too Catholic. Their leader(s)? – John Winthrop was the main leader of the emigration to New England in 1629 Where are they from and where did they go to? – The Puritans originated from England‚ but emigrated to North America (specifically New England) to escape religious persecution ‘Massachusetts Bay Colony’ Their lives and philosophies? – Religion played a critical role in Puritan life. They felt that they were chosen by God for a special purpose and they believed that God was omnipotent
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In the midst of a segregated America‚ the President of the United States‚ John F. Kennedy‚ delivered a Civil Rights Address on June 11th‚ 1963 via radio and television to all Americans. In his speech‚ President Kennedy asked the American people as well as Congress to accept all people‚ specifically African Americans‚ as equals socially and in the eyes of the law. There is no doubt that President Kennedy delivered a beautiful speech‚ but based on rhetorics‚ did he effectively convince his audience
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Two eras in time were the 1930’s and 1960’s. Both of these two periods in time are interesting in their own ways. Also people usually think the 1960’s were all about fun which wasn’t always true. In addition people think that a main event in the 30’s was the Great Depression which in fact is true but there’s more to the 30’s than most people think. There are many seminaries and differences in these two are fashion‚ inventions/technology‚ and music. Three similarities between them are the people involved
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Missile Crisis represents a change in the 1960’s because of its long term effect on our relationship with Cuba‚ as well as Russia. Regardless of all John F. Kennedy’s attempts to achieve peace and preserve our relationship‚ this had resulted in the complete shutdown of trade between the U.S. and Cuba up until January 2015. The U.S. was forced to remove offensive missiles in Turkey and has further tainted our relationship with Russia. This was an event that was ignited by post World War Two and the
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Introduction During the 1960’s‚ there was a significant disparity between the amount of minority and female representation in the workforce versus the amount in the American population. In an attempt to correct this disparity‚ President John F. Kennedy enacts Executive Order 10925 which causes for an aggressive hiring of minorities by the federal government (Chrisman‚ 2013). Consequently‚ over-time‚ the civil rights movement as well as current laws and Supreme Court decisions greatly expand the
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The Cold War: 1960’s The Cold War‚ was it really cold? No‚ “The term "cold war" first appeared in a 1945 essay by the English writer George Orwell called "You and the Atomic Bomb (War‚ 2017)." It seems that The Cold War started because of communism‚ and started off with the involvement of Vietnam. “Vietnam can really we consider part of the domino theory. In an interview with the press in September 1963‚ President John F. Kennedy expressed his belief in the domino theory‚ stating that "We should
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end capitalism. This resulted in an ideological‚ economic‚ and military conflict known as the Cold War. The Cold War would ultimately shape American politics‚ economics‚ and cultural and social developments from the 1940’s through the 1960’s. Another issue
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My topic for this project was Racial Relations in the 1960’s. Of course‚ as most of us know‚ the 1960’s was not the best time for African Americans. Young African American’s were getting frustrated by the long wait times for legal cases and were ready for justice. They were ready to stand up and make a change in the constant‚ broken justice system for their community. Starting in February of 1960‚ they organized sit-ins‚ and the idea spread all across the south. Along with sit-ins‚ people supporting
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The reason Kennedy wanted to go to the moon was that he wanted to be ahead of all the other countries. In paragraph four he says "no nation which expects to be the leader of other nations can expect to stay behind in this race for space" so he wants people to try and build technology to go to space and try and beat the U.S. He not only wanted to go to the moon‚ but he wanted to go to space before the 1960’s because in paragraphs 5 and 6 Kennedy talks about how the people who came before us worked
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Inspiration- John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the thirty fifth president of the United States of America from 1961 until his death in 1963. Although Kennedy was the youngest president ever elected‚ he was also the youngest to die. America changed even before his assassination. Kennedy was improving the lives of millions of Americans. As an adolescent‚ Kennedy was not at the top of his class. He was constantly fatally ill‚ and missed school many times. However‚ Kennedy succeeded and
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