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    1. Alexander Hamilton’s economic program was designed primarily to (A) prepare the United States for war in the event Britain failed to vacate its posts in the Northwest (B) provide a platform for the fledgling Federalist Party’s 1792 campaign (C) establish the financial stability and credit of the new government (D) ensure northern dominance over the southern states in order to abolish slavery (E) win broad political support for his own candidacy for the presidency in 1792 2. The development

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    " Chung Cake"

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    CUONG NGUYEN Writing 3 Description – draft 2 “ Chung Cake “ “Tet” holidays is the biggest festival in lunar year of Vietnamese . On the first day of Tet holidays ‚ Vietnammese families always reunite to have greeting ‚lucky wishes ‚and finally they often have a meal together. There are many traditional dishes of this Tet meal but there is one dish‚ Chung Cake that is especially important. Making Chung cake is the ideal way for us to express gratitude to our ancestors and homeland

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    observed throughout East Asia‚ each country celebrates Tết in its own way with its own national psyche and cultural conditions. The authors clarify that “Tết” is a word of Chinese origin and a phonetic transcriptiont of “Tiết” – a Sino-Vietnamese term‚ which means “the beginning of a meteorological period of the year” (15). In the first part‚ the authors aim at introducing the various definitions of Tết in Việt Nam. “For the Vietnamese people‚ Tết is like a combination of Christmas‚ Western New Year’s

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    At the peak of the Cold War‚ the US faced many social and international issues. Some of the decision that were made in the 1960s‚ still affect Americans today. People were mostly concerned with the idea of the draft and being sent to fight in a war that has lost its purpose. The main reason that America was still fighting in vietnam was the idea of the domino effect where if Vietnam were to fall to communism‚ the rest of Southeast Asia would follow. While president‚ Nixon took an immoral stance where

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    Planet Of The Apes Essay

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    In both versions of ‘Planet of the Apes’‚ I interpreted much of the films to have underlying racial meanings. It is offensive to people of colour mainly because the tagline of this film is “rule the planet” and this helps explain that these films are about racial minorities taking over white supremacy. Whereas the white people must fight to gain back power‚ as if they are the people who must be in power. In the films it is seen as apes‚ though I saw them being the racial minorities or “others”. The

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    Review sheet: Comm Arts 370‚ Fall 2012‚ Exam One Terms Week 1: Introduction rhetoric; rhetor; public address; rhetorical theory; rhetorical criticism Rhetoric- 1)According to Locke‚ Rhetoric was described as a powerful tool of deception‚ we should aspire to scientific language or a “perfect cheat” 2) Quintilian- The Art of speaking well 3) According to Professor‚- Rhetoric is strategic-often persuasive use of communication Rhetor- One who does or performs rhetoric. Uses rhetoric through

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    is the cultural celebration‚ the most important holiday celebrated in Vietnam and indeed by Vietnamese people worldwide is Tet‚ the Vietnamese-Chinese New Year. Tet is commonly described as Christmas‚ Thanksgiving all celebrated at once. Tet is the biggest holiday‚ it happens before December 23rd until January 10th (Chinese calendar). Vietnamese people have a concept that Tet is beginning of something new‚ everything in the house have to be new and clean and try to get rid of any ‘bad fortune’. In

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    Review 1. Reasons Japan Attacked at Pearl Harbor after General Tojo takes over Japan he starts to expand it across the pacific‚ including European colonies‚ so the U.S. puts an oil embargo on Japan. Japan attack because of this and Hawaii = in pacific. 2. Attack at Pearl harbor- created by Yamamoto- 12/7/41. 359 Jap planes‚ only 29 shot down. Pearl Harbor = shallow= special torpedo’s created. Sinks 8 U.S. battleships. U.S.S. Arizona= 1 3. War Production Board/War Labor Board- took over industry

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    VIETNAMESE NEW YEAR FESTIVAL Vietnamese New Year or Tet is a very special festival in Vietnam because it marks the arrival of spring and the beginning of another year. On that day‚ people will gather together to celebrate Tet‚ to worship their ancestors‚ to give wishes to each other‚ to give lucky money to children‚ etc. Before Tet‚ people go to shopping so the market is always crowded. They buy some new clothes‚ shoes‚ food‚ fruits or decorations for their house. The atmosphere is noisy with

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    The Media‚ the War‚ and a World Changed By Sam Connors The Vietnam War is a time of great strife for the many people affected during the 1960’s. Much of what we know about war is what the media tells us. Media during the Vietnam conflict is important aspect of this time period. It had significant influence on American support of the war. The media created a negative image of the Vietnam War‚ and was a factor in the end of the war. New media methods made this possible. During the 60’s‚ the media

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