Preventing Genocide By: All through history‚ people have killed other people. Usually‚ this is just because of hatred of that one person. Unfortunately‚ sometimes people can have a deep-rooted hatred of an entire group of people. This hatred of people leads to genocide. Everybody knows about genocide‚ few know how to define it‚ and even fewer know what to do about it. Everyone also knows about at least one genocide: the Holocaust. However two other not-so-widely-known genocides were the Armenian
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The Double Bass: From the Classical to Romantic Eras The basic outline of the double bass during the late 18th century remains fairly consistent with only minor changes. In England and Italy the three string bass was in use‚ tuned A- D- G and in Germany the four string bass was in use. The standard tuning for the four string bass is given in the 1770 pamphlet Principi di Musica‚ which reveals the modern day intervals of E- A- D- G. By 1800‚ the tuning machine head is present‚ the neck is fretless
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institutions. The participation of women in social and cultural life became a public discussion over American masculinity. During the Progressive Era‚ women played a huge role in activism and the movement for equal rights. Clubs were formed by women to march for their rights and stand up for themselves. The General Federation of Women’s Clubs and the National Association of Colored Women were both controlled by upper-middle class and educated women. During World War I‚ women joined several military
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Parlor Games Ha-Ha! There was laughter everywhere when people played parlour games. Have you ever wondered how people‚ during the Victorian Era pass time? The parlour games were nice‚ fun‚ and dangerous for passing time. “There were men who played card games like poker to the extent of losing their wages. This habit of the men‚ who were the only earning members of the large families‚ forced the entire family to make extra efforts to preserve whatever little they had. Men also played outdoor games
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Social Inequality in the Early Modern Era Throughout history‚ there has been an extreme discrimination against different groups of people. Women have been disrespected just because of what their religion’s holy book says. The Pope had the authority over state‚ not the monarch. The color of your skin has even determined your rank in society. Even though this was more in the early modern era‚ it still happens today. People have had to work their way to gain rights. Examples of social inequality in
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Reconstruction‚ Gilded Age‚ and the 1920s – showed dramatic changes in the US democracy socially and politically. The US democracy progressed the most in the 1920s amongst the three above mentioned time periods‚ as every group in the society aim for social and political rights. The Reconstruction period (1865-1877)‚ as the name suggests‚ was a period of massive remodeling of the US democracy. The reconstruction‚ started by Abraham Lincoln to attract former supporters of the Republicans‚ required southern
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Animal Cruelty during the Victorian Era is similar to the present day because people beat animals as punishment. However in the present day more people are hoarding animals as a result of being emotionally troubled rather than having a criminal motive‚ and people have started to stand up against abusive behavior towards animals. Maltreatment of animals has been present since before the Victorian Era‚ and even after decades the same type of abuse has not gone away. In the Victorian Era the common way
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Slaves during the Reconstruction Era were enlightened and rejoiceful that the sense of change was coming to the South and all of the United States. The African American community faced many hardships during their time of captivity under the law of the white southern slave owners and traders. Since that was their many sources of labor and income from domestic and foreign regions of America that were either owned or affiliated with. So to prevent their slaves from achieving such freedom or news relating
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During the Progressive Era‚ all reform efforts became revitalized. Millions of women started addressing severe social problems‚ which brought them into the public eye. As their roles in society grew‚ they started to become part of mainstream politics. However‚ after recognizing that most of the reform that they
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During the time when a country or nation transformed their means of survival from farming or agriculture to a more factory or manufacturer based society‚ known as the Industrial Era‚ a party commonly known as the Progressives sought out to take action against the injustices in our society. Some such problems were women’s suffrage‚ slavery‚ political corruption and urbanization. Many men and women sought out to improve the inequalities of the American nation. A woman’s life during the Industrial
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