During the 1950’s America had not yet recovered from the devastating effects of World War II and was already thrust into another conflict‚ The Cold War. This war of espionage and fear between the United States and Russia created a hatred of communism and Communists in America. Events like The Second Red Scare‚ known as McCarthyism created a panic that anyone could be a communist. McCarthyism led to false accusations of communism onto other people without any evidence to support their claim. People
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CASE STUDY: RATIOS AND FINANCIAL PLANNING AT S&S AIR 1. The calculations for the ratios listed are: Current ratio = $3‚138‚220 / $2‚162‚080 Current ratio = 1.45 times Quick ratio = ($3‚138‚220 – 1‚238‚500) / $2‚162‚080 Quick ratio = 0.88 times Cash ratio = $365‚040 / $2‚162‚080 Cash ratio = 0.17 times Total asset turnover = $20‚077‚000 / $15‚453‚900 Total asset turnover = 1.30 times Inventory turnover = $14‚985‚000 / $1‚238‚500 Inventory
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Alexander Sutherland Neill (17 October 1883 – 23 September 1973) was a Scottish progressive educator‚ author and founder of Summerhill school‚ which remains open and continues to follow his educational philosophy to this day. He is best known as an advocate of personal freedom for children. Contents * 1 Life and personal background * 2 Educational philosophy * 3 Life at Summerhill * 4 Influences on Neill’s thought * 5 Criticisms of Neill * 6 Neill’s educational legacy * 7 Works
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Canadian Women in the Workforce: 1940’s to the 1970’s The 1940’s to the 1970’s were 30 short years‚ but resulted in a huge revolutionary change to Canadian women and their place in the workforce. The women who lived during this time period fought for the rights that working women have today. Women went from working in their homes to working in stores‚ factories‚ and running the farm. There were plenty of things women had to overcome during this time‚ such as; filling in the job market during WWII
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Johns ‚ also abstract artists‚ did not want the viewer to rely on what he saw to interpret a painting. African American artists John T. Biggers‚ Romare Bearden and Henry Clay Anderson presented a different view of American life. Part of the 1950’s boom in consumerism included housing. People could afford single family dwellings and suburbia was born. A small suburban community called Levittown was built by William Levitt for returning servicemen and their families. An
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of defensive efficiency than any other in the history of Rome” (Divine‚ pp. 5). However‚ the Wall of Hadrian wasn’t only the most important wall in the Roman Empire. Because of the wall ’s important role in early Roman history‚ its distinctly Roman construction‚ and its forts and milestone castles‚ Hadrian ’s Wall was the definitive Roman structure in Great Britain. History The Emperor of Rome at the time was Hadrian‚ who lived from AD 76-138. Hadrian was the first emperor to build a wall to separate
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Racism’s prevelance from WWI to the 1960s was apparent due to many facotrs such as‚ the segregation of blacks and whites‚ the cruel and often times violent mistreatment towards blacks‚ along with the need and push for equal rights. These facotrs indicate racism’s evident presence within American society during this time period. The segregation of blacks and whites is the most prominent of these facotrs in showing racism’s existance during this period. Segregation separated blacks and whites
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Spanning Two Decade’s: The 50’s to the 60’s Similar? Or Distinctly different? "The postwar years are remembered as a time of affluence‚ consumerism‚ conformity‚ and stability‚ a time when American enjoyed an optimistic faith in progress and technology."(Heretta‚ pg.779) These words best describe the decade that Americas experienced in the 1950’s. It was age of dad’s always-right attitude and a culture that was family centered. The standard of living for American’s was the best in the world. The
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jacob stevens P R I S O N S O F T H E S TAT E L E S S The Derelictions of UNHCR T here are currently over 20 million people ‘of concern’ to the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Just over half of those are internally displaced or stateless‚ with 8 million having fled across an international border. Established in 1950‚ unhcr was charged by the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees with the protection of their interests: full political and economic rights in
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The Civil Rights Movement of the 50’s and 60’s Once upon a horrible time‚ the United States was a segregated country in which blacks were considered some sort of subspecies. Although the civil war addressed segregation it didn’t enforce it. While black and white citizens were becoming a group of equals in the north‚ the story was much different in the segregated south. Black citizens in the south still faced unequal treatment‚ wages‚ and were often persecuted by everyone from store workers to
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