Civil Rights in the USA 1945-1968 What do I need to revise? Civil Rights in the USA 1945-1968: Checklist 1) • • • African Americans in the 19th Century Reconstrustion Jim Crow Plessey v ferguson Understand position of blacks. 4) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Campaigns 1960-1966 2) • • • • • • The Early 20th Century 3) • • • • • Great Migration Great War Sense of Community The Depression NAACP Second World War Understand how these factors shape Civil Rights
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Liberal Studies F4 Second term—Hong Kong Today Indicators used to understand poverty in HK Income Health Education Living conditions Employment Community / family support Section 1—Poverty Disparity / discrepancy between rich and poor Gini coefficient - Range from 0 to 1 0 = income distribution is absolute equal 1 = income distribution is absolute unequal Challenges faced by poor people Employment - usually contract staff‚ low income‚ lack labour protection
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can be held. (itim International‚ n.d) Knowledge of other cultures is imperative when dealing with business relations; it has been helpful in the age of globalization where cross-cultural business is at a dramatic rise‚ and even aids in such things as the training and communications. It is also crucial in the face of tourism and social life‚ as it gives us the understanding of how people from other cultures function as a result of their particular set of cultural values. The aim of this essay is to
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Life Yesterday and Today Living life now is so much more different than how it was back then. The way the puritans used to live was a lot harder and they were a little foolish. Their way of living was so much different than it is now‚ most Americans can’t really remember or they simply just don’t know anything. There were many flaws in the Puritan Era‚ and America has developed and grown throughout the years and for the better. One thing that America has improved on is; of course‚
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own social system. People belong to different social systems all at once. The characteristic of social systems is the sense of a shared duty no matter how it is expressed. As a result‚ a different and shared set of values‚ features‚ and behavior are created. For example‚ the type of regime of a particular country creates a social system which has its own standards. From the early to the mid years of the twentieth century‚ the United States and the Soviet Union had differences in culture and societal
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In America today there is massive injustice in terms of income and wealth inequality. Injustice is rampant. We live in the wealthiest country in the history of the world but most Americans don’t know that because almost all of that wealth and income is going to the top one percent. We are living at a time where a handful of people have wealth beyond comprehension – huge yachts‚ jet planes‚ tens of billions of dollars‚ more money than they could spend in a thousand lifetimes. But at the same time
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The Place of Computer in Today’s World Introduction: Today‚ we are living in a computer age. The awareness of computer is more than at any other time. It has dominated almost all the fields. There is hardly an industry‚ which does not use computers. It is not anymore thought of as a mere calculating machine. Computers are used in banks‚ factories‚ in Government offices‚ education institutions‚ for research and development and even supermarkets. The Computer plays a very vital role in the following
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Comparing Societies Have you ever thought about today’s society becoming a dystopian society? “The Machine Stops” is a story written by E.M. Forester in 1909. For Forester’s story to be 106 years old the book is incredible accurate of today’s society. However‚ “The Machine Stops” dystopian society differs from today’s society in the way they live‚ the way they travel‚ and the way society interacts. One difference in the dystopian society described in “The Machine Stops” and today’s society is the
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selves on how multicultural we are as a nation and even though that is true with reports finding only 1 in 4 people in Australia are born in Australia. But Australia is still seen as one of the most racist countries in history and still show signs of its past in the present day. Many of my classmates tutorials shared the light on the racism on the racism taking fold 20 or 30 years ago but little talked about the problems facing our present society. In Chris’s tutorial he explored how race is seen
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of a desktop computer. It has all you need from a desktop computer in one small package. It is a mobile pc thus allowing it to be used and brought anywhere. This makes a laptop very popular nowadays. Don’t be fooled by a laptop’s small size because it has many parts. The upper part is the screen which is equivalent to a desktop’s monitor. In newer models‚ a webcam is incorporated in the upper part of the laptop. The lower part is where most of the other parts are. It has the motherboard‚ microprocessor
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