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    followed soon after‚ giving way to new laws like the Roe v. Wade trial‚ which ruled that women had the right to have an abortion. American Society slowly changed its views and treatment of women‚ which was one of the biggest changes made when it came to gender

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    Vietnam war protests and the antiwar music of the 1960’s Rachel Allison AP us history due 12/12/14     The Vietnam War had a huge impact on the American people that will not soon  be forgotten. During this period of time America was facing many serious challenges all  at once. Americans were at war fighting for freedom and democracy because of the fear  of the domino effect; a theory that a communist victory in one country would lead to a  chain reaction of communist takeovers in neighboring countries

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    Throughout the 1960s‚ African Americans made exceptional gains. There cause came to be known as the Civil Rights Movement. The term Civil Rights Movement encompasses strategies‚ groups‚ and movements in the united States contained goals to end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and the 1960s was a time when African Americans first began to fight against segregation in the South leading to the nationwide battle for economic equality

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    Pop Culture Research Paper Chandler Pruneau November 9‚ 2014 To Kill a Mockingbird: Racism in Film in the 1960’s The 1960’s was a decade of radical social change and revolutionary attitude. While people were able to come together on many issues and influence positive change in our nation‚ racism was still a shaky platform for much of society. Because the ideas of hatred and inequality were deep rooted in so many people‚ the social activists in favor of an equal America faced a long and

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    Rights movement of the 1960’s based their agenda primarily on the goals of equality for African-Americans. The call for better treatment of African-Americans rallied society together in the fight for increasing tolerance and further awareness of the injustices occurring in the seemingly tolerant United States. However‚ despite fruitful and positive intentions‚ the movement was unable to accomplish the idealistic goals they preached. Though the Civil Rights movement of the 1960’s was able to create

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    CONSUMER SOCIETY The term consumer society is commonly used to distinguish contemporary affluent societies from traditional agricultural or modern industrial societies‚ to emphasize the role of consumption as a factor in social structure and as an element of lifestyle. History and Meaning of the Term The concept of the consumer society has been commonly used since the early decades of the twentieth century‚ originally in the United States‚ where the wealth of mass-produced consumer

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    deal of American history‚ world history‚ and pop culture throughout your life along with being influenced by your parents opinions‚ what would you consider the best decade? Over the course of my life‚ I have been influenced by teachers‚ experiences‚ society‚ the internet‚ and many different forms of writing that I have read. Throughout my schooling and learning‚ I have come to a conclusion regarding how I feel about writing and reading. Dr. Seuss and Amelia Bedelia taught me how to read in elementary

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    the paving stones‚ the beach!’. What do such graffiti as these tell you about the zeitgeist – the spirit of the times – in France in the late 1960s? The graffiti of Paris in May‚ 1968‚ such as the slogans above‚ articulated the revolutionary zeitgeist: a profound disaffection with the delimited offerings and exclusionary‚ authoritarian nature of society under The Fifth Republic. Slogans interweaved new revolutionary ideals of action‚ individuality and festivity with traditional revolutionary

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    Final Project 1960 Time Capsule Kaplan University January 12‚ 2014 After receiving a very intriguing call from my colleagues‚ about a great time capsule find‚ I made my immediate departure for a little place we call the Red Zone previously known as Colorado. As I arrive I help my colleagues to unearth a time capsule from the period of the 1960s. We carefully opened the capsule that had intrigued us all so much to find five articles inside that told a great story of our past and of the decade

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    Liberation The decade of the 1960’s was an era of spiritual journey for many individuals and a cultural crusade for others. This enlightened outlook and newfound brazen behavior was a stark contrast to the conformity and repression of the 1950’s. Liberation was the buzzword used by those seeking to break out of the stereotypical roles that society had forced them into from a young age. Women began to protest the mainstream thinking that “barefoot in the kitchen” was their destiny. Ethnic groups

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