economic‚ and social order. The Progressive movement‚ 1901 to 1917‚ was ultimately the triumph of conservatism rather than a victory for liberalism. In a general sense‚ the conservative goals of this period justified the Liberal reforms enacted by Progressive leaders. Deviating from the traditional definition of conservatism (a resistance to change and a disposition of hostility to innovations in the political‚ social‚ and economic order)‚ the Progressivism Movement Progressivism implies a philosophy which
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The Khilafat movement (1919-1924) was a pan-Islamic‚ political campaign launched by Muslims in British India to influence the British government and to protect the Ottoman Empire during the aftermath of World War I. The position of Caliph after the Armistice of Mudros of October 1918 with the military occupation of Istanbul and Treaty of Versailles (1919) fell into a disambiguation along with the Ottoman Empire’s existence. The movement gained force after the Treaty of Sèvres (August 1920) which
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Continental Movement Essay Continental Drift is the idea that refers to the movement of Earth’s continents and plates relative to each other. This means that the earth’s plates move because of the unending cycle of cooling and raising of molten rock‚ adding new material t0 the edges of the plates. This movement is called divergent movement‚ the most common of the three types of movement between plates. The other two movements are called convergent and transform-fault. This idea was first
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Very little has been written about the visionary‚ predominantly British architectural movement‚ Archigram‚ since it first came to prominence in 1960. Of the scant texts available (of which many are in Japanese‚ as opposed to English)‚ the authors generally attempt to describe this radical form of architecture only in terms of its designers/innovators - Ron Herron‚ Michael Webb‚ Warren Chalk and Dennis Crompton - and the ways in which it differs from the pre-existing traditions. The fascination of
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The Feminist Movement Feminism can be defined as the promotion of women’s rights in the areas of political‚ cultural opportunities‚ social‚ and economic standing as men’s equals. The feminist movement was a social movement that was aimed gaining equal rights for women in society. The feminist movement is categorized in waves. The first wave was during the 19th and early 20th centuries focused on women’s legal rights‚ such as the right to vote‚ education‚ employment and marriage laws. During
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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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Chicano Movement Essay Also known as “El movimiento ‘’ *is an extension of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement which began in the 1940s with the stated goal of achieving Mexican American empowerment. The 1960s was a turbulent decade in American history‚ Fraught with conflicts over issues from Civil Rights To the war in Vietnam. The Mexican American Civil Rights Movement‚ one of the least studied social movements of the 1960s‚ encompassed a broad cross section of issues. We
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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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