The first event that began every women’s movement rights act in the country was the world’s first women’s rights convention held in Seneca Falls‚ NY on July 19-20‚ 1848. This convention instilled hope in women all over the country to fight or equality in the work force‚ education‚ pay‚ and rights. (49) Because of the first convention leading women to fight for what should righfully be theirs‚ places soon fell in line to accept women accordingly. In 1855 the University of Iowa became the first
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LESSSON 5 The Swing Era (1932-1942) • Post Depression (1929) • Big Bands become prominent • Instrumentation: 4-5 trumpets‚ 4 trombones‚ 5 saxophones (woodwinds)‚ piano‚ bass‚ drums‚ guitar • Arranger becomes much more important • Written out arrangements with less‚ or little‚ improvisation • Some up-tempo tunes • Many more ballads with jazz interpretation • Music often for dancing Music become a big business • Recordings were now very important • Recording companies now exercised
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such contemporary issues as civil rights‚ the Cold War‚ and Viet Nam. Pilkington‚ William T.‚ and Don Graham‚ eds. Western Movies. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press‚ 1979. Contains explications of several major films released during the 1960s and ’70s.
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Explain why Mao introduced the Five-Antis Campaign in 1952. had a number of aims to fulfil when he launched the Five-Antis Campaign in 1952. The Communist Party (CPC) had only came to power a few years earlier in 1949‚ due to this they had decided to launch a number of campaigns to consolidate their power such as the Resist America and Aid Korea‚ and Suppression of Counter-Revolutionaries. Through these campaigns the party could enforce their own policies throughout China (mainly in cities however)
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The reconstruction era of 19th Century provided a platform for the civil rights movement that followed in the 20th Century and created history. The aim of the reconstruction plan was to provide economic and racial equality to all the American citizens by abolishing slavery and ensuring the basic human rights to all citizens. However‚ due to the social and political structure of the period‚ many were skeptical of these policies and so the reconstruction program failed. Nevertheless‚ the spirit of
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Civil Rights (The Truman‚ Eisenhower‚ Kennedy‚ and Johnson Years) Civil Right in the Truman Era • Post-war prosperity‚ Cold War rhetoric led to increasing assertiveness of African-Americans • Truman began to address civil rights issues‚ shortly after the war o 1946 - appoints commission to propose civil rights legislation o 1948 - Proposes civil rights legislations Called for permanent Federal civil rights commission Called for a permanent Fair Employment Practices Committee to end
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Introduction During the 1960’s‚ there was a significant disparity between the amount of minority and female representation in the workforce versus the amount in the American population. In an attempt to correct this disparity‚ President John F. Kennedy enacts Executive Order 10925 which causes for an aggressive hiring of minorities by the federal government (Chrisman‚ 2013). Consequently‚ over-time‚ the civil rights movement as well as current laws and Supreme Court decisions greatly expand the
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The Hollywood studios’ systems in 1960 were very interesting because the Hollywood had to face the issue of its business structure changes. In 1960‚ the Hollywood studio systems had to change the strategies because of television and people’s demanding. In the 1950s‚ TV was invented‚ and most people bought it. Because of TV‚ many people began to stay home to watch movie instead of went to theater because TV companies got broadcasting rights from studios. In addition forging-films was imported by some
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John Updike And 1960s In a Five-page short story John Updike attempts to tell the story of a decade. In the story A & P‚ John Updike illustrates the two sides of the 1960s‚ one side being rebellious youth and the other side being the rigid establishment of the elders‚ further in the story Updike shows the clash between the two sides. Sammy and the three young girls are certainly a representation of the youth‚ while Lengal‚ the much older store manager has to be strong elder sides. In the story we
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Pop Art 1950-1960 4 Characteristics((: * Recognizable imagery‚ drawn from popular media and products * Usually very bright colors. * Flat imagery influenced by comic book and newspaper photographs * Characters in comic book and magazines Artists of this time * Andy Warhol Major developments of this time * Credit card (1950) * Car seat belts (1952) * Polio vaccine (1952) Abstract Expressionism 1940-1960 4 Characteristics((: * Unconventional application of
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