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    What happened 52 years ago? What was going on 52 years ago? Segregation‚ Inequality and The Civil Rights Movement. 52 years ago on August 28th 1963 Martin Luther King Jr made his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. He did not change everything‚ but he changed a lot. Although some people believe equality is acquired‚ in reality it has not been achieved according to Martin Luther King Jr’s dream. This is evident due to Martin’s figurative language‚ diction‚ and effective lines. Martin Luther King Jr

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    Because of the extreme economic struggle of the Great Depression during the 1930s‚ the United States tried its hardest to stay out of the battles and tensions of World War II. Many Americans were very concerned about the internal issues happening rather than the rising dangers and crumbling democracies around them as the war unfolded. However‚ as the conditions continued to worsen and even the strongest of countries began to fall‚ attention finally turned towards the issue of foreign affairs The

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    After the war and during the early 1930’s there were four leading causes of death: heart disease‚ cancer‚ pneumonia‚ and infectious and parasitic diseases including influenza and syphilis. One every twenty Americans were too sick for work or school usually taking approximately ten days for a full recovery‚ however‚ people began taking vitamins‚ insulin‚ and other nutrients which helped create a longer lifespan for the average American. Even with these factors to consider‚ the biggest issue was a

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    Analyse the reasons for the rise of militarism in Japan in the 1930s. The rise of Japanese militarism in the 1930s was due to a number of reasons. First‚ Japan’s traditional and cultural policy favoured the rise of militarism. Military tradition of samurai made it easy for the Japanese to accept militarists as leaders.        Bushido which promoted martial spirit and good qualities of samurai made the Japanese believe that militarists were more reliable than the corrupt party politicians

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    threat of domestic Fascism in 1930s France? The ambiguous‚ often contradictory‚ nature of fascism and the gaps which often exist between fascist ideologies and policies‚ and the different forms in which fascism took in Europe make fascism extremely difficult to define. Between World War I and II fascism did not come to power in France‚ in contrast to other European countries. Yet the threat of domestic fascism in 1930s France was still very real and substantial. The 1930s saw the growth of far right

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    In the 1930’s‚ a plethora of lynchings were happening throughout the United States.  Many black men and women were being falsely accused of crimes that they did not commit  and were put in jail. Some whites believed that they deserved worse than what they were  already being put through‚ so they invaded the jails and kidnapped many blacks and lynched  them in front of large crowds of people. Abel Meeropol wrote the poem‚ Strange Fruit‚ as a  protest to these lynchings. The poem describes the injustice of blacks and whites faced during 

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    Attack on America‚ By America September 11‚ 2001 was unquestionably a tragic day for America and the world. While the 3‚000-plus deaths on American soil elicited support and tears from around the world‚ now many international citizens resent or even despise the country that ratcheted up the War on Terror. But for many in the country‚ and a staggering number of foreign citizens‚ the truth about what really took place on September 11‚ 2001 remains under relentless scrutiny and doubt. The mainstream

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    The Mexico of the 1930s was primed for change. While the Great Depression threatened never to end and political instability seemed to run in a ravenous cycle‚ Mexico still smoldered through the 1930s‚ in the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution. Though the Revolution had blitzed through the country‚ leaving death and deepened social turmoil‚ one could posit that a majority of the occurrences of the mayhem were those meant to inspire positive societal change. For example‚ under Francisco Madero‚ the

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    The Great Depression and It’s Effects on General Society The Depression of the 1930’s was a very hard time for the middle and lower classes in America. Due to the depression‚ both classes had to struggle to survive and give up many of their favorite pastimes due to lack of monetary funds. Blacks had to give up low paying jobs to upper class white males who had lost their higher paying jobs. Mexican workers were sent out of the country. Many people‚ especially farmers‚ were evicted from their houses

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    Reconfiguring the Turkish Nation in the 1930s* SONER ÇAGAPTAY** This article studies Turkish nationalism during the 1930s. In this decade of Kemalism par excellence or High Kemalism‚ the rise of ethnicist nationalism in Turkey was accompanied by the ascent of the “Turkish History Thesis.” The article presents an analysis of Turkish nationalism in this era through Ankara’s population resettlement policies. Consequently‚ it examines Turkish nationalism in the 1930s through the interaction between the

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