homes and families. It was thee most destructive river flood in the history of the United States of America. There were 27 thousand square miles overwhelmed by at least 30 feet of water and affected 63 hundred thousand people affected. Ninety-four percent of the affected people lived in Arkansas‚ Mississippi‚ Louisiana‚ and almost all of the Mississippi Delta. Over 2 hundred-thousand African Americans along the Mississippi River had been forced to move to relief camps. This was a cause that hardly impacted
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When Worlds Collide Imagine yourself sitting in your kitchen eating leftovers from yesterday and then a random stranger enters in without warning. It was just a normal day‚ and little did you know that is was soon to be one of your last. This is the same idea of the Indians encounter with European colonists between 1492-1590. They had been living in what is called the New World for decades before their first confrontation with European travelers. These men came over to the New World in search for
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In Worlds of History: A Comparative Reader‚ Volume Two‚ Reilly poses a question about some differences between China and Europe in the fifteenth century‚ “What accounts for the different fortunes of China and Europe in the fifteenth century? Were the decline of China and the rise of Europe inevitable? Probably no objective observer of the time would have thought so. In what ways were the expansions of China and Europe similar? In what ways were they different?” What happened from 1400 all the way
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external or internal conflicts. With the formation of governments‚ a hierarchy formed between the common people and government workers. As Lock and Hobbes put it‚ a “social contract” was established between the two. By Locke and Hobbes’ standards‚ a social contract is the agreement between individuals and governments‚ in which both agree to make compromises to avoid the consequences of living in the state of nature‚ or life without the influence of government regulations. Although both philosophers believed
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Saxony‚ in the Holy Roman‚ Martin Luther posted his ninety-five theses condemning the Catholic Church for their “unholy” practices. This public affair acted as the catalyst for the Protestant Reformation. In England‚ a state overseen by the Catholic Church‚ Henry VII took note of the increasing popular uprising throughout Europe caused by the Reformation. Seeking annulment of his marriage so he could remarry Henry VIII was refused such an annulment by the church. Unforgivingly upset with the church’s ruling
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The Industrial Revolution had a huge lasting effect on our world. We’ve benefited from it in several ways. The Industrial revolution has made the way we live today much easier. The Industrial revolution began in Britain during the late 1700’s. By the1800s it had spread to other parts in Europe and to North America.Due to this we now have fuel efficient cars‚ cell phones‚ trains‚ and many other things we don’t realize. The Industrial revolution has also affected the way we live and act. We may not
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federal government to help provide services to the poor‚ elderly and disabled.. Social welfare services began back in 1601 when the Elizabethan Poor Laws was established in England. It was the first time the government established laws that put the responsibility on the government instead of charities to assist the poor. When the Pilgrims came to America‚ hey also used the same policies to help the poor and elderly. This practice continued throughout history and by 1926‚ forty states had established
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lives just like us. However‚ unlike us‚ they all had many powers and virtues. Some granted life‚ in many forms. Some were in charge of resources like water‚ light‚ wind‚ earth‚ and fire. Some were even in charge of death. And there were also many other powers that fell into categories between those. But‚ there were two very well known deities‚ Astrapi and Keme.
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Abstract Thoughts The mentality behind the Cubist painter was to reject the work of artists who made what society wanted to view as art. Instead of painting for the basics of conventional art‚ Cubist painters used shapes and formed movement from placing objects in different angles to create a completely new artistic perspective. Gertrude Stein‚ a modernist writer of the 20th century‚ rejected the expectations of a society that required writing to represent the speech of language. Just as the cubist
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clergy asked for gifts and money in exchange for the remission of one’s sins and to lessen one’s suffering in purgatory or even the chance of eternal life. The citing of these grievances is believed to have begun the Protestant Reformation‚ with the intention of recreating the Catholic Church. However‚ Luther was a very controversial figure of the Reformation as he would often contradict himself in various speeches and written works and allow himself to appear as a hypocrite regarding his own beliefs.
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