The Umbrella Movement‚ also known as Umbrella Revolution‚ began in September 2014. After China’s Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress‚ also known as NPCSC‚ announced its decision on the proposed electoral reform of Hong Kong. NPCSC made it clear that civil nomination is disallowed. The two student activist groups‚ Hong Kong Federation of Students and Scholarism‚ began protesting outside the government headquarters on 22 September 2014 against the NPCSC’s decision. In the evening
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divorce laws to increase the number of two- parent households. Some organizations focus on reasonable child support and visitation‚ as well as creative joint custody arrangements to combat fatherless ness after divorce. Still other sects within the movement encourage responsible fatherhood through counseling for "Deadbeat" or "Dead-broke" Dads‚ job training and placement to increase the likelihood of child support payments and educational seminars to teach men how to be emotionally supportive fathers
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United States that the temperance movement finally became reality‚ but long over a century before the ratification of the 18th Amendment the temperance movement was making its way into the United States. When examining the Prohibition its impact is palpable‚ but it was more than just a trial and error issue. The prohibition was about social reformation that took place long before the initial enactment of the 18th amendment. The era known as the temperance movement brought renovation on many aspects
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The three most important events in California history is woman suffrage‚ the hippie movement‚ and black radicalism. For many decades‚ women were treated unfairly and discriminated against‚ but it wasn’t till the suffrage movement began in California which women were finally standing up for themselves. In the 1870s‚ the state legislature granted women the right to serve as an elect member of the school board and as superintendents. (Rawls and Walton‚ "California History" 2012) Laura de Force Gordon
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Economic Reforms in India since 1991 India was a latecomer to economic reforms‚ embarking on the process in earnest only in 1991‚ in the wake of an exceptionally severe balance of payments crisis. The need for a policy shift had become evident much earlier‚ as many countries in East Asia achieved high growth and poverty reduction through policies which emphasized greater export orientation and encouragement of the private sector. India took some steps in this direction in the 1980s‚ but it was
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Poverty level in Phl unchanged since ’06 By Ted Torres (The Philippine Star) MANILA‚ Philippines - The percentage of Filipinos living below the poverty line has remained almost unchanged in the past six years‚ according to the latest poverty data released by the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) yesterday. The recorded poverty incidence for the first half of 2012 was 27.9 percent‚ slightly less than the 28.8 percent recorded in the first half of 2006‚ and 28.6 percent in the first
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Julie Giaimo DBQ Going back to 1619‚ Africans were bought to America and sold to Americans as workers. It wasn’t long before slavery became a controversial issue. Over the course of almost two and a half centuries the debate of weather to continue or abolish slavery went on. The supporters and the abolitionist had their arguments on how they viewed slavery‚ and the government played their part too. Those who supported slavery were for the most part southerners. Senator John C. Calhoun states
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Reformation DBQ Throughout the history of Europe‚ people’s lives revolved around the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church taught its beliefs through the clergy and exercised its authority. In 1517‚ corruption‚ false teachings‚ and the challenging of Martin Luther led to a split that created the Protestant Church. During the Reformation‚ the Protestant belief in “sola scriptura” and “sola fides” was a major source of conflict with the Catholic teachings of a Church authority and salvation through
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Mike Chang 11/1/08 Mrs. Lee Global DBQ In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries there were two main forms of government. The two main forms of government were democracy and absolutism. Both of these types of government were effective in there own ways. Absolutism was the most effective type of government during that time period. Absolutism is when the ruler has complete authority over the government and the lives of the people of their nation. Many rulers had a democracy government but absolutism
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Nicole Wengrofsky DBQ #5 When Jefferson assumed his presidency he faced several foreign policy issues. One was the issue of British impressing our ships; they would take sailors from American ships and force them to serve in the British navy. One particular incident referred to as “The Leopard Affair” pushed Jefferson to enact the Embargo Act of 1807. Jefferson created this act in order to avoid war with Britain and to appease the public. He knew we would be no match against the British navy
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