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    Eric Sangyun Ko Mrs. Merrifield AP United States History March 15‚ 2015 DBQ Prompt: “Analyze the arguments women used in the 1848 – 1920 campaign to achieve the right to vote AND how were they able to combat the opposition against women’s suffrage.” Women in United State went through great challenges‚ to change the societal views and discriminations on them. The suffrage movements‚ during 1848 to 1920‚ were accentuated with their strong assertion of their natural rights as human beings‚ just like

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    want while women couldn’t. Women had very little power and were often disregarded in society.(O.I.) Furthermore‚ women didn’t have rights to own property thus‚ men were at the top of households. Men and women were unequal since men received much more rights. While women had domestic jobs‚ men had a wide variety of job that they could do. In addition‚ many discriminated women as they had to work just as hard as men but‚ received less pay just because of their gender. As a result‚ women had to fight

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    In western societies‚ men and women are expected to display certain characteristics and behaviors depending on their gender. Gender refers to the psychological‚ social‚ cultural‚ and behavioral characteristics associated with being female or male. People adapt and learn to modify their thoughts‚ behaviors and attitudes according to the requirements of their culture and society‚ these modifications are known as socialization. Gender roles are developed and learned during socialization‚ which heavily

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    decisions without becoming bias. However‚ there still may exist differences and similarities between western and non-western philosophies. Hinduism is known as the oldest religion in the world. Many philosophies of the non-western regions are very similar to those of Hinduism‚ such as Buddhism. Spirituality‚ samkhya‚ and reincarnation are just a few of the aspects that differ Hinduism and western civilizations. Buddhism focuses on karma and rebirth‚ as does Hinduism. Rather than focusing on materialistic

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    Muslims in Western Media In July 12‚ 2008 publication of the New York Times‚ it was reported that the President of Sri Lanka was killed in a suicide attack. The religion of the suicide bomber was never reported. The very same newspaper (on November 5‚ 2009)‚ reported that how a Muslim attacker attacked the US Base and killed US army soldiers. This discrimination against the Muslims and Islam is nothing but the fruit of Western Media’s propaganda against the Muslims and Islam. In Western countries

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    roots in which set of religious or philosophical traditions? A) Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ and Manichaeism B) Legalism‚ Daoism‚ and Confucianism C) Judaism‚ Christianity‚ and Zoroastrianism D) Sufism‚ Sikhism‚ and Greek rationalism __D__ 2. In Western Europe from 1000 to 1300‚ power was divided among A) lords‚ vassals‚ and serfs. B) princes‚ warriors‚ and farmers. C) the pope‚ royal officials‚ and scholars. D) kings‚ nobles‚ and church leaders. __D__ 3. What initiated the division

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    Basic Electronics Semiconductor —I • Materials that permit flow of electrons are called conductors (e.g.‚ gold‚ silver‚ copper‚ etc.). • Materials that block flow of electrons are called insulators (e.g.‚ rubber‚ glass‚ Teflon‚ mica‚ etc.). • Materials whose conductivity falls between those of conductors and insulators are called semiconductors. • Semiconductors are “part-time” conductors whose conductivity can be controlled. germanium Semiconductors silicon

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    The Western Empire seemed to derive most of its knowledge and theories from those of the Eastern Empire after the fall of Rome. Astronomy and medicine are two of the specific examples discussed concerning the backgrounds and beginnings of western sciences. The Greek and Islamic background to Western astronomy deals with realists and instrumentalists‚ the realists representing physical reality and the instrumentalists predicting concepts with the idea that physicist ’s models are mere convenient

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    discusses the influence of the dimensions of western culture to the respective dimensions of the subcontinental culture and vice versa. The subcontinential culture‚ is the culture refering to the South Asian region which includes the modern day India‚ Pakistan‚ Afghanistan‚ Bangladesh and Sirilanka. The major influene on the subcontinental cultrue came first with the arrival of the British in India in the early 1600’s. The British brought with them the rest of Western culture customs and traditions. The

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    continued to this very day. The lifestyles that the ancient Chinese had is extremely different then the lifestyle that the Modern Western Civilization which includes North America and Europe currently has because of the different way that people thought and made decisions. When comparing the first two imperial dynasties of China‚ Qin and Han dynasty with the Modern Western Civilization‚ differences can be exemplified by the family roles‚ political structure‚ law and justice system‚ religious

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