women now treated as equal persons. The start to the progress of women as people‚ winning right to vote in federal and provincial governments. New trends considered daring by many such as; short dresses and getting jobs is a normal thing. Women as University graduates went up every year; they started taking on men trades. Women used to work as cleaners‚ clerks‚ and low paying office workers and now considered useful peoples in workplace. This was a new sight to our citizens as well as women now participating
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The San People The last few years have been rough on the San People. They have been kicked off their land and made to feel like they are less than human. Their environment‚ socioeconomic status‚ as well as their political conditions have been in upheaval. In the African desert of Kalahari lives a group of hunters and gatherers‚ just as they have for thousands and thousands of years. They are the San People‚ also known as the Bushmen. They were known to roam the desert‚ hunting antelope and gathering
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1. Who was Randolph Bourne? a. A radical writer in the 1900s 2. What year did World War One start? b. 1914 3. Define Socialism. c. A Marxist theory‚ following capitalism and collective principles. 4. What were some of the benefits of WW1? d. The economoy flourished ‚ patriotism increased and class struggle was stopped. 5. What happened in the first three years of the war? e. The war was practically stationary there was no progress occurring.
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Professor Howard Zinn’s purpose for writing “A People’s History of the United States” was to offer a history of the United States (from the first settlers all the way to the mid1970’s at the time of publishing) that did not outright lie or “sugar coat” our country’s past. Furthermore‚ Zenn seeks to avoid manipulating our history as a means to calm the reader‚ albeit causing controversy when his book first debuted. Additionally‚ in the word’s of the author himself‚ “If history is to be creative‚ to anticipate a possible future without denying the past
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Howard Zinn challenges the American identity by suggesting that America is just as bad as Great Britain in that the countries are both incredibly elitist. Going back to the founding fathers‚ the U.S. has an uneven distribution of wealth‚ and the founding fathers wanted to oppress the lower class. Once the lower class realized this‚ riots were held against the elites. Zinn argues that the American Revolution merely shifted the elite tyranny from one leader to another. The founding fathers that are
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1950’s HISTORY Assessment task Bill (host): Good morning people of Newton‚ its Bill here. I am speaking to James and he’s a 1950’s baby and today we are here to talk to him and ask questions about what it was like growing up in the 1950’s. James thanks for your time. James: Thank you Bill‚ glad to be here. Bill (host): Did the British or the American culture influenced Australia in any way? James: The American culture made a huge influence on Australia such as entertainment‚ clothing and
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the preface of Paul Johnsons “A History of the American People” he shares with us his view on America and the study of it and its people. He tells us that his book is not his opinion but the facts about America as fully and honestly as he could deliver them. Growing up he learned little to almost none about America’s history and the people‚ he mostly learned Greek‚ Roman‚ and English history. One of his tutors A. J. P. Taylor said to him “You can study American history when you have graduated‚ if you
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Harry S. Truman played a major role in history. He took reign as President after Franklin D. Roosevelt passed. The U.S was in a World War and a crucial decision was to be made by President Truman‚ one that could change history. To bomb or not to bomb. During this momentous time in the war‚ I believe President Truman did indeed do the right thing by bombing Japan. The war was nearing an end as many countries were losing soldiers as well as supplies left and right. However‚ the fighting would not
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History Vs. Hollywood: The Roaring Twenties was a time of jazz and flappers and good times‚ however‚ other aspects of the twenties life were arduous and troublesome. The youth of America was lied to by the government and their parents during the 1910s and World War I. With the reintroduction of the car‚ the youth rebelled against their parents and standards previously created. Other minorities also began to change. The women of the 1920’s wanted more rights‚ which they received when Congress amended
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1.The thesis is middle class blacks are sterotype by whites people in multicultural society and by blacks who think that they are traitors to the struggle against racism. Foster uses the historic events to prove a baised society will couse an outbreak of violence or riots. Wattss riots was a six days raged followed Frye’s arrest‚ suspicion of driving while intoxitcated. Fostedr also uses Rodney king’s riot in 1991. It is coused after Rodney King was severyl beaten by police who attempted to pull
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