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    categories. The “Black Code” shows that the Reconstruction era had been marked more by continuity than change from antebellum period. Section one of Civil Rights of Freedom gave African-Americans the right to sue‚ which indicates a change from the antebellum period. It is crucial to note that enslavement of African descended individuals was a legal practice during the antebellum period. Much of the laws were‚ thus‚ unfavorable towards those of African descent. An example of one such unfavorable law was

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    World War I was a global conflict that caused devastation throughout nations and led to major revolutions such as the creation of empires and the fabrication of the country’s identity. These changes revolved around the imperialistic and expansionists ideas by Roosevelt and Taft. However not only was the nation advancing into a world power but drastic social changes were happening within the country. World War I had changed American society through the creation of feminist suffrage organizations‚

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    Women during the War Women during the war filled in the spot left open by the men who were leaving to join the war effort. They filled roles like cooks‚ teachers‚ factory workers‚ and police positions. It was common for women to work during this time‚ as most men left to fight in Europe or in the Pacific. As the Men went to war‚ the woman he left behind would still be helping as many joined factories which produced good for the war which included ammunition‚ planes‚ guns‚ tanks‚ and more. An estimated

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    “American Consumerism is not only causing more debts‚ but it is also causing a sharp decrease in saving”. Due to the desire to get more materials things‚ the amount of money allocated for saving or in saving to be use in the near future will be diverted towards the purchase of latest and newest fashion design clothes‚ cars‚ best food etc. Most people today are not concern about the future or what tomorrow will look like in term of survival‚ but tend to prove some level of supremacy over others

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    Second World War differ from the causes of the First World War? The causes of World War One and World War Two shared both differences and similarities‚ but overall there were more differences between the two. The social‚ political‚ and economic circumstances of the times varied‚ though at times correlated with each other‚ but there are extreme differences that help create a different atmosphere for each war. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand‚ on the 28th June‚ 1914‚ set off World War One;

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    Social Change in the United States During World War II As the possibility of a second World War arose people began to form opinions on the United States ’ role in Europe. The general population disagreed on whether or not to get involved in the conflict with Germany. Some people believed in interventionism‚ the theory that the United States should do everything it could to support Britain without declaring war on Germany. Along with William Allen White they formed the Committee to Defend

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    The Cold World and U.S. Diplomacy The Cold War and U.S. Diplomacy On April 12‚ 1945‚ Harry S. Truman‚ the Vice President of the United States‚ was elevated by the sudden death of Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Presidency of the United States. During Harry S. Truman’s time in the Presidential office he faced many obstacles‚ yet formed many doctrines as solutions to these obstacles. His most notable contribution to date is the Truman Doctrine‚ which focused on containing the expansion of communism

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    Describe British rule in India at the end of the First World War. At the end of the First World War‚ British rule in India was dominant compared with Indian rule. The British is controlling a population of about 300‚000‚000 people and more than two-thirds of India in the early nineteen hundreds. The rest is ruled under Maharajah’s which are Indian Princes. Out of the various colonies the British had‚ India was named the ‘Jewel in the Crown’ because of its vast amounts of resources‚ labour and

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    Women during the Civil War helped as nurses‚ cooks‚ solider‚ and spies. Women in the North also worked for the United States Sanitary Commission. “The primary national relief organization‚ coordinating donations to the Union.” The role southern women played during the Civil War was also to cook‚ be spies‚ the duties of the man while in his absence. “Women worked in munitions plants‚ as clerks in government offices‚ and as a sales force in retail businesses.” Clara Barton a famous Civil War nurse

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    Did the First World War represent an irrevocable crisis of gender in the UK? The act of war itself has‚ throughout history‚ come to be regarded as an engendering process‚ in some respects reinforcing and in others confusing the boundaries of gender definition. The First World War in particular represented a turning point in the discourse of gender within Britain. Previously‚ authority figures retained a seriously outdated perception of what it meant to be male or female. The government and military

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