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    Chinese Exclusion Movement

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    the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. The demonstration was both dangerous and a vital point for migration laws. The Chinese Exclusion act began a period of expanding confinements on movement that endured until 1943. The entry of this demonstration was tricky in light of the fact that the national government had no movement organization and was authorized by custom authorities. Besides‚ issues with the demonstration‚ for example‚ it influencing just Chinese originating from China was confined yet Chinese

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    inhabitants and the environment‚ is invaluable. The locavore movement‚ which involves only consuming locally produced food‚ seems to do all this and more. However‚ this is only at first glance. The health‚ environmental and economic benefits of only eating locally all appear infallible on the surface‚ but when they are inspected closely they become almost inconsequential. To most people‚ the most appealing factor about the locavore movement is its various health benefits. Locally grown food is at its

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    organized temperance movements‚ including Australia‚ Canada‚ Britain‚ Denmark‚ Poland‚ and of course‚ the United States. The American temperance movement was the most widespread reform movement of the 19th century‚ culminating in laws that completely banned the sale of all alcoholic beverages. The movement progressed from its humble local roots to nationwide organizations with millions of members and large amounts of political power. The growth of the temperance movement resulted from the changes

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    The Feminist Movement The feminist movement is a movement that started in 1848. The article "Law Day keynote speaker‚ Rights‚ and Responsibilities" states‚ "at the Seneca Falls Convention when hundreds of individuals decided to stand up and fight for what is right." The movement went through extremely difficult challenges when it first started‚ like cultural and social resistance‚ legal discrimination‚ limited political rights‚ economic inequality‚ lack of educational opportunities‚ internal division

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    The ``Hippy Movement’’ was a youth movement in the US that occurred in the 1960s. It comprised of a group of individuals who were against social and political orthodoxy as they chose a philosophy that was for personal freedom‚ love and peace (Hughes and Richard 2014). It is worthy to note that the hippies rebuffed established bodies‚ opposed the Vietnam War and the usage of nuclear weapons as well as criticized the values of the middle class. In addition‚ the hippies were vegetarians and eco-friendly

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    Aligarh Movement - Essay

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    Syed Ahmad Khan was the first man to start a reform movement among the Muslims. This movement was known as the Aligarh Movement. To him Quran was the only authentic scripture for Islam and all other Islamic writings are secondary and misnomer. For the safety of the Muslim community in India‚ he wanted to maintain cordial relation between the Muslims and the Bruisers. Further‚ he wanted to provide modern education to the Muslims. For educating the Muslim society‚ Ahmad Khan established an English

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    black power movement

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    The movement for Black Power in the U.S. emerged from the civil rights movement in the early 1960s. Beginning in 1959‚ Robert F. Willams‚ president of the Monroe‚ North Carolina chapter of the NAACP‚ openly questioned the ideology of nonviolence and its domination of the movement’s strategy. Williams was supported by prominent leaders such as Ella Baker and James Forman‚ and opposed by others‚ such as Roy Wilkins(the national NAACP chairman) and Martin Luther King.[10] In 1961‚ Maya Angelou‚ Leroi

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    Liturgical Movement in Catholicism‚ a 19th-century movement for the reform of worship within the Roman Catholic Church. Receiving inspiration from the Oxford Movement‚ a similar effort in which devotees of the Church of England argued for the reinstatement of some older Christian traditions of faith and their inclusion in Anglican liturgy and theology ‚ and the work of Dom Prosper Gueranger‚ a French Benedictine monk and priest who founded the French Benedictine Congregation ‚ the movement took hold

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    The Progressive Movement The progressive movement is the first reform movement of the 20th century rooted in an effort to regulate and control big business‚ and it offered social justice and economic opportunity for all (Carnes and Garraty 2012). The makeup of the group included those who felt separated from the Republican Party. The group included farmers‚ factory workers‚ women‚ minorities‚ the immigrant working class‚ and the middle-class consumers. The Republican Party had adopted an economic

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    Chipco Movement in India

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    Chipko Movement‚ started in 1970’s‚ was a non violent movement aimed at protection and conservation of trees and forests from being destroyed. The name of the Chipko moment originated from the word ’embrace’ as the villagers used to hug the trees and protect them from wood cutters from cutting them. Chipko movement was based on the Gandhian philosophy of peaceful resistance to achieve the goals. It was the strong uprising against the against those people‚ who were destroying the natural resources

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