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    Since the 1930s the face of welfare has been shaped multiple times with many different types of reforms. These reform were made in an attempt to reduce the number of people who depend on government assistance‚ and to help those people get back on their feet and function

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    industrial strategies and the concern of the economic impacts just as it was treated during the 1930s-1950s across Europe. During the 1930s it was found that temperatures were increasing since the early 19th-century as well as the shrinkage of Artic ice. Guy Stewart Callendar‚ a power plant engineer‚ found the first evidence of increasing carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. He believed that mankind was responsible for carbon dioxide emissions raising global temperature. He continued to observe

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    Sports in the 1930s The 1930s was a rough time for all of America. Experiencing a drought‚ the stock market crash‚ and it was overall a time of major poverty. This was the time of the great depression‚an economical and industrial slump in 1929 and the upcoming years. Through all of this‚ they needed some sort of leisure or entertainment. This is where sports come into place. Sports like basketball‚ baseball‚ and boxing were just a few athletic examples that were an important part of the decade

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    all examples of different styles of clothing in the 1930s. These fads were all the usually worn outfits of this era. Men and women’s fashion and trends were set and inspired by Hollywood star’s appearance on television. “Because of the need to save money‚ the average women could no longer buy new clothes every few months. Instead‚ they had to remake the clothes they already had‚ reusing any material that was on-hand.” (1930s Fashion for Women‚ n.p.) The Great Depression brought a large impact

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    roles . Groucho Marx was very effeminate‚ loose limbed and stooped. Chico Marx was a ridiculous Italian con man and musician. Harpo Marx was never talked and was consequently very physical. Harpo was driven by appetite and was always chasing after women. These three are so unconventional that it comforts the struggling depression man to see and laugh at characters such as these . It was the fourth brother Zappo‚ who displayed the greatest resemblance to the traditional male character‚ yet it was

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    Two eras in time were the 1930s and 1960’s. Both of these two periods in time are interesting in their own ways. Also people usually think the 1960’s were all about fun which wasn’t always true. In addition people think that a main event in the 30’s was the Great Depression which in fact is true but there’s more to the 30’s than most people think. There are many seminaries and differences in these two are fashion‚ inventions/technology‚ and music. Three similarities between them are the people involved

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    1930s Fashion When the stock market crashed‚ most people did not continue to buy the fabulous 20s style clothes‚ people instead saved their money and also stopped buying accessories they continuously wore in the “Flapper” era. This devastating turn of events was called The Great Depression. Women’s skirts were altered and only went to the knee‚ not any lower. Plaid and striped clothing became a popular trend amongst men. The 1930s was more of a survival era other than a new fashionable

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    public responsibility. It must not be denied them.’’ -Wyatt Mordecai Johnson (1922) (http://www.blackpast.org/1922-wyatt-mordecai-johnson-faith-american-negro) The Great Migration brought African Americans moving North in the 1920’s and the 30’s but in the the 1930s African Americans did not find jobs easily than in the 20s.The Great Migration occurred between 1910 through 1970.Six million African Americans moved out of the country

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    change and ways change every day. Imagine what could happen over a series of years. Let’s think back to America in the 1930s. The white race would treat the negro race very poorly‚ there was lynching‚ false accusations of blacks‚ and public segregation. Many books about this time were written to show how racist the whites were to the blacks. Racism and segregation in the 1930s was crueler than in the book "To Kill a Mockingbird” written by Harper Lee. Blacks and whites were kept separate in

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    The ‘Scottsboro Boys’ is a reference to one of the most famous series of trials in 1930s. The story surrounding the Scottsboro cases involves nine young African American boys and their alleged gang rape of two white women: Victoria Price and Ruby Bates. This highly questionable rape accusation would spark unprecedented amounts of trials‚ convictions‚ reversals‚ and retrials. Because of these trials‚ celebrities were made from anonymities‚ careers were launched and ended‚ lives were wasted‚ heroes

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