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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Chapter 9: Lesson 1 Themes for Lesson • How did Stalin change the government and the economy of the Soviet Union? • What were the origins and goals of Italy’s fascist government? • How did Hitler rise to power in Germany and Europe in the 1930s? • What were the causes and results of the Spanish Civil War? Key terms: • Totalitarian- a government that exerts total control over the nation and citizens’ lives • Fascism- political philosophy that emphasizes the importance of the nation
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Segregation: Away with the Chinese! During the years between 1860 and 1960 there was a huge amount of immigrants migrating to the United States. The Chinese were the main race coming to the United States in search of opportunities. These opportunities included jobs and careers to better themselves‚ their families‚ and their lifestyle. Unfortunately‚ Americans made this very hard due to the discrimination laws that were being passed. Racial tension grew stronger as the Chinese took over the business
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German Elections 1920’s to the 1930’s The Nazi Party was not involved in the elections until 1928. In 1928 the received 2.6% of the votes but the SPD still lead the votes on 29.8%. By 1930 the Nazi party began to grow in popularity gaining 18.25% of the votes. The SPD still had majority on 24.53% of the votes but it was clear the Nazi party was beginning to threaten the top spot. In July 1932 the Nazis gained the majority of the votes for the first time on 37.27%. There was a small decrease in
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immigrants‚ American women began looking for style inspirations in other cultures. Mainly‚ they were infatuated with the simple‚ yet elegant garments promoted by the European designers. 1.2. The Age of Decline: United States of America in the 1930’s
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into the 1930’s the world went into the Great
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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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Racial Segregation Imagine the position of an African American person in the 1900’s? Just because of their skin color‚ they had to have permission to do certain things‚ and laws against them and their rights. Having separate bathrooms or water fountains than everyone else. Although racial segregation isn’t as big of a problem today‚ it was a major issue to most everyone in the 1900’s. Martin Luther King Jr. once said‚ “We must live together as brothers‚ or parish together as fools.” Now think about
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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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These two laws contributed greatly to what we know about genes today. The first law is the Law of Segregation. This law states that every organism has a pair of alleles. Within this pair of allele‚ one of it is randomly selected to pass on to the offspring. This supports the fact that the mother and the father has to give an allele to the offspring to form
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