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    19th Century Liberalism

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    19th century was destined to have an enormous influence in the modern world. In this ideology we find some points standing out‚ firstly nationalism has normally evolved from a real or imagined cultural unity supporting itself especially in a common language‚ history‚ and territory. Nationalists also have usually sought to turn this cultural unity into political reality and modern nationalism had its immediate impact in the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars. This kind of movement emerged in

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    Conservatism‚ modern liberalism‚ and socialism are all distinct‚ different ideologies‚ and each ideology emerged as a reaction to something during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Intellectuals in the eighteenth century formed liberalism‚ which the economic leaders during that time readily adopted for the sole reason that it would help them generate more money‚ as a reaction citizens formed conservatism. The existing social construct was being questioned by supporters of liberalism which

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    History of fashion 1900-1990 What a Difference 100 Years Makes Looking back over fashion trends for the past 100 years can only cause one to marvel at the drastic changes that have occurred‚ often in lockstep with societal changes. Women’s liberation‚ for example‚ can be visually measured through the evolution from suffocating corsets to jersey fabrics to bikinis. A timeline of the past century shows how the times have changed. During ancient times people wore limited clothing made from animal

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    time. The radical and countercultural movements of the 1960s and early 1970s‚ the Watergate scandal‚ the Vietnam War‚ uncertainty in the Middle East and economic crisis at home had undermined Americans’ confidence in their fellow citizens and in their government. By the end of Jimmy Carter’s presidency‚ the idealistic dreams of the 1960s were worn down by inflation‚ foreign policy turmoil and rising crime. In response‚ many Americans embraced a new conservatism in social‚ economic and political life

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    The movement was a peaceful movement with nonviolent tactics and respectable boycott methods‚ some disagree though. It can be said though that the Chicano Movement was more of a riot that disrupted the peace or status quo of society to only cripple and not support the Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement. Boycotts just crippling the economic profits‚ workers refusing to work‚ causing production of crop to seize to a halt‚ school walkouts causing disruption and chaos on the streets. This obviously

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    ‘Cars enslave us rather than liberate us’ opinion essay For the past decades cars have become an indispensable part of our daily life. It is almost impossible for us to imagine an existence without them. Nonetheless‚ in my view they do not only fulfil their positive role of enabling us to reach our destination faster. On the contrary‚ they tend to make our lives unbearable and they seem to be a necessary evil for the majority of society. To begin with‚ it seems to me that it requires a lot of

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    Economic Liberalism

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    Economic liberalism was the prevailing economic philosophy in much of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries‚ and the U.S. economy developed within its framework. Economic liberalism promoted freedom of action for die indivi¬dual and the firm through the doctrines of free trade‚ self-interest‚ private prop¬erty and competition. According to this philosophy‚ individuals were free to seek their own occupa¬tions‚ to enter any business‚ and to act as they saw fit to improve their economic welfare

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    otherwise. The resources available in the community were made accessible depending on who lived in them. Mexican American typically lived in poorer neighborhoods and the education system was not the best. Many of these neighborhoods were shared with other groups such as African Americans‚ but segregation

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    Progressive

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    allowing Progressive to work it aggressively. The company specialized in a top-quality claims service and did not at all worry that it was a high-cost operator. This was a luxury it could afford‚ knowing that its customers‚ short of alternatives‚ would pay up for policies. But in the mid-1980s‚giant Allstate‚ looking around for growth in its essentially mature market‚ finally focused on how much Progressive was making in its niche and‚ within a couple of years‚ outdistanced Progressive in non-standard

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    Cars have been in use since the year 1870. Since then the number of cars on the roads has increased many times over. Cars now seem to have made our live easier and more convenient. Nevertheless‚ in my opinion‚ more cars give us much more problems than their benefits.First of all‚ people must work much harder in order to afford a car. This also means that they have to earn a considerable amount of money. The prices of new cars are so high that they usually need to take a credit to buy one. Moreover

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