I‚ Angela‚ aka the perfect beauty. I don’t get how so many people have so many flaws. I could name tons for everyone. And you know what‚ I just might do that. In partners for The Westing Game. Let’s start off with my faker partner‚ Sydelle Pulaski. She literally faked a broken ankle for attention. I mean‚ oh my. Cause when that 2nd bomb went off the doctor said ¨It’s a simple fracture¨ And if it was already broke it wouldn’t be a ¨simple¨ fracture. You know what I mean? Also how about my mom
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famous for their white capes and riding horseback at night time to scare previous slaves‚ and other ethnic groups. The white capes were meant to represent‚ the ghosts of confederate soldiers coming back from the dead. The Ku Klux Klan started in Pulaski‚ Tennessee. It was founded by former confederate soldiers at a drinking club.(-Cavendish‚ Richard.). There was also a rumor that it was formed by college students that would wear costumes and run around after dark. After hearing that previous slaves
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Men were subjected to being hung from their wrist‚ in some cases with bones that had been broken either by the beatings of the Vietnamese during capture or from interrogations for information. Electroshock torture was not uncommon; the Vietnamese were creatively brutal using many different electronic devices that were attached to the POW’s to dispense the maximum amount of pain possible. The torture
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1882‚ May 3‚ age 21. -- Secretly left Manila taking a French mail steamer at Singapore for Marseilles and entering Spain at Port Bou by railroad. His brother‚ Paciano Mercado‚ furnished the money. 1882‚ June. -- Absence noted at Sto. Tomás University‚ which owned the Kalamba estate. Rizal’s father was compelled to prove that he had no knowledge of his son’s plan in order to hold the land on which he was the University’s tenant. 1882‚ June 15. -- Arrived in Barcelona. 1882‚ October 3. -- Began
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Amari‚ a fifteen year old African girl‚ taken from her village‚ and forced to work on a rice plantation‚ finds her strength by not giving up on life. Copper Sun by Sharon Draper talks about how Amari endures life on a rice plantation‚ and all the pain she goes undergoes. At first‚ Amari needs strength to survive her horrible trip to America. For three months‚ Amari faced so many challenges on her trip to America‚ to become a slave. The ship was a disgusting place with no clean places to sleep‚ no
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would eventually lead the colonists to all out rebellion. The resentment of the British began witht emilitary blunders of General Braddock. In 1755‚ General Braddock with 2‚000 men largely composed of colonials called "bucksins" headed off the capture Fort Duquesne. The colonials undisciplined manners and their Indian-like methods of
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consisted of about thirty steam ships (Davidson and Stoff The American Nation p. 492). The blockade set up by the North was mainly successful‚ and forced them into capturing southern forts to use as bases and to supply the blockade (Veit). As the war progressed‚ the Union started using captured blockade runners to capture
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with them.” This instills a sense of responsibility that we the American citizens‚ have medaled in territory and lives that are not ours to intrude in. By highlighting the pressing issues the Lakota people face on a daily basis‚ Huey effectively captures his audience and displays his overall knowledge of the
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its significance reverberates even today. Within this war fueled by racial disagreements and political issues‚ one platoon stood up against the waves of injustice to boldly fight for their inalienable rights. When filmmaker Edward Zwick set out to capture the trials and tribulations of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry‚ the first exclusively black unit in the US Army‚ he arguably created one of the finest‚ thought-provoking Civil War films of all time. Edward Zwick’s film “Glory” embodies what
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World War One is one of the most significant event in world history. With the treaty of Versailles leading to hyperinflation‚ the rise of hitler‚ his dictatorship and the Second World War. The conception of the Anzac spirit at Gallipoli. And a change to the position that women held in society. It was also a significant event in the history of Australia because it was the first chance Australia had to prove herself as a newly formed country. The assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand the
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