present age without any knowledge about how women used to be treated‚ the assumption could be made that men and women are basically equal. Yes‚ men are a little stronger physically‚ but overall the two sexes are both equal. Things weren’t always so picturesque‚ though. Since people first settled here‚ on what is now the United States of America‚ women were thought of as inferior. Ever so slowly though‚ the men’s view on women began to change. The change started in the 1920’s but it was going
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How Star Wars Changed the World George Lucas was a young Hollywood director in the mid-1970s that had the opportunity from 20th Century Fox after his hit movie American Graffiti to create his own original space adventure movie that will soon be known as Star Wars. It has been forty years since Lucas has transported us to a “Galaxy Far‚ Far away.” The huge blockbuster franchise movie that we all know as Star Wars has truly changed the film industry‚ special effects and pop culture with just a draw
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of poverty changed the world. It’s true. The uprising of communism and states of war to become equal never came without a price. War was what the people thought would solve everything. But it only made more disagreements. More deaths and despair to grow throughout the countries‚ and the situations to become more difficult. World War I only started because of the unfairness of others. The need to be the one of almighty power. This power consumed the mind and took over the world. And if you look at the
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Document - Based Question 1 The American Revolution changed society in a lot of different ways. People questioned the political ideas of themselves and others. The strive for Democracy was great. The rights of women and slaves were controversial subjects‚ but debated as well as religious persecution and taxation without representation; struggle was still there. Our economy was weakened‚ and farmers nearly created chaos because of the obscene taxation and little to no representation. Everything changed
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The Great War affected almost everyone in the world. Tensions continued to rise in Europe until everything exploded. World War 1 began with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary in Serbia. After Austria-Hungary decided Serbia was responsible for the assassination rather than the Black Hand members‚ other countries began to get involved‚ and eventually the Great War began. This was supposed to be a short war‚ however it lasted longer than most countries thought it would
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doubt that two of the most empowering events for women‚ were the First and Second World Wars. Canada sent 625‚000 men to fight in World War I and 1.1 million men were sent again during World War II. The deployment of men‚ left large gaps on the home front‚ opening the door to women stepping into roles formerly occupied predominantly by men. They began to join the work force during this time‚ when supplies were most needed. As the number of women in employment dramatically increased‚ society began to
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Leading up to the First World War‚ there were significant political changes happening. Industrialization‚ Imperialism‚ and Nationalism once promised great things for the people now only produced weapons‚ conflict‚ and hate. The Industrial Revolution brought forth many great things that improved the quality of life for many folks. Economic and social life were seeing many changes as a result of this new way of doing things. The nation saw increase in wealth as products were beginning to be manufactured
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transformed their society and dynamics. In the mid-1600s‚ Europeans were the first settlers of Africa and established their community by farming and herding cattle. The Europeans lived in proximity with their domesticated animals that carried diseases. Over time‚ the Europeans developed a resistance to the virus but the Cape and Koi- San tribe did not have immunity to the virus and developed smallpox. Around the 1830s‚ the European expanded north and encountered a complex society known as the Zulus
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involvement in the Vietnam War was the event/action that caused Australian society to change. The Vietnam War was the major push or an impetus for change in Australia and gave the new counterculture great momentum that eventually helped the counterculture to challenge the government and contribute to change in Australia. The result was a dramatic change in Australia’s society‚ irrevocably changing the once conservative culture to today’s modern multi-cultural society. The Vietnam War was the spark that brought
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The First World War was a global war centred in Europe that began from 1914 and lasted until 1918. It probably involved most of nations in the world‚ which were divided into two opposing alliances: the Allies and the Central Powers (Willmott‚ 2003:10-11). Eventually‚ on 11 November 1918‚ Germany signed an armistice‚ and Allies won the war. As a consequence‚ the First World War not only transformed the world force pattern‚ but also generated many problems that affected nations’ development all over
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