Working Toward Change The 72-year-old fight made by women lasting from 1848-1920 would over time result in the establishment of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution declaring women’s suffrage and subconsciously empowered women that additional doors of opportunity would then too be opened. However prior to reaching the “golden” destination‚ women had a grueling journey filled with bountiful obstacles (such as laws‚ expectations‚ and stereotypes) that had to be overcome to reach
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Dear Diary‚ Looking back on the trial about Emmett Till it is hard to support the way that everything turned out. I remember the terrible amounts of discrimination that occurred. Going back the story went as told. Emmett Till to me was just an innocent boy. The two men who murdered him should not have been innocent. Emmett Till was a 14-year-old boy who was brutally murdered. The reason was horrific and completely not understandable. Emmett Till was from Chicago and wasn’t used to the tremendous
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Background Information on 1920’s and 1930’s America 1. What was the Great War‚ how did it begin‚ and how long did it last? Which countries were involved? World War I‚ also known as the Great War‚ was fought between 1914 and 1918‚ and it set the stage for politics‚ culture‚ and economics in the twentieth century. Serbia and other Balkan states gained their independence in 1878 after nearly five hundred years of Ottoman rule. Nations from both alliances wanted to increase their influence over the
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Kaitlin Fernlund Martig Period 2 DBQ In 1782 Americans won their independence from Britain in the American Revolution. After the colonies won their independence‚ Americans created the Constitution. Its purpose was to replace the Articles of Confederation and solve its problems and more importantly to bring the states together under a single document creating a stronger union of all the states. During the period of 1850‚ until 1861 when the Confederate States of America was formed‚ the union
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Two eras in time were the 1930’s and 1960’s. Both of these two periods in time are interesting in their own ways. Also people usually think the 1960’s were all about fun which wasn’t always true. In addition people think that a main event in the 30’s was the Great Depression which in fact is true but there’s more to the 30’s than most people think. There are many seminaries and differences in these two are fashion‚ inventions/technology‚ and music. Three similarities between them are the people involved
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Life In the 20’s and 30’s Many people who just got back from the war were so unhappy due to the Spanish flu that they got from traveling around the world. In the 20’s people starting to life happy because of the prices and everything that they have starting to raise. Unfortunately everything in this world always rotating around. So this roaring that happening in the 20’s starting to end in the 30’s. This created the Great Depression. In the 20’s many people were so happy because they got
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Dear Diary‚ Sinning is bad‚ definitely not allowed here in Salem. Well‚ I have committed a very bad sin a couple of days ago. John Proctor‚ a married man. I should be very sorry for this sin I had committed and regret it‚ but I just can’t. I love John Proctor‚ and I know he loves me‚ deep down in his heart. Who has asked me to meet him at the barn? John Proctor. Why else would he do it if he hadn’t loved me? September 1st was when it had first happened. While working at the Proctor home for about
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Dear Diary‚ Though this is a treacherous sin I am making‚ I must find a way to clear the thoughts and images that reappear constantly in my consciousness. Today something quite horribly interesting happened in our small town‚ Salem. After our midnight dance with the girls‚ Uncle Parris found us in the woods making all of us scatter immediately. All of us except Betty who collapsed on the ground. She was screaming about how she could not move. Uncle Parris’ face was nothing like I have ever seen
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http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_significance_of_study_of_computer_addiction Background of the study It is known that we are living in technological era. The computers become irreplaceable tool in everyday life of almost each person. The adult users generally use it for business purposes while youngsters for computer games. Computers became the part of our life and very important component in the spheres of the life is leisure. And nowadays majority of young people spend their leisure time
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Diary entry Lecture 1 The first lecture was a start to a large topic known as the imperial capital world city: London 1750-1914. As an introduction‚ the lecture started with a question as to what the British empire and what variables is affected its strength. The question directed acted as method of reviewing my own personal knowledge on the Empire‚ I needed to understand the aspects involved. The trading that occurred which to gave the empire new materials to support its military and riches to support
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