countries that host a diverse range of ethnicities‚ such as America. However‚ if we were to take ourselves just a couple of centuries back‚ to the 1800’s‚ we would find that the view on prejudice‚ especially towards the darker skinned races‚ was unfortunately‚ significantly different. The Negro people were treated harshly during those times and up until the 1960’s were diminished by racist attitudes and beliefs in America. They were treated like second-rate citizens‚ innocent victims of racial prejudice
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In the late 1800-early 1900’s‚ immigrants began to settle in cities in large numbers. As a result of this increase in population‚ cities began to grow and change. People who come to life perinatally in a foreign country are known as immigrants. Immigrants came to america to start new and better lives. Immigrants came from all different countries but in the late 1800-early 1900’s immigrants mainly came from europe and asia. Immigrants would take a long journey to ellis island‚ where they would take
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flourishes 28. big cheese: important person 29. big six: a strong man; from auto advertising‚ for the new and powerful six cylinder engines. 30. big timer: A charming and romantic man 31. billboard: a flashy man or woman 32. bimbo: a tough guy 33. bird: general term for a man or woman‚ sometimes meaning "odd‚" i.e. "What a funny old bird." 34. Blind Date: going out with someone you do not know 35. blooey: the condition when one has gone to pieces 36. Bluenose: An excessively puritanical person
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opportunity to tell differing views on creation in their classrooms. Also‚ most notably‚ there were women who were tired of being forced to be housewives and demanded to be treated as equals among the men. The crisis in values that occurred during the 1920’s‚ as insignificant as it might seem today‚ forced Americans to reshape their way of thinking and make changes that left important effects on the years to come. Contrary
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decorate the house with flowers and with mottoes over the mantelpieces‚33 and all that kind of thing. We got Mother to make mottoes and arrange the decorations‚ because she always does it at Xmas. The two girls thought it would be a nice thing to dress in our very best for such a big occasion and so they both got new hats. Mother trimmed both the hats‚ and they looked fine‚ and Father had bought silk ties for himself and us boys as a souvenir of the day to remember Mother by. We were going to get
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elections‚ freedom of political expression‚ freedom of speech‚ and freedom of the press. John F Kennedy became our 35th President‚ January 20‚ 1961 until he was assassinated on November 22‚ 1963 at Dallas‚ Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. Life in the 1960’s for both U.S. and Russia was a time of inventions‚ time of competing‚ and a time of war. They were competing on who was going to be the first to send someone to space. Russia sent the first man‚ Yuri Gagarin‚ to ever be in space; they had the first
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women have been represented within magazines. From the stereotypical housewife magazines from the 1950’s and 60’s‚ through the evolution of women as a sex symbol in magazines primarily made for men‚ and how women throughout time more often than not have been viewed as a ‘thing’ presented to the world to be looked at and objectified. In my dissertation I intend to write about how women since the 1950’s have been put into stereotypical boxes created by other people‚ objectified and made into a mean for
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The fashion and consumer world in the 1930’s was booming. Many items were made and invented‚ as well as improved. In the 1930’s some of the best lines of clothing were produces‚ and some of the appliances that we still use today were invented. The 1930’s was an age to remember and cherish‚ for most of the things we have today would not be in place if it was not for the inventions of the 1930’s. Many things were invented in the 1930’s‚ for example; scotch tape was invented by Richard G. Drew (Bellis)
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Life in the 1930’s was extremely racist and segregated. Most people either had a special treatment‚ or no treatment at all. Times were extreme in the 1930’s. Life for the wealthy was glamorous and they ignored all the problems that were going on and enjoyed life with there money. The depression didn’t really affect the wealthy men and woman. They were almost making the same amount of income as the were before the economy went down. All the wealthy were still attending expensive dances several nights
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The 1930’s Food! The 1930’s cuisine was very simple and extremely rationed. The people in the 30’s just didn’t have the money to afford for themselves and kids all the time. The food was mostly given to men and children in soup/ bread lines for those who couldn’t afford food. The food was simple and inexpensive; the goal was to produce a lot of food with as little ingredients as possible. I’m sure the bread was bland and the chowders and soups were plain but it’s what the people of this struggling
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