American Historians’ Debate on the Civil War The American Civil War has without a doubt left a permanent divide on this great nation’s past and present. American historians still debate the causes of a war that began in 1861 between the Union states and Confederacy states. The war can be seen as caused by the principle of slavery‚ the growing tension between northern and southern ideology or due to a crack in the political system of the time. United States’ history classes focus on teaching students
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Oregon-Oxford Debating l History of Debate l Objectives l The Resolution l Research l Case-building l Parts of the Debate l Speaker Roles l The Constructive Speech Debate during the Olden Days l It was in 5th Century B.C. in Syracuse a city from Ancient Greece has gone through war and revolution. People struggled for peace and order. A particular concern for them was land ownership for lands
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MaKayla Shifflett PVCC English Mr.Hughes December 2‚ 2015 For many years‚ people have debated gun control. Many people think that “more guns‚ fewer shootings” is the answer to the debate about gun control. Some say gun incidents are decreasing. However‚ people have failed to notice that guns are still the reason for numerous amounts of death. Once we understand that firearms are one of the main causes of mass shootings‚ we’ll begin to see that the answer to the problem is gun control. It’s best
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Huxley- Wilberforce Debate 1. What did most people in the 19th century believe about the origins of living things? During the 19th century the prevailing beliefs around the origins of living things were situated around their religion. People believed they were a special creation in the image of God‚ whereas Darwinism suggested humans were subjected to the same evolutionary roles as other species. This theory of Darwinism went against all religious beliefs of creation‚ bringing doubt towards the
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Imagine an intruder entering your residence‚ picking the lock and invading your families’ personal and private place‚ your home. Now‚ remember that your father has a rifle locked away in a case in the back of the bedroom closet. You barely hear him as he removes the firearm from its resting place and loads a cartridge until to action‚ perhaps it’s your imagination. Yet‚ you can hear the intruder passing through the house as the eerie silence of time speeding by launches your senses into a fit of
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There was this boy who was an honor roll student that went to school everyday in fear that he would be harassed‚ hit‚ and embarrassed. He had been bullied for at least two years with no school official doing anything about it. He finally made up his mind that he was fed up with the harassment and he decided he was going to retaliate against those who victimized him. He was so angry that he brought a gun to school. He ended up killing one teacher and two of his classmates who had been harassing him
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School Consolidation Debate 1731 In recent years‚ municipal governments across America have found themselves searching for ways to trim costs by consolidating services with other municipal governments in the counties they’re in. They have consolidated law enforcement agencies‚ sanitation‚ health departments‚ municipal courts‚ etc. But in many of those counties‚ school systems have been left out of the discussion. In 2010‚ the Memphis City School (MSC) system made a failed attempt to merge with
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that easy. This success has created a tension filled democratic race that has both candidates campaigning for every last vote. That is why the debate that took place on April 14th in Brooklyn was very important for both candidates. The debate was filled with many statements that were used as a form of persuasion to cause attitude change. The democratic debate that took place in Brooklyn was watched by 5.6 million people. The candidates knew that it was a very important chance
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A few decades ago‚ the debate of childhood obesity was not a matter to be discussed. Our parents and grandparents never questioned the weight of their children‚ their friends’ children or any other child they came into contact with. Their children ate healthy foods from the table and played outside all day. The subject of childhood weight has changed quit a bit since those days. With the introduction of fast foods‚ Playstation and Xbox games‚ our kids live sedentary lives and therefore
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Sociology In what way do ferral children proivde evidence for the nature nurture debate? The nature nurture debate has been one of the most contraversial debates since it was introduced in the 1870’s by one of the first experimental psychologists Francis Galton. Since that time an increasing number of psychologists have become significantly interested in the nature nurture debate- like Galton they to have been trying to determine whether or not the way in which humans conduct themselves are inherited
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