Week 4 HIS 135 02/16/2013 1960’s Diary Entries Witness to the assassination of Malcolm X Malcolm X was a Muslim that became one of the greatest men that influential African Americans. One afternoon‚ on February 21‚ 1965 Malcolm X loss his life by the Nation of Islam. The questions surrounding the death of this puzzling and fearless man still trouble us. The Files
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to the LGBTQ community. She was a psychologist that performed a study on both homosexual and hetersexual men. Her study proved the Association wrong and that homosexuality was not a mental disease‚ Other events such as the Stonewall riots occurred in the 1960s and are said to be the beginning events to the gay liberation movement. These riots were caused by police officers raiding gay bars where the members retaliated‚ and then days of protests followed these riots. Other incidents happened frequently
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Most Significant Events Danielle Wilson Axia College of University of Phoenix September 20‚ 2009 Selecting an event from certain decades is not as easy as it may seem. Some of the decades had more than one event going on but only one had a significant impact on that decade. So the events mentioned will be those who have had a powerful impact culturally‚ economically and on government policies but those who had an influence here in the United States. The following decades are being put
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Terrorism Kristina Ransom HIS/135 March 17‚ 2013 John Spatharos Terrorism is the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence)
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I. What happened in the 1980s-1990s After the recession of America in the 1980s-1990s‚ America soon regained economic stability. However‚ some methods they took to get out of the violent recession and crises had affected the work force‚ most especially the men. The divide between the goods (male) and service producing (female) sectors of the economy expanded due to the global forces and technological innovation. Many companies moved from hands-on labour to mechanized work since this was cheaper‚
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PoMo became part of societal and cultural transitions after World War 11 and the general crowd and moderate culture made a marger change during 1960-1970. This movement basically describes the broad movement of development and was given a new creating remix of work which became a disassociated from the oppositions and arguments of the modern-postmoderns durning the late 20th century. Post modernism is known to be part of the historical era‚ and is seen as a reflection of a moment that could
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Final Project Overview and Timeline Final Project Overview The final project for HIS 135 is a written essay consisting of an overview of what you consider to be the most significant events in the decades following World War II. You must select one event that you studied—social‚ economic‚ or political—from each of the following decades: 1950s‚ 1960s‚ 1970s‚ 1980s‚ and 1990s. The event that you select should be the one that you believe had an overriding influence on U.S. culture‚ economy‚ or
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The most significant event in my life One day‚ when I was lying on the bed and started to relax myself. Suddenly‚ a question jumped out from my mind. What was the most significant event that I had experience in my life? At the moment that I was wondering what was the answer. An answer came in to my mind. It was a trip. It was my first visit‚ to a country that I had always been told was my great grandfather’s motherland. It was a land I knew no more about than what the travel brochures
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The 1960s and 1970s were probably some of the most tumultuous years of U.S. policing history; namely because of the many social problems that were brought to attention during these years. Unfortunately‚ the police were set to the main light as an entity that helped to permeate these issues‚ becoming the main focus of blame in the public eye. One example of this way of thinking would be in 1960 when the Freedom Riders had left Washington‚ D.C. to confront the racial segregation going on throughout
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The Most Significant Events in the Latter Half of the 20th Century Michael Hackelton Axia College of University of Phoenix HIS 135 The American Experience Since 1945 George Lawrence-Ell 24 August 2008 The Most Significant Events in the Latter Half of the 20th Century Introduction During the latter half of the 20th century‚ the United States changed greatly in the arenas of politics‚ economics‚ and social make up. Following World War II‚ in just 50 years‚ the US saw periods of great
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