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- 1221: Eugenics
- ... new ideas was the concept of “eugenics,” or genetically improving the overall quality of the human race. It started out seeming like a practical way to eradicate certain genetic deficiencies, but became a full blown revolution in the attitude of many towards those with even slight deficiencies. The impact of the eugenics movement started small, but within a few years it had spread worldwide and defined many of the political ideas ... marriage, all eugenicists across America were in agreement. They believed in the “righteous idea”16 of wiping out social defect through the marriage restrictions. This was also applied in sterilization laws. As for segregation, the American Eugenics Society published pro-segregation pamphlets explaining how it would be beneficial, as opposed to simply sterilization.17 As for immigration issues, in 1924, eugenicists successfully lobbied for an Immigration Restriction Act that was based ... enough when they were proposed. The idea was that everything, from poverty to intelligence, was determined by a molecule found in every single cell of the body called DNA. This idea sparked a virtual cultural revolution that lasted nearly 50 years. Bibliography Cavalli-Sforza, L.L. and W.F. Bodner. The Genetics of Human Populations. San Fransisco, CA: W.H. Freeman & Co., 1971. Hutton, Richard. Bio-Revolution: DNA and the ...
- 1222: Breast Implants
- ... on appearance. This preference apparently knows no boundaries. In the 1940's, "Japanese prostitutes had their breasts injected with substances such as paraffin, sponges and non-medical grade silicone to enlarge their breasts, believing that American servicemen favor women with large breasts" (Frontline 1) this is the case today as-well. During the 1960's breast implants made a boom as women discover that there rolls in the job market can be increased by the way they look. With the help of the sexual revolution women also found it pleasing to create a better them through breast enlargement. Not only was there a desire for women to seek this type of elective surgery, but prosthetic medical use for breast implants ... the 1930s, when some systematic data collection began. The increase in diagnoses, already a cause for concern, accelerated in the 1980s, growing by a rate of four percent a year. This year, according to the American Cancer Society, some 184,300 women will discover that they have the disease; another 44,300 will die of it. Of the women in whom cancer is diagnosed, 9,200 will not yet be ...
- 1223: Education History
- ... and individualism quickened in the Western world, education in the colonies was called upon to satisfy the practical needs of seamen, merchants, artisans, and frontiersmen. The effect of these new developments on the curriculum in American schools was more immediate and widespread than its effect in European schools. Practical content was soon in competition with religious concerns. Vocational education was more significant in the Middle colonies than elsewhere in colonial America ... their members involved in the church and children learned about religion through Sunday school and by being active in church social gatherings. By the mid-19th century the diversification in the curriculum characterized virtually all American secondary education. America came into its own, educationally, with the movement toward state-supported, secular free schools for all children, which began with the common (elementary) school. Religious denominational or parochial schools remained common in ... accepted, people began to urge that higher education, too be tax supported(Gutmann 201). By the end of the century, such secondary schools had begun to outnumber the private academies. The original purpose of the American high school was to allow children to extend and enrich their common school education (Diane 56). Schools now needed to ready the students for college—an even higher form of education instead of preparing ...
- 1224: Russia
- ... Western-style stores in major cities, most goods distribution particularly outside of Moscow and St. Petersburg takes place through less formal channels. Penetrating these channels is often the key to success or failure for an American operation in Russian Market. Each U.S. company must find its own path to the Russian consumer. Western companies that have succeeded have done so through a combination of improvisation and innovation, combined with a ... the hardest part of doing business in Russia is bridging the substantial cultural gulf between Russians and Americans. The best overall piece of advice is simply to recognize that Russians business customs often differ from American customs. Russians may act or think differently, and visitors cannot expect them to adapt to or even understand American business customs. For example: · A Russian’s sense of time may differ markedly from a American’s. · Many Russians want to keep their wealth and their business dealings secret. · Russian decision-making is still ...
- 1225: The United States
- The United States The United States of America is located in the middle of the North American continent. The 48 states of the conterminous United States stretch from the Atlantic Ocean in the east, where the country has a 6,000-km-long (3,700-mi) coastline--including the Gulf of Mexico ... cooperation, as well as renewed U.S. interest in a domestic agenda. But the nation, albeit reluctantly, has since been involved in multinational efforts. The United States came into existence as a result of the American Revolution (1775-83), during which the original thirteen states declared and won their independence from Great Britain. During the 19th century, while the European powers built worldwide empires, the young United States focused on expansion ...
- 1226: Eleanor Roosevelt
- ... lot of responsibility. For someone who spent the first third of her life as shy and timid, she showed great courage once she was thrust into the presidential "spotlight". Most Americans considered her a true "American Hero". "Ladies and gentlemen, members of the press, I now announce the presence of our first lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt", is something similar to what you would hear when being addressed at ... the country, visiting coalmines and impoverished Appalachian farms. During World War II she continued to do inspections for her husband and made goodwill tours to England, the South Pacific and the Caribbean. She also visited American troops abroad to boost their morale. She also visited military camps inside the United States and reported her findings to the President. She was a critic of racial discrimination and even resigned from the Daughters of the American Revolution because of their racial policies. She pushed for better job opportunities for blacks. She was criticized harshly for her views, although she tempered herself for the sake of her husband’s re-election. ...
- 1227: Information Management
- ... promoted, a coding standard known as Extended Binary-Coded-Decimal Interchange Code or EBCDIC for short. This coding scheme defined 8-bit characters, allowing up to 256 characters to be used. Another standard called the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) was adopted in 1963 and ultimately won the standards battle. Third stage (1964-1971) Scientists later managed to fit even more components on a single chip called a semiconductor ... networked terminals across the office or across the world. 2. A crucial role for IT in our business: Emerging digital age 2.1 Technology dominate our work and life In the 19th century, the industrial revolution ushered in technological changes that reshaped industry, commerce and trade. Now, on the eve of 21st century , a digital revolution-built around the ones and zeros of binary computer language- is poised to have an equally dramatic impact. Indeed, it is easy to forget that it is only 50 years since the first commercial ...
- 1228: Beatlemania In The 1960s
- ... Performance. Here is part of what was said at LaGuardia airport on February 7, 1964: "Will you sing for us?" someone asked. "We need money first," John Lenin shot back. "What's your message for American teenagers?" "Our message is...buy some more Beatle records," returned Paul McCartney. "What about the movement in Detroit to stamp out the Beatles?" "We're starting a movement to stamp out Detroit." "Do you hope ... had to seek an outlet and rhythm is one of these outlets...then along came the Beatles with their fresh beat and fresh innocence." The psychiatrist then came to the crux of the problem: "A revolution is taking place," he said. "It amounts to freedom with a sense of responsibility and honesty. The fans recognize the honesty that shines from the Beatles." "While other pop stars have thought in artificial terms ... Lewis wrote. "The Beatles are part of a strong-flowing reaction against the soft, middle class south of England, which has controlled popular culture for so long." Beatlemania has touched all corners of English and American life and all types of people. Obviously , it had an enormous effect on America. The proof can be shown in the millions upon millions of records they have sold in the last 32 years ...
- 1229: Transcendentalism 3
- ... each believes himself inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men" As Ralph Waldo Emerson concluded his lecture at Harvard in 1837, he issued this challenge to all men, arguing for a new American culture, freed from European bondage and for the rebirth of an intellectual and artistic life that the society had previously lost. This renaissance was what would become known as modern transcendentalism: a complex, multi-faceted ... Decades before, America had won its political independence, and unlike any European style, transcendentalism was a way to achieve literary independence. Writers, poets, and musicians alike wanted to develop a style that all could call American. Spawned from the writings of the era, the other aspect of this theory is that it existed as a form of religion and spirituality. Social reform later grew from these beliefs, such as anti-slavery ... accidental,-- came to him by inheritance, or, gift, or crime; then he feels it is not worth having; it does not belong to him, has no roots in him, and merely lies there, because no revolution or no robber takes it away. (Self-Reliance 45) According to Emerson, a truly self-sufficient person can accomplish anything in life without the help of others. Emerson was also a believer in non- ...
- 1230: European Enlightenment
- ... happiness. Three critically important factors to this movement were: a revulsion against monarchical power and clerical absolutism; a new freedom of publishing and rise of a new public and secular culture; impact of the scientific revolution, particularly with Isaac Newton's book, Principia (1867). When Principia was published, censorship or imprisonment for ideas disliked by the church was still common. By 1750, extreme measures were rare anywhere north of the Alps or in the American colonies. Scholars in Italy began to study the works of the ancient Greeks and Romans, and the ideals of education, art and intellect again appeared in society. Innovation began to permeate Europe, as humans discovered ... better ways to print books, tighten communications over distance, and cure diseases more reliably. Mankind started trying to deduce the laws of the universe. England's neighbor, France, erupted into the disorder of the French Revolution, killing their own king and harshly swinging from an absolute dictatorship to a radical republic. Representative of the Enlightenment are such thinkers as Voltaire, J.J. Rosseau, Montesquieu, Adam Smith, Swift, Hume, Kant, G. ...
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