During the 1950s and 60s‚ segregation in schools was very prevalent. The discrimination at times could have been brutal‚ and whites ultimately saw blacks as an inferior race regardless of the “Separate but Equal” law put into effect. A lot of times the whites did not even realize what they were doing‚ it almost came natural to them. Many higher ranking white officials claimed that the black and white schools were equal but in reality they really were not. The difference in money spent on white schools
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The topic of segregation in the United States has been a matter of great discussion since the Plessy Supreme court case in 1896. However‚ there is a much lesser talked about instance of segregation that occurred in South Africa from 1948 to 1994. That instance was called the Apartheid. Apartheid literally translates to “the status of being apart.” It was put into motion by the National Party as a way of upholding white supremacy after World War II. The inhabitants of South Africa were separated
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The Treatment and Lives of the Mentally Handicapped in the 1930’s The 1930’s time period made a great impact on the lives of those who were mentally handicapped. However‚ this was also the time of the great depression‚ the most devastating time for people and especially the mentally handicapped. You may ask how they were treated before and after the depression‚ what was done about their condition‚ and how their conditions were “treated” or “taken care of”. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate
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A Raisin in the Sun is a play written by Lorraine Hansberry in 1959. This play is about a lower class African American family dealing with their living conditions on the Southside of Chicago. The title of the play was inspired by the poem A Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes. Hughes’ poem describes the differing paths people take in life. This idea is displayed throughout the play as every character has different aspirations in life and will do whatever they can to accomplish their goals. For this
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Appeasement: The policy of making concessions (which seemed reasonable) to Hitler in order to avoid war. The policy was Appeasement: The policy of making concessions (which seemed reasonable) to Hitler in order to avoid war. The policy was particularly assosciated with Neville Chamberlain‚ Conservative prime minister from 1937-40. The policy began before Chamberlain took power eg 1935 Anglo-German Naval agreement. In favor: The USA would not support Britain if we stood up to Hitler. The economic
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Why did collective security faild to keep peace between 1920 and 1935? Collective security was an idea that peace could be preserved by acting together‚ to prevent one country attacking another. This idea failed between 1920 and 1935 due to the depression‚ The Manchuran dispute‚ and The Abyssinian crisis. collective security had a permanent court of international justice‚ arbitration‚ an investigation system‚ and economic sanctions. In the covenant of the leage of nations it was said that member
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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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History of the Radio in the 1930’s In the 1930’s the United States endured one of the most difficult economic times in the history of our country. This horrible crisis was called The Great Depression. The Great Depression‚ which began in 1929‚ was an era never to be forgotten. The Great Depression‚ though challenging with many hardships‚ in a way brought America closer together. It caused people to show what they really were made of and highlighted their true character. Americans worked
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percent of the total inflow of people into urban America‚ and America had officially made its reputation as the melting pot of the world. Consequently this rise in immigration resulted in a rise of American nativism. American values‚ the lack of jobs‚ World War I‚ and II are just a fraction of the things that enhanced nativism in America between 1900 and 1930. America was built on value and many American’s believed that immigrants were changing America by changing its neighborhoods and trying to implement
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southerners struggled with the inevitable confrontation of segregation. Living in the Jim Crow era‚ blacks grappled to gain the rights denied to them through Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)‚ “which gave legal sanction to “separate but equal”.” On the other hand‚ white southerners wrestled to maintain the white supremacy that the Plessy case allowed them to exercise. One of the largest areas of tension for the maintenance of segregation existed in education. After Plessy‚ many blacks and civil rights
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