Ellie Lin Mr. Karshan English 5 10/31/13 Al Capone & Organized Crimes The 1920s is always referred as “the roaring 20s”. Significant and multiple changes in lifestyle and culture occurred. However‚ there were also some negative effects. After the 18th Amendment was passed by Congress on December 18‚1917‚ the manufacture‚ sale‚ and transport of alcohol was prohibited. Along with the Prohibition‚ the rate of organized crimes increased. After World War I‚ the unemployment kept increasing
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Chapter 20: Political Realignments 1890-1900 Compare & contrast the democratic & republican parties in terms of supporters & policies: The republicans took up 16 Northerns states and the democrats took up 14 southern states. However‚ Elections were always close because support for either party was close. States that are on the fence were the ones that determined the winning party are called “swing states.” During the civil war‚ the democrats offered state’s rights party‚ decentralization‚ and
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1. Use verbs that agree with a subject‚ not with a noun that is part of a modifying phrase or clause between verb and subject: “The pot of eggs is boiling on the stove.” 2. Use singular or plural verbs that agree with the subject‚ not with the complement of the subject: “My favorite type of movie is comedies‚” but “Comedies are my favorite type of movie.” 3. Use singular verbs with singular indefinite pronouns — each‚ the “-bodies‚” “-ones‚” and “-things” (anybody‚ everyone‚ nothing)‚ and the
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Ch 20 Packet Africa and the Africans in the Age of the Atlantic Slave Trade Part 1 1. Describe the characteristics of the “Atlantic System”. The Atlantic System was a major catalyst in the growth and development of the Atlantic slave trade‚ which boosted the world economy significantly. The Atlantic system a link between Africa and the rest of the world. It simply was the destiny that Africans were going to face‚ being shipped to the Middle East‚ Europe‚ and especially across the Atlantic
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Chapter 20: The Immune System The immune system has two intrinsic systems: 1. Innate (nonspecific) defense system 2. Adaptive (specific) defense system The immune system is a functional system rather than structural; there are no specific immune system organs Pathogen: a disease-causing agent; anything foreign in our body that causes disease Three lines of defense: 1st: external barriers 2nd: several non-specific defense mechanisms 3rd: immunity‚ specific resistance to disease
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Crash Course World History Video Notes Russia‚ the Kievan Rus‚ and the Mongols 1. Most historians now believe that the settlers of Kiev were ____________ people who migrated from around the ____________ ______. 2. But there’s an older theory that the settlers of Kiev were actually _________ who came down to Kiev from rivers like Dnieper and founded outposts. 3. ______________ was hugely important to Kiev. Almost all of their __________ ended with trade concession treaties‚ and their _____ ______
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Equus scene 20 Introduction: First we will summarize the scene‚ after that we will analyze the following features. (we will be discussing scene 20 first). Summary: Dysart and Alan are in the office of Dysart‚ however they are pretending to be at the stables. Dysart asks questions to Alan and Alan answers all of them. Alan tells about his ritual in the stable. He does this ritual every time before he rides a horse. In this ritual he gives the horse sandals and the ‘’Chinkle-chankle’’. Later they
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Chapter 20 Review 1. Those who supported the free coinage of silver: Were convinced it would help the agrarian sectors 2. The two major presidential candidates of the 1896 were: William Jennings Bryant and William McKinley 3. During the late 1800s‚ Democrats‚ for the most part‚ wanted to keep government local and small in scope‚ while Republicans had a national Perspective. True 4. The Pendleton Act: allowed Congress greater power in appointing government jobs. 5. After 1896‚ the Democratic
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Top 20 Interview Questions 1. What were your responsibilities? - Best Answers 2. What did you like or dislike about your previous job? - Best Answers 3. What were your starting and final levels of compensation? - Best Answers 4. What major challenges and problems did you face? How did you handle them? - Best Answers 5. What is your greatest strength? - Best Answers 6. What is your greatest weakness? - Best Answers 7. How do you handle stress and pressure? - Best Answers
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The 1920’s was a big start to the changing of the U.S. cars are becoming more and more popular as they have been around for 15 years now and people are beginning to trust and afford them‚ During the 20’s and for the first time in history more people are living in cities than living on farms in the country. The nations economy is booming and the its wealth will have doubled from 1920 to 1929. Chain stores are becoming more popular and for the first time in history people on the west coast are buying
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