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    Chapter 11 ("Robber Barons and Rebels") summary Chapter 11‚ “Robber Barons and Rebels” details events occurring in 1877 and beyond. During this time‚ labor was rewarded depending on race‚ sex‚ nationality‚ and social class. Steam and electricity replaced jobs and increased efficiency. New inventions‚ such as manufactured ice‚ the telephone‚ and the adding machine‚ allowed the meat industry and other companies to become feasible. The railroads became a big industry of the time‚ and bribed many

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    Comparison of the three indigenous groups. When Christopher Columbus voyaged to the Caribbean‚ there were groups of people living there. These people were known as the indigenous people. They are separated into three groups‚ the Tainos‚ the Kalinagos and the Mayans. The Kalinagos and Tainos‚ also known as Caribs and Arawaks respectively‚ are called the Amerindians. Although they all lived in the Caribbean‚ they had different economic‚ social and religious practices. Their ways of living were

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    Political scientist Theodore Lowi argued that as government assumed responsibility for more things‚ Congress would delegate authority for policy implementation to the executive branch‚ and the inevitable result would be a proliferation of interest groups. Indeed‚ not only did interest groups emerge to lobby Congress for specific programs‚ but they lobbied the executive for contracts to deliver services. Lowi also concluded that a government founded on liberal principles‚ as it is in the United

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    Federalism Federalism is a form of government whose power is shared between its units. Dividing the power mean each unit has some form of jurisdiction and independence. In fact‚ federalism is all about the relationship between local‚ state‚ and federal government. Also‚ we have various types of governments around the world. Unitary is a form of government that rules by one individual leader. In Confederalism‚ the power is mostly given to the states or subunits. The United Nations is an example

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    Ancient Ghana derived power and wealth from gold and the introduction of the camel during the Trans-Saharan trade increased the quantity of goods that were transported. Majority of the knowledge of Ghana comes from the Arab writers. Al-Hamdani‚ for example‚ describes Ghana as having the richest gold mines on earth. These mines were situated at Bambuk‚ on the upper Senegal River. The Soninke people also sold slaves‚ salt and copper in exchange for textiles‚ beads and finished goods. They built their

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    In 1899‚ right after the First Opium War‚ China was under the control of European powers and Japan‚ Qing Dynasty was so weak that hardly could defeat these powers. Each of these powers found out that China was a country which owned variety of resource. Therefore‚ all of them wanted to trade with China to earn more benefit and robbed various parts of coastal places‚ unfold Chinese territorial and Administrative integrity and would not interfere with the free use of the treaty ports within their spheres

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    Cagayan – A true spelunker’s paradise 2007-04-30 Cagayan is the Regional Seat of the Cagayan Valley Region. Tuguegarao City‚ the capital‚ is the seat of commerce and trade and center for learning. The province has 73 percent of the region’s potential fishing area. Known as the spelunker’s‚ trekker’s‚ and gamefisher’s paradise rolled into one‚ Cagayan provides a never-ending adventure with ecotourism in the forefront of its offering. Both foreign and local tourists continue to explore its caves

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    Education is the key to success‚ through education all things are deemed possible. Growing up it was drilled inside my skull to do excellent in school. But an obstacle stood in my path‚ the fact that I learned slower than others. Many children made fun of me for this struggle. Dedicated to improving academically I took all the insults as motivation to do better. My parents enrolled me into Saturday school in the fifth grade for about 3 years. Till this day‚ that decision has been the most significant

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    1. What were the achievements of Chandragupta-I? Ans- Chandragupta-1 was third ruler of the Gupta dynasty. He succeeded his father Ghatotkacha in 320 A.D. The Lichchhavi Marriage. Chandragupta’s marriage with the Lichchavi Princess Kumardevi was one of the significant events in the Gupta rule. The Gupta Lichchhavi relation was even publicized through a particular type of gold coins "which have the names and figures of Chandragupta-I and his Lichchhavi wife Kumardevi on the obverse and the figure

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    Class VII Chapter 1 - Tracing Changes Through a Thousand Years Social Science Question 1: Who was considered a “foreigner” in the past? Answer: In the past a foreigner was someone who was not part of a certain society or culture. A city dweller might have regarded a forest dweller as a foreigner. Question 2: State whether true or false: (a) We do not find inscriptions for the period after 700. (b) The Marathas asserted their political importance during this period. (c) Forest-dwellers

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