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    1960 Chile Earthquake

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    The largest earthquake recorded in the 20th century is the 1960 Valdivia earthquake‚ also known as the Great Chilean earthquake which occurred on May 22‚ 1960 and hit approximately 100 miles off the coast of Chile‚ which is parallel to the city of Valdivia. With a rate of 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale‚ this earthquake occurred in the afternoon and lasted approximately 2 minutes (brit). After just thirty minutes of the major earthquake‚ a foreshock shook the area near the towns of Valdivia and

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    Civil Rights In The 1960s

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    John Andrews identifies the changing attitudes of the white Americans as the main reason the civil rights in the 1960s did not progress. He claims that as the cause started shifting from civil rights to race‚ the white Americans began to become more fearful and therefore began to oppose the measures being taken. The loss of support is evident as in February 1964‚ the Gallup poll showed that 61% of the public favoured the passage of the civil rights bill . But‚ by 1966‚ 90% opposed new civil rights

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    Skateboarding evolved in the early 1960’s as a way for Surfboarders to have a feel for the waves in the off-season. Many people do not know much about the sport besides the fact that it only seems like troublemakers are participating in it. There is a lot to learn including the origin‚ about the professionals‚ stereotypes amongst the skaters‚ lack of parks‚ injuries‚ and salaries given from sponsors. Skateboarding is a gateway to freedom to most people. It is not something we do because we want

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    the Beatles was formed the same year.. Also‚ many memorable events happened and new records were set in both music and sports industries. Lastly‚ I with the concluding statement: “The 1960s was the best decade in history.” Although my writing has changed and improved since the eighth grade‚ my view that the 1960s was the best decade has not

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    1960s Image Analysis

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    This image portrays women’s contemporary perspective on life. Young women were attracted to more modernized clothing‚ wearing short skirts‚ high heels‚ and their elegant Victorian hats. To enhance their beauty and fragrance‚ women put on makeup and cut their hair short. In addition to their appeal to new attire‚ they inherited the conventional attitudes of urban life. More often‚ they would attend bars‚ dance to the soothing tune of jazz and drink. This photo depicts the rejoicing atmosphere

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    The Beatles INTRODUCTION The Beatles were British most admired and popular music aggrupation of the 1960s and one of the most influential in the history of modern music. This rock group practiced the hegemony in the decade of the 60’s with a wise and sophisticated mixture of styles that would take the rock music to all the public and preluded later genres. With the youth of the 60’s whose manifestations were the hippie movement phenomena and the product of consumption in a decade filled with fashions

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    1960s Diary Entry

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    October 1‚ 1962 Dear Diary‚ A lot has happened over the past few months. You absolutely would not believe what happened today. You remember me telling you about that negro‚ James Meredith‚ who was trying to get admitted into the University of Mississippi around the end of May of last year? Well‚ rather than letting it go and forgetting about it like he should have‚ he decided to get the NAACP involved. Apparently they appealed his case all the way up to the Supreme Court and they ruled that

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    Birmingham in the 1960's

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    In 1963‚ Birmingham became a focus for the Civil Rights Movement. Birmingham‚ as a city‚ had made its mark on the Civil Rights Movement for a number of years. Whether it was through the activities of Eugene "Bull: Connor or the church bombing which killed four school girls‚ many Americans should have known about Birmingham by 1963. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was relatively inactive in Birmingham until February of 1963 because the Birmingham City Council

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    Introduction to 1960's

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    The first event that began every women’s movement rights act in the country was the world’s first women’s rights convention held in Seneca Falls‚ NY on July 19-20‚ 1848. This convention instilled hope in women all over the country to fight or equality in the work force‚ education‚ pay‚ and rights. (49) Because of the first convention leading women to fight for what should righfully be theirs‚ places soon fell in line to accept women accordingly. In 1855 the University of Iowa became the first

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    Differences Between the 1960s and 2000s Movies are like time machines. They make us realize how the world has changed since then. The 1960s was the decade that a lot of social movements and political trends were affecting the U.S. It had developed and changed a lot since the 1960s to the 2000s mostly in popular culture. The 1960s and the 2000s are very different than each other in terms of; science‚ music and fashion. Science was one of the areas that developed the most. In the 1960s‚ the first space

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