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    The american dream is the ideal of people making goals and dreams that they want to accomplish in their life. Some people accomplish the dreams and goals they make for themselves.The american dream has changed throughout history.In the 1840’s there were many feminist fighting for womens rights. Some feminist are Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ Susan B. Anthony‚ and Hillary Clinton. All three of these feminist have accomplished their american dream. Stanton and Anthony fought for gender equality. Hillary

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    Rainey 1 Ashley Rainey History 101 Deanna Beachley September 08‚ 2013 Slave Resistance The importance of early American slavery has been recognized for long periods of time‚ whereas‚ historians have only recently turned their attention to the lives of slaves‚ themselves. The most important outcome of this research is the understanding of the African-American response to enslavement. In the essay written by Peter Woods‚ called‚ “The Stranger on Slave Recreation” and “Patterns of Slave Resistance

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    CT236 Principles for implementing duty of care in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings. 1.1 A duty of care in my own role is a legal obligation on me requiring me to adhere to a reasonable standard of care while performing acts of care. 1.2 I have a legal and professional duty of care. If I was to neglect someone and this caused them harm then a court of law could find me negligent and stop me working in care or impose sanctions on me and this is how duty of care contributes

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    American history is made up of countless events that are important‚ and these events have led America to where it is today. More specifically‚ Black History Month is celebrated in February annually. February is the month in which the achievements of important African Americans are acknowledged. On December 8‚ two of the most famous African Americans in the 1900s‚ entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. and comedian Flip Wilson‚ were born. Sammy Davis Jr. was born December 8‚ 1925 in New York‚ New York. Davis

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    The American dream as defined in 1940’s is “That dream of land in which life should be better richer and fuller with the opportunity for each ability or achievement (Ameado 1).” This relates to Willy Loman in the pursuit of happiness by the amount of stress it takes to run a household and keep all the bills paid. What makes it harder is with the new generation and all the modern technology which results in more stress to Willy. This is because he is part of the older generation and really does not

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    History of American Football American football is a very popular game in the US‚ also known as football in Canada. Football has some definite origins linked to Rugby football that was played during the 18th century in England. Football has a cousin in the name of soccer which also draws its origins from the game of rugby. However‚ soccer is the more stringent form of game‚ not allowing carrying of ball using hands and some other rules allowed in football like forward pass. Football is different

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    The Roman and Han Empires both had their differences and similarities. However their similarities out-weighed their differences by a large amount. Their governments‚ economies‚ traditions‚ even their ways of agriculture made them very similar but at the same time very different. A couple of things that made them similar are The Han and the Roman Empires was two of the most powerful empires to rule their respective parts of the world‚ however they both declined and failed. Another thing was that agriculture

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    History of American Education Ryan Craig AED/201 October 28‚2010 3 Major Periods 1: The Colonial Period (1607-1775) 1642- Massachusetts Bay Colony Law requires proper teaching of children. 2: The Early National Period 1819 Emma Hart Willard helps New York State opens education for women 3: The Common school movement (1820-1865) 1852 Children must attend school in Massachusetts 2 Major Eras 1: The Progressive Era 1900 Pencil and paper replaces slates 2: The Modern Era

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    Political scientist Samuel P. Huntington described a revolution s “a rapid‚ fundamental‚ and violent domestic change in the dominant values and myths of a society‚ in its political institutions‚ social structure‚ leadership‚ and government activities and policies” (p.186). This definition from Huntington goes hand in hand with what I read in powerpoint 13B. it didn’t take me long to find out something new about revolutions. I didn’t know that people use the word revolution as a metaphor for important cultural

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    Jasmine Johnston 5th period The History of American Football Even though football is an American game its origins came from villages and schools in Europe for many centuries before America was even settled by Europeans. They played in the streets and oddly used a lemon as their ball. Soon many universities started creating their own teams and competing against each other. It took awhile‚ however‚ because it was a very rough and violent game so many colleges banned the game. Walter

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