Discrimination in Canada has existed since the beginning of European settlement. The indigenous population was forced into isolation on reserves‚ and were forced into Christian schools (residential schools). Thousands of indigenous people were either killed or abused physically and sexually and lost both their culture and language. While the extremity of discrimination against aboriginals isn’t quite as severe as it used to be‚ the ripples of our past coupled with continued suppression have left
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nation economic conference organized to stabilize international currency rates. Franklin Roosevelt’s decision to revoke American participation contributed to a deepening world economic crisis. 2. Good neighbor policy: a departure from the Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe doctrine‚ the good neighbor policy stressed nonintervention in Latin America. It was begun by Herbert Hoover but associated with Franklin D Roosevelt. 3. Reciprocal trade agreements act (1934): this act reversed traditional high protective
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Isolationism to Imperialism NEUTRALITY (aka‚ “___________________”) 19th Century (1800s) INTERVENTIONISM (aka‚ “___________________”) 20th Century (1900s) Motivations for American Imperialism Social ________________________ Expansion of ____________________ Europeans and Americans believed that their civilization as superior to those of Latin America‚ Africa‚ Asia‚ and the Pacific Islands. Imperialism opened foreign markets for American agricultural and industrial products‚ easing economic
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Current is a flow of electrical charge carriers‚ usually electrons or electron-deficient atoms. The common symbol for current is the uppercase letter I. The standard unit is the ampere‚ symbolized by A. One ampere of current represents one coulomb of electrical charge (6.24 x 1018 charge carriers) moving past a specific point in one second. Physicists consider current to flow from relatively positive points to relatively negative points; this is called conventional current or Franklin current. Electrons
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Conjecture-unproven statement that is based on observations Counterexample-an example showing a conjecture is false collinear points-points that lie on the same line coplanar points-points that lie on the same plane point-has no dimension line-extends in 1 direction plane-extends in 2 dimensions postulate/axioms-rules accepted w/o proof . POSTULATE 2 – SEGMENT ADDITION POSTULATE. IF B IS BETWEEN A AND C THEN AB+BC=AC. IF AB+BC=AC THEN B IS BETWEEN A AND C DISTANCE FORMULA (X2-X1)2+(Y2-Y1)2
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U.S. Imperialism WebQuest 1. Who was Alfred Thayer Mahan (http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/letter.html) ? What did he recommend with regard to the U.S. military? He was a leading expansionist who believed that America’s survival depended on a strong Navy. He wrote that it was time for America to “turn their eyes outward‚ instead of inward only‚ to seek the welfare of the country.” 2. What is a shogunate? What is a daimyo? a daimyo is a samurai‚ and a shogunate is
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Antitrust Act‚ which added to his popularity with the public. Roosevelt organized the construction of the Panama Canal‚ which led to Columbia giving the United States control of the canal for a sum of $10 million per year. He created the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine which created the right for America to intervene with Latin America. He won a Nobel Peace Prize for being a peacemaker during the Russo-Japanese War. He added numerous amounts of land to the national forests and reserved lands
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Russian culture has a long history. “In fact early Russia was not exactly ‘Russia‚’ but a collection of cities that gradually coalesced into an empire. In the early part of the ninth century‚ a Scandanavian people known as the Varangians and their leader Rurik invested in one of these first cities‚ Novgorod. Rurik’s successor‚ Oleg extended the power of the city southward and established Kievan Rus‚ which is now Ukraine” (Ancient). Russians are known to be very proud of their country and traditions
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Similarity and congruence Two triangles are said to be similar if every angle of one triangle has the same measure as the corresponding angle in the other triangle. The corresponding sides of similar triangles have lengths that are in the same proportion‚ and this property is also sufficient to establish similarity. A few basic theorems about similar triangles: * If two corresponding internal angles of two triangles have the same measure‚ the triangles are similar. * If two corresponding
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handling relationships and complaint management. Types of Services Core Services: A service that is the primary purpose of the transaction. Eg: a haircut or the services of lawyer or teacher. Supplementary Services: Services that are rendered as a corollary to the sale of a tangible product. Eg: Home delivery options offered by restaurants above a minimum bill value. Characteristics of a service are: Intangibility: Services are intangible and do not have a physical existence. Hence services cannot
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