The American Dream is the idea that Americans work really hard to achieve their values and goals and is very satisfied with their financial and social situation. It pertains only to the Whites because they receive more prominence‚ money‚ and education compared to the Blacks. The Blacks wanting to achieve the American Dream starts with them migrating up North‚ leaving behind their plantation field in the South‚ which is the first act of Black Power‚ or self-determination. But when Blacks attempt
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The older versions of black music is better than the modern day black music. The first Africans transported to this country came from a variety of ethnic groups with a long history of distinct and cultivated musical traditions. African Americans used homemade drums and banjos to communicate among themselves. In fact‚ back the 1700s‚ drums had been banned on many slave plantations. Slaves on southern plantations had their own musical styles‚ which later evolved into gospel‚ blues‚ and what is now
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THE COLD WAR- 1945-1991 In the immediate aftermath of World War II‚ the United States took a turn to the economic and political right. Nothing demonstrated this shift more than the Second Red Scare. The trials‚ denouncements‚ black lists‚ and paranoia about Communism in the Second Red Scare showed the domestic face of the Cold War--the international struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States for world dominance. The Cold War transformed anti-Communism from a right wing to a mainstream
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Final Assignment in Pittsburgh: 1964–68 The new setting was entirely different from the previous two. It was a large parish with a majority of college-educated adults‚ many successful businesspersons‚ upper-level managers of large Pittsburgh companies‚ and an elderly pastor who was kind but still constrained by his rigid theological training from the 1930’s. He allowed me freedom to do much of what I wanted to do. I recall our first evening meal together. I had been to a civil-rights march in downtown
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Strengths and Interest: Mylin does not associate with a specific religion‚ but she is spiritual. She identifies with Black-American culture. Mylin’s mother was raised Roman-Catholic‚ but converted to Christianity as an adult. None of Mylin’s siblings are religious with the exception of the youngest brother who identifies as Christian. Mylin does feel a sense of community amongst other Blacks and through her family. Mylin participates in Holidays‚ not for religious reasons‚ but cultural reasons. She participates
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Race Relations in the USA 1945-1968 ‘Why did the Freedom Rides and Freedom Marches Take place in the USA in the early 1960’s?’ – 8 marks The Freedom Rides and the Freedom Marches took place in the USA in the early 1960’s for many reasons. During this time‚ segregation was enforced by law and African Americans were heavily oppressed so they were fighting for their civil rights as promised to them by the constitution of the USA. The Freedom Rides were organised by the NAACP (Nation Association for
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the right to vote. The roles of American Women in the 1920s varied considerably between the ’New Woman’‚ the Traditionalists and the older generation‚ and the ’New Woman’‚ including the young Flappers‚ embraced new fashions‚ personal freedom and new ideas that challenged the traditional role of women. The Traditionalists feared that the ’ New Morality’ of the era was threatening family values and the conventional role of women in the home. The lives of Black American Women in the 1920s were also subject
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the USA 1945-1968 What do I need to revise? Civil Rights in the USA 1945-1968: Checklist 1) • • • African Americans in the 19th Century Reconstrustion Jim Crow Plessey v ferguson Understand position of blacks. 4) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Campaigns 1960-1966 2) • • • • • • The Early 20th Century 3) • • • • • Great Migration Great War Sense of Community The Depression NAACP Second World War Understand how these factors shape Civil Rights post 1945. 5)
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“To what extent was the Federal Government responsible for improving the status of black people in the USA in the years 1945 - 1964?” Most People would presume that the Federal Government of the USA would have done the most for Civil Rights‚ as they are in charge and run all of the States in America. However this is wrong as most of the Presidents did not pass Civil Rights Acts straight away‚ in fact it took them at least a year into the Presidency to even attempt to pass an act through
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Because of these two fundamental elements to his argument‚ we can assess events differently than before hand‚ finding out ways to take a step back and look at actions as they affect multiple nations simultaneously. Of these international events from 1870-1945‚ the Age of Imperialism‚ World War I‚ and the Great Depression had worldwide impacts on economic and social issues. Imperialism in the late 19th century became a competition among European countries to take control of as many areas in Africa before
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