better life. The 17 years which he ran as Prime Minister are referred to as the “golden era” as it led to rapid economic growth. According to dfat.gov.au‚ an official government website‚ the rate of home ownership rose dramatically from around 40% in 1947 to 75% in the 1960’s. This was the result of Menzies’ introduction of the Homes Savings Grant Act 1964 which aimed to provide assistance to young married persons
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When President Truman issued the Truman Doctrine in 1947‚ he made the containment policy and it led to dominated foreign policy of the US (Kennedy 875). Ten years later‚ President Eisenhower issued a similar doctrine‚ but mainly focused on the middle east (Kennedy 902). The Korean War is a good example
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Throughout the last century‚ the U.S. has been in the limelight on nuclear confrontations‚ proliferations‚ and sanctions across the globe‚ exhausting all powers of social‚ military‚ and economic influence to further develop democratic policies. In 1945‚ one large-scale war was concluded and another one had just begun. Even though there was not a direct military campaign between two key adversaries‚ the Cold War continued roughly for about 45 long years. It was named Cold because no actual fighting
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1600’s in a little town known as Salem Massachusetts‚ where people were killed for crimes of witchcraft. The second instance‚ while not quite as known for bestowing rigor mortis still put ruin on the lives of many. Trials in the 1950’s fueled by McCarthyism and the idea that communism was invading the United States led to the blacklisting of many people as supposed socialists. Arthur Miller saw the real story of the trials for supposed unamericans during his time and he set about making it known to
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emergency aid. Although it was not a true refugee organization with authority‚ it succeeded in helping these people in the beginning and continued its relief and rehabilitation operation until June 1947. Apart from the UNRRA‚ another temporary International Refugee Organization (IRO) was also established in 1947 with a five-year mandate to ensure the settlement of refugees and displayed people.
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Question 1 There were many reasons why the civil rights movement made little progress from 1950 to 1954. During this time the civil right movement had slowed down as this was shortly after the legislation "to secure these rights" was published in 1947 by President Harry S Truman. This was a great triumph for the civil rights movement‚ but unfortunately the movement became sluggish after this legislation. Firstly I believe one of the reasons the civil rights movement became sluggish was the NAACP
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Ray Bradbury was alive during a very interesting era‚ a time period that included World War II and the Cold War. There is no doubt that his experience through these historically rich time periods shaped what he thought and wrote during his career as an author. His writings were inspired and influenced by the aspects of the historical events in his lifetime. Ray Bradbury uses historical content in his novel‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ to express his thoughts on society’s weaknesses. By using the novel’s
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every period of human history. It is common for humans to fear change and what is unknown‚ in the play The Crucible this is witchcraft and the devil‚ in more recent times it can be seen in post World War Two and Cold War United States‚ through McCarthyism. The themes in the crucible are as important to people in the 21st century as in Salem in 1692. These include justice‚ reputation‚ hysteria‚ intolerance and empowerment. All of these are common themes throughout human history. The characters in
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Fear is a feeling influenced by danger or threat that occurs in certain types of organisms‚ which causes a change in metabolic and organ functions and ultimately a change in behavior‚ such as fleeing‚ hiding‚ or freezing. Fear in human beings may occur in response to a specific encouragement occurring in the present‚ or in anticipation or expectation of a future threat as a risk to body or life. Now fear is an emotion that can be influenced on to someone also qualifying as a rhetorical device. All
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Salem. Therefore we are better able to adapt it contextually to our own society and hence realise the immorality behind the court of Salem and in turn McCarthyism. “Witchcraft is an invisible crime…”‚ As a result‚ there is no way the accused can defend their affinity or reputation within the
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