There were many people who believed strongly about how things should change for the better regarding the position of African Americans within the period of 1865-1970. Even though Radical Republicans had attempted to improve the quality of life for blacks by passing the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and 1875‚ the Ku Klux Klan Act‚ as well as the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments‚ whites in the South refused to have it any other way than that blacks remained second class citizens and to be kept in their
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During the late 1800’s and early 1900’s most of the immigrants that came into America were poor peasants in search of a safety‚ freedom‚ and a better future than their home country could offer. However‚ during the first two waves of Eastern European immigration‚ the people coming to the United States were neither poor‚ nor peasants. Those who came were of the middle class with some money‚ experience in their trade or profession and came to stay in America. These immigrants were well equipped to take
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World War I. The Americans were optimistic‚ they had money in their pockets‚ and soldiers were reunited with their sweethearts. American life greatly changed politically‚ socially‚ and economically after World War II. To begin with‚ there were many economic changes that occurred in America. After the war‚ there were no jobs in factories and the few jobs that were available had very small wages. The women who took over jobs in factories were displaced from work force and
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Over the decades‚ women have used fashion to assert their identity and advocate for equality. In the late 1800s and early 1900s‚ the flapper style became more widespread. Shorter hemlines‚ loose silhouettes‚ and dropped waistlines symbolized women’s liberation. Fashion emphasizes comfort and practicality‚ pushing women’s rights and departures from constraints on previous fashion styles. Additionally‚ women started to embrace more of an androgynous style‚ challenging the traditional notions of femininity
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lines that ran overhead. To combat the inefficiency of Thomas Edison’s DC power‚ Tesla eventually created alternating current. AC electricity created a new way to power America. No longer did citizens need to have coal-powered sub-stations spewing thick pollution every mile in already over crowded and overbuilt cities. Alternating current allowed for higher voltages and less power outages than its counterpart DC electricity. However‚ the rivalry escalated to dramatic proportions when Edison felt threatened
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Continuity and Change in Chinese Nationalist Ideology WWI to Present Since the beginning of the First World War to the present‚ nationalist ideology within China has caused change and continuity in several aspects of this nation’s society. One major change in China from the First World War to the present is its foreign relations with other countries due to factors such as communism and neocolonialism. Although China has changed in this way‚ it has remained one united nation despite foreign
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presidency‚ announcing for government intervention in the economy relief‚ recovery and reform. His charismatic attitude helps him defeat Republican Herbert Hoover in November 1932. When Roosevelt took office‚ there were about 13 million unemployed Americans‚ and hundreds of banks were closed. F.D.R. faced one of
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Transportation and environmental issues are opposite in nature since transportation deliver socio-economic benefits are great‚ but at the same time impactingenvironmental transportation system. On one side‚ supporting transport activities growing demand for passenger and cargo movement‚ while on the other‚ transportation activities associated with increasing levels of external environment. This has reached the point where transport is the dominant source of the pollution emission and multiple effects
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there was definitive change over the millennium of history between these two regions‚ progress was gradual‚ and painfully slow at first. A noticeable difference can be the amplification of trade of luxury goods as interregional connections strengthened. Expansion and intensification of trade networks between Africa and Eurasia also fostered cross-cultural exchanges. However‚ despite many changes‚ existing trade routes flourished and also promoted the growth of new trading cities‚ which expanded the
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we must return to crafts! For there is no such thing as ‘professional art’. (Walter Gropius‚1919). The Bauhaus focused on two things mainly‚ one being the coming together of all creative people and secondly a dream of creating a school that could change the world. The Bauhaus was evolutionary. It became one of the most influential modern art school of the 20th century as Gropius focused on bringing all creative people together in one school with a different teaching way then there was at the time
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