As the United States entered the 20th century‚ new historical works began to surface over the complex period known as the Reconstruction era that followed the Civil War. The period which has been subject of such varied and conflicting interpretations was headed by the works of William Dunning. The Dunning School‚ while certainly influenced by the racism of its day‚ believed Reconstruction failed due to the black community being unprepared and unfit to properly express the political rights that were
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Susan B. Anthony Susan Brownell Anthony was the pioneer and key spokesperson for the 19th century women’s suffrage movement. She was and activist‚ reformer‚ teacher‚ and lecturer. Anthony was born in South Adams‚ Massachusetts‚ 15 Feb.‚ 1820. The second of eight children‚ Susan learned to read and write at age three. In 1826‚ when she was six years old‚ the family moved to Battenville‚ New York. Susan attended a local district school‚ where a teacher refused to teach her
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BOOKREPORT "An Inspector Calls" by J.B. Priestley Short plot summary: The play deals with an inspector‚ named Goole‚ who arrives by the Birling family‚ who is celebrating Sheila’s engagement to Gerald Croft. He tells about Eva Smith’s suicide. After lots of questions it turns out that they are all more or less responsible for this tragically death and after the inspector left they find out that he wasn’t a real inspector and that no girl died. The play opens with the engagement celebration
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3. Do additional research on B Corps. What are the advantages and disadvantages of B Corps? Name some other successful B Corps. In your estimation‚ are B Corps a better model for socially responsible firms? Why or why not? B-Corp certification‚ a new business classification that scores companies on a 200-point scale‚ is done on a state-by-state basis and allows companies to demonstrate higher standards of corporate purpose‚ accountability and transparency [3]. It also permits businesses to make
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Lester B. Pearson Born 23 of April 1897 died 27 of December 1972. Lester B Pearson was one of the greatest Canadians ever. During his life‚ he was a professor‚ historian‚ civil servant‚ and a politician‚ he was also very talented at sports‚ and making friends. He was born to Annie Sarah‚ and Edwin Arthur Pearson‚ who was a church minister. At the age of 16 he graduated from Hamilton Collegiate Institute‚ and in the same year studied at Victoria College‚ at the University of Toronto
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c N03/201/H(1)Q IB DIPLOMA PROGRAMME PROGRAMME DU DIPLÔME DU BI PROGRAMA DEL DIPLOMA DEL BI ENGLISH B – HIGHER LEVEL – PAPER 1 ANGLAIS B – NIVEAU SUPÉRIEUR – ÉPREUVE 1 INGLÉS B – NIVEL SUPERIOR – PRUEBA 1 Candidate number/Numéro du candidat Número del alumno Thursday 13 November 2003 (morning) Jeudi 13 novembre 2003 (matin) Jueves 13 de noviembre de 2003 (mañana) 1 h 30 m QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOKLET – INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your candidate number in the box above. Do not open this
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Outline of Type A and Type B personality Type A ‚ Type B personality The history of this theory The Type A and Type B personality theory (also known as the "Jacob Goldsmith theory") is a theory which describes two common‚ contrasting personality types—the high-strung Type A and the easy-going Type B. Type A personality behavior was first described as a potential risk factor for heart disease in the 1950s by cardiologists Meyer Friedman and Mike Jordan. After a ten-year study of healthy men
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Ida B. Wells: Courageous Success Introduction The Harlem Renaissance was a time period that began after World War I and lasted until the middle of the 1930’s depression‚ this era refers to a time of written and artistic creativity among African Americans. During this movement creativity was brought‚ but unfortunately so was discrimination and crimes that often occurred. A woman named Ida B. Wells was commonly referred to as the fearless crusader‚ suffragist‚ women’s right advocate‚ journalist
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A theme shown in both “Susan B. Anthony Dares to Vote!” and “Don’t Give up the Fight” is perseverance. They both have perseverance because in “Don’t Give up the Fight”‚ although Ava is being bullied by the boys on the track team‚ she doesn’t give up the track team and continues to try her best. In “Susan B. Anthony Dares to Vote!” Susan B. Anthony shows perseverance because she keeps on fighting for women’s rights and‚ although she doesn’t see women’s rights because of her death in 1906‚ her goal
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The twentieth century was a transitional moment in history for African Americans and literary scholars and activists like W.E.B. Du Bois made sure of this. He succeeded in protesting and making aware the importance of an education. The treatment of slaves prior to the twentieth century ultimately shaped that era and what was to come of it. Despite the freedom that blacks were exposed to following the Emancipation proclamation‚ Du Bois felt that new the ideal and a new form of power came through education
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