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    1.5.3 Test (TS): Populism and Progressivism U.S. History Sem 2 (S2558062) Points possible: 60 Test Corina Reyes Date: ____________ The Big Question How did farmers‚ activists‚ workers and politicians face the problems of industrial America during the Populist and Progressive Eras? Section 1: Short-answer questions (30 points) In this section‚ you will write a two- to three-sentence response to each of the following items. Remember to use examples and be specific. 1. What factors caused many

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    I was at my desk at Moneague College in St. Ann‚ the home of Marcus Garvey‚ when my mother called with the news our immigrant Visa to the United States were ready. After waiting ten years‚ I was still very skeptic that America would become my new reality. Three weeks later‚ it was my first night in America‚ and I realized my life has changed forever. After the four and a half hour flight‚ the drive from John F. Kennedy International Airport‚ and the delicious welcome dinner at my grandmother’s high-rise

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    The Harlem Renaissance The Harlem renaissance was just the start of a new beginning for the African Americans in North America. Now the U.S. has a black president‚ in the 1800 you be killed for thinking of a black cloud becoming someone. And this all happened because of the Harlem renaissance. The Harlem renaissance was what happened when the Jim Crow laws were put in to movement. The African American population had to move the North because in the south they not find any good paying work but

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    Define Culture “A person without the knowledge of their past history‚ origin and culture is like a tree without roots.”- Marcus Garvey. This says that a person is defined by his or her culture by the way he/she acts‚ thinks‚ and speaks. A person is defined by his or her culture by the way he or she thinks. A person see’s the world differently so the way they think and act would be distinct. They would think differently because of the different backgrounds that they have. In the story “Imagine”

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    1877 saw the end of Reconstruction in the USA with the situation of African-Americans looking to be more positive as they had just gained the right to vote in 1870 with the 15th amendment and gained equal protection under the law with the 14th but still suffered terrible amounts of discrimination in the North and the South. The ‘Black situation’ in 1900 was that the legal‚ social‚ economic and political status of blacks was inferior throughout the USA‚ especially in the South. One way in which you

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    Please--Do not wake us Up—Please! We are still in a nice-nice dream traveling around AfroCuba‚ Cuba! We can still hear‚ feel and see the voices (Spirit Calling Singing)‚ instruments (Bata Drums‚ Congas‚ Bongos‚ Timbales‚ Shakeres and Cowbells) and rhythms (Call and Response‚ Hand Clapping‚ Chanting and Body Spirit Dancing) of AfroCuba Music (Orisha Singers and Dancers‚ Orisha Drums and Spirits Body Movers). In addition‚ we are still playing the music of the AfroCuban All-Stars‚ Celia Cruz‚ Buena

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    and/or comfortable‚ with the asset of clutter. However they must study design history because to open their mind to the past they will learn new ideas and ideologies‚ “To know nothing of what happened before you were born is to remain forever a child‚” Marcus Tullius Cicero‚ a famous philosopher (106-43 BC)1. The 3 main reasons why learning design history is useful are firstly because it will help advance and learn from success and failures. Secondly to maintain sustainability within our world for future

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    the family continued their stay in Wisconsin‚ Malcolm’s dad wanted to find a better accommodation so he could bring up his kids the right way and build up a decent business. This is something his father would learn form the teachings of Marcus Garvey. Marcuse Garvey stressed becoming independent of the white man. Later his mother would become pregnant again‚ this time with his youngest sister Yvonne. The family than moved to Lansing‚ Michigan to find that independence Malcolm’s father wanted form

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    who was an anthropologist‚ Countee Cullen who was a romantic poet‚ Langston Hughes who was a poet as well as a playwright. Marcus Garvey‚ James Weldon Johnston‚ and W.E.B. Dubois were three political figures who helped people have hope of freedom for African Americans and made the Harlem Renaissance what it came to be known for‚ all the arts‚ literature‚ and music. Marcus Garvey was the leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association‚ the first African American leader in the American history

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    How far can it be argued that the activity of the Ku Klux Klan was the most important obstacle to the achievement of Civil Rights for black people up to 1941? Black People have long been denied their civil rights in America. It might have been hoped that the Civil War would provide a turning point because on the one hand the constitution promised the beginning of the end of slavery by Lincoln issuing the Emancipation proclamation in 1862. Years later‚ the final 15th amendment was placed stating

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