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    political and social change that brought a lot of conflict‚ rather than a lot of celebration. This decade “featured economic prosperity and carefree living for many. The decade began with a roar and ended with a crash” (https://www.ncpedia.org/history/20th-Century/1920s). Americans were beginning to witness more inequality and conservatism than social change. It was the return of the Ku Klux Klan‚ the Prohibition Era‚ and the Monkey-Scopes Trials that caused a large amount of the change and conflict

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    The 1920s was a decade of exciting social changes and profound cultural conflicts. It was the first decade to have a nickname‚ “Roaring 20s" or "Jazz Age." This decade was the birth of mass culture‚ the “new” woman‚ and the “jazz age”. One big and impactful event of the 1920s was the prohibition of alcohol. The 1920s was the birth of mass culture. For example‚ Americans had money to spend on items‚ like clothes and home appliances. Electric refrigerators were created in replace of an icebox to keep

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    this time‚ America had plummeted into an era of malaise. With a perceived loss in American moral‚ there were many negative domestic changesboth social and legal. Murders had been gradually increasing‚ causing the rate to go up by 100% from 1965 to 1980.

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    During World War I many circumstances changed‚ from the way battles were fought to who exactly was fighting in them. New technologies let both sides of the war explore ways to win. Tanks‚ chemical warfare‚ and powered flight are highly significant technologies that affected the war effort. Tanks could cross barbed wire‚ and pass through no man’s land easily. They didn’t go fast and broke down multiple times‚ but they could resolve a stalemate. Soldiers fled into the trenches as they couldn’t

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    Throughout Africa societies that had been predominantly rural for most of their history were experiencing a rapid and profound reorientation of their social and economic lives toward cities and urbanism. As ever greater numbers of people moved to a small number of rapidly expanding cities (or‚ as was often the case‚ a single main city)‚ the fabric of life in both urban and rural areas changed in massive‚ often unforeseen ways. With the largest and one of the most rapidly growing cities in sub-Saharan Africa

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    Politics and Social Change in the 1960s  What were the goals of Kennedy’s New Frontier and Johnson’s Great Society programs?  What were the achievements of the civil rights movement and the ensuing splinter movements?  Why did the United States increasingly involve itself in Vietnam‚ and why was there risking opposition to the war?  How did Kennedy try to combat communism in Cuba?    The 1960s were full of social turbulence and innovation in public affairs Socials ills force their way to

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    Hello students today we will be learning about social activism‚ specifically Native American activis Social activism is an intentional action with the goal of bringing about social change. If you feel strongly about a cause and are working towards a change‚ you too could be considered an activist. An activist is anyone who is fighting for change in society. An activist can be a student attending a rally against tuition increase‚ a politician fighting against international human rights abuses or a

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    Can branding principles be applied to religion? 1. Brands are people. People make friends with people when they have things in common‚ want to spend time together‚ and find something special in the relationship. Brands make friends with people in exactly the same way. Brand management is about finding a group of people you can identify with‚ spending time together‚ & becoming committed to each other. The more time you spend with your customers the better. This is sometimes referred to as share

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    conservative argument is that the Constitution should be interpreted according to original intent.’72 The argument is that the drafters of the Amendment had no intent to grant citizenship to illegal aliens because they never could have conceived of the present immigration situation‚ where the United Stated is a rich country sharing with a long border with a poor one‚ Mexico. Conservatives argue that we must follow original intent because that is the only way to apply what the Constitution actually

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    The growth of population had a major impact on society and caused many difficulties and conflicts to arise. The Black Death in Latin West took care of the over population‚ but it also caused people to turn more religious and less conservative‚ caused many social changes‚ and also led to the higher demand pay from skilled and manual laborers‚ which then led to revolt by peasants against wealthy nobles and churchman. Mining‚ metalworking‚ and the use of mechanical energy all helped with the development

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