CHAPTER 39 ESSAY QUESTIONS 1. Explain why the civil rights movement of the 1960’s became more radical and violent as the decade progressed. What changes occurred in the motives‚ assumptions‚ and leadership of the movement? * The civil rights movement in the 1960’s became more radical for President Kennedy promised to help desegregate more public places and support the civil rights movement but his slowness in actually helping the movement made the groups take more action to draw more attention
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Lincoln‚ Johnson‚ and Congress’ Plans for Reconstruction The main goals of the Reconstruction were to readmit the Southern states back into the Union and recognize the civil rights of Freedmen in the society. Its tasks were to unify America into one nation‚ secure the rights of every man‚ and establish order. Three major strategies were presented to unify the nation. The three major Reconstruction plans were contributed by Lincoln‚ Johnson‚ and the Congress. Lincoln presented his plan in 1864
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Chapter 6 - The Japanese Period (1941-1945) Historical Background Between 1941-1945‚ Philippine Literature was interrupted in its development when the Philippines was again conquered by another foreign country‚ Japan. Philippine literature in English came to a halt. Except for the TRIBUNE and the PHILIPPINE REVIEW‚ almost all newspapers in English were stopped by the Japanese. This had an advantageous effect on Filipino Literature‚ which experienced renewed attention because writers in English
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Child Abuse . Definition "Child abuse" can be defined as causing or permitting any harmful or offensive contact on a child’s body; and‚ any communication or transaction of any kind which humiliates‚ shames‚ or frightens the child. Some child development experts go a bit further‚ and define child abuse as any act or omission‚ which fails to nurture or in the upbringing of the children. The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act defines child abuse and neglect as: “at a minimum‚ any recent
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technologies and efficient manufacturing processes‚ the Industrial Revolution had numerous adverse impacts on working class people as evidenced by the exploitation of
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social and economic ills. Starting up around when Theodore Roosevelt became president and lasting though World War 1‚ America went through many changes. New reform organizations‚ laws‚ and amendments continually shaped this era for better or for worse. During the Progressive Era‚ many reformers were able to successfully create reform at a national level; however‚ the benefits of the federal government’s actions were more strongly felt economically and even politically rather than socially. Americans
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Topic: The effects of single parent homes vs. both parents on child academic. Milne‚ Ann M.‚ et al. "Single Parents‚ Working Mothers‚ and the Educational Achievement of School Children." Sociology of Education 59.3 (1986): 125-39. ProQuest. 12 Oct. 2013. The researchers did a research on the effects of mother’s employment and living in a one-parent family on children’s achievement. According to Herzong and Sudia they argued that there is no difference in school achievement between children from
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The Romantic era‚ which was the period of time following the Enlightenment‚ existed to eradicate the idea that innovation‚ produced from research and reason‚ was the basis for truth. Writers of the Romantic era‚ such as John Keats‚ believed that imagination‚ not rationalization‚ was the foundation truth was built upon. Of this Keats says‚ "The Imagination may be compared to Adam’s dream--He awoke and found it truth" (Rodriguez‚ Keats‚ 49). Even though the duration of his life was lacking‚ Keats must
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Shelley is both a critique and an admiration of Romantic beliefs and ideologies. Examples of Romantic Ideologies are present throughout most of the novel‚ along with both the truthfulness and admiration in such ideals‚ and the detrimental effects that these ideals impose on society. Mary Shelley uses the story of Frankenstein as a warning of such Romantic Ideals by demonstrating the negative outcomes that have been caused by these ideals. She uses the Romantic idea of an Idyllic childhood‚ which is represented
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The Victorian Era in England The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria’s reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace‚ prosperity‚ refined sensibilities and national self-confidence for Britain. Some scholars date the beginning of the period in terms of sensibilities and political concerns to the passage of the Reform Act 1832. The era was preceded by the Georgian period and followed by the Edwardian period. New Technology
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