World War Two was quite an important time in female history‚ it opened a lot of doors that had previously been closed to women and allowed them to take on a bigger position in society. On January 20th‚ 2018 Naomi Parker Fraley‚ the face of the famous “Rosie the Riveter” died at 96‚ and she got me thinking about women and wartime. Feminist dissertations often talk about what an important time WW2 was for women‚ real life “Rosies” were women who filled traditionally male roles in American factories
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Vietnam had a hard time facing foreign invasion which happened quite frequently. After World War I the French and Chinese had a large influence in Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh was one Vietnamese who tried to stop that. He worked his way into creating an independent Vietnam and organized an army using guerrilla warfare. Minh went to war with the French and ended up winning and this helped create a free North and South Vietnam. South Vietnam had an uprising and a communist group called the Vietcong arose
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would like to model myself after‚ it is him. He changed the course of history with his new ideas‚ and he freed what would become billions of people. Without Gandhi‚ I would not be alive today. I want to inspire at least some small amount of people to change their way of thinking and free themselves of an abominable situation. He was truly a tremendous person and he is definitely a person one should aspire to be. Gandhi was a small person‚ and he was definitely not one who one would think is leading
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In the course of the Vietnam War‚ there have been many different factors why the USA became increasingly involved. One reason included how they believed it would be a ‘simple’ war to fight and for that reason‚ they would have the ability to easily win plus the war would not continue on for too long. Additionally they desired to contain communism as they believed they might be capable to stop the growth of communism within Asia. In order to help retain communism‚ they believed in the ‘domino theory’
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lifestyles‚ families and friends were disturbed. The war split NZ into two sides - people who felt strongly that the war was a terrible mistake on behalf of NZ‚ and people who it didn’t effect very strongly. This caused some families to fall apart‚ because of their beliefs. For the people who weren’t effected as significantly‚ they just carried on with their normal day to day lives. The events didn’t effect them or bother them as much as it did to others. Some of the students who participated in
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period of and directly following World War I‚ a revolution of morals and rapid urbanization. The new generation expressed themselves through the music of the times‚ greater sexual promiscuity‚ use of technology and advertising‚ whereas the elder generation manifested intolerance and resistance. World War I is known as the first "modern" war‚ because a new kind of warfare was utilized‚ new technologies were operated‚ planes fought in combat‚ and women played a key role in manufacturing and other positions
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Mike Smith Vietnam Propaganda/ Nationalism American Nationalism * Domino Effect: The Americans believed that if Vietnam became a Communist country the rest of the countries around it would also become Communist and this was the last thing that the Americans wanted during the Cold War. * The North Invaded the South: The US government advertised to the public that North Vietnam invaded the South and was trying to take them over. They used this image of US going to save the weak South
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“How Disco Changed the World” Disco got its start when Djs at gay Manhattan dance clubs started spinning black music in the early 70s. With such obvious homosexual and black roots‚ it is no wonder that‚ considering the time of its emergence in the mid 1970s‚ less than a decade removed from the Civil Rights Act in 1964 and only a few years after the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968 and the Stonewall riots in 1969‚ faced a hearty opposition from some Americans. On the warm summer night
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In 1492 Christopher Columbus made a discovery that would change the world as they knew it; however‚ he did now know it at the time. What he discovered was the Western hemisphere. Columbus was a man from Genoa who wished to discover a direct sailing route from Europe to Asia‚ as everyone else who tried before only got as far as South Africa. He first asked Portugal to fund his voyage but they declined because they did not think he would make it all the way to Asia with the resources that he had without
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How did Medical Care change during the First World War? First World War presented medicine with many challenges. The number of wounded men was increasing every day and the need of medical specialists and innovations as well. Millions of people who could have been saved died. The war had effects on people and their minds that lasted till the end of their lives. Medicine and medical care had to be improved in order to save lives and live further. There were different problems and solutions to them
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