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ASII: Living in 1980
That decade could have gone better, but it wasn’t all bad. The decade started of with the Vietnam protests ever more vocal and present in our cites and towns. People were absolutely sick of the war and wanted it to be over with. In 1973 they got their wish, as all us troops would be…
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ASII: The 1950s and 60s: A Retrospective
Talk about fundamental shifts. The 1950 and 60s saw America through decades of changes to American society, both in how people thought of themselves and others, and of the actions of the government. The late 40s and 1950s saw a generation of Americans who were able to grow up in the post war economic boom.…
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ASII: Living in the 1950s
Its post World War II America, and things are looking a great deal better than around 20 years ago. The economic hardships of the Great Depression are long gone for most in the nation, and due to the gargantuan World War, and the relative safety the US mainland enjoyed during the conflict, many people across…
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ASII: The 1920s and 30s: A retrospective
These two decades were like opposite sides of a coin. The 20’s were a time of celebration, laze faire economics, prohibition, and hands-off government. The 30’s were a time of tension, regulation, anti-prohibition, and government programs. But as history shows, there are connections between events, and these two decades brought a lot of changes together…
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ASII: Living in 1930
Twenty years have passed since 1910, and the world finds itself in a very different place. Many of the great empires of Europe collapsed after a devastating World War, something that many hope will never happen again. Electricity is now prevalent across the nation and not just in the big cites, and with it came…
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ASII: The 1900s & 10s: In Retrospect
The first two decades of the 1900s had an enormous impact on how the 20th century would play out for the United States. The 1900s saw the creation of not only Henry Ford’s namesake auto manufacturing company, but of the first powered flight of a heavier-than-air vehicle by the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, North…
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ASII: Living in 1910
Its the year 1910; the Industrial Revolution is in full swing, the empires of Europe are at their height, and the twentieth century is shaping up to be very eventful. In the cities of the United States you’ll find everyday people, from the young to the old out working to support themselves or their families,…
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Khan & the Conquerors
Genghis Khan and others like him are frequently talked about in world history. While he improved the lives of his people, often incorporating others outside his domain into his empire by their merit, he was also brutally efficient in dispatching those he saw as a threat, not to mention ruthless to those who showed resistance.…
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The Maya
Let us get this out of the way first: the Mayan and Aztec Pyramids were not built by aliens, nor were they given the knowledge of astronomy by them. The Maya learned these things themselves, separate from so-called “advanced” civilizations. But, that doesn’t stop ignorant or deliberately racist people from trying to promote that idea…
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Africa: History Lost to Time
When studying the cultures of the world, historians have generally focused on the written sources they left behind or still possess. These artifacts, if they are able to be read, allow them to piece together a deeper history of that culture. What sets Africa, and in particular Sub-Saharan Africa, apart is that traditional practices led…
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