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    Suffrage Movement. These movements emerged from changes in the social and political values of the country. The Civil Rights and the Women’s Suffrage Movement were successful due to many factors. Three of them are that protest group features created organization and unity‚ protest group actions targeted social issues‚ and the international pressures from war. These factors created mass mobilization and spread the movements across the country. The government’s reaction to sit-ins‚ picketing‚ and arresting

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    was enough to bring back the economy speculated the bailout cost for taxpayers. They also contemplated whether this rescue idea would cause an even deeper hole in the economy. The solution to this problem from the view of the public was a protest. This protest is known as the Occupy Wall Street Movement‚ which started in New York City on Wall Street in the Bowling Green district (Billitteri). According to Thomas Billitteri‚ a journalist with 30 years in business‚ before the actual bailout happened

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    deeply divided by the Vietnam War. Numerous people protested the Vietnam War for these and other reasons as well. These protests usually were peaceful and included such things as burning draft cards‚ fleeing to Canada or some other country to escape the draft‚ protest rallies and marches‚ or simply remaining enrolled in college to avoid the draft. However‚ even peaceful protests sometimes turned violent‚ as United States involvement in the Vietnam War divided the United States public. The most

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    the majority of the population were pro government & against protest(no)- the population turned against the war in an overwhelming majority • Post troop withdrawal-larger protest called mobilization(yes) -Due to the Us being involved in bombing campaigns in Cambodia outraged people • Black Americans & students were the majority of anti-war protestors (yes/no)- the younger generation are always more involved in active protest but blacks were more occupied with the civil rights • Agnew

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    change‚ but that is not the case. Yes‚ these protesters shined light on the issue‚ much more than there was before‚ but they were not the reason. The reason any small protest might “work” is for one reason: morals. Morales meaning the place at which a certain viewpoint is looked on in modern society. In context‚ small protests aren’t making the difference‚ but rather the common morals on the viewpoints that they are protesting for that really make the change.

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    ------------------------------------------------- Use(s) Tents are used as habitation by nomads‚ recreational campers‚ and disaster victims. Tents are typically used as overhead shelter for festivals‚ weddings‚ backyard parties‚ and major corporate events. They are also used for excavation (construction) covers‚ industrial shelters. Traditional Tents have traditionally been used by nomadic people all over the world‚ such as Native Americans‚ Mongolian and Tibetan Nomads‚ and the Bedouin.

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    law or government peacefully while accepting the consequences of such actions. Civil Disobedience has gotten numerous marginalized groups of people the ability to have rights and abilities that before their act of defiance‚ they didn’t have before. Protests by women‚ African Americans‚ Latinos‚ and many others have gotten them the right to vote‚ to go to school where they pleased‚ and to be treated fairly throughout society. Civil Disobedience positively affects a free society because it proves the

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    twenty-first century‚ yet their impact on society will forever be maintained.When they decided to purchase items at a store in North Carolina in 1960 and subsequently sit at the counter at the restaurant‚ they had no idea that their actions would lead to protests across the country for months and eventually set a model for the rest of the world to follow forever.When it was decided that they had broken no rules‚ twenty more black students joined them the following day.The increase in news coverage of the

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    Rapping and Riots For thousands of years‚ the struggling citizen has used social unrest to rebel against the status quo. They fight‚ they loot‚ and they destroy. They are overcome with anger‚ and willing to take that anger out on anything and everything. Their anger often comes from inequality‚ high taxes‚ poverty‚ and an overbearing government. However‚ those in power tend to do whatever possible to keep things the way that they are. The social elite send police or soldiers as a show of strength

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    improving the lives of homeless people‚ Snyder employed non-violent confrontational protest tactics aimed at shocking the public and drawing media attention to this cause. These protest tactics included building occupation‚ construction of a tent city in Lafayette Park‚ vandalism‚ and hunger strikes. During his time in prison‚ Snyder converted to Christianity and fully embrace a radical Catholic form of social protest. Snyder served two years in federal prison‚ 1970-1972‚ for violating the Dyer Act

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