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    The conservation movement was a controversial topic nationwide. Some people supported it‚ while others thought it was absurd to take away natural resources that were necessary to live. Regardless‚ whether you supported the movement or not‚ it did effect you because of the substantial change it brought to the United States. The conservation movement was founded for a plethora of reasons in order to better the country. The conservation movement was founded because of the questions about who should

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    POLITICAL MOVEMENT IN HK

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    various social networks organized an anti-national education movement‚ which resulted in a great ring of the public and the concession of the government. In this movement‚ social networks play an important role‚ they facilitate the mobilization of people‚ bringing awareness of the people so as to enlarge the scale of the movement. In this paper‚ I will mainly investigate the role of social networks in strengthening and undermining the movement‚ and also the effort tin bringing participant with different

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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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    Anti Arrack Movement

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    Anti +arrack movement Anti +arrack movement means movement against alcoholism. An anti- arrack movement was created in a remote village in Dubagunta‚ in Andhra Pradesh in 1972. It began as a spontaneous movement of women against alcoholism and agitated to force the closure of the arrack (liquor) shop in the village in Nellore district and adopted by the other districts of Andhra Pradesh. There was no organized leadership to start with in the anti-arrack movement. Most of the groundwork

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    The modern militia movement took off in the mid-1990s‚ with the first large militias appearing in 1994 and growth continuing over the next several years. The movement reflected widespread anger over what was seen as the meddling of a relatively liberal administration in Washington—from gun control to environmental laws to a variety of other federal mandates. But what really ignited the movement was the bloodshed in Ruby Ridge‚ Idaho‚ and Waco‚ Texas. In 1992‚ during a standoff between white supremacist

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    Social Movement in Manipur

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    Women’s Movement in Manipur Introduction Women play a very important role in the social life of Manipur. A study of social life and social change of Manipur will be incomplete without a study on women. Women participate in multifarious activities of socio-economic and political matters. They does not raised only women’s issues‚ but raised all others social issues such as discrimination of the minorities‚ negligence to culture‚ language ‚ marginalization due to developmental process leading to displacement

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    Antebellum Reform Movements During the years of 1825-1850‚ the United States went through many changes that impacted the United States’ economy‚ government‚ and social life style of many people especially due to the start of the Industrial Revolution. As the United States found conflict with the West as they continue to expand more further to West‚ the United States also found conflict within their nation with so many reform movements that were occurring in their nation. These reform movements lead many

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    My research paper will examine the impact Canadian temperance movements had on the enactment of prohibition in Canada. By looking at multiple temperance organizations in different provinces the paper will argue that Canadian prohibition was able to be codified due to‚ in part‚ the efforts made by those in the temperance movement. The paper will begin by examining the relationship between early temperance movements and the enactment of the Canada Temperance Act or Dunkin Act of 1864. It will then

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    Environmental movement of the 1960s opened doors for long time conservationists and preservationists. I should say though‚ the movement did not originate in the 1960s‚ but became a more apparent situation due to the changing effects of our nation during this time. Theodore Roosevelt had a part in the environmental movement‚ but of course‚ this took place in the late 19th century. He was responsible for several preservation policies that nearly doubled national parks. Historically‚ this movement has changed

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    The study of social movements is not an area for historians alone. Sociologists studying social structure‚ processes and change would logically be interested in social movements. It is a process through which a collective attempt is made at mobilisation for change or resistance. However‚ in the context of change it differs from evolutionary process of social mobility and change in the sense that movements are based on a perception of injustice or oppression of a certain section or sections

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