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    In the winter and spring of 1943‚ after their terrible defeat in Stalingrad‚ clearly outnumbered and losing the initiative in the eastern front‚ Hitler and the German High Command were asking themselves what to do next‚ in the summer of 1943. The situation was bad not only in the war front. While Russian tank production increased to unbelievable levels‚ the German obsession for complex new super weapons‚ like the advanced but then immature Panther and Tiger tanks‚ largely reduced German tank production

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    In the early 1930s‚ the Nazi Party led by Adolf Hitler was growing quite rapidly and gained a mass amount of political support. The party encouraged German pride and racism (mainly anti semitism). There was resentment toward the Treaty of Versailles and its terms also. The Great Depression started around the world‚ which had hyperinflation and a large unemployment rate. Hitler utilized this opportunity blame the Jewish people and used them as scapegoats. He condemned them for all of Germany’s faults

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    Rights Amendment‚ which was first introduced to Congress in December‚ 1923‚ continued to be bandied about in Congressional committees‚ opinion magazines rarely gave the issue a positive mention‚ and it seemed far removed from public concern. The 1930s brought apple-sellers to city street corners and breadlines to urban charity houses. In a depressed economy‚ unemployment figures escalated and federal forces concentrated on bringing Americans back to work. Or‚ more accurately‚ bringing American men

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    The 1930’s were a time when social changes were happening at a much faster pace than in recent years passed. The fair culture of America was also changing. It was sort of evolving into what was to become an unrecognizable creation‚ both in the physical sense and the ideological sense. The fairs of the 1930’s however‚ while being the first time in history where we see large additions of amusement without purpose‚ as in today’s massive regional amusement parks. The old splendor of educational dioramas

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    Midterm Prompt American Isolationism in the 1930s During the 1930s‚ the combination of the Great Depression and the memory of tragic losses in World War I contributed to pushing American public opinion and policy toward isolationism. Isolationists advocated non-involvement in European and Asian conflicts and non-entanglement in international politics. Although the United States took measures to avoid political and military conflicts across the oceans‚ it continued to expand economically and protect

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    America is a country built on an innumerable web of inconsistencies. The pledge of allegiance ends with “liberty and justice for all‚” but in reality‚ throughout most of American history‚ that has truly meant “liberty and justice for cisgendered‚ heterosexual‚ able-bodied‚ neurotypical‚ adult white males.” To make things even more complicated‚ we are still struggling to define who can be racially classified as “white” even today. It seems as though in order for a group of people to be considered

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    Segregation didn’t stop in 1954 when Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was implemented in 1954. This past decade‚ students attending separate and unequal schools have increased. The article‚ “The Resurgence of school segregation”‚ describes the increasing segregation trend of schools as the minority population grows at rapid lengths. Despite the growing diversity‚ minorities continue to be isolated from whites. The author’s describe whereas the average white person attends a school that is 4/5

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    In the early 1900s America was torn apart in a battle known as segregation. The African American race was treated unjustly and faced a tough journey. They were shoved aside and torn apart from the Caucasian Americans. There was separate railroad cars‚ schools‚ and even to such small insignificant things as separate water fountains. The white children were being taught to treat African Americans as dirty people who deserved to be separate. It created a prejudice that would take years to overcome‚

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    Discrimination and Segregation have both had many harmful effects on society in the past and exist when individuals are treated unfairly because of their particular race‚ gender‚ age‚ ethnic group‚ physical disability‚ or religion. Discrimination and segregation both poison the atmosphere of trust that we need in order to live peacefully. In the video “Separate but Equal”‚ there are many incidences to prove that racism‚ segregation‚ and discrimination all have negative effects. The

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    the Jim Crow laws. These laws created an extreme enforcement of segregation between blacks and whites. In the United States’ Southern states‚ racial segregation was enforced until it was fully ended in every state in 1964. The Civil Rights Act‚ declared segregation wrong. The retraction of segregation led to integration of public schools. Although the Little Rock School Crisis was the initial effort to bringing an end to segregation in public schools‚ the bravery of the nine students who were willing

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