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    Life in Italy in the 1930s Life in Italy in the 1930s caused difficulty to some Italians during that time period. During the 1930s a large number of Italians who had opposed the fascist rule of Benito Mussolini arrived in the United States. After the news spread in Italy about the bombing of Pearl Harbour almost all Italians supported the war against Benito Mussolini. At this point‚ Italy was slowly becoming under the Nazi rule‚ the significance of a woman’s role in Italy was emphasised as

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    Why the 1930s inspired Harper Lee “Which aspects of the 1930s inspired Harper Lee to write To Kill A Mockingbird?” Harper Lee has always claimed that her novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" did not relate to her life. However‚ there are a number of similarities to Harper Lee’s life and the life of Scout and Atticus Finch. Harper’s father was a southern lawyer‚ like Atticus. According to Lee’s childhood friends‚ Lee was a tomboy like Scout is. Many believe that Lee was influenced by what influences

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    their minds for the rest of their lives. What at the time seemed to be a civil rights advancement has sadly proven ineffective. Because of anemic funding for urban schools‚ and the human inclination to surround oneself with others who are similar‚ segregation still prevails in U.S. education. Two possible solutions to segregated schools are the reinstatement of mandatory busing and the redirection of funding so that public schools in jeopardy are allotted more. By ignoring this problem‚ the United

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    who lived in the south were treated differently in the north. The north began gaining sympathy for the slaves in the south. Slavery in the south was one of the main causes of the Civil War starting. The abolitionist movement wanted to end racial segregation and to free all slaves. There are several reasons why they wanted to end slavery‚ one was that slaves were mistreated and beaten severely. They worked all day and night without a break and to obtain freedom some slaves‚ including women‚ left their

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    wage rigidity‚ persistently high unemployment rates‚ and long-term joblessness. Traditionally‚ aggregate time series have provided the econometric grist for distinguishing explanations of the Great Depression. Recent research on labor markets in the 1930s‚ however‚ has shifted attention from aggregate to disaggregate time series and towards microeconomic evidence. This shift in focus is motivated by two factors. First‚ disaggregated data provide many more degrees of freedom than the decade or so of

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    History of African Americans in America 1865-1960’s Georgia Root HIS204: American History since 1865 Mark D. Bowles March 18‚ 2013 History of African Americans in America 1865-1960’s African Americans in America in history have gone through many hard times trying to just progress out of slavery and obtain freedom and have equal rights. In this paper I will attempt to explain what some of the important events of the time revealed about the role of African Americans in broader

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    “To Kill A Mockingbird” Americans in the 1930s had a different way of entertainment then the people of today. In the 1930s people didn’t have the technology that the people today have access to. They didn’t have game systems‚ they didn’t have mobile phones‚ or even Netflix. Even though they didn’t have as many sources of entertainment in the 30’s as we do today‚ they still had ways to enjoy themselves. Despite the lack of devices‚ people in the 30’s were still able to have fun by engaging in things

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    Jacob Slaght Pol. 5 T. 6-9pm My time period for the group presentation was the 1920s and 1930s‚ the boom and bust era. I chose this time period specifically because I always thought of it as the emergence of our modern day culture and lifestyle. I’m also quite fond of the 20s like the TV show Boardwalk Empire. This is a drama set in Atlantic City where the political leadership profits from corruption and bootlegging in the time of prohibition and organized crime. It is also a part of the reason

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    For many years prior and during the 1930s and WWII‚ there was a huge movement set in motion by the U.S government to destroy every cultural and religious aspect of Native Americans. During those years‚ as many Indian boarding schools separated young children from their tribes and tried erasing their cultural roots‚ some changes were being set in motion. For the first time‚ some people started speaking out about this destruction of culture and new advocates started to try and set policies in place

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    Segregation in Schools "African American and Latino students continue to lag behind white students on achievement exams‚ in high school graduation rates‚ and college completion rates."(Bowman‚ Kristi L. ‚ vol. 1‚ no. 1) "Only 12 percent of black fourth-grade boys are proficient in reading‚ compared with 38 percent of white boys‚ and only 12 percent of black eighth-grade boys are proficient in math‚ compared with 44 percent of white boys."(New York Times) Segregation in schools has been around

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