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    In contrast to the many logical arguments in favor of alcohol prohibition‚ the one decisive argument against such a measure is purely pragmatic: prohibition doesn’t work. It should work‚ but it doesn’t. The evidence‚ of course‚ was accumulated during the thirteen-year period 1920-1933. The arguments in favor of prohibition before 1920 were overwhelming. The Eighteenth (Prohibition) Amendment passed both houses of Congress by the required two-thirds majority in December 1917‚ and was ratified by

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    Political Science Name: rsonam Donohue Briefs #2 Tuesday‚ March 5 Schenck v. United States 1919 Criminal Case Federal Petitioner: Schenck Respondent: United States Events: During World War I in 1917‚ Congress had passed a law called the Espionage Act which states that during wartime obstructing the draft and trying to make soldiers disloyal or disobedient were crimes. Schenck going against the war‚ mailed thousands

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    Prohibition and the Roaring Twenties The Roaring Twenties can be described as a period of American history during which people crossed the line‚ smashed tradition‚ and broke boundaries. A brand new culture was created during this period‚ with jazz‚ money‚ the flapper‚ gangster wars‚ loose morals‚ speakeasies‚ and last but not least‚ an abundance of liquor. The decade was also called the New Era‚ the New Freedom‚ the Jazz Age‚ the Golden Era‚ the Lawless Decade‚ or the Dry Decade. The last title

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    Progressive DBQ The Progressive movement that occurred during the late 1800s and early 1900s was movement focused on reforming the corruption of big business in America and improving society as a whole. Three major issues that Progressives worked to improve upon were child labor‚ expanding democracy‚ and improving working conditions. These issues affected the common man and laborer‚ and the calls for reform were directed towards helping such people. Through the introduction of new laws‚ acts‚ and

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    Dorothy Crawfoot Dorothy Crawfoot was born on 12th may in Cairo. She became interested in chemistry when she was about ten. She attended Oxford and Somerville from 1928-1932. she analyzed glass tessellate from Jerash. She decided to do research on X-ray Crystallography. She did a lot of research on crystals and x-rays. Later in her life she became a teacher in chemistry for the women’s college. She became the university reader for x-ray crystallography in 1956. she also worked in the department

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    Rebecca Almonte J.K. Offerman FMM 114 Museum Trip Visit 1920s The 1920s represented a time of tremendous social change‚ which was reflected in fashion as well.  For women‚ short bobs because fashionable as did shorter skirts such as pinafores that would never have been allowed in previous decades.  There was a certain androgynous look to women’s fashion that borrowed from men’s clothing liberally.  Forward thinking designers like Coco Chanel and Jean Patou made sportswear fashionable

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    From 1914 to 1945 a social reform took shape to increase the availability of contraception. The U.S. aimed to educate society on birth control and then legalize it. This reform began with a group led by Mary Dennett‚ Margaret Sanger‚ and Emma Goldman. This reform came about due to the struggles many women faced during this time period due to pregnancy. There were a high number of low-income women becoming pregnant that simply could not afford to have a child. The idea of contraception was unheard

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    the old world and its problems. This country continued to be a destination for many immigrants. They have traveled here for reasons similar to those of the first settlers. The U.S. had imposed immigration restrictions before‚ but in the early to mid 1900s‚ some changes were made that drastically altered the amount of immigrants allowed into the country. Collectively‚ these laws were called the National Origins Formula‚ and they imposed a new quota system that not only limited the amount of immigration

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    Imperialism DBQ Before the late 19th century the United States had not expanded outside of the Americas this changed when wealth‚ population and industrial production increased.The demand for resources led to an era of imperialism. During this era expansionism in the United States kept the same principle but‚ it departed from previous expansions regarding to geography‚ politics and the economy. Americans kept the same principle‚ that God had given the U.S divine right to expand. The new” Manifest

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    throughout the 1900’s this was not the case. All genders back then were not all equal‚ in fact‚ women back then had the littlest of freedom and equality. Sometimes the women would make a stand for their gender‚ and sometimes the women would let the society control them. Two women who decided to make a stand for their sex were Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ and Lucretia Mott when they started the Women’s Suffrage Movement in 1913 (Table 1). This movement was created because women in the 1900’s wanted rights

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