divorce laws to increase the number of two- parent households. Some organizations focus on reasonable child support and visitation‚ as well as creative joint custody arrangements to combat fatherless ness after divorce. Still other sects within the movement encourage responsible fatherhood through counseling for "Deadbeat" or "Dead-broke" Dads‚ job training and placement to increase the likelihood of child support payments and educational seminars to teach men how to be emotionally supportive fathers
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Kuka Movement 1857 During the pre-independence days‚ the British followed the policy of ‘Devide and Rule’. It was their strategy to become offensive against the roots of Indian culture. During those days‚ so many Butcherkhanas (Slaughter houses) in different parts of Punjab. During the days of Maharaja Ranjit Singh‚ there was total ban on cow slaughter. When British annexed Punjab‚ they printed these words on copper plates – “COW are not to be killed in Amritsar. The Penalty of killing cow is
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Father of Aligarh movement This most respected and important educational centre for Indian Muslims was initially founded as Mohammedan Anglo Oriental College (MAOC) at Aligarh in 1875 by Sir Saiyad Ahmed Khan and subsequently raised to the status of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in 1920. Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)‚ known more as a movement than an academic institution is one of the most important chapters of Indian history as far as the sociology of Hindu-Muslim relation is concerned. Sir
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American Literary Movements American literature has progressed through many great phases throughout history. One such literary movement was romanticism. Romanticism was a movement characterized by a fascination of the supernatural and strong emotion. Regionalism is another interesting period of American history. In regionalism‚ the author tends to focus on a specific area‚ and tries to convey the “local color”‚ or traits of the specific area. A third example of literature movements in America was
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Brewer Rastafarian Movement (Bob Marley) Thirty-six years spanned Bob Marley ’s life and involvement with the Rastafarian movement and left an impact still felt around the world. Marley ’s music was a result of what he saw in himself‚ what he loved‚ and how he saw his people get treated. Followers of the Rastafarian movement are known as Rastafarians‚ the movement is named for Ras Tafari Makonnen‚ who was crowned Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia in 1930. The Rastafarian movement began with the
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During the Progressive Era from 1890 to 1920‚ Progressives (people in support of the movement) made the most significant reforms in the political area. Before changes were made in politics‚ the government was not believed to be strong enough in order to solve the problems including poverty‚ unfair working conditions‚ corruption in the economy‚ etc. So‚ the Progressive Movement was based on the idea of making the government stronger and more active in the solving of issues in society. Many progressives
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INTRODUCTION The name of the Chipko moment originated from the word ’embrace’ as the villagers used to hug the trees and protect them from wood cutters from cutting them. The movement practiced Gandhian methods of satyagraha and non-violent resistance‚ to protect them from being felled. The modern Chipko movement started in the early 1970s in the GarhwalHimalayas of Uttarakhand‚ then in Uttar Pradesh with growing awareness of rapid deforestation. It was the strong uprising against those people
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Keyarius Johnson Professor J. R. Williams History 1302-6012 8 March 2013 The Environmental Movement The Environmental Movement was started in order to conserve the uses of the nation’s natural resources through efficient and scientific innovations by Theodore Roosevelt. Due to irresponsible uses of the natural resources‚ the efforts of President Roosevelt made conservation a huge part of his term. Combining his efforts with Gifford Pinchot‚ Roosevelt managed regulation of resource development
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The first populist movements in the United States are known as the Farmers’ Alliances‚ created mostly by Mid-westerners and Southerners‚ which sprang up throughout the 1880s. These agrarian citizens were disgruntled because of the declining agricultural prices‚ crop failures‚ and poor marketing and facilities‚ which inclined them to form local political action groups known as the Farmers’ Alliances. The economy of many farmers weakened greatly; people believed that the current money management was
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Progressive Movement The Progressive Era began as a social movement but had grown into a political and labor movement as well in the United States‚ from the 1890s to the 1920s. Their roots went as far back as to the Green Labor party and Populist. Although they were made up of different groups‚ the Progressives had one common goal: remove all corruption in the government by using the government itself. They sought to regain the power to the hands of the people from those of interest. Through hard
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