the United States from going into a great depression in 2009. I do not know why people did not like Barak he saved us based of rescuing the economy. He also signed the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in 2010 to re-regulate the financial sector after the Great Recession. Another thing people do not give him enough credit for eliminating Osama Bin Laden the most dangerous terrorist in American History after killing over 2‚000 people in 9/11. He also
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The Holocaust changed the way I look at the world. When I think of the holocaust I feel bad and sad for the people that died and all they did was fight for what they believe in. Before I learned about the Holocaust I did not stand up for what I believe in‚ but now I do. The holocaust changed me and the way I feel. I don’t like what happened but I do like the person I have become out of it. Mr. Arbeiter means when he prays for a new love of humanity to be born out of the horrors of the Holocaust
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Hellenism occurred in Ancient Greek when a country‚ state or city devoted its time to the Ancient Greek culture‚ thought and style. Ancient Greek culture consisted of a no poleis government or no political concern. Greek thoughts came from great philosophers such as‚ Epicurean of Athens and Stoics. Epicureans believed that philosophy could free people from the fear of death by explaining to them that death is the spreading of atoms. He also believed that the happiest people were those who withdrew
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Romans were so into this system because they had such an enormous population and‚ the water they had was running low because of this amount of people. The adequate system changed how much the Romans used water‚ with it‚ they took baths‚ drank clean water‚ and basically things we do today with water. It’s hard to believe how advanced the Romans were‚ not only did they improve the adequate system‚ but they built one of the largest buildings of that time period‚ if not the largest. This was called the Colosseum
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trying to kill you? Well some teen activists did have to go through that just to change the world. These teen activist changed the world in one sort if way. Those teen activists are Malala Yousafzai‚ Anne Frank‚ and Claudette Colvin. They all changed the world in at least one kind of way. Malala Yousafzai changed the world by making girls go to school. Anne Frank didn’t really “change” the world but she gave us a different perspective; by telling us how the Nazi’s treated the jews. Claudette Colvin
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If you were black‚ you had to prove that you were employed with a job that the whites would have to approve of but if African-Americans were not able to do that‚ they would be forced into labor. After the reconstruction in 1867‚ the situation changed significantly since the republican-dominated congress pushed through the enforcement of the 13th‚ 14th and 15th Amendments. This was the period known as the reconstruction that lasted 10 years‚ from 1867 to 1877‚ during which
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An example of this is: Solomon Asch’s study on conformity. Asch showed a group of people a line on a card (the target line) and then asked them aloud to identify which line (A‚ B‚ or C) matched the original. The answer was always obvious and the true participant always answered last or second last after the confederates had given their answer. The confederates were instructed to give the wrong answer 12 out of 18 trials (known as the critical trials). This meant that the participant had to choose
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is an event in history that will forever leave an imprint on the world. But what makes this event incredibly significant is the immense growth in nationalism and the true evilness that surrounded it. In Germany‚ once Adolf Hitler‚ the brains behind this magnificent time period‚ gained his power and respect‚ he took every right in abusing it. Not only did he plan on taking over the world‚ he planned on taking over the people‚ their rights‚ their land‚ and society as a whole. Hitler’s rise to power in
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in the United States to conquer‚ so the United States began looking beyond its borders for new places to control. As a result‚ on February 6th‚ 1899‚ after learning that the Treaty of Paris was ratified‚ the United States annexed the Philippines. At this moment‚ the arguments for annexing the Philippines were that they were unfit for self-government and that if the United States hadn’t annexed‚ somebody else would have‚ while the arguments against were that it was a massive betrayal to the Filipinos
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evolutionized this genre of music. Elvis Presley’s life‚ family‚ career‚ and why he is the best rock and roll singer is a very interesting story itself. Some may say that Elvis never really sang rock and roll and that he was more of a country singer. I’m not going to write this paper to try and prove anything‚ except that Elvis changed the world with his music and that is the reason he should be considered the best. Without Elvis rock and roll would have never gained popularity like it did. He sold
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