I’ll never forget it. Grew up in Louisiana dated slurs were still regularly used‚ school was definitely still practicing segregation in the same classrooms. [I]Coloreds[/I] sat in the back. But I was light complexion‚ loose curly hair. As far as I was concerned I was [I]mixed[/I]. so unless I opened up my mouth and said something they thought I was white and I sat with the white kids. I was told to keep my mouth shut cause I wasn’t supposed to be in the school anyway‚ as it wasn’t my neighborhood
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Reefer Madness All I can say about this movie is‚ wow. It seriously made me laugh because the way they portrayed “potheads.” I realize that the 1930’s were very different from now and even my teenage years‚ but that movie was utterly ridiculous. I honestly am not sure what those people were smoking‚ but I cannot believe it was marijuana. I realize that it does make people laugh but not hysterically like that. It also‚ does make some people want to be more sexual and even some paranoid. I will
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Prohibition in USA in the 1900’s The prohibition was brought on by the strong temperance movement happening in America in the early 1900’s. These groups were devout Christians who vowed to be sober as they saw the affect alcohol had on families. But the members of this movement campaigned for everyone to give up alcohol. The arguments of the Temperance groups were so strong that they eventually convinced state governments to prohibit the sale and produce of alcohol in their state. Politicians backed
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Dust Bowl? Now-a-days many farmers struggle with drought. In the 1930s the same was true. Farmers are currently fearing that having this huge drought will affect their economic living. If a drought happens than a farmer’s plantation could lose its crops‚ animals‚ and amazing soil. Three supporters of those ideas are Romm‚ who knows a lot about energy efficiency; MeManus‚ who is the associate state climatologist for Oklahoma; and Foley‚ who is the director of the Institute on the Environment at
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Political Climate of The 1930s Roosevelt was elected in 1932. American people are tired of Hoover’s “hear nothing‚ see nothing‚ do nothing government.” This played a major part in Roosevelt’s winning the election. When he pledged to create a new deal for the American people‚ he won the election by a landslide. During his first hundred days as President‚ Roosevelt was quick to make changes. He started by Shoring up the Nation’s Banks‚ meaning he closed all the banks for several days until Congress
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In 1917‚ the National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy (NSPOT) was founded and it succeeded through the 1920’s and 1930’s. During this time that occupational therapy became more closely aligned with organized medicine‚ which is what created a ’scientific approach’ to this field. In the 1940s to the 1960s there was a surge in ots as a result of the world war and it was
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out into the road and show of their amazing colors and they’re unique personality. Customization is also called modification . In the 1920’s custom cars were mostly for the wealthy people who had enough to afford these kinds of things. Later in the 1930’s the grandfather of customizing cars was known as Harry Westergard. Westergard created fade away fenders before they existed on a factory model ("A Visual History Of Car Customization.") . Skipping ahead to the 1950’s‚ the first batmobile was created
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the segregation that was implemented in the United States during the Civil Rights Era. Yes there was segregation in all areas of the public living‚ but we will be mainly focusing on the area of school districts and how it affected black and white students. It’s a touchy subject for some of the older folks that were present during the whole civil rights era cause they had experienced the harassment and the denial of a better education during those times. Now as you soon will read segregation wasn’t
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In conclusion‚ why is racial segregation a major issue in the U.S. for the past many decades? One reason could be probably because many people are not really aware of the consequences of racial barriers such as double standards in terms of law and salary. For as long as there are no equal rights in the American society‚ the blacks will continue to fight for their rights. One way to tackle this issue is to even out the population in the neighborhoods. That means‚ not too much of whites or blacks across
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There are multiple reasons why the British Government engaged in appeasement as the German government expanded physically and politically in the 1930’s. First‚ Britain felt that the Treaty of Versailles was too harsh. Second‚ Britain did not want war. Third‚ Britain had a weakness of armed forces. Lastly‚ Britain had a fear of communism. The Treaty of Versailles was put into place to hold Germany accountable for the loss and damages that occurred to the allied powers and associated government because
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