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    Paris Attack Effects

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    As obvious as it may seem‚ the most prompt effect of the Paris attack were the victims that were injured or slaughtered unjustly‚ and everyone around them that has to now cope with their death. Furthermore‚ it is absolutely unfathomable to understand the gravity of one lost life‚ let alone the estimated 129 (Peralta). Attempting to understand how it will affect their friends‚ their wife or husband‚ or to think of how grueling it must be to lose a parent to something like this would sting like a phantom

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    African Americans had been mistreated many years before the Civil War in the United States‚ and around the world. When the Civil War ended they thought they would have as many rights as whites‚ but they were wrong. This mistreatment‚ segregation‚ and racism continued well past the turn of the century‚ and even beyond World War I. Nowadays African American soldiers‚ and citizens of the world alike have so many more opportunities than back in the late 1800s and early 1900s. As Addie W. Hunton‚ Kathryn

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    Introduction: The 1920s were an fascinating and exciting time in American history. Mainly referred to as “The Roaring Twenties”. From inflated economics to never done inventions. Most explosive decade in the century. “The Roaring Twenties” encloses a captivating story that begins with the return of young‚ somewhat handsome soldiers from the front of World War I. Thesis statement: Fitzgerald accurately represents the ‘American Dream’ in the 1920s through The Great Gatsby by using the characters

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    Today the American Dream is defined as the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work‚ determination‚ and initiative. The American Dream in the 1950s was to have a nice‚ affordable house in the suburbs that had a white picket fence‚ and a nice lawn; raise a good family‚ have a good paying job and a decent vehicle for transportation. The 1950s American Dream went for everyone in that time but as time passes‚ diversity is being created

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    Alwasila Elbashir Carol Miron History 1302 20 Dec 2017 American industrialization reshaped the face of American society Industrialization is the process of the process of developing industries of a country. American industrialization started at the eighteen century when Samuel slater brought a new factory technology from Britain to the united states. A tide of economic and social change swept across the country after the American industrialization. Nicknames for the decade‚ such as “the Jazz Age”

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    George Soros is a famous American Philanthropist with a lot of experience in giving back to the community. He has been able to touch lives of citizens of over 100 countries and keeps on extending his services. He happens to have been the founder of the famous open Society Foundations. The foundation is known to have donated more than $32 billion since years 1970. He has been able to use the funds he gives out towards fighting for democracy and real change in the world. He has been able to fight for

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    This growing divisiveness amongst Americans in today’s comes as a result of a backlash against the liberals and the liberal ideals of the past few decades following Ronald Reagan’s presidency. With standards placed on societal norms and values in the recent past by political beliefs of the left‚ which held a strong influence on the American people‚ it would appear that people now‚ similar to the 1920s era‚ are again trying to break these norms as they begin to think and act for themselves. For example

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    essentially put most Americans under a “consumer” bracket of socio-economic status. This meant that the people could now largely share the same interests and luxuries which allowed them to create a common culture per se. Consequently‚ the nineteen twenties represented a huge shift in American culture‚ hence why this period is commonly known as the “Roaring Twenties.” This new phenomena was exemplified through the changing role of women‚ speakeasies and jazz‚ and the change of common American thought.

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    Paris Peace Accords

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    The Paris Peace Accords of 1973‚ intended to establish peace in Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam ‚ officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam ‚ is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north‚ Laos to the northwest‚ Cambodia to the southwest‚ and the South China Sea‚ referred to as East Sea ‚ to the east...  and an end to the Vietnam Conflict‚ ended direct U.S. military involvement and temporarily stopped the fighting between north and

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    Research Paper On Paris

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    The City of ParisParis‚ La Ville-Lumière.” Paris is known as “The City of Lights”‚ from its luminescent glowing lights‚ seen from rooftops and hotel rooms. Paris is a gorgeous site‚ but how was it in 1930? Paris became a place for rising artists‚ writers‚ musicians and film-makers. The city had many things new brilliant ideas from new artists such as Picasso‚ Braque‚ Man Ray and Duchamp. Many new people and things came from U.S.A. such as artists and writers like Ernest Hemingway and Gertrude

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