During the era of the 1950’s‚ at the height of the Cold War‚ McCarthyism arose as a result of fear of the spread of communism in the United States. McCarthyism‚ named after Senator Joseph McCarthy‚ was a term which described the lack of evidence and false accusations used against people who were considered communists. Arthur Miller wrote the Crucible because he wanted to show how the relationship of McCarthyism in the 1950’s and McCarthyism in the witch trials during 1692 because the danger of people
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their independence‚ Americans created the Constitution. Its purpose was to replace the Articles of Confederation and solve its problems and more importantly to bring the states together under a single document creating a stronger union of all the states. During the period of 1850‚ until 1861 when the Confederate States of America was formed‚ the union was clearly divided between the North and South. Although the Constitution was not the only factor leading to sectional tension in America‚ there
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168724279835390946502057613169 m/s = 48 km/h 2. The coordinate of an object is given as a function of time by x = 7t – 3t2‚ where x is in meters and t is in seconds. Its average velocity over the interval from t = 0 to t = 2 s is: A) 5 m/s B) –5 m/s C) 11 m/s D) –11 m/s E) –14.5 m/s vt= 7-6t = 7-12=-5 m/s 3. The coordinate of a particle in meters is given by x(t) = 16t – 3.0t3‚ where the time t is in seconds. The particle is momentarily at rest at t = A) 0.75 s B) 1.3 s C) 5.3 s D) 7.3 s E)
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____ 7. If the period of a certain wave (wavelength = 4.5 m) is 2 seconds‚ what is the speed of the wave? a. 0.44 m/s c. 9.0 m/s b. 1.1 m/s d. 2.3 m/s ____ 8. Tapping the surface of a pan of water generates 17.5 waves per second. If the wavelength of each wave is 45 cm‚ what is the speed of the waves? a. 7.9 m/s c. 39 m/s b. 790 m/s d. 2.6 m/s ____ 9. Which characteristic of sound is associated with frequency? a. pitch c. pressure b. loudness d. timbre
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the 1960’s was a changing point for their culture. This time was known as the Swinging Sixties. The country transformed from a conservative environment into a place full of freedom with hope and promise. The nation had just moved past the second world war‚ and now the youth culture was beginning to freely express themselves. Adults in tis time fought during their youth and wanted the youth to enjoy their time. One of the biggest aspects of the sixties in England was the music. Music was a hug part
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Imagine being a flapper in the 1920’s. Disobeying parents‚ breaking new boundaries with flapper fashion and attending late night parties surrounded by the thick cigarette smoke hearing the loud jazz music. Witnessing the shiny pearl necklaces cascading down the other flappers’ necks and hearing the click of their heels against the ground as they dance. The thoughts of sneaking out tonight and worrying about getting caught by parents but ignoring those ideas for the time being and focusing on the
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Was Reconstruction a failure? As the bloody Civil War drew to a close‚ the period of reconstruction began to take shape across the states. There were many questions aroused following the war regarding the physical re-building of the nation‚ demobilisation and most importantly what was to replace the pre-war norm of slavery? America’s position on the latter‚ was of course both vague‚ with differing opinions from the North to the South‚ these differences which should have been settled with the outcome
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In the 1960’s‚ the United States plumed in an economic way! About twenty percent of the United States’ population lived under the poverty line. The 1960’s focused on structural poverty and culture of poverty. Structural poverty represented various failures of the economic system‚ and cultural of poverty focused on the idea of there being deeply entrenched social and financial habits. When many of the people thought about War on Poverty‚ it tied into Lyndon B. Johnson and the sixties. With Johnson’s
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ambition. The fact of these characters being witches foreshadows the idea of this play containing other supernatural things‚ which we the reader come across later on in the play. In Act four‚ Macbeth decided that he was going to visit the witches again. It was here that Macbeth was given three other prophecies. The first one warned Macbeth of Macduff. The second apparition stated that any man born of woman could not kill Macbeth. The third apparition said
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Zhao 1 James Zhao Mrs. Wallin AP English 2/25/13 The Adoption of Modernism in T S Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” Modernism first emerged in America as a brand new type of literature in the early years of twentieth century. After the First World War and the Great Depression‚ Western world was looking for a kind of life different from traditional one‚ easier‚ faster‚ more technological‚ and more convenient. Fortunately‚ modernist movement came into sight by then and answered all
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