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    Chicano - a political term made popular in the sixties with the Chicano Civil Rights Movement which followed the example of the Black Civil Rights Movement. The people of the Movement adopted the word Chicano for themselves just as the African Americans had adopted Black. The Chicano Movement fought for all people of the Southwest of Mexican descendancy. These people included those whose ancestors had been citizens in the southwest when it was Mexico before the United States occupied it in 1848

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    US history ch 28 Study online at quizlet.com/_ag7xx 1. The 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf the largest naval engagement in history 2. The 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima was the costliest in the history of the United States Marines After 1943‚ the United States advanced on Japan primarily with the aid of forces from Australia and New Zealand All of the following statements regarding the Allied development of an atomic bomb during World War II are true EXCEPT Albert Einstein

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    The Differences of Teenagers in the 1940s Compared to Teenagers Today Elizabeth Ann Murphy Keller Regional Gifted Center‚ Chicago Teacher: Sandra Cap "Teenager" was not even a word until the late 1940s. Zoot suits‚ bobby-soxers‚ soda shops‚ do not sound familiar. These were all things 1940 teenagers know. A teenager’s life in the 1940s and today is extremely different in the areas of high school life and home life. If you stepped into a classroom in the 1940s‚ you might see girls making dresses

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    movement gained steam because of moral victories such as the rise of the pachuco sub-culture‚ but the individuals who had a sense of self identity were targeted by sailors who thought that this pachuco or zoot suit culture was un-American epically during the time of war thus leading to the 1943 zoot suit riots of Los Angeles. Eventually 1950’s labor activism spilled over onto the 1960s and early 1970s becoming the golden era of the Chicano Movement. The spine of todays modern Chicano Movement. Although

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    wanted to see them in more “fashionable clothes that reflected their prosperity and position in society.” The fashion trends for men in the 1920s were the introduction to sportswear‚ formal styles of clothing‚ casual styles of clothing‚ and the “Zoot suit.” Informal wear during this time became popular because it was influenced by art movements that conveyed the “modern” look. Formal evening wear became popular because it was worn in Hollywood movies. The 1920s in America experienced a fashion boom

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    women can feel like outsiders. The women then used the zoot-style to help them feel like they belong somewhere‚ to help them escape their feelings of feeling like an outsider in the US. The persona these pachucas created gave them an identity‚ this identity was nothing like their more traditional mothers‚ as Escobedo mentioned it sensed a belonging to “distinctly Mexican American subculture.”

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    Chapter 25 Notes Hard Facts: Manchuria: Japan takes over the providence of Manchuria‚ China‚ in 1931. Due to this the League of Nations began to fail. Shortly after Japan withdrew from the leave and took over the rest of China. Due to this the threat in Asia and the Pacific increased. This was the first event leading up to the war. Benito Mussolini: Italian Fascist who became dictator. He supported the World War and joined forces with Nazi Germany to for the Rome-Berlin Axis. Nazis: National

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    As the United States entered the Second World War‚ migration to California increased because of the wartime boom‚ bringing an influx of outsiders to the state. However‚ as these newcomers came to the state‚ they were not always welcomed with open arms‚ specifically African-Americans‚ and Mexicans. The new wartime industries‚ such as the aerospace and shipping industries needed a temporary workforce as many Californians left to join the war (Textbook‚ 482-483). The state’s new workforce was incredibly

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    Ethnic Studies 001 2015 Summer Session 1 Tues. & Thurs. 1:10-4:00 p.m. INTN 1002 Professor Macías Office: 4042 INTN Office Hours: Tues. & Thurs.12:00-1:00 p.m. E-mail: anthony.macias@ucr.edu Introduction to the Study of Race and Ethnicity This course is an introduction to race and ethnicity‚ focused on the United States‚ that examines the “evolution” and continuing relevance of racial identities and ethnic notions‚ as well as the development and defense of advantageous privileges‚ over time‚ contextualized

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    Fashion’s Revolution Although fashion has progressed since the sixteenth-century‚ the meaning and reasoning for fashion has remained the same. The main reasons for needing fashion are for protection‚ individuality‚ identification‚ and representation. By the sixteenth-century‚ the recently developed printing press was turning out books that were used to give other places around the world the experience of this “fashion.” Styles worn in Italy in the early sixteenth-century showed similarities

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