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    Environmental movement of the 1960s opened doors for long time conservationists and preservationists. I should say though‚ the movement did not originate in the 1960s‚ but became a more apparent situation due to the changing effects of our nation during this time. Theodore Roosevelt had a part in the environmental movement‚ but of course‚ this took place in the late 19th century. He was responsible for several preservation policies that nearly doubled national parks. Historically‚ this movement has changed

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    The Six-Point Movement:

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    with setup trade mission and enter into agreement with foreign countries. vi. Setting up of militia or paramilitary force for East Pakistan. The Six-point movement started by the Awami Legue in 1966‚ though short-lived‚ marked a significant radicalization of Bengali politics and played a crucial role in shaping later political movements. The Six-point demand

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    The Anti-Feminist Movement

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    sexual abuse developed within radical feminism and eventually produced robust movements to end violence against women and children as well as to end pornography‚ which radical feminists saw as anti-woman propaganda and a source of sexual violence. This collided with but did not merge with the demands of a growing conservative movement to police sex more rigorously and also incited opposition within the feminist movement as some activists were concerned about a return to state censorship and the intensification

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    inhabitants and the environment‚ is invaluable. The locavore movement‚ which involves only consuming locally produced food‚ seems to do all this and more. However‚ this is only at first glance. The health‚ environmental and economic benefits of only eating locally all appear infallible on the surface‚ but when they are inspected closely they become almost inconsequential. To most people‚ the most appealing factor about the locavore movement is its various health benefits. Locally grown food is at its

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    The causes of the influx of the new religious movements in Uganda New Religious Movement (NRM) New religious movement (NRM) is a term used to refer to a religious faith or an ethical‚ spiritual‚ or philosophical movement of recent origin that is not part of an established denomination‚ church‚ or religious body. The term NRM comprises a wide range of movements ranging from loose affiliations based on novel approaches to spirituality or religion to communitarian enterprises that demand a considerable

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    organized temperance movements‚ including Australia‚ Canada‚ Britain‚ Denmark‚ Poland‚ and of course‚ the United States. The American temperance movement was the most widespread reform movement of the 19th century‚ culminating in laws that completely banned the sale of all alcoholic beverages. The movement progressed from its humble local roots to nationwide organizations with millions of members and large amounts of political power. The growth of the temperance movement resulted from the changes

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    The ``Hippy Movement’’ was a youth movement in the US that occurred in the 1960s. It comprised of a group of individuals who were against social and political orthodoxy as they chose a philosophy that was for personal freedom‚ love and peace (Hughes and Richard 2014). It is worthy to note that the hippies rebuffed established bodies‚ opposed the Vietnam War and the usage of nuclear weapons as well as criticized the values of the middle class. In addition‚ the hippies were vegetarians and eco-friendly

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    The movement for Black Power in the U.S. emerged from the civil rights movement in the early 1960s. Beginning in 1959‚ Robert F. Willams‚ president of the Monroe‚ North Carolina chapter of the NAACP‚ openly questioned the ideology of nonviolence and its domination of the movement’s strategy. Williams was supported by prominent leaders such as Ella Baker and James Forman‚ and opposed by others‚ such as Roy Wilkins(the national NAACP chairman) and Martin Luther King.[10] In 1961‚ Maya Angelou‚ Leroi

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    Liturgical Movement in Catholicism‚ a 19th-century movement for the reform of worship within the Roman Catholic Church. Receiving inspiration from the Oxford Movement‚ a similar effort in which devotees of the Church of England argued for the reinstatement of some older Christian traditions of faith and their inclusion in Anglican liturgy and theology ‚ and the work of Dom Prosper Gueranger‚ a French Benedictine monk and priest who founded the French Benedictine Congregation ‚ the movement took hold

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    Chinese Exclusion Movement

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    the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. The demonstration was both dangerous and a vital point for migration laws. The Chinese Exclusion act began a period of expanding confinements on movement that endured until 1943. The entry of this demonstration was tricky in light of the fact that the national government had no movement organization and was authorized by custom authorities. Besides‚ issues with the demonstration‚ for example‚ it influencing just Chinese originating from China was confined yet Chinese

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