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    The Rise of Industry In America By the 1900’s the United States had emerged as the leading industrial power in the world‚ with a manufacturing output that exceeded Great Britain‚ France‚ and Germany. There were many factors that helped to accomplish the rise of America. Those factors include natural resources‚ immigration‚ new inventions etc. On May 1862‚ the Homestead Act let any American‚ including freed slaves‚ to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of land. In exchange‚ homesteaders paid

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    must ask‚ however‚ is: “was America ever great?” To answer this question we must determine what greatness means. According to Merriam-Webster‚ the definition of greatness is “remarkable in degree‚ magnitude‚ or effectiveness.” If we can say that America was great at its founding in 1789‚ and we can also say that it was great in 1950‚ then how must we change our definition of greatness in order to account for the difference between the country at these two times? America was great at both of these

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    America During The 1800's

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    During the 1800’sAmerica had multiple relationships with other countries during that century. For instance‚ they had many problems with Spain‚ which led them to have to create the Pinckney’s Treaty. The reason that the were forced to due so was that originally‚ Spain was cutting off the US right to use the Mississippi river and deposit crops in New Orleans. The US was forced to take action‚ which ultimately enabled them to getting access to the Mississippi river and the port to New Orleans was

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    The War That Made America: The French and Indian war went on from 1756 to 1763. It was also known as the Seven Years’ War‚ it lasted seven years. It greatly involved the Native Americans and affected the relationship that they had with the French. The British and the French were fighting to see who would take over the colonies in North America. The British won. After the British won the French and Indian war‚ they began taking over the colonies and started to take some rights away from the Americans

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    Mlomeister has given me a link to this site. One day I am not going to get so angry at these types of things. It’s a fact of life and an age-old issue‚ one that is almost pointless to fight and refute because it is an incredibly emotional topic and requires a lot time and effort to understand. Not only that‚ but there are hundreds and hundreds of sites like this‚ each one gathering information from each other so they’ve created their own religion against religion. Not too many people will delve

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    Alexandria Cooker Professor James November 9‚ 2012 Essay 4 Michael Huemer: “America’s Unjust Drug War” In the essay “America’s Unjust Drug War” by Michael Huemer‚ Huemer discusses the facts and opinions around the subject on whether or not the recreational use of drugs should be banned by law. Huemer believes that the American government should not prohibit the use of drugs. He brings up the point on drugs and how they harm the users and the people in the user’s life; he proves that the prohibition

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    Research Paper: Vietnam War Thuan Duong HUM410 Professor: Thomas Wilson May 12‚ 2012 The Vietnam War greatly changed America forever. It was the longest war fought in America’s history‚ lasting from 1955 to 1973. The Vietnam War tarnished America’s self- image by becoming the first time in history the United States failed to accomplish its stated war aims‚ to preserve a separate‚ independent‚ noncommunist government. The war also had great effects on the American people

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    The Dustbowl of America in the 1930’s The Dust Bowl of North America was a disaster in the early 1930’s when huge parts of the Midwestern and Western farmlands of America became wastelands. This happened due to a series of dry years‚ which agreed‚ with the extension of agriculture in unsuitable lands. Droughts and dust storms caused by poor labor practice troubled farms and ranches of the Great Plains; causing a great migration of its people to other‚ more fertile‚ lands. The problem had become

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    The majority of the historical events that took place in the 1920’s‚ greatly influenced the way women dressed‚ as the automobile industry grew‚ so did female’s interest in cars. As they became drivers‚ women’s clothes were adjusted accordingly to their more liberated lifestyle‚ with sporty clothes becoming one of the leading fashion trends. Designers influenced by the revolutions in the film and music industry‚ began creating clothes similar to those seen on the big screen. Among them‚ there were

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    In my first viewing of this heart-pounding war thriller--which much to my suprise--had me on the edge of my seat for most of the movie. This international star-studded film‚ is packed with a great range of emotion from feeling excited to feeling inspired to feeling sad. The Longest Day truly brings out these inner emotions by having mind-blowing battle scenes and spine-tingling amounts of men who lost their lives on this faithful day. In this epic re-enactment of the day of‚ and leading up to

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