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    The Cold War

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    The cold war I chose to write about the cold war. This is because I think that it is a very interesting theme‚ and I wanted to learn more about it. I will talk about when the cold war happened‚ who was involved‚ about nuclear weapons and why it was never real fighting and about the Cuban missile crisis. My problem statement: What would have happened if the cold war became hot? A hot war is actual warfare. All talks have failed and the armies are fighting. The cold war lasted from 1945

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    Abortion In The 1960's

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    care for the baby or because they’re too young to have a baby. However‚ in the 1960s there were concerns about the role of poverty‚ race‚ and population. “There were many other forces underlying popular support of abortion reform in general during the 1960s. Greater sensitivity to issues of poverty and race heightened awareness of the unequal quality and availability of abortion services to women according to social class and skin color. The price for an abortion

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    In the 1960s there were many cultural changes in music. Rock and roll has been around for decades and has inspired many artists around the world such as The Beatles‚ Led Zeppelin‚ The Rolling Stones‚ The Eagles‚ Pink Floyd‚ The Who‚ and The Monkees. One of the great rock and roll bands that influenced new styles of rock is The Yardbirds. The Yardbirds formed in the 1960s and had Eric Clapton‚ Jeff Beck‚ and Jimmy Page play in the band‚ all of which were legendary guitarist. These three figures

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    Thesis Paragraph: During the time of the Cold War the Soviet Union were making advancements and trying extremely hard to beat the U.S and still trying to spread communism all over Eastern Europe. In Afghanistan there was an Holy War going on between the Mujahideen (Muslims wanting to overthrow the government) and the Amin government (1). The Amin government was for communism‚ which is where the Soviet Union would come in (1). The Soviets would join the war to help the Amin government maintain their

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    and persists for a period of time. According to Roszak’s definition‚ the counterculture movement refers to all the protest movements that happened in America in the 1960s‚ including both the political movements such as the women’s liberation movement‚ the African-American Civil Rights Movement‚ the antiwar movement against Vietnam‚ the environment movement‚ the gay rights movement‚ and the cultural "movements" as drug abuse‚ hippies‚ free sex‚ and rock and roll. Several explicit and dozens of implicit

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    Civil Rights in the 1960's

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    who were born after the 1970’s take for granted how lucky we are as a country and nation to have overcome slavery and the steps against racism we have battled are way through. Slavery was ended when Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and was later ratified in December of 1865. Though this law ordered the end to slavery it did very little if nothing to stop the racism that was given towards blacks or any other minority. Until the late 1950’s not many presidents or Congressman

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    the Cold War The cause of the Cold War is debatable. Because the Cold War doubles as a conflict between two countries‚ the USA and the USSR‚ and between two ideologies‚ Capitalism and Communism. Several different causes can be suggested for the start of the Cold War. During the war‚ there was a mutual understanding between the two nations‚ which however began to evaporate soon after the war. Difference in ideologies and mutual distrust between the two nations led to the beginning of cold war. Both

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    of the Cold War The Soviet-American combat‚ known as the "Cold War" hung heavy over global affairs for more than forty long years; structuring the world with extensive military buildups‚ an unceasing nuclear arms rivalry‚ intensive surveillance‚ and relentless technological emulations. Further elaborated are the causes and repercussions of this menacing fracas drawn upon the world by the two superpowers; the United States of America and the Soviet Union. The Cold War dominated

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    Chapter 8: From a World War to a Cold War (Contains Cuban Missile Crisis) Why did Cold War break out? This portion of the content deals with the reasons for the outbreak of the Cold War between the USA and the USSR Competing Ideologies: The Cold War confrontation between the USA and the USSR was a clash between the opposing ideologies of Communism (USSR) and Democracy (USA) Supporters of Democracy felt that Communism was akin to slavery and that only Democracy could offer freedom. On the

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    Imagine that you are an African American living in the south during the 1960s. During this time segregation would have been a daily problem for you. Segregation is when people are separated based on things like gender‚ race‚ or skin color. In the United States‚ from the end of the Civil War until 1964‚ people were separated by race. For example‚ white and black people could not attend the same schools‚ go to the same pools‚ movie theaters‚ or restaurants together and they could not use the same

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