Voices of freedom | Safe for Democracy: The United States And World War 1 | America and the World 125:Professor Cash | | Evan Kantor | 2/15/2013 | | In reading of this chapter and both documents‚ it really shows how the United States had to fight for its democracy and freedoms. There were two main points during this time that helped shape America. Eugene V. Debs was a man on a mission; he was arrested for delivering an anti-war speech and was convicted in violation in
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The Industrialization of American began in the early 1800’a when Samuel Slater brought new manufacturing technologies from Britain to the U.S. and founded the first U.S. Cotton Mill in Massachusetts. However‚ the period following the civil war changed the industry immensely‚ especially due to the creativity of American Inventors. Innovations in transportation such as the rail road‚ the size of the American market due to the use of an abundance of raw materials‚ and incredibly versatile inventors
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from The Odyssey. And as in The Odyssey they attempted to prevent Ulysses from getting home‚ and also tempted him with lust‚ just as the sirens did. There is also the part in the movie where Ulysses and his companions came upon a KKK ceremony and lynching. The KKK represented the Laestrygonians from The Odyssey. This is because in both The Odyssey and O Bother Where Art Thou the Laestrygonians and the KKK were unexpected‚ and violent. Unexpected because in The Odyssey Odysseus did not expect to run
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Science Fair Packet Name_______________________________ Date ________________________Per_____ DULUTH HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE FAIR I. Science Fair Rationale: Science Fair allows the science student a chance to do “real science”. Coursework provides science facts and formulas‚ but conducting a scientific investigation gives a student the practice in time management and the use of variables‚ research‚ observation and analytical skills that a student needs if interested in a career
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The 1920s was a difficult time period to live in America. The United States was still trying to get over the end of slavery‚ and they were not to happy about the things that the minorities were receiving. This was the starting point of segregation and all of the hatred. This resulted in extreme hatred from whites upset about the rights blacks were receiving. The whites would not even let the blacks use the same restrooms‚ water fountains‚ and restaurants as them. This was all causing the black folks
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Beulah Shoesmith who was born in Lena‚ Illinois due to her longevity and dedication for education. After graduating from the University of Chicago in 1902‚ Beulah Shoesmith taught high school in Dunkee‚ Illinois‚ and later at State Normal School in Duluth‚ Minnesota. She served as Chairman of the Department of Mathematics at Hyde Park High School for almost four decades before retiring in 1945. After her retirement‚ she continued to teach at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago until her
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victims in these ranges of cases could consider anything else‚ other than the death penalty. To begin with‚ the methods of executions vary from electrocution‚ firing squad‚ lethal injection‚ the gas chamber‚ and some states even have lynching(hanging)‚ as a form of capital punishment (Bureau of Justice Statistics‚ Capital Punishment‚ 2006). The electrocution chair method is active in nine states‚ including Florida‚ Tennessee‚ and Alabama. In Alabama‚ the lethal injection will be administered
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“The real names of our people were destroyed during slavery. The last name of my forefathers was taken from them when they were brought to America and made slaves‚ and then the name of the slave master was given‚”- Malcolm X. He is saying that slavery took away who you were‚ and all of your basic rights‚ and political writing was one of the ways of getting it back. In African-American history‚ literature has been used in many different ways‚ one of the most common ways was political writing. Different
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Directions: Paste the browser below to view the video “The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow” (54:35) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mF718GsrOI‚ and then answer the following questions due 9/18/14. Video Analysis Worksheet What is the title of the video? The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow What are three concepts or ideas you expected to see based on the title of the video? -The creation of Jim Crow laws -People who supported/did not support the laws -Actions to terminate the laws What was the central message
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resourceful and discussed many topics other people were unwilling to talk about. The debaters not only struggled to remain unified they also had to deal with the harsh reality of racism in the South from witnessing unfair treatment of the law to a lynching of an African American. Through his rigorous teaching methods and their determination to be the best‚ Mr. Tolson led the debaters to become
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