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    1960s Counterculture

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    mainstream 1960s media‚ justifications expressed by counterculture activists for further investigation‚ education and experimentation under government control of LSD were rational and valid arguments. Sex‚ drugs‚ protests‚ war‚ political upheaval‚ cultural chaos‚ and social rebellion; the many comforts TV dinner eating‚ republican voting‚ church going‚ suburbia conformists tried to escape through conservative ideals‚ town meetings‚ and The Andy Williams Family Hour. National consciousness in 1960s United

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    Repudiation Of The 1960s

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    The 1970s were a tumultuous time. In some ways‚ the decade was a continuation of the 1960s. Women‚ African Americans‚ Native Americans‚ and other marginalized people continued their fight for equality‚ and many Americans joined the protest against the ongoing war in Vietnam. In other ways‚ however‚ the decade was a repudiation of the 1960s. A “New Right” mobilized in defense of political conservatism and traditional family roles‚ and the behavior of President Richard Nixon undermined many people’s

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    1960s Equality

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    that whenever people think of America‚ they naturally and automatically think of freedom and equality. In the pursuit of equality and the "American Dream‚" there have been countless events in this nation’s history that have dramatically changed how equality is viewed in this country. The definition of equality for this context can be seen as people of all religions‚ races

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    1930s Fashion

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    1930s Fashion I. What affected the fashion world in the 1930s? A. The great depression made a big impact on the fashion world for women. 1. This caused the fashionable women to disappear. 2. Made women limit themselves in fashion a) Reused clothes instead of buying new clothes b) Tried mending and patching before deciding on whether or not to buy new clothes c) Many more women were seen sewing their own clothes II. What were some clothing items that were worn by women

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    The Departure From Black Liberation Theology. Womanist theologians do not completely depart from the major views seen in black liberation theology. In fact‚ it is impossible to understand the role of Christ for the black female without examining black liberation theology and The Black Church. Womanist theology both expands and challenges methodologies used in black liberation theology. Black liberation theology arose out of the Black Power Movement. Black liberation theology’s goal is to expand the

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    fact‚ the difference is clear between the status of women in the past and after the liberation from slavery. In the past‚ black women have used hideously as domestic servants‚ workers‚ slaves‚ sexual exploitation‚ etc. But all things have changed after liberation from the slavery system. Many talents have emerged as civic activists‚ writers‚ artists‚ and representatives of women. In addition‚ freedom from slavery opened wide spaces for all Negroes in various fields‚ including university professors

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    Hippies In The 1960s

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    ” In the 1960s‚ there was a group that was thoughtful and committed‚ referred to as hippies. Although the group consisted of young college students‚ they had a large impact on the time. With their open-minded ideals‚ they created a powerful group compelled to change the country. To understand what this time was really like‚ one should know how the hippie movement began‚ the distinct ideals and lifestyle choices of the hippies‚ how this led to Woodstock and the end to the hippie movement. The 60s

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    Regime In The 1930s

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    What we already knew about the prewar 1930s comes from Barkai (1990) and Abelshauser (1998)‚ among others‚ and on the big questions‚ Tooze reaches the same conclusions.  The German recovery from 25 percent unemployment in 1932 to less than 5 percent by 1936/7 was achieved by a money‐financed fiscal 3 expansion.  These authors ask how and when the Nazis “became Keynesians before Keynes‚” when during the same period the Roosevelt New Deal was failing to bring the US unemployment rate down to single

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    large representation in the media recently‚ the Black Lives Matter movement has been a popular topic of debate. While many individuals support the movement‚ others who underestimate the struggle of African Americans view it as unnecessary. I believe that John Stuart Mill would have a mixed‚ albeit primarily positive‚ view of the movement. On the positive end of the spectrum‚ Mill would appreciate that Black Lives Matter activists exercise their freedom of opinion despite outside attempts to suppress

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    Fashion In The 1930s

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    1930s fashion At the beginning of the 1930s more than 15 million americans were unemployed.(“The Great Depression”) The fashion in the thirties was a completely different story. They showed themselves to be fancy and elegant.The 1930s was a time we struggled and had a significant social change. The 1930s was a somewhat “depressing” era of time. In 1929 the stock market crashed which led to the Great Depression in the 1930s. Many Americans went into debt and by the time 1931 arrived nearly

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