of the holiday persists in many of the festivities. Halloween began as an Irish festival that marked the end of summer. Gaelic tradition contributed many familiar aspects of the holiday‚ but its name came from the Catholic Church. October 31st was the night before All Saints’ Day‚ thusly it was originally referred to as All Hallow’s Eve‚ and later it was called Halloween. The name has persisted for hundreds of years despite the drastic evolution of the holiday. Many other ancient Gaelic traditions
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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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Islam is a constantly spreading religion embraced by many. It was inspired in 610 CE‚ when a man named Muhammad went to a cave in Mount Hira to pray. It was claimed that there‚ an angel named Gabriel told Muhammad of a one true god named Allah. This inspired Muhammad to spread the ideas of Allah‚ beginning the world-wide religion known as Islam. Although it met much resistance in the city of Mecca at first‚ the religion grew and Muhammad was seen as a prophet of Allah. After Muhammad’s death in
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Why did WW1 last for so long? WW1 was thought to be a quick battle with hardly any resistance offered to the Germans. But something went wrong‚ very wrong for the fight that was thought to be over in 43 days on the western front ended up as a shoot out for four long years. There were many reasons for this‚ mainly the failure of the Schlieffen Plan Also new technology and barley any supplies on the front line. All these things lead to the stalemate that was formed and the main reason the war went
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The Civil Rights Movement of the 50’s and 60’s Once upon a horrible time‚ the United States was a segregated country in which blacks were considered some sort of subspecies. Although the civil war addressed segregation it didn’t enforce it. While black and white citizens were becoming a group of equals in the north‚ the story was much different in the segregated south. Black citizens in the south still faced unequal treatment‚ wages‚ and were often persecuted by everyone from store workers to
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April 4‚ 2005 The 60’s When deciding what movie to do for this particular paper I faced a few issues. I knew what the requirements were‚ but I wanted something different and something I could have fun watching and writing as well. So‚ after looking around and pondering movies for weeks I finally decided on a perfect choice The 60’s directed by Mark Piznarski? This movie is a wonderful production starting from 1960 and ending in 1969 covering all the different things that occurred during this
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middle-class culture as a means of imposing order on a disorderly world"(Dumenil‚ 1995). However‚ this goal of keeping peace by not consuming alcohol‚ was not reached during the years of prohibition‚ or the years following it. Alcohol consumed by Americans did decline‚ but it was not totally eliminated as hoped‚ and some of the social problems seemed to be even greater than before prohibition was in effect. Therefore‚ prohibition was not successful in its original purpose. To better understand the reasons
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and ideal sculptures during the Renaissance. I think one of the reasons why Michelangelo’s David became so famous was because of the way it stood. David is the perfect example of contrapposto. If you examine the sculpture of David‚ you can see that the body is placing all of its weight onto the right leg‚ while the left leg stays relaxed. This causes the body’s hips and shoulders to rest at opposite angles‚ giving it a slight s-curve to the entire torso. The way the body is positioned gives it a natural
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HISTORY Why was there a boom in the USA in the 1920’s? There are many factors that contributed to America’s economic boom in the 1920’s. Resources where essential at this time in USA‚ this was because many new products and items were being produced for the consumer. Natural resources like coal; minerals‚ oil and land were in great store and were a great help as a basis for further expansion. The First World War was another factor as the USA supplied Europe with many goods during this
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Computers in the 1950 ’s People have been in awe of computers since they were first invented. At first scientist said that computers would only be for government usage only. "Then when the scientists saw the potential computers had‚ scientist then predicted that by 1990 computers may one day invade the home of just about ever citizen in the world" ("History" Internet)‚ the scientists were slightly wrong‚ because by 1990 computers were just beginning to catch on. Then a few years later when scientists
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