The answer to this question can be quite subjective. Some people will say that the telephone is the most important invention, or the automobile, or the plane, but for me personally, I'd choose antibiotics.
It is a modern-day invention (as opposed to the Middle Ages, for example) which changed our lives for the better. Before penicillin was discovered in the 1920s by Alexander Fleming, people were constantly dying because of most harmless diseases. But after antibiotics were invented, people were given a chance to recover from their illnesses much more easily.
"poll tax" describes a legal means southern whites used to prevent blacks from voting in the post-Reconstruction era but there were other means as well.
Quote:
'The
Negro has many pent-up resentments and latent frustrations. He has to
get them out. So let him march sometime; let him have his prayer
pilgrimages to the city hall; understand why he must have sit-ins and
freedom rides. If his repressed emotions do not come out in these
nonviolent ways, they will come out in ominous expressions of violence.'
Answer: 3200 years ago
So 1200 BC was 3200 years ago !
Explanation:
Civil society refers to "the aggregate of non-governmental organizations and institutions that manifests interests and will of citizens." Civil society also defines another part of society, which is seen as less prevalent, such as the family, because they are nonaligned to the government. However, civil society can relate to the freedom of speech or other elements that make up a democratic society.
