HISTORY 212-2 Primary Source Analysis #2 Significant Lines for Discussion Chapter 16: America’s Gilded Age‚ 1870-1890 Thorstein Veblen‚ Excerpts from The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899) * “By a further refinement‚ wealth acquired passively by transmission from ancestors or other antecedents presently becomes even more honorific than wealth acquired by the possessor’s own effort.” Luther Standing Bear‚ excerpt from My People the Sioux (1928) * “These people cared nothing for
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Discrimination: Written Assignment Answering Questions About the PBS video A Class Divided Mendi Tidwell Ivy Tech SOCI 111 Introduction to Sociology Discrimination: Written Assignment Answering Questions About the PBS video A Class Divided The PBS video‚ A Class Divided‚ has brought to light a sensitive subject that has plagued societies for hundreds‚ even thousands of years. I have learned a lot about discrimination by watching this video. I was not aware that discrimination
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IN THE LINE OF FIRE 1. Name. In the Line of Fire 2. Author. Pervez Musharraf 3. Chapters 22 4. Pages 237 5. Price. Not Known 6. Year of Pub 2006 Introduction 7. With the publication of his memoir‚ In the Line of Fire‚ Pervez Musharraf has virtually launched his campaign for the next presidential election due towards the end of 2007. Through the medium of this book he intends to convey to the people of Pakistan what he has accomplished for his country
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Write an essay that outlines the view that a consumer society is a divided society. Consuming plays a very important part in making and re-making our society. Over the years‚ we have learnt how to express our personalities and image through consuming. It provides us with a sense of belonging‚ as well as being able to create jobs‚ and means of living. We live in a society that depends a lot on consumer spending‚ in order to maintain a stable and economic environment. Nowadays‚ many people are able
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INTRODUCTION Poverty refers to the condition of not having the means to afford basic human needs such as clean water‚ nutrition‚ health care‚ education‚ clothing and shelter. This is also referred to as absolute poverty or destitution. Relative poverty is the condition of having fewer resources or less income than others within a society or country‚ or compared to worldwide averages. In the Caribbean‚ education is the most dominant way of getting out of poverty. It seems to be the main thing
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The Maginot Line History The Maginot Line and its relation to the world during the interwar period. The Maginot line is a fortification made by the french named after Andre Maginot ‚ the minister of war for France. The interwar period is referring to the time between world war one and world war two. Focusing mainly on the relations between France and Germany during this period. Ultimately what is the Maginot Line and how does it have such a big impact during the interwar period and on into
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The movie I chose was “Walk the Line”. The biography chronicles the early lives of Johnny and June Carter Cash and the struggles they dealt with in their personal lives and careers. Johnny (or J.R. as he was originally named) was one of Ray and Carrie Cash’s seven children and grew up on a poor cotton farm in rural Arkansas. As the movie begins‚ it introduces the viewer to Johnny’s mother‚ who taught him to sing gospel songs‚ his father‚ who was a heavy drinker and verbally abusive at times to
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A class divided is a documentary about a teacher named Jane Elliot who teaches her students about racism first hand. She divides the students into two groups‚ the blue eyes‚ and the brown eyes. For the first day‚ the “brown eyed” children are not able to go to recess‚ or lunch at the same time as the rest of the children. They wear a blue collar around their necks so that they are obviously different at a distance from the other students. They are not allowed to drink from the same water fountains
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This called for an alliance amongst western democracies to end communism Truman has created a containment policy to contain soviet aggression. Truman had first implemented a containment policy in response to threats of a communist-led uprising against the government in Greece and a soviet demands for control of a water route in turkey The Truman Doctrine : the president has asked congress in 1947 for $400 million in economic and military aid to assist the “
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Truman and the Cold War I. Postwar Domestic Adjustments A. Initial faltering economy – inflation rises‚ GDP down‚ strikes 1. Taft-Hartley Act – put limits on labor unions a. Outlawed closed shop‚ labor leaders take non-Communist oath 2. Sold war factories cheaply to private companies 3. G.I. Bill – paid for school for soldiers; home‚ farm‚ and small business loans B. GDP growth lasts next two decades – Americans – 6% of population controlled 40% of earth’s $ 1. Middle class
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