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    changes to the lifestyle of Americans. The Great Depression brought families of the United States a large decline in the economy and jobs‚ creating a severe increase in poverty and homelessness for American families. After the Great Depression when WWII began taking action‚ many new changes began altering families’ viewpoints and attitudes. A new prosperity was forming but leaving families to pay the price. Although WWII did create jobs for citizens‚ jobs weren’t always where citizens lived‚ leaving families

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    on other countries but Germany did not make significant impact on the United States decision to enter World War II. Even though they may have not been the reason why they entered the war‚ they were the U. S’s first target once they did join. On the other hand‚ Japan gave the United stated many reasons to declare war‚ one big reason was because the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. This events in WWII were catastrophic and the main reason that the United States entered WWII but it is not the

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    Legalizing marijuana in the United States has become an extremely controversial topic despite the positive effects it could cause throughout this country. In the eyes of many‚ people are scared to legalize marijuana due to the fact that it is considered a drug. Let me state that unlike other drugs that are in the United States‚ marijuana includes no accidents or deaths to a human body by consuming the drug since its history with us. When people hear the word “drug”‚ they automatically assume that

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    Britain (the Triple Entente). The alliances were formed were all defensive and would operate only when a country was attacked. The alliances and or agreements were seen as two opposing sides which were the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente which had left Germany to be surrounded by some potential enemies. The development of the two rival alliance systems which included the Triple Alliance (Germany‚ Austria- Hungary and Italy) and the Triple Entente (France‚ Russia and Great Britain) escalated into

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    growth. Josie is loving and loyal to both her mother and her grandmother but can also be volatile towards both at times which creates friction in her family‚ especially between her mother and grandmother‚ this is evident when Josie hyperbolically states ‘I’ll leave and never have anything to do with my family again’. Josie

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    In the 1640’s homelessness began to be an issue in the United States‚ and over time the homeless population continues to grow. During this time period not having a home was seen as god’s way of punishing the people. According to most religious folk as long as you didn’t disobey god your needs would always be met (Fischer). Youth homelessness first appeared in the 1850’s‚ the biggest reasoning for this is because parents could not afford to care for their young adults anymore. During the Industrial

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    Japans origin as a country goes back to 30‚000 B.C.‚ throughout this long period of time their Government system has undergone many changes. In comparison to the United States of America‚ which is roughly 200 years old‚ and has kept the same system of Government. These country’s seem very different from affair. However‚ as we take a closer look their Government is more alike than people realize. The history of Japan has two prominent eras‚ Feudal era‚ and the Modern era. Japan’s Feudal era

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    WHAT GROUPS WERE UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS COMPRISED OF AND WHAT WERE THEIR EARLY EXPERIENCES LIKE. UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS: WHERE DOES IT COME FROM ? WHO WERE THEY ? The term United Empire Loyalist was an honorary title given by Lord Dorchester the governor general of British North America to colonists who remained loyal to and resettled in British North America during and after the american revolutionary war period. Since they were all coming from the thirteen colonies their groups were as diverse

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    world. From the end of WWI to the end of WWII Jewish people from many countries in Europe were forced into concentration camps‚ where their best option was living and working in terrible conditions‚ and their worst option death. My question is why did this devastating genocide occur? Looking back‚ the holocaust was a horrible event in human history yet years after the event‚ even with the treaties that resulted‚ genocide would occur again in several instances. In my paper I will give a detailed history

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    Abigail Bosco Jackson Intro to Bib Faith 31 October 2014 The Empire Strikes Back: Babylonian Empire Regarded as the most powerful state in the ancient Mesopotamian world‚ the Babylonian empire served as the center of Mesopotamian civilization for nearly two-thousand years. While the Babylonians contributed to creating codified laws‚ a tower that soared above the earth‚ and one of the Seven Wonders of the World they also played a huge role in Israelite history by conquering the nation of Israel

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