With the civil war being a big impact on the U.S. today with as many colored people surpassing many obstacles throughout those years. Today many colored people still have problems sometimes‚ but not as bad as times were in the past in the time of the Civil War‚ where words can’t describe how life was as a colored person around that time. With this 4 year event effecting 34 states at first but ending off with 36 states being effected‚ life had changed quiet a little towards the major things that needed
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Ever since I studied the civil rights movement in 8th grade it has always been my favorite part of U.S. history. I do not know exactly how I came to grow so fond of it but I sometimes find myself reading books about the demonstrations that the blacks did during that time to gain their freedom in my spare time. Martin Luther King Jr. is a man that I have come to love learning about. He was just a single man but the change he was able to bring is unbelievable. It is hard to imagine that just back in
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How WWII Affects Us Today World War II was different than other wars‚ because of the number of civilian deaths that occurred. WWII changed the course of the nations around the world‚ some of which prospered technologically and economically‚ while others have yet to recover. WWII was one of the biggest and costliest wars in history. World War II is said to be the greatest and the most destructive war in world history. World War II was fought from 1939-1945 throughout Europe‚ Asia‚ Africa‚ and the
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Slavery has played an important and crucial role in the development of the United States because key leaders‚ and many others stood against it‚ it was a long hard fight‚ and it’s still impacting us today. November 6th‚ 1860 the sixteenth president‚ Abraham Lincoln was brought into office. This created uproar in Southern states who were anxious Lincoln would abolish slavery. Though he never actually came out and said he was against slavery‚ southerners thought his actions said it all. The biggest
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Danielle Velazquez Mr. Teacher Course Number 3 May 2011 How the Industrial Revolution Affects Today The Industrial Revolution that rocked America’s economic and social structure was a magnificent tool of change. The massive influx of industry that it brought with it changed the lives of millions of people. The Industrial Revolution marked a turning point in American history. Almost every aspect of daily life was influenced in some way. “For the first time in history‚ the living standards of the
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The Holocaust still affects us today in many ways. Throughout history we are reminded of these times to show us how large of a consequence the Holocaust was. The Holocaust still affects us today in many visible ways that continues to influence the way we understand things today. The Holocaust started on January 30th‚ 1933‚ the day Hitler rose to power; Anne Frank‚ a young jewish girl‚ Fled germany and headed over to The netherlands. In the Fall of 1933‚ The netherlands had been invaded by the Nazis
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Douglass‚ Harriet Tubman‚ Sojourner Truth‚ Our president Abraham Lincoln‚ Jackie Robinson‚ post World War II litigation efforts of Thurgood Marshall‚ and lastly in the language of Martin Luther King Jr ‚ since the Civil War for anything to really change towards human rights‚ civil rights at that. "The Declaration of Independence has always represented a “declaration of intent rather than of reality‚” the unfulfilled quest for equality will test the nation’s best efforts for generations to come"
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times in history‚ and still affects us today. Not only did the North Atlantic Treaty Operation come from the tensions‚ but the bay of pigs‚ the cuban missile crisis‚ the berlin wall (the construction and demolition) all were the outcome from these tensions in which still affect us today. Lets talk about the most crucial times during the cold war‚ the cuban missile crisis‚ and how it is still affecting us today. The cuban missile crisis was the time when Russia and the US were at the highest chance
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Chapter 5 Review Questions 1. Civil Rights are the government-protected rights of individuals against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by governments or individuals. The concept of equality got introduced into the constitution. The 14th Amendment‚ one of three Civil war Amendments ratified from 1865 to 1870‚ introduced the notion of equality into the constitution by specifying that a state could not deny “any person within jurisdiction equal protection of the laws.” It is evident in the recent
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Civil Rights "Our problem today is that we have allowed the internal to become lost in the external" -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Today’s world is based on appearance‚ and most often the goal is not as important as the means by which it is achieved. Why is this such a ’problem?’ Time after time‚ people come to find that they have wasted their lives working towards a goal which‚ in the end‚ was never worth all that work to begin with‚ or they realize that they could have
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