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The progressive era occurred between the 1890s through the 1920s, and during that time saw a significant change in not only voting and vote reform, but also in social problems, education, and government corruption. The main goals of the progressive movement were eliminating problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and corruption in government. One of…

The movie “Cinderella Man” is a true story about James J. Braddock, a boxer during the Great Depression. This movie came in 2005. This film is about a man who went from “Rags to Riches,” but it wasn’t always that way. He was a world famous boxer and after his injuries and the stock market…

The Declaration of Independence was written on July 4, 1776, in order to aid other nations in understanding why the 13 American colonies took initiative on deciding to divide themselves from Great Britain. Thomas Paine was a writer, most popular for publishing his pamphlet called Common Sense- where his arguments leaned toward favoring the idea…

When it comes to the American Revolution, there are so many factors that are said to have caused it, that it is hard to determine which are the direct causes, root causes and the fuse. The root points are the interest conflict between the development of north American capitalist economy and the British colonial rule,…

You might have heard of the name Cesar Chavez but I doubt you know the impact he had on farm workers and undocumented workers. Cesar Chavez was a civil rights activist, labor organizer, and a prominent union leader. He strived to improve the conditions that laborers and farmers worked in and raise their pay. Another…

Campuses have had a long history of educating and politically socializing the next generation. Professor Moore and Professor Bell, sociology professors at Texas A&M, assert that “national institutions are meant to be gateways to upward mobility” (Moore and Bell 101). Taking advantage of this were many student civil rights activists during the 50’s and 60’s….

As societies began to shift from agricultural to industrialized ways of life, the shift prompted the need for many new and innovative ideas. With the Industrial Revolution on the rise in the United Kingdom, mass production as well as mass consumption of goods was in high demand. This meant more employment and population growth and…

The book The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a story that takes place in Salem Massachusetts and 1762 about the townspeople there and their paranoia of witches and Witchcraft. John Proctor is one of the main characters in the story. Proctor’s the one who wants to show everyone that witchcraft is not real. Abigail another…

Rosa Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. She is considered to be “the first lady of civil rights” and “the mother of the freedom movement”. She was born in Alabama on February 4, 1913, and died on October 24, 2005, at…

There were many major events that took place during the 20th century. World War II alone had a tremendous impact of the people involved in the war, but even more the people who were lucky enough to survive the horror that was concentration camps to tell their story. The Great Depression, when many and all…