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    Throughout American history‚ racism has been widely accepted based on reasons that the white majority deemed as justifiable. Racism was justified during World War II when the Japanese people‚ including Japanese American citizens‚ were degraded and poorly treated in based on the idea that anyone of Japanese decent could be a spy or harm the United States. Black racism had been prominent for years‚ and even after the slaves were emancipated‚ Jim Crow laws in the South continued to reflect the racist

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    AP US History Reading Assignments and 1 pg. Responses * Questions are DUE on the stated day and will not be accepted late (after the exam to which they refer) * Wednesday March 30 * Ch. 36 p. 852-868 * What were the immediate conflicts and deeper causes that led the U.S. and the Soviet Union to go from being allies to bitter Cold War rivals? OR * Why did WWII-unlike WWI lead to a permanent end to American isolationism? * Thursday March 31 * Ch. 36 p. 868-879

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    Street gangs have been a part of American history for years. According a report from the Immigration Customs Enforcement‚ MS-13 is the most violent and rapidly spreading gang in the United States. Their major areas of concentration are in 33 states which not limited to: California‚ Texas‚ New York‚ Maryland‚ and Nebraska to name a few. The origin of the MS-13 can be traced to Los Angeles in the 1980s. Salvadoran families have fled to L.A. to escape from the civil war that was happening in El Salvador

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    The concept of the prison has existed for more than two thousand years. It probably goes back as far in time as practice of cannibalism‚ where victims had to wait for their turn in contributing to the chief course in the menu of their captors. Examples of prisons can even be found in the Old Testament when Joseph was incarcerated in Egypt. It was not until the 19th century that a clear shift occurred from corporal punishment to imprisonment. As societies prospered and the industrial revolution began

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    Racism has a strong history in this country and even though it ended nearly 150 years ago‚ it still exists today. American History X is a movie surrounded around the hate crime caused by the division between the white supremacists and other minorities. Blacks and whites refused to even play basketball with one another and rejected each other because of the skin color. But no one is born with such hate‚ it is learned. There are many ways one can learn‚ but the movie focuses on two ways‚ rhetoric and

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    Throughout American history we can observe the vast difference that men and women have had in politics. The engagement that women have had in this realm is very little in comparison to men. Such gender gaps begin to manifest from a very early age in their lives‚ girls and boys are taught differently in regards to how they should see politics and what they should strive to be once they grow up. The gender gap is also apparent for political knowledge as men demonstrate to be more informed about politics

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    branches. (pgs.144) Section 2 The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution to define clearly the rights and freedoms of citizens. (p.178) Section 3 American citizenship involves great privileges and serious responsibilities. (p.184) Main Topics – (11) Section 1 (p.144) 1. 2. 3. 4. The framers of the Constitution devised the federal system. (p.144) The legislative branch makes the nation’s laws. (p.145) The executive branch enforces the nation’s laws. (p.146-147) The judicial branch

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    Yasmin Gonzalez Mrs. Herrera Junior English 1 March 2012 History of African American Music “In less than a minute‚ the death wail went up out of every cabin in the Quarters‚ and Brother Ezekial began the death chant: Soon one morning‚ Death come knocking at my door…. Oh‚ my lord‚ What shall I do” (Walker 17)? Death was common for slaves. They routinely died from disease‚ beatings and accidents on the plantation‚ and they expressed their sorrow in the form of song. “I see death around the corner

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    History 2112 Study Guide Test 1 Chapters 15-17 Chapter 15 1. Dawes Severalty Act – goals; Indian boarding schools (reasons for‚ children reaction to) 2. barbed wire – impact on ranchers 3. mining towns – victims of violence 4. Grangers – reasons for laws; members 5. Long drive – purpose 6. Mark Twain – themes in novels 7. Native Americans – Wounded Knee; Sand Creek Massacre; George Custer; Fort Laramie Treaty; reasons for U.S. violating treaties; impact of horses

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    American History Expository Speech Compare early American government to today’s government. Our government first declared their independence on July 7th 1776 by signing the Declaration of Independence. Since 1776‚ our government has had the same basic foundation‚ which makes the United States the 4th on the list for oldest government. Our government was founded on the Democratic ideal of “All men are created equal.” In 1791 James Madison our fourth president‚ wrote and published the outline

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