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    What was the reformation? A sixteenth century movement from which the protestant churches originated. The Reformation is one of the most profound processes of change in Europe of the sixteenth century. Intense criticism of the Church of Rome led by the pope resulted in various reformational currents and the formation of several Protestant church reformations. The critical views of the religious sphere deeply impacted the spiritual‚ social‚ and cultural terrain‚ as well as upon the political sphere

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    During the mid-19th century‚ there were organizations made throughout America and Europe on the woman’s rights to vote and run for office which was later known as the woman’s suffrage. During this time period‚ only men were sought out as equals and acceptable to vote and/or run for office‚ whereas women were not viewed as working class citizens. In the middle of the 19th century‚ there was a demand in woman’s equality that became profound and well know as well as continuing to be a transformative

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    The Amazing Decade of the 1960s “Ask not what your country can do for you‚; but what you can do for your country-John F. Kennedy”(“John F. Kennedy”). The 1960s was full of excitement‚ but also filled with shock and disappointment. The people and events of the 1960s impacted the later decades to come. The 1960s also had a lot of improved technology. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ John F. Kennedy’s assassination‚ the Supercomputer‚ and unisex fashions were all a big part of the 1960s throughout America.

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    First two chapters of A&P I

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    Chapter One – The human Body: An Orientation (we will assume that the subject is a healthy 22 year old female 125lbs or male 155lbs. I. Define and contrast anatomy and physiology: Anatomy provides is a static image of the body’s architecture vs. Physiology which reveals the body’s dynamic and animated workings. a. Anatomy: (derived from the Greek words “to cut apart”) is the study of the structures of the body parts and their relationship to one another. The essential tools for studying anatomy

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    Differences detailing the change in racism from the mid- and late-1900s until today include various forms of oppression and prejudice‚ all of which continue to transform and morph into different ways of racial expression today. In the first fifty years of the twentieth century‚ racism was prevalent‚ seen in the reported lynching of 1‚792 African American individuals‚ not counting those who were the victims of unreported crimes. In addition‚ segregation was also established‚ including laws concerning miscegenation

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    During the 19th century there was five reform movements happening in the United States. There reforms being abolition‚ women’s rights‚ education‚ prison and asylums‚ and utopian movements. All in which it was causing America to change for the better. Although these reforms were caused for the best of the United States some people did not agree with them. Even though everyone had their own opinion over the five reform movements‚ at the end they all had a tremendous impact‚ as they are still important

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    The Decade of Fear was essentially caused by one man – Joseph McCarthy. When he served on the Senate from 1947-1957‚ he seemed to make it his personal mission to eradicate all traces of communism from the earth (or at least America). Right away‚ he went after Hollywood‚ black-listing anyone involved in the entertainment industry whom he thought might be linked with communists. The following year‚ he released a list to the public with the names of 154 organizations he believed to have communist affiliations

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    Jack Welch received his Master of Science and Ph.D. degree from the University of Illinois in 1960. After completing his years of education‚ Welch was hired by General Electric Corporation (GE) as a chemical engineer for the Plastics department. Promotions followed rapidly and at the age of 45‚ in April 1981‚ he became CEO of GE‚ one of the world’s leading diversified industrial companies. Even though‚ the U.S. economy was in a recession during that time and unemployment rates were very high‚ Welch

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    Twentieth-century Italian Literature and Cinema Aesthetically Brought to Life Ideas Friederich Nietzsche defines history as being an organization of man’s memory in relation to the past‚ as seen in terms of a series of events. Nietzche’s approach toward history can be articulated in what he dubs his three modern forms of historical consciousness: monumental‚ antiquarian‚ and critical. A similar phenomenon of putting history under analysis can be seen in twentieth-century Italian literature

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    Women’s Rights Movement There were several different reform movements in the 19th century. They were inspired by Transcendentalism and the Second Great Awakening. The movements that the Americans started were some of the following: Temperance‚ Abolition‚ Prisons and Asylums‚ Education‚ and Women’s Rights. The latter is one of the biggest‚ most revolutionary of the bunch. The women built their rights movement on their efforts to achieve social justice and to improve the way of life for humans. Starting

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