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    Verbal Reasoning Practice Test 3 Solution Booklet 1 www.assessmentday.co.uk Work-related stress is one of the biggest causes of sick leave in the UK. If you’’ve noticed you always seem to be rushing about‚ or miss meal breaks‚ take work home or don’’t have enough time for relaxation‚ for your family or for exercise‚ then you may well find yourself under stress‚ especially at work. There is often no single cause of work-related stress‚ but it can be caused by poor working conditions

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    The Civil Rights Movement is one of the most memorable movements in American history. The Civil Rights Movement is taught in classrooms all over the United States every single day. Typically‚ when one thinks of this movement they think of the late 1950’s and the 1960’s; however‚ the fight began several decades before then and in some ways still exists today. The reason this movement existed and progressed is because of the local‚ grassroots pressures and the pressures from nations around the world

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    through social movements; the Civil Rights Movement and the Women’s 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

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    1964 was the year the civil rights act passed‚ it was just the beginning for African Americans. The civil rights act made amazing breakthroughs aiding the prevention of discrimination of people because of their race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex‚ or national origin basically giving equal access to everything despite certain character traits. These rights were being enforced by the early 1970’s. But just because a law is enforced‚ does not make it the problem solver for an issue as big as racism. No law can

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    it the best year of all. For example‚ I think 1963 was one of the best year in history‚ because in 1963 the society had improved in many areas such as cultural‚ technological‚ and medical treatment. Likewise‚ there are people who will debate against this because they think that other years were much better than 1963 and had more improvements in technology‚ culture‚ and medical treatment. My argument against that would be that without the movement that happened in 1963 like the first lung transplant

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    “A social movement is collectivity acting with some continuity to promote or resist a change in the society or group of which it is a part” (Turner & Killian) We hear about Civil Rights movements and their impact on the overall goal for African Americans. What it meant to a community; How it impacted the South; How it impacted the North; etc. Yet‚ what I find to be the most important type of movement isn’t the movements that catch the eye of the media‚ but what grasps the attention of the Government

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    of the free‚”. In the 1960’s‚ African Americans rose up and fought for what was rightfully theirs during the civil rights movement. Living in the twenty first century we see that it inhumane to strip African Americans of their human rights. But‚ sadly‚ we have neglected to see that homosexuals are in a very similar position today. Homosexuals in the United States have been fighting for their rights for years‚ but the right to be legally married is the hardest fight of them all. Marriage is a rite

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    Abisai Garcia Mrs. King English 12 May 28th‚ 2014 Racial Discrimination For as long as history can remember‚ there has been racial discrimination between one or more kinds of people. But how far back does this history go? Racism exists when one ethnic group or historical collectivity dominates‚ excludes‚ or seeks to eliminate another on the basis of differences that it believes are hereditary and cannot be changed. The reasoning behind this thought came to a unique conclusion in the West during

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    Rosa was an inspiration to many people and continues to inspire individuals today. Many people find her inspirational because of the challenges that she overcame. Throughout most of her life she was treated unfairly because of the color of her skin. For example‚ African Americans had to use separate bathrooms and drinking fountains than white people because they were seen as disgusting individuals and were not worthy of using the same restrooms and services as whites. Schools and many other facilities

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    in his “ I have a Dream” speech. This was during the Civil Rights Movement in 1963 where Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to all the african americans to motivate them about what they were trying to do. The Civil Rights Movement was done because the black people were segregated or discriminated and they were beaten. One of the effects of the Civil Rights Movement is that now people from every race live in harmony. One of the causes of the Civil Rights Movement is that the black people were discriminated

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