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    and early 20th century the Social Gospel and Social Darwinism Movements had similar but opposite beliefs; Social Darwinist believed every man is for himself and that big businesses were good for the economy‚ however followers of The Social Gospel believed in Christianity‚ favored the poor‚ and believed that everyone should help one another. Social Darwinism was named after the Naturalist‚ Charles Darwin‚ and the belief of evolution in society. One of the founders of Social Darwinism is the philosopher

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    Segregation In The 1960's

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    Before the civil rights movement of the 1960’s‚ freedom for the citizens of the United States of America was treated as equal but separate through race. Even though both black Americans and white Americans both retained the freedoms that were bestowed to them by the Constitution those freedoms were attained in a segregated manner. Examples of such cases of segregation can be seen in the social freedoms of education and public services‚ where black only and white only schools exist and public places

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    Social Security and the Great Depression The Great Depression was a period during American history which featured the largest economic crisis the nation has seen to date. A combination of a massive stock-market crash and failure of the people to invest in government programs left many working ‘paycheck to paycheck’ so to speak‚ and even more completely unemployed. Banks began to fail‚ as more and more workers became unemployed‚ leading the country to a traumatic time of poverty. The Social Security

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    Principles of diversity‚ equality and inclusion in adult social care settings Ref 23 Level 2 Credit value 2 Learning outcomes The learner will: Assessment criteria The learner can: 1. Understand the importance of diversity‚ equality and inclusion 1.1 Define what is meant by: a) diversity b) equality c) inclusion d) discrimination 1.2 Describe how direct or indirect discrimination may occur in the work setting 1.3 Explain how practices that support diversity‚ equality and inclusion reduce the

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    constitutional‚ political‚ and social way of being. The civil war led to the thirteenth‚ fourteenth‚ and fifteenth amendments and established vital key people in the confederate victory such as Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant in history. Although the civil war did not end racism on African Americans‚ it did end slavery and it opened people’s perspectives on slavery as viewing it as something morally wrong as well as the beginning for the revolution of equality and true freedom for all. It was the deadliest

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    reading is The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald. The topic that we researched is social class. Social class is groups of people in a certain social and economic ranking. Tom and Gatsby were wealthy so they would be in a higher social class than Nick. Nick was raised around wealthy people all his life most of the people went to Yale and are in the bond business. That’s why I think Nick is so used to being around rich people. Nick‚ Gatsby‚ and Tom are all in their own level of wealth‚ Tom was born into

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    Political‚ economic and social issues in the Weimar Republic to 1929 Year 12 Modern History 2013 * Mrs Lynch Jenni Hamilton Due Date; 26th of March 2013 Word Count; 1‚665 The collapsement of the Weimar Republic was due to many socialpolitical and economical issues within. From its birth it faced numerous political problems‚ for which the causes were many and varied. These problems included political instability‚ deep divisions within society and economic crisis; problems were constantly appearing

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    Technology and Progress

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    During ancient times‚ human beings were just beginning to unveil the wonders of our world: developing language and other forms of communication‚ discovering fire and ice along with other elements of nature‚ domesticating animals‚ hunting and gathering‚ growing crops and creating order in society. From this sudden spark of curiosity arose practices such as agriculture‚ blacksmithing‚ fishing‚ and with these skills provided by the people‚ grew a government as well‚ to control them and create order

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    to the promotion of equality and valuing of diversity. There are several current pieces of legislation relating to equality and diversity‚ including • UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (see……) • Every Child Matters • Children’s Act 1989 • Children’s Act 2004 • Human Rights Act 1998 The most recent act is the Equality Act 2010. Previous to this‚ equality legislation in this country was somewhat fragmented. The purpose of the new act was to harmonise and strengthen

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    Power has the ability to eradicate one’s nature. It lures great people to the darkest corners of their heart‚ to become the monster they have always feared of. Rest assured‚ in William Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy Macbeth‚ Macbeth is promised an assuring future‚ until his corrupt nature obsesses and dominates his actions‚ motives‚ and reason. Once Macbeth realizes his is a man born for power‚ he begins to commit many sins in order to become the most powerful man in Scotland. Due to his tyrannical

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