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    married? What’s the difference between 2015 and 1960s? What could be the possible cause of this change? It seems to be more common for the women to wait until their late twenties or early thirties to settle down and tie the knot. Women are no longer feeling pressured to start a family straight out of high school. The most likely reason of change in this generation is that women are continuing their education after graduating with going to college. In the 1960s the plan for a women’s life wasn’t really

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    The 1960s is sometimes referred to as the "decade of protest" for good reason. There were a very high number of protests regarding a range of issues. The biggest movements at the time would have to be The Civil Rights movement and the anti-vietnam war movement. The 1960s started off with a new President‚ John F. Kennedy. After campaign and finally winning his presidency Kennedy began to try and create what History.com calls‚ “The most ambitious domestic agenda since the New Deal: the “New Frontier

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    Dance and Its Influences on Partner Dance in the 1960s and 1970s” The 1960s were a time of great change in America that led into the 1970s where even more changes continued to take place. President Kennedy in the early 1960s brought many new programs to the country; one of them was the Peace Corps. His assassination in 1963 caused turmoil across the country. The next president‚ Johnson‚ brought this country the War on Poverty and at the same time America’s involvement in Vietnam was continuously

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    Life Is Better Now African Americans are better off today than in the 1960s because schools were segrated. It was very hard for blacks to learn everything they needed to know because they didn’t have all good books they needed to help them. They thought blacks weren’t good enough to get their education just as the same as whites did but we all knew that wasn’t true. Everyone should have been treated equal. We all need education and all the help we can get. Blacks had to go their own schools and

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    changes in their personalities. The other boys don’t change though. It’s interesting to see how each character takes this in different ways throughout the movie. Mr. Keating leads the boys in a journey of self discovery. He tells them that all of the men in the photos on the walls were‚ at one time‚ just like them. They were students in school‚ and decided to seize the day and make something of their lives. This spawns Neil to restart the Dead Poets Society‚ just like Mr. Keating had done when he was

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    genre that originated in the United States in the 1950’s and early 1960’s. Origionally‚ a version of gospel‚ soul was the major black musical form of the 1960’s and 70’s and remained evident in various hybrid styles since‚ for example‚ neo-soul and soul jazz. It combines elements of African- American gospel music‚ rythem and blues and often Jazz. It was used to signify music with a greater sense of authenticity and sincerity. In the 1960’s as the genre developed‚ soul was a merger of gospel style singing

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    as a whole from election to election. The nation has also had a decreased turnout rate for the presidential and local elections. The South has typically not followed these patterns that the rest of has seemed to be following. The Southern whites of the U.S. have typically followed and voted for the more conservative candidate and party. Where as the Southern blacks have typically (when they have been able to vote) voted for the more liberal party or candidate. The South was at one time a Democratic

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    Women’s liberation movement of the 1960’s Imagine what the life of a woman was before the 1960’s. The life that she had called her own was beyond far from perfect‚ and this was just behind closed doors. These ladies were denied of what basic rights they had‚ they were then trapped in a home that they created not just for themselves‚ but also for their family‚ and not to even mention the discrimination that they faced in the workplace. Then‚ here come the 1960’s in full swing‚ these women could then

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    Many Americans have struggled in their lives to be treated equally. These struggles were highlighted during the civil rights movement. There were significant factors that contributed to the growing momentum of the civil rights movement in the 1960’s‚ which highlighted the significance of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ which required equal access to public places and outlawed discrimination in employment‚ was a major victory of the black

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    During the 1960s the black society began to revolt to fight for its rights. This was caused by the change in the mentality of the younger generation of the American society. The young generation considered the blacks to hold an equal position to the whites in the society‚ and narrow the racial gap. Flannery O’Connor successfully portrays the generation gap in America during the 1960s in her short story "Everything That Rises Must Converge". Julian represents the young generation of that time‚ trying

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