The Spanish Flu was a world wide epidemic that took the lives of an estimated 50 to 100 million lives between 1918 and 1920. It has been recorded as the most devastating outbreak in world history. The disease first appeared in Fort Riley Kansas on March 11‚ 1918 when an Army private reported to the camp hospital with complaints of a fever‚ sore throat and headache. By noon that day the hospital had treated over 100 sick soldiers with similar symptoms and 500 more by the end of that week. Initially
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The Spanish influenza plagued Alaska from 1918 through 1919. The origin of the illness is unknown‚ but thought to be caused by the overcrowding in many army boot-camps or in the crowded trenches on the battlefields. This deadly strain of influenza was known to cause death in as little as 48 hours‚ and left thousands in Alaska dead. The first cases were reported in October 1918 and by Halloween there were 200 cases in Ketchikan. Many smaller communities had few medically trained people like nurses
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I have chosen this object as I am Spanish and I feel it is close to my heart.‚ Consequently‚ I would like to share with you its importance and use. This type of comb is a woman’s hair decoration; it has a convex body with some teeth at the end so it can grab into the chignon. As explained in the comb’s definition‚ in order to wear this ítem‚ the woman’s hair has to be tied up into a bun. In this essay I am going to talk about this hair accessory‚ how it is‚ its origin and its use and importance
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are numerous critics of Spanglish among both Spanish-speakers and American-English-speakers. It is commonly assumed that Spanglish is a jargon: partly Spanish and partly English‚ "with neither gravitas nor a clear identity" . It is spoken by many of the approximately 35 million people of Hispanic descent in the United States‚ who‚ "no longer fluent in the language of Cervantes‚ have not yet mastered that of Shakespeare" 3. The defenders of pure Spanish are alarmed by the fact that Spanglish is advancing
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instruments or dance. In the spanish culture music is expressed both with instruments alone or dancing. The spanish have groups of people playing many different caustic instruments these bands are known as meriachy bands. A group of usually men stand around in a half circle playing violins‚ trumpets‚ Spanish guitar‚ a vihuela (a high-pitched‚ five-string guitar) and a guitarrón (a small-scaled acoustic bass) these bands can be up to 20 people. As well as a meriachi band the spanish culture celebrates through
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Spaniards brought Africans to the New World at the very beginning of the Spanish conquest. Spanish influence determined Africans’ social aptitude‚ acculturated them‚ and manipulated their role to serve Spanish needs for production. Despite Spanish dominance‚ Africans were able to retain some resemblance of their own cultural distinction‚ and acted independently against Spanish interests. Africans roles evolved as the Spanish faced problems of satisfying high labor demands and maintaining control
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culture. From the Celts and Visigoths that came from the north to the Africans and Arabs from the south to the Romans from the East‚ empires‚ kingdoms‚ and tribes all over the world have recognized and tried to take advantage of the benefits of Spain. War‚ conquest‚ and reconquest are frequent throughout the entire history of Spain‚ and the history of Moors in Spain is no exception. It began in the year 711 when the Moors first crossed over to the Iberian Peninsula‚ until their expulsion from Granada
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(1475-1519) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer. He was the first European to see the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean (in 1513)‚ after crossing the Isthmus of Panama overland. Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer who sailed to North America from Spain‚ leaving in 1527. He traveled from Florida to Texas on a raft‚ then walked from Texas to Mexico City. He also explored the Paraguay River in South America. De Vaca and his fellow travelers were the first Europeans to see the bison or American buffalo
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For a few years now‚ it has been a personal goal of mines to become bi-lingual in a foreign language. Learning Spanish is the language that I always wanted to learn. In the past when I took lessons in High School‚ after passing Spanish 101 class‚ I had no intentions of registering to take Spanish 102. Continuing to take lessons was not on the top of my list as a teenager. I did not put any value in learning a second language. But as I became of age and traveled to Spain while enlisted in the military
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in the Vietnam War took place over a span of decades and is rife with controversy. The war began after the preexisting relationship with the Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh was put aside for fear of communism spreading in South-East Asia‚ and continued in a seemingly futile effort to keep the communists from gaining power. The war continued mostly due to a tangled web of political schemes‚ but finally ended due to mass public outcry and lack of success for either side. Before the war in Vietnam‚ America
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