20th Century Innovations’ Impact On Our Country’s Culture Two innovations during the 20th century that affected the cultural life of the country are the movie and advertising industries‚ both of which continue to be influential to today’s society; they defined what it meant to be an American based on the mass media’s opinion. The movie industry greatly influenced society during the 20th century‚ and continues to do so today. When Americans watched motion pictures back in the early part
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The music of the early 20th century was heavily jazz and blues. The bases of jazz music were influenced by the field hollers‚ hymns‚ and work songs from African Americans in the 1800s. Until 1901‚ improvisation‚ the style of Dixieland‚ created the genre of jazz‚ where every performer is playing different rhythms and tunes at the same time. Cornet player‚ Louis Armstrong‚ changed the Dixieland style and gave the idea for players to perform separate solos at different times. In the 1930s‚ Swing was
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By the turn of the 20th century mass transit had coalesced around electric power for street railways‚ subways‚ elevated railways and for interurban railways of around one-hundred miles or less. Animal and cable traction systems had already undergone mass conversions to electricity or been abandoned altogether where the financial investment was proving unworthy. Steam powered locomotives drove long distance railroads; by 1890 there was in excess of 130‚000 miles of mainline track in service. In the
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Identify and describe the philosopher’s contributions to the field of philosophy. The 20th century philosopher-theologian Josiah Royce was the first to use the phrase "The Beloved Community" but Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ who followed the Fellowship of Reconciliation made the “term” popular by devoting himself to its meaning on a deeper level. This term eventually encompassed the imagination of people regarding the idea of goodwill the world over (Schulke & Fernandez‚ 2012). Dr King’s objective
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Black Americans in the early 20th century were poor and being suppressed even if they were born her in the United States or if they came from Africa‚ Jamaica or anywhere else in the world. More and more of their right were being taken away by the white community. Between the years 1883-1905 more 50 black people a year were being lynched in America. Voting rights for black were being taken away by demanding that the people voting past tests and or by putting up other barriers in front of them. Even
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the population. Disabled Americans have experienced hardship throughout history‚ and their effort led to the Americans with Disabilities Act. Disabled Americans have a long and painful history. Ableism was a prevalent state of mind up into the 20th century (Faville). Ableism was discrimination against disabled individuals (Faville). Because of this‚ the disabled were often passed up for jobs and were unable to provide for themselves (Faville). From the mid 1800’s to mid 1900’s‚ displaying disabled
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View Attempt 3/29/12 8:07 PM View Attempt 1 of 1 Title: 20th Century Music Listening Test Started: November 17‚ 2011 9:21 PM Submitted: November 17‚ 2011 9:31 PM Time spent: 00:10:12 Total score: 45.46/50 = 90.92% Total score adjusted by 0.0 Maximum possible score: 50 Done 1. Which of these examples is in Impressionistic style? Student Value Response 1. the first one 2. the second one Correct Answer Feedback 100% Score: 2.27/2.27 2. What do you hear in this example that is
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The origins of the CCRB date back to the 1950s‚ when a coalition of 18 organizations formed the Permanent Coordination Committee on Police and Minority Groups to lobby the city to address police misconduct‚ especially in relations with Puerto Ricans and blacks. The NYPD responded by establishing the Civilian Complaint Review Board (board) in 1953 as a committee of three deputy police commissioners to investigate civilian complaints. While police officers conducted the investigations‚ the deputy commissioners
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Sexism and racism both prevailed in the 19th and 20th centuries. Even through World War II and the Civil War racial injustice and inequality were not overcome. Female sociologists had to hide their work under their sewing or whatever they were working on when someone visited their home. Females were not educated and were considered inferior in their writing skills and thought processes. Female sociologists started out for social reform trying to stop lynching and to improve the conditions of workers
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In the early 20th century‚ the Ottoman Empire began to take a serious decline. The empire’s inability to move into the modern society and the vast amount of land that was lost in Africa and Europe hindered its growth and prosperity compared to other countries. In 1908‚ the Young Turks‚ a new political group‚ revolted and took command of the country. They viewed the Armenians as nothing more than obstructions to their goal of a singular society. For the Armenians‚ this was nothing new. Even before
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