The Mexican war was mainly a war that President Polk wanted in effort to obtain more land for the United States. The people who wanted the war were mostly Democrats and Southerners. Southerners supported the war because they were in hope that more land would be acquired meaning more states would be admitted into the union as slave states. For this same reason the Whig Party opposed the war because they were abolitionists. Abolitionists opposed slavery so with the addition of new slave states‚
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on Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)‚ a film that served as a testing ground for the aptly named Troblemaker Studios. His next project‚ the dark comicbook adaptation Sin City (2005)‚ was Rodriguez’s most ambitious film to date. Shot digitally and made free from Hollywood interference‚ Sin City created an almost entirely computer-designed‚ special-effects world that allowed shooting on a shoestring budget around the busy schedule of the famous cast. Rodriguez also famously dropped out of the Directors
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1. Janie is walking back into her old town and talks to Pheoby about Tea Cake 2. Who is Tea Cake? 3. Does the pollen represent *cough cough* something else? 4. Why does Nanny freak out about the kiss? It’s just a kiss. 5. Poor Janie‚ having to get married to Logan Killicks. I wouldn’t do it even if my life depended on it. 6. Janie compares her life with nature 7. She marries Logan in hope of love after the marriage 8. She falls for men real easily. That’s going to come back to her negatively
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“President Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino” María Corazón "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco Aquino (January 25‚ 1933 – August 1‚ 2009) was a Philippine politician who served as the 11th President of the Philippines‚ the first woman to hold that office‚ and the first female president in Asia‚ though not the first female Asian head of state. Aquino was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People Power Revolution‚ which toppled the 20-yearauthoritarian rule of President Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy to
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Everyone have dreams andand every dream is unlike with each others. Some of them want to be a teacher‚ and slightly of them want to be an astronaut‚ but for me‚ I have in interesting and marvelous dream. My dream is to become a millionaire. If I were a millionaire‚ would life have to change for me? Would I overhaul it every(prenominal) on myself and my family.But‚ how would I do that‚ I already have all that I want for a palmy and happy living‚ how and what would I add? Could then I be in a position
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What were the challenges of living in Palestine in Jesus’ time? Most of the people in the Bible lived in or around a land that was called Palestine in Jesus’ time‚ and which is now part of the modern state of Israel. Rome was a city-state then (Rome is now the capital of Italy)‚ ruling large tracts of land around the Mediterranean Sea‚ including Palestine. Situated between Egypt‚ Syria and Arabia‚ and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity‚ the region has a long‚ violent and noisy history as
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is often viewed as the most important aspect in a novel. Explain how Christie’s choice of setting is appropriate for her story. Go beyond the obvious! And Then There Were None Paragraph - Jada Kleinholz As stated in the topic prompt‚ the setting is a huge component in a novel. In Agatha Christie’s novel‚ And Then There Were None‚ the story is set on a small island with a large mansion; this island being the main setting affects the story in three main ways. The setting first influences the
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In the end‚ all the characters in And Then There Were None deserved their deaths because they were wicked of monstrous crimes. Justice Wargrave has committed himself into punishing those who have escaped punishment by law‚ and he wants to do it in a way that is unique so that others criminals to even consider committing crimes and get a with their wickedness‚ knowing that there is always somebody that may appear and punish them. While the overall general public manages to feel that what Judge Wargrave
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Near Sunnyvale‚ CA‚ US (April 15 at 9:25pm) from a mobile device 23 year old passed away. Not because of the Gang Rape‚ not because of the multiple organ failure‚ not because of medical failure‚ but because of the failure of the legal system‚ the mindset‚ the cultural ethos of the country. The mindset of the masses failed to give her the protection she deserved. This disgusting mentality of Patriarchy‚ this filthy notion that a woman is but a tool in the hands of men‚ is but a piece of entertainment
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Pascual Orozco‚ Pancho Villa‚ and Emiliano Zapata were the major leaders of the revolt. One cause of the revolution was that Diaz wasn’t following his countries rules‚ and the people didn’t think it was fair or right for him to do that. Madero started an uprising‚ and they met to restore the constitution of 1857. One thing that changed as a result was that Diaz stepped down‚ or out of power. Some positive effects of the Mexican Revolution was that people were finally getting what they wanted. The exact
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