Being brought up in upper East of Manhattan provided Frankenthaler an array of access to the artistic world‚ as New York began to receive a wave of artistic attention and American modernist began garnering a basis for art movements in the United States. Her first brush with art education began at the Dalton school‚ whose progressive ideologies centered on
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Many women have significantly impacted the field of science‚ and Florence Nightingale is an excellent example. Florence Nightingale not only altered the face of nursing‚ but she changed how men perceive women as nurses. Nightingale was born on May 12‚ 1820‚ in Florence‚ Italy. This beautiful city inspired her mother to name her Florence. Nightingale grew up in a wealthy‚ upper-class family with her mother‚ father‚ and older sister. Her mother was Frances Nightingale‚ a controlling and outspoken woman
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History: Does the past affect the future? Debra Sharpton Devry Vietnam and the 20th Century Experience HIST-415N Traci Sumner May 10‚ 2014 History: Does the past affect the future? History is “The study of past events in human affairs”. (Oxford Dictionary‚ n.d.‚) Why should we study history? How does history affect people today? Historical knowledge is nothing more than collective memory. Historians work to reinterpret the past‚ search for new sources and new meanings in old documents
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invention of the single wire telegraph and the co invention of mores code. With the help of other inventers‚ Mores was able to make models of the wire telegraphs‚ get a Patton on it‚ have wires installed up and down the Atlantic‚ changed the way the world and how ships communicate‚ and became a wealthy man. The telegraph is not used today because of the other ways we communicate but mores code is still used. Mores was born on April 27th 1791 in Massachusetts and died on April 2nd 1872. He lived in New York
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Several conflicts in the 19th and 20th centuries contributed to the shaping of the American identity in separate ways that eventually led up to the America that we know today‚ that is still changing politically‚ socially‚ and economically. Conflicts including the Spanish-American War‚ WWI‚ and the Roosevelt Corollary all changed greatly how the American identity is seen both domestically and internationally. These conflicts caused us to see ourselves as more powerful‚ however‚ more unstable. Other
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There was a specific critic of the Treaty of Versailles that stands out more than others; a failed painter‚ turned war hero who was ignited with the incendiary fuel of nationalism. That critic was Adolf Hitler. Hitler gained support relatively quickly following the Treaty of Versailles. In fact‚ Hitler used the Treaty of Versailles to rise to power. As I’ve stated‚ many germans (including radicalists) felt the treaty was immoral‚ and deprived Germany of self-determination. In fact‚ abolishing the
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An Itch You Can’t Scratch Futurism is a movement in the 20th century that valued technology’s beauty. In their works of art the Futurists tried to capture the experience of a modern world transformed by steam engines‚ electricity‚ automobiles‚ and airplanes. Futurist art was an appreciation of life and sought to obliterate the contemplative concept of art. Instead of standing separate from the experience of the modern world‚ Futurist artists threw themselves into the battle against a tame past
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The Incas were a truly interesting race of people with a unique culture and religion. Though they lived long ago‚ we can still uncover information about their lives through the artifacts they left behind. These relics enable us to better understand their cultural development‚ and allow us to take a glimpse into their lives all those years ago. Many of the artifacts were directly traced to their cultural roots. One fascinating treasure was called the quena‚ a musical instrument invented by the Incas
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For Enlightenment‚ instead of always trying to accept social problems‚ they always tried to solve them. And the Enlightenment led to conflict because it threatened important social regions. There were philosophers‚ one was John Locke. He believed that people weren’t born good or evil. Locke also agreed with Hobbes that governments were formed through some type of social contract. Another one was Baron de Montesquieu. He believed that the way to spread this goal was by separate power so that not one
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During the early decades of the twentieth century‚ African Americans left the South in growing numbers‚ migrating North‚ with hopes of leaving a life behind that was dictated by racism‚ Jim Crow law‚ disenfranchisement‚ and violence based on hatred of black skin. With dreams of new opportunities for economic self-sufficiency‚ political participation‚ integration and freedom from racial violence‚ African Americans were soon
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