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    During the 1800’s‚ children were taken away from their families and friends from orders of the federal government. The government was working upon a system that isolated children from their families‚ traditions‚ language and culture. The purpose of residential schools was to take Indigenous children and "to kill the Indian in the child" (Erin Hanson)‚ meaning to rip the Aboriginal identity out from the children.  The government wanted all Indigenous children to be taught a culture that they thought

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    Throughout history detectives and police have performed amazing feats with their abilities and were involved in some historically important cases of their era throughout the 1800’s till now. Historically local tribal groups were composed of kin-based communities or as villages‚ bands‚ and sometimes regions. Local groups were generally politically and economically autonomous‚ and often maintained kinship‚ political‚ economic‚ and ceremonial ties to other local groups and the collective nation. Beck

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    conflict‚ and identify the most important events in the developing contest over the west.  USING SPECIFIC EXAMPLES‚ explain how the environment affected the American expansionism and economic development‚ both positively and negatively. In the early 1800s‚ regions of the United States were developing differently. In the North‚ factories were built and large cities grew. In the South‚ however‚ another way of life took hold. It was based on the work of enslaved African Americans. Industrial growth was

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    How could men rely on women to do so much for them but they could not respect women? Women did not get the respect that they deserved. It was hard for women during the 1800s being that a lot of the major wars were taking place during this time. As men and women it specifically says in the bill of rights “that we are granted with many different freedoms” (First Ten Amendments) but to only get no respect in return. Men have no room to talk being that they get the respect they deserve while women get

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    (Morse Code and the Telegraph). Whenever Samuel Morse received word of this superb contraption he could not wait to invent his own. With the assistance of Leonard Gale and Alfred Vail‚ the team came up with on of the most profitable devices known in the 1800’s: the immaculate

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    In the 1800’s‚ abolition was happening causing the reform movements. The intention of the movement was the immediate emancipation of all slaves. The movements target wanted to end racial discrimination and segregation. The reform was about the Abolitionist movement in the United States of America was an effort to end slavery in a nation that valued personal freedom and believed “all men are created equally”. The reform started to base on increasingly frustrated with the SBW Peace of abolition‚ Garrison

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    Living in Scotland during the 1800s was extremely difficult for many families due to poverty‚ the loss of jobs‚ and the land they lived on was being taken by the government. The Scottish people escaped these problems by moving to the United States. During this time‚ there was a large improvement in the education system in Scotland. “Scotland’s education system is much different from America’s” (Sheeks). Middle-class citizens were now becoming literate. This uprise in literacy caused for a shortage

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    Introduction Mathematics is one of the fundamental tools in analyzing and understanding astronomy. Astronomers use mathematics to do basic conversion‚ calculate brightness‚ density and temperature and improve the understanding of astronomical images. Most ancient astronomers views celestial objects on behalf of gods. They studied celestial objects with the hope of discovering the unknown of the world. In ancient China‚ astronomer is an occupation that works for the imperial family. They

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    Americans Versus Slavery Some families are divided over what to eat for dinner‚ but imagine a nation divided over its different perspectives on life. In the 1800’s‚ when cupcakes were first invented‚ Americans were fighting over bigger things than what flavor cupcake they wanted. In other words‚ the whole American nation divided over one issue‚ slavery. During the Civil War‚ slavery changed many people’s thoughts about others and the government. Ultimately‚ during the nineteenth century‚ slavery

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    America. They were welcomed to United States as a source of cheap labor work for building the railroads of west America‚ cause no one else in America was willing the hard work for a cheap money but many Chinese were willing to do the work in 1800s. Before the 1800 came around United State could hardly handle the controlled the immigration that were coming to America. However‚ the United State ended up passing the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882 to help the new era of immigration control. A lot of the

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