(Lecture Notes: Chapter 1) 1 [CHAPTER 1] Sociology: Theory and Method WHAT IS SOCIOLOGY? • Sociology is the scientific study of human social life‚ groups‚ and societies. • Sociology shows us that aspects of life we consider natural or take for granted are influenced by social and historical forces. • Sociology is a discipline that insists on studying people within their social context. Your textbook begins by defining sociology and then by asking you to consider an unlikely topic—autism—sociologically
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increasing economic opportunities helped stimulate the immigration boom‚ as did deteriorating economic conditions in some areas of Europe • By 1810 New York City was the largest city in the USA which was a result of the Erie Canal (completed in 1825) 2. Immigration and Urban Growth‚ 1840-1860 • New York pop = 805‚000 • Philly= 565‚000 • Boston= 177‚000 • By 1860‚ 26% of the population of the free states was living in towns or cities • St. Louis‚ Pittsburgh‚ Cincinnati‚ and Louisville benefited
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Elections= 1920: the Republican candidate‚ Warren Harding‚ obscure senator‚ defeated the Democratic candidate‚ Ohio Governor James Cox‚ the Socialist Party candidate‚ Eugene Debs. Republicans opposed U.S. admission to the League of Nations. Republicans received 61% of the pop vote. Calvin Coolidge completed President Harding’s term and was then elected for a second term. Boston police strike gained him popularity. 1924: Calvin Coolidge‚ Republican‚ and a Wall Street lawyer‚ John Davis‚ a Democrat
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Question – Chapter 2: Research Problem 2 When Oprah gave away Pontiac G6 sedans to her TV audience‚ was the value of the cars taxable? On Labor Day weekend in 2006‚ World Furniture Mall in Plano‚ Illinois‚ gave away $275‚000 of furniture because the Chicago Bears shut out the Green Bay Packers in the team’s football season opener at Lambeau Field in Green Bay (26-0). Was the free furniture in the form of a discount or rebate taxable‚ or should the furniture company have handed the customers a Form
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2. What is an installer? An installer is an application that installs a software or an operating system to a machine. 3. Would you set up a GUI on a server system? Why or why not? I would not set up a GUI on a server system. A GUI is good for a desktop system. Even though a GUI is user friendly‚ I would use a textual interface because it allows the system to dedicate more resources to carrying out the job it is set up to do. Also not running a GUI can improve system security. 5. What is free
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1. Mayflower Compact - 1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America - Set up Plymouth colony. 2. The Pilgrims - Separatists who believed that the Church of England could not be reformed–Plymouth colony 3. The Puritans - Non-separatists – Wanted to purify the Church of England - Massachusetts Bay Colony 4. William Bradford - A Pilgrim‚ the second governor of the Plymouth colony‚ 1621-1657.
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The Shaping of North America 225 million years ago-Pangaea “supercontinent” 10 million years ago- Rocky Mountains exist Appalachians exist Continents are separated 2 million years ago- an Ice Age envelopes the planet and the water level lowers 35 000 years ago- the Bering Land Bridge appears animals cross‚ followed by nomadic Asian hunters 10 000 years ago- the Ice Age ends nomadic people create civilization By1492 AD‚ the population grows to 72 million *only 7-10 million
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a big star exploded and out of that dust the planets were created… it might have been because of rotation but not in mind. The Christian people would agree more on this‚ because they would state that it was created on the mind of God omnipotent. 2) Explain and evaluate the view of Anaximander? - Anaximander was a Milesian. Anaximander was a pupil of Thales‚ who believed that the basic substance out of which everything comes must be more elementary than water; this substance must be ageless
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change in tariff laws since the Dingley Act of 1897.[2] President William Howard Taft called Congress into a special session in 1909 shortly after his inauguration to discuss the issue. Thus‚ the House of Representatives immediately passed a tariff bill sponsored by Payne‚ calling for reduced tariffs. However‚ the United States Senate speedily substituted a bill written by Aldrich‚ calling for fewer reductions and more increases in tariffs.[2] An additional provision of the bill provided for the
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Animal Farm – Chapter Notes Chapter 1 Mr. Jones – Owner of Manor Farm – alcoholic Old Major – Prize Middle White Boar – calls a meeting – animals come because he is highly regarded by the other animals The animals come to meeting in following order: dogs: Bluebell‚ Jessie‚ Pincher‚ pigs‚ hens‚ pigeons‚ sheep and cows‚ two horses – Boxer and Clover‚ Muriel – white goat and Benjamin – old Donkey‚ ducklings Mollie‚ and then the Cat. All except for Moses the Raven Old Major explains he is dying
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