1. Alfred Smith was attacked/smeared in the 1928 election because of religious differences (Catholic) and the prosperity of the ‘20s the Republicans took credit of. 2. Stock prices first began to decline in 1929 because less people bought stocks and there was overproduction. 3. Before FDR‚ when a bank failed‚ bank depositors were forced to close due to bankruptcy. 4. Economist believed the main reason for the Great Depression was overproduction‚ low wages‚ and high tariffs. 5. FDR’s
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Cade Rapozo English 10 Fox period 3 5/1/16 Martin Luther King Jr "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin" Martin luther King Jr. was the leader of the African American civil rights movement. He was born on January 15‚ 1929‚ in Atlanta. He is the grandchild of the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist. He stood up for African American who wanted to be equal to whites‚ he was the leader of the civil rights movement
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family with rigid moral and cultural values‚ it provoked feelings of shame and left her isolated in dealing with current issues. Her father is the minister of the church and had high expectations for all three of his children. Her older sister‚ Selma‚ is doing the most in the way of a prosperous family including three children and harvested a career as a university professor‚ soon to obtain a PhD. Pete‚ her younger brother‚ owns an electric company and has no children. In the profile‚ there is
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A mother and two children are in the back of a car. As she looks in the rear view mirror‚ the children can see in her eyes the fear of her future. They question‚ what could this really come from? They turn their heads to a knock on the window to find their mother facing a gun. As tears fall down her cheek‚ they know to stay calm‚ but inside they are in a total frenzy as to what is to come. Shots ring out. Someone is crying. Someone is screaming. Someone is bleeding. Bystanders are left in shock
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Throughout the Civil Rights Movement‚ many leaders emerged that captured the attention of the American public. During this period‚ the leaders’ used different tactics in order to achieve change. Of two of the better-known leaders‚ Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.‚ the latter had a more positive influence in the progress of the movement. Each of these two leaders had different views on how to go about gaining freedom. While King believed a peaceful means would allow the blacks to achieve equality
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The Civil Rights Movement expanded in the USA in the 1950s and the 1960s for a number of important reasons. Firstly‚ although the movement did not take place until the 50’s & 60’s the ideals and principles behind it were formed a few decades earlier. The war which was to end all wars‚ WWII‚ was where the American war machine both required and incorporated many black soldiers into its ranks. Which as a direct result first gave black men a sense of pride and confidence in fighting for democracy
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Cold War United Nations Chiang Kai-Shek Mao Zedong “China Lobby” Containment Doctrine George Kennan Marshall Plan National Security Act of 1947 Central Intelligence Agency NATO Berlin Airlift Warsaw Pact NSC-68 Servicemen’s Readjustment Act – 1944 GI Bill Coal Strike – 1946 Fair Deal Labor Management Relations Act – 1947 Progressive Party Thomas Dewey Korean War Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur HUAC The Hollywood 10 Alger Hiss Whittaker Chambers Richard Nixon J. Edgar Hoover
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As you may address the younger generation whom has just became legal to vote‚ if they vote‚ you may get a response as‚ “Why should I vote?”‚ or “The Government is going to do what they want to do‚ my vote doesn’t really count”. This is quite disheartening especially coming from our young African American population whom should be proud of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution. Many uneducated individuals take this right which was fought for with numerous tears and deaths. Let us take a further
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Martin Luther King is a well known‚ inspiring man‚ to all cultures of the world. King was and still is one of the most influential heroes. King ’s views and beliefs‚ which were similar to the non-violent ideas of Gandhi‚ helped African Americans through the 50 ’s and 60 ’s obtain the rights and liberties that was their birth right. King faced many obstacles on his quest like jail and even assassination attempts. Despite these obstacles‚ he became a successful leader during the Civil Rights Movement
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References: Research Brief DCSF-RB0287 – ISBN 978 1 84775 111 9 Deployment and Impact of Support Staff in Schools Peter Blatchford‚ Paul Bassett‚ Penelope Brown‚ Claire Martin‚ Anthony Russell and Robert Webster with Selma Babayigit and Naomi Haywood‚ Institute of Education‚ University of London Department of Education‚ National College for Teaching and Leadership‚ HLTA programme: Professional Standards TDA‚ National Occupation Standards booklet‚ updated October 2010
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