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    Kellie Bowden Mr. Strough APUSH 1 April 2013 During the period of the Civil War‚ the typical American business was a small‚ family owned company and it usually produced goods for a smaller‚ regional market. However‚ as the Civil War ended‚ big businesses began to dominate the corporate world. Many businesses‚ such as the Standard Oil Co. and Carnegie Steel‚ became monopolies and owned all parts of one particular industry. These huge firms were able to mass produce their products and sell them

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    for all the deaths. It is now 1944 and the war is at its final extent. With the Russians‚ Americans‚ and British enforcing their will upon the Nazi Army‚ we are finally being pushed back to our border. It was the year of ‘39 and I was at the train station awaiting my train‚ being transported to the training camp. I remember the constant feeling of shaky legs as my mother kissed me on my forehead. As her little boy was getting deployed off to an unholy war‚ she weeped. She weeped as she held my hand

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    After the civil war had ended‚ devastation had hit the South as the Southerners tried to rebuild what was broken or lost in the war. As reconstruction began to take place‚ the citizens of the South had begun to start work in industrial businesses. The Industries gained thousands of newly working civilians. Though the Southerners worked extremely hard for their pay‚ they received very low wages which did not provide much tax revenue. Without tax funding‚ it was very difficult for a Southern Industrial

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    Studies October 4‚ 2012 Who killed reconstruction and why? After the Civil War‚ blacks were freed. They started to learn to read and write. They got voting rights and citizenship. They took roles in politics and got jobs. But‚ Reconstruction ended because of two main causes. Northern neglect and Southern resistance. The Northerners were no longer interested in dealing with the South and their problems. Ten years after the civil war and the people could not forgive or forget. They just wanted

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    By 1967 over half the country had found a reason to disagree with the War in Vietnam (Lorell‚ Kelley‚ & Hensler‚1985). The Anti-War Movement attracted individuals from all walks of life‚ such as college students‚ middle-class suburban youth‚ labor union workers‚ and even government employees (Barringer). The motivations for each individual’s disagreement with the war varied much more than one would imagine. Although the movement was fueled by much more than these objections. It was the rise of counterculture

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    Integration is important because everyone should be treated equally no matter what color they are. There were so many people trying to stop all of this from happening during the Civil Rights Movement. Some were even assassinated for standing up for what they believed in. Many people took part in marches‚ bus boycotts to protest segregation. For example people took part in the bus boycotts because Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on the bus Montgomery‚ Alabama. People got angry

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    1965 as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a campaign to advocate for equal voting rights in Selma town. The film highlights the difficult moments they encountered as they marched from Selma to Montgomery. The march ended when the president signed the Voting rights Act of 1965. The film Selma highly relates to social work. It does not depend solely on experiences of the important leaders that led the Civil Rights Movement but also demonstrates the importance of the community. It shows that the power

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    controversial. It refers to the actual rebuilding of the south physically‚ economically and politically from the damage of the Civil War. It was an effort to rebuild southern states and also to restore the Union. During this time period‚ the federal government passed a series of laws‚ acts and amendments to bring change. Many of these amendments guaranteed the equal rights to African-Americans. Yet‚ the question was still that is reconstruction successful? The topic of reconstruction is still very

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    Slavery Colonization Civil Rights Movement Equals Marxist Theory Explain in your own words what is meant by the statement that Karl Marx is an economic determinist (p. 68). Consider both Marx’s assumptions about human nature (pp. 65-68) and his assumptions about ontology (that result in the concept of material dialectic) (pp. 68-71). How does his economic determinism shape how he views various social institutions? | | Marx’s thinking developed a concept of thought that human superiority over

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    From the late 1960s‚ to the early 1980s‚ the Black Power Movement (BPM)‚ triggered by the shortcomings of the Civil Rights Movement (CRM) and influenced heavily by Malcolm X‚ used a variety of techniques‚ including an increasingly militant approach‚ to bring about the change African-Americans demanded‚ with some success and a legacy that still endures today. The Black Power Movement heavily owed its existence to the Civil Rights Movement‚ which failed to address certain key areas. While the CRM

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