the Somoza family went. With the rise of unemployment and lack of economic opportunity‚ their number of supporters grew. After a series of conflicts FSLN was able to take control in 1979 . After they took control the United States first sought to work with the new government‚ but this would be short lived. Due to political conditions and the FSLN being supported by various communist governments‚ including the USSR and Cuba‚ the United States began to look at other means of controlling the situation
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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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Elder‚ J. L.‚ & MacGregor‚ J. (2008‚ December). The Sustainability Movement in Higher Education: An Overview. Retrieved November 16‚ 2016‚ from http://mobilizingstem.wceruw.org/documents/The sustainability Movement and Appendices.pdf James L. Elder is the director for the Campaign for Environmental Literacy. He is the author of A Field Guide to Environmental Literacy: Making Strategic Investments in Environmental Education. Jean MacGregor is the Senior Scholar at the Washington Center for Improving
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One of the fastest growing and most diverse faith traditions in the United States is the pagan movement. "Paganism" is an umbrella term which covers several interrelated nature-based religions derived from a blend of post-modern thought and ancient European faiths. Wicca is the largest pagan religion in the world today but pagans also follow religions such as Asatru‚ Druidism‚ Pantheism‚ as well as reconstructions of various pre-Christian religions from regions such as ancient Greece and Ireland
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the juvenile court system in America. Part two covers the Black Child-Saving Movement in America with integration in the system and how different activists spoke out against racism. Ward does a good job of going in chronological order to cover many topics‚ especially in part two of the book and pre/post-civil rights movement eras. There is a natural flow of the book which starts from the beginning of parens patriae and ends with Ward’s ideas on how to proceed and the differing developments that
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Varkari Movement • Varkari (Marathi: वारकरी) is a religious movement (sampraday) within the bhakti spiritual tradition of Hinduism. It is geographically associated with the Indian states of Maharashtra and northernKarnataka. • In the Marathi language of Maharashtra‚ vari (वारी) means ’pilgrimage’ and a pilgrim is called a varkari. Every year‚ Varkari walk hundreds of miles to the holy town of Pandharpur‚ gathering there on ekadashi (the 11th day) of the Hindu lunar calendar month of Aashaadha
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• While riding‚ hip movements allow the organs in that area to settle and therefore make it less challenging for the child to lower their diaphragm. Therefore‚ the amount of air the child breathes in is increased and their shoulders relax‚ which assists in abdominal breathing‚ a condition that is required for good vocal quality. • Provides a therapeutic environment that is focused on improving functional goals by incorporating equine movement‚ which can be adjusted to the needs of the child. •
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Abolitionism was one of the major cultural movements that permeated nineteenth century american alongside feminism‚ Romanticism‚ industrialism‚ and transcendentalism. Although the other major cultural movements were important in their own right‚ Abolitionism is the most important because it ended slavery and it shows the true horrors of slavery but most importantly‚ it shaped today’s society. As stated previously‚ abolitionism is one of the major cultural movements that permeated nineteenth century
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In American society‚ the environmental movement has gained the attention of many people. One of those movements is the “locavores”. Although some benefits are gained within this movements‚ there are also several less-examined effects of this movement that should be noted as well. People might think they do less harm to the environment‚ but they are misguided. They might help out their community but they end up hurting the other nations‚ they don’t really reduce the gas emitted by transportation
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Founded in 1977 by Professor Wangari Maathai‚ the Green Belt Movement (GBM) has planted over 51 million trees in Kenya. GBM works at the grassroots‚ national‚ and international levels to promote environmental conservation; to build climate resilience and empower communities‚ especially women and girls; to foster democratic space and sustainable livelihoods. Wangari Muta Maathai has become an international figure because of her persistence in the struggle for democracy‚ human rights and environmental
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