By the turn of the century and for the next few decades‚ artists of all nationalities were searching for exciting and different modes of expression. Composers such as Arnold Schoenberg explored unusual and unorthodox harmonies and tonal schemes. French composer Claude Debussy was fascinated by Eastern music and the whole-tone scale‚ and created a style of music named after the movement in French painting called Impressionism. Hungarian composer Béla Bartók continued in the traditions
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home‚ and following her husband. They were told to be obedient and act as "domestic creatures." The view of women started to change when colleges starting accepting women. Also when powerful influential women started to make an impact on the world. One of
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Over the past century‚ history has shown that the brutal crimes executed to exterminate a particular group of people are considered among the most traumatic human tragedies. The extreme aggression that people are willing to portray‚ with the intent of completely destroying a cultural group‚ is devastating. In 1944‚ the term genocide was introduced to describe the attempt of erasing an entire population through killing. In particular‚ there have been multiple occasions in the 20th century that demonstrate
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Technology in the 20th Century Margie R. Collins HUM/300 The Global Village October 13‚ 2014 Joan Canby Technology in the 20th Century There can be no doubt that the twentieth century is one of the most remarkable unparalleled rate in mankind’s history for its technological advances and scientific discoveries‚ a rate that continues to this day. In fact‚ there were so many new gadgets invented and discoveries made in the last century that it’s difficult to pare the list down to just the three
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More than ever before‚ the 20th century was driven by frequent‚ long-lasting conflicts. While World War I fundamentally changed war itself‚ it did not change the reasons for war. The key factor for warfare was — and is — ideology. Paralleled with the emergence of many new ideologies‚ many conflicts occurred in the 20th century. Because of nationalism‚ zionism‚ and differences between capitalism and communism‚ the 20th century came to be defined by its recurring‚ enduring battles. Nationalism was
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rights for women equal to those of men. Throughout history women have played different roles in different societies‚ but have for the most part been considered subservient and inferior in status to men. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century‚ the "sociology of the family" became the more prominent concern of feminists. Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical‚ or philosophical‚ grounds‚ encompassing work done in a broad variety of areas‚ including women ’s roles
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Immigration has been the primary way that the United States has grown since its founding as a nation. We can detect several key periods in which immigration has helped to shape its character. In the nineteenth century there were at least two critical periods of immigration. The first took place in the 1840s and 1850s when famines in Ireland drove hundreds of thousands of people to seek refuge in the United States. The Irish population of cities such as Boston and New York expanded enormously during
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Prior the 20th century‚ women’s and men’s roles were completely separate. During the 19th century women were not allowed to work‚ vote‚ or use birth control and they were not seen equal to men in society‚ even at home women were expected to cook‚ clean and look after the children while their husbands were out working to support the family. All that began to slowly change throughout the 20th century. When the college ‘Vassar’ opened in 1865‚ it aimed at educating women‚ and that is where the idea
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History of 20th century Introduction The 20th century was the period between January 1‚ 1901 and December 31‚ 2000‚ inclusive. It was the tenth and last century of the 2nd millennium. It is distinct from the century known as the 1900s‚ which began on January 1‚ 1900 and ended December 31‚ 1999. The century had the first global-scale wars between several world powers across multiple continents in World War I and World War II. Nationalism became a major political issue in the world in the 20th century
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The US abandoned Isolationism in the 20th century‚ and it increased its involvement in global conflicts.The global conflicts led to an increase in federal spending and US policy was also modified due to the threat of the soviets‚ during the cold war. However‚ the Cold War brought forth the rise of the Red Scare‚the fear of Communism. The fear of the hostile foreign countries led to increased federal spending‚policy;and social changes like the Red Scare. The threat of war has caused US policy
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