Why Does History Matter? History is one of the most underappreciated subjects included in a modern education. Many students regard history as a useless subject that their school requires for some reason. What’s the point of learning about dead people and what they did‚ when you can learn about something that will be relevant to the present and the future? New information is always expanding the field of science‚ and english is constantly being perfected like a diamond being polished. These subjects
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The New Deal was a relatively significant factor in American History 1933-1942. The New Deal was a series of projects in attempt to pull America out of the Great Depression (1929-1939)‚ a sudden economic breakdown that started in 1929 and brought about huge unemployment all through the 1930s. The New Deal started with the introduction of Franklin Roosevelt as President of the United States from 1933-1945. The significance of the New Deal will be analysed the following paragraphs; political factors
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Why Study History? By Anita J. Rowe DeVry University May 11‚ 2013 Professor Betsy Anderson Why Study History? Why should we study history? Why should we study about the participants in that history? What should we hope to gain from these studies? I hope to answer these questions‚ but first we must think about where we get our information about historical facts. How reliable are they? How do we know the truth? The study of history is both interesting and beneficial but we have to have a
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was a very important person in the Harlem Renaissance because of his literary works helped shape American literature and politics. He displayed a strong racial pride and represented African Americans in an honorable way. Growing up in New York‚ Hughes had many influences. He was exposed to many different things and many talented people through his life journey. His love of jazz and the blues were both influential to the lyrical content in his poetry. Growing up he was taught about black pride and
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When I was a child‚ my favorite movie was The Wizard of Oz. Out of all of Dorothy’s friends‚ the Cowardly Lion was probably my least favorite. He had gone to ask the Wizard for courage and I didn’t understand why. Others wanted tangible items such as a brain or a heart and yet he wanted courage. I had thought of courage as something that you just dug down and found within yourself when you needed it not something not just a material thing that was necessary to live like a brain or a heart. Courage
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Explain why the person was important to the history of civil rights. Malcolm X was important to history and civil rights because he was a troubled kid. This article is mostly about how he was a kid who stayed in trouble and grew up in jail. He then got his act together and began organizing organizations that try to stop discrimination. From the “Malcolm X by any means necessary” article‚ Malcolm got out of jail‚ cleaned himself up and started learning about the Nation of Islam (NOI). This evidence
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an organized form in the late 18th century. The French Revolution did inspire many in 1789‚ but black resistance had existed for years. In August of 1791 an organized slave rebellion broke out‚ marking the start of a twelve-year resistance to obtain human rights. The Haitian Revolution is the only successful slave revolt in history‚ and resulted in the establishment of Haiti‚ the first independent black state in the New World. One must emphasize the struggles that had been occurring for decades
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Many people view Black History Month as a celebration of African-American achievements‚ but is it necessary? The agenda of this observation fails to improve any of the oppression placed on Black life. There are no other ethnicities or races that have a special month for themselves. Also‚ if Black History was implemented in all history textbooks the need for the month would be void. The celebration was proposed by Carter G. Woodson‚ as "Negro History Week" in 1915 and nine years later his dream
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End Black History Month Documentary My opinion on the End Black History Month documentary is that we should end Black History month because black history is a part of American History and it should not be limited to just a month. Black History is a lot of history that African American people and children should know about. It’s so much important history for it to be just narrowed down to the three basic people all the time which are Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Rosa Parks‚ and Harriet Tubman
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Black History month at one time held an important part in our nation’s history. It was a time when blacks were treated poorly and not given equal rights. They were discriminated against at every level. They were denied entrance into Sports‚ Colleges and even some churches. They were never recognized for any of their accomplishments. A black person was considered less than qualified in several areas. Black history month was originated to make people aware of the accomplishments of several black personalities
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