacus‚ directed by Stanley Kubrick’s illustrates the retelling of the story of a slave that had led a revolt. This revolt turned into a major war known as the Third Servile War between the superior powers of the Roman Republic. Kubrick’s version of the film precisely portrays the story of Spartacus‚ but there are elements that embellish the conception of slavery to appeal to an American audience in the 1960s. These embellishments would include the contrast between the characterization

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