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    Three things that I have learned about in American History that I believe have had a huge impact on making America what it is today are the new technology created in WWI. The 1920’s like the women and how they acted‚ and how that essentially shaped how women are treated and are able to act today. Last but not least‚ the Great Depression‚ and how a failing economy in the 1930’s could be fixed just the same as 2008. While Germany is sending a telegram to Mexico to get us into the war and sinking our

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    The role of racism has been a domestic issue throughout the American history. Starting from the early slavery years that the United States sustained in the country‚ to the discrimination that keeps going around society. Slavery had an end to this nation in the early 1860s. Yet‚ people still tend to discriminate and segregate from others because of the color they carry. The Ku Klux Klan was a white supremacist organization‚ and a very violent terrorist group‚ which mistreated blacks as they achieved

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    Austin Roman Ms. Callahan/ Mr. Hands American Studies October 1‚ 2014 In the American Revolution the fight for independence people originally thought that the British were the bad ones. The ones that didn’t give any other option but to have war. That’s actually true‚ the British started all this through the French and Indian war‚ Boston massacre‚ and the Boston tea party. Our great nation was forever changed when these acts happened. To begin with‚ the French and Indian war had started a lot

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    significant importance in American history. During the Antebellum period‚ slavery undergirded the economy of the United States‚ dominated politics and eventually led to the war between the North and South. People in bondage were forced to work and live in unsanitary conditions‚ made to feel like livestock as they were bought and sold in the infamous slave market‚ and were scrutinized and ridiculed for their heritage. Slavery was implemented by the men and women of American colonization to take over

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    camron sampson African American history I to 1865 Instructor: Burn‚ DJ Subject & NBR 09/05/2012 Significance of African American History. Dictionary.com defined the word history as “continuous” systematic narrative of past events as relation to a particular people‚ country‚ period‚ person‚ according to the meaning of the word History‚ it full knowledge will improve African American status. Despite the transition of Africans from

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    Since the foundation stages of American history‚ the American spirit has always waved its valiant attempts to not only remain free‚ but to the best. From the Civil War all the way to current operations in the Middle East‚ the Field Artillery has been a major component to the success of all and any major conflicts. Modern day Army calls artillery‚ “King of the Battle”. This has earned its dynamic name from the many conflicts in which Field Artillery lived to tell the tale. Many components to a

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    Name: Institution: Course: Date: American History-Civil War 1. Write a brief history of the Civil War that centers around history of slavery and emancipation. How did slavery play a role in both the causes and the course of the war? In the mid 19th Century‚ when the economy of the United States grew tremendously‚ there was a critical economic disparity between the Southern and Northern regions. The southern part had a growing economy based on large scale farming‚ which depended on free labor

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    History of the Windows Operating System Rodney K. Gary March 4‚ 2012 Diana Merkel - Instructor Strayer University Microsoft Boots Up In the beginning of the 1970s‚ if we needed to copy a document or a secretary needed to produce a document over again for there supervisor they would likely us a carbon paper of some sort. Very few people even heard of microcomputers but Bill Gates and Paul Allen‚ two young computer enthusiasts saw a path to the future with personal

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    History and Examination of the Reproductive System Female reproductive history: - Age‚ gravidity (no. of pregnancies‚ including miscarriages/ectopics/stillbirths)‚ parity (no. of livebirths)‚ LMP (last menstrual period) - History of presenting complaints: o Nature and duration o Relation to menstrual cycle o Vaginal discharge o Vaginal bleeding o Urinary symptoms (dysuria‚ frequency‚ urge/stress incontinence) o Bowel symptoms - Previous gynaecological history: o Periods – regular

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    Dear Ms. Patterson‚ The movie I watched for my movie project was Annie. Annie is in the time period of the Great Depression‚ in 1933. I think that this movie is a good source of history during this time because‚ money was an issue‚ people did what they could to make others happy‚ and people were in and out of jobs. Franklin Roosevelt was president at the time of the Great Depression and he was also president in the movie I watched (The Great Depression). The separation between the rich and the

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