America today is a divided America. The Civil War‚ even though it was so long ago‚ played a major role in America’s division. It has been 150 years since the last shots of the Civil War were fired. That was a war that divided the American people ‚ and in many ways‚ still divides Americans today. Whether it be race‚ gender‚ class or geographic location‚ Americans have always found a reason to hate or disagree with each other. President Lincoln started planning for reconstruction of the South during
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is the nation’s premier civil rights legislation. The Act outlawed discrimination on the basis of race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex‚ or national origin‚ required equal access to public places and employment‚ and enforced desegregation of schools and the right to vote. It did not end discrimination‚ but it did open the door to further progress. Although the 13th‚ 14th‚ and 15th amendments outlawed slavery‚ provided for equal protection under the law‚ guaranteed citizenship‚
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America has always been a land full of promise for its’ inhabitants. Americas Puritan founders promoted a lifestyle of freedom and exceptional growth. United States foreign relations often contributed to the overall well being and ways of life of the American people. The year 1898 was a major turning point in American foreign relations. America’s participation in war has drastically changed our order of constitution. War has also changed the way American people live their lives. The course of the
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Independence Movement‚ civil disobedience has been among us for so long‚ and each society is able to build off its predecessors’ mistakes.Henry Thoreau inspired generations to come in his essay‚ “Civil Disobedience”‚ and the effect of it was widespread.In fact‚ while in jail‚ Mahatma Gandhi picked up a copy of Thoreau’s essay and was able to utilize the tactics discussed by Thoreau to successfully challenge Britain’s control over India.That movement created a template itself as the Civil Rights movement
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Nikola Tesla was extremely significant in America in the late 19th century socially and economically by engineering‚ implementing‚ and advancing the field of electricity. When Tesla came to America in 1884 from Paris‚ the United States was powering homes and businesses with direct current electricity. DC power was severely limited and could only run a mile before another power station had to be built to reenergize the lines that ran overhead. To combat the inefficiency of Thomas Edison’s DC power
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1950-1960 ‚ the Civil Rights Movement was taking place and it was a protest against racial segregation and discrimination. The media catched every minute of the movement. When the speech of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was broadcasted it was life changing because families at home got the chance to watch a life changing speech at the seat of your couch. You make ask‚ how is this all possible and the answer is MEDIA. Media brings a primarily a force of good that brings positive change because without
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The Black Power Movement During and after the days of Jim Crow‚ blacks in the United States were economically and socially oppressed. Blacks still faced lower wages than whites‚ segregation of public amenities and racial discrimination. At this time many groups were created to challenge these injusticces. The Black Power Movement and the Civil Rights movement were similar because they both fought for equal rights and equal treatment for African Americans. However‚ they
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certain unalienable Rights…” Black people were suffering in almost silence until around 1955‚ when Dr Martin Luther King Jr‚ a Baptist Minister‚ began non-violent protests Martin Luther King Jr came from a line of Baptist ministers and was his father who thought that segregation was against GOD‚ some influence came from Mahatma Gandhi and Dr Benjamin Mays‚ the president of Morehouse college King met his wife‚ Coretta Scott‚ at Boston university‚ after college‚ he started his civil rights protests with
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ratify black codes‚ citizens modification‚ and other people against liberal regulations to change the laws that African Americans had obtained during the Reconstruction era. The U.S. High Court strengthen this anti-liberal party with resolution in the “Slaughterhouse Cases‚ the Civil Rights Cases‚ and United States v. Cruikshank” that remarkably got rid of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments and the Civil Rights Act of 1875.
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“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”(Biography.com).Doctor Martin Luther King was a historical figure during . He had helped pass the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. MLK was an important person from history because he inspired people‚ created peace‚ and made an impact on the world. Dr. Martin Luther King was an inspiration to many people in many ways. Martin Luther King was born on January 15‚1929 in Atlanta Georgia. He was a Baptist
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