Before the civil rights movement of the 1960’s‚ freedom for the citizens of the United States of America was treated as equal but separate through race. Even though both black Americans and white Americans both retained the freedoms that were bestowed to them by the Constitution those freedoms were attained in a segregated manner. Examples of such cases of segregation can be seen in the social freedoms of education and public services‚ where black only and white only schools exist and public places
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that host a diverse range of ethnicities‚ such as America. However‚ if we were to take ourselves just a couple of centuries back‚ to the 1800’s‚ we would find that the view on prejudice‚ especially towards the darker skinned races‚ was unfortunately‚ significantly different. The Negro people were treated harshly during those times and up until the 1960’s were diminished by racist attitudes and beliefs in America. They were treated like second-rate citizens‚ innocent victims of racial prejudice‚
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In the 1950s women were getting married incredibly young‚ having children‚ and becoming housewives. They woke up‚ fed and dressed their children‚ sent them to school‚ cleaned the house‚ went to club activities with their children‚ made dinner‚ then repeated it all the next day. Eventually‚ women started to feel that they were stuck in a glass cage. There was a whole world right outside their window‚ but they could not have any of it. They were told that being a housewife was everything they should
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started to hurt the consumers by charging way too much for products. Also monopolies were so powerful they cause competitor companies to lose money and run out of business. Then they made monopoly illegal in the 1890’s was passed as the Sherman Antitrust Act. Work industries in the 1800’s were extremely dangerous‚ they didn’t have any equipment to keep them from getting hurt. They had children working also working there to get into cramped spots in machines and sometimes they would lost limbs and even
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During the era of the 1950’s‚ at the height of the Cold War‚ McCarthyism arose as a result of fear of the spread of communism in the United States. McCarthyism‚ named after Senator Joseph McCarthy‚ was a term which described the lack of evidence and false accusations used against people who were considered communists. Arthur Miller wrote the Crucible because he wanted to show how the relationship of McCarthyism in the 1950’s and McCarthyism in the witch trials during 1692 because the danger of people
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years. Shoes have also been improved throughout the year. Many things have been improved throughout the years. Some of the improved ideas that we have today are the cell phone‚ shoes‚ tires‚ also many more. These things all go back to the 1800’s. Cell phones are an approved idea because first there was mail‚ then there were the telegraph‚ afterward that it was the telephones. The telephone had been improved many times. The improvement of the telephone was the cell phone that
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During the 1970’s caucasian women couldn’t get credit cards if they were single. If they were married it was requested that they get one in their husband’s names‚ along with not being allowed to vote‚ and considered only good for house work these women were also considered privileged by black women. As a negro‚ which was the then addressed title for someone of color‚ there were many key factors in realizing the hierarchy of America during the 1970’s. It was an understood rank that put white American
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Yen Chun Lee Theatre 200 A Doll’s House “A Doll’s House”‚ the name of the play‚ certainly straightforwardly points out Nora’s position at home. This play critically shows how low women’s position is in the nineteenth century. One of the biggest ironies is the attitude that Nora’s husband has towards her when he finds out what she’s done for him. From the modern perspective‚ it’d be considered really considerate of Nora to borrow money from other people for her husband. When there’s a challenge
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As early as the 1600’s‚ people would be burned and drowned for heresy for committed acts like healing with herbs or potions. If you were identified as a heretic by others‚ you would burn at the steak because people thought that you “worshiped the devil”. Also‚ Pagans were massacred because they practiced polytheism even though it is considered part of Christianity today. Based on the information below‚ we should absolutely be able to choose our religion and whether we even want to practice one. The
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As men left to fight in the Great War in the late 1910’s‚ women in the U.S. and all over Europe found themselves necessary to make the homefront function‚ i.e. women had to fill the holes in industry and social life that the absence of men created for them. It is at this time that the flapper appears; a new kind of woman with short‚ bobbed hair‚ shorter skirts and freer clothes to match her new‚ freer lifestyle. It is no wonder that the vote was given to women during this time‚ as the idea of gender
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