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    Looking onto Haiti as a perpetual example of what might happen to the white populations‚ Cuban nationalist leaders formulated one of the most powerful ideas in Cuban history‚ the concept of a raceless nationality. However‚ creole elites with the power to shape the state and its societies‚ predetermined that the desired nationality of Cuba would be "the only one that any sensible man would consider himself with - (was)

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    American History 1950's

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    Affluent Society or “golden age”. American idea of freedom was economic abundance. This was a time of prosperity for the middle class (60% of Americans). Between 1946-1960‚ American gross national product more than doubled. The Cold War fueled industrial production. This lead to an increase in wages and more jobs. II) American Standard of living increased. Former luxuries became standard. Home ownership‚ cars‚ TVs‚ refrigerators. Owning a car was the American idea of freedom. Automobiles

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    Barbie- An American Icon Icons like Barbie recognized for their popularity and effects on society. Barbie is a subject of obsession all over the world. Collectors‚ consumers and even some designers become enthralled in the Barbie world. Designers create special designs to fit a specific trend of the high fashion runways. Collectors all over the world collect and spend amazing amounts of money to have the original Barbie in their collection. The consumers have made Barbie a true icon in American culture

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    "A Kind of Revolution" is an article written by Howard Zinn. I found the article from "A People’s History of the United States". Howard Zinn claims to show a series of controversial facts about the Constitution and how it ultimately contributed to the failure of the union because of the issues that were not resolved‚ and therefore caused controversy in the years leading up to the Civil War. Howard Zinn states that the Constitution only addresses how slaves were to be counted in terms of population

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    Nationalism 1. In the wake of neocolonialism‚ Latin Americans remade the nativist rhetoric of the past to push a new nationalist cultural and economic agenda. I. Nationalism 1. Latin American nations had been defined by their internal diversity 1. Transculturation 2. Racial mixing 2. Europeans had associated Latin American difference with a negative meaning 3. Nativism challenged this attitude 4. Nativism faded after independence

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    The Mughal Empire Vinay Lal The great grandson of Tamerlane‚ Babar‚ who on his mother’s side was descended from the famous Genghiz Khan‚ came to India in 1526 at the request of an Indian governor who sought Babar’s help in his fight against Ibrahim Lodi‚ the last head of the Delhi Sultanate. Babar defeated Lodi at Panipat‚ not far from Delhi‚ and so came to establish the Mughal Empire in India. Babar ruled until 1530‚ and was succeeded by his son Humayun‚ who gave the empire its first distinctive

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    with the labor required. Lastly‚ the English looked at Africans as different and inferior so English laws did not apply to them. This racial superiority led to the bondage of 10 to 12 million Africans and the largest migration of people in world history. The reading by Olaudah Equiano‚ an African slave who retold his horrific experience with the middle passage and life as a slave‚ really touches on just how bad these

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    Soon after gunpowder’s total potential was discover. The Chinese then invented the cannon. Three major empires saw the power of these cannon and began to create and experiment with this new technology. As known technology advanced so did cannon building and other small arms. This allowed the empires that invested in this technology to strengthen and spread out and conquer more lands. As these empires expanded they began to intrude on European cities. Naturally Europeans didn’t appreciate the intrusion

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    Persons of Mean and Vile Condition The chapter starts out by describing Bacon’s Rebellion‚ using it as an example of unrest between social classes in the late 1600’s. While the rebellion isn’t described in great detail‚ it describes how slaves and servants joined together behind Bacon to fight what they considered a common enemy‚ the white upper class. After Bacon’s death‚ the rebellion didn’t last long‚ and a man named Thomas Grantham used “force and deception to disarm the last rebel forces”

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    Incan Empire During a thriving time of expanding civilizations‚ the Inca Empire was new and developing with a unique way to carry a kingdom. The Incans were forced to face diversity in order to be a successful community. Despite a simple way of living their lives‚ the Incans faced a fall in the Empire. With a combination of; a lack of advanced technology‚ a poor military with an unexpected ransom‚ and awful health systems; leading to the downfall of the civilization. The Inca Empire was

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