Bag of popcorn? Check! The Mindy Project (my favorite TV show at the moment) streaming on Hulu? Check! Tumblr‚ Twitter‚ Instagram‚ and Facebook all being intermittently checked on my phone? Check! I’m ready for a few hours of what I like to call “downtime.” This notion has without a doubt changed many times throughout American history and culture. It’s even changed in my lifetime with new technologies (I used to spend all my free time in grade school reading mystery novels). Cultures and people are
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In many ways‚ Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s idea for a new government worked. The New Deal changed government in the United States for almost a century. The New Deal’s main purpose was to focus on the three R’s‚ Reform‚ Recovery‚ and Relief. Now this was no easy task because he had to fix the damage that was done during the Great Depression of 29’. When FDR took office people were suffering because so many people were left jobless as a result of the Great Depression. There was a shortage of food which
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Not only did Louis Armstrong changed the way music is‚ but Armstrong owned the definition of perseverance. “Musicians don’t retire; they stop when there’s no more music in them.”In this quote‚ Louis Armstrong is defining what he believes in. He is saying that you or anybody can’t quit. That you stop when you don’t believe in yourself.You stop when you lose hope in yourself to succeed. Louis Armstrong is a “Game Changer” because not only is he changing Jazz‚ but he is also changing how musicians
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Ronald Reagan was a leader all of his life. In school‚ he was president of the student body. When he went into acting‚ he became president of the Screen Actors Guild. He then went on to be the governor of California‚ and eventually president of the United States. His political views shifted in the years leading up to his governing of California. This shift helped his leadership‚ as he was open minded to both sides and he could make compromises and form policies that benefited both parties. His presidency
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The industrial revolution is known as a time of change. It took place in the 1800s and early 1900s‚ and lots of changes were made. New perspectives on issues came to life and changed the way we see the world today. Many strikes took place‚ people switched lifestyles‚ more jobs were created‚ and new innovations were brought to life. This time period changed America for the better and influenced the way one sees the world. Overall‚ the industrial revolution was successful‚ it increased the number of
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a diplomat‚ a printer‚ and a writer. Mr. Franklin’s many different accomplishments changed the world for the better. Benjamin Franklin’s early life was the foundation for the rest of his life; all of his later accomplishments were built on what he did over this time period. Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17‚ 1706. After 2 years of schooling‚ the young Mr. Franklin was expected to work at his father Josiah’s soap and candle making shop. Benjamin refused and when he was 12 years old
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Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt is the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. She is one of the most powerful women in the world. Eleanor dramatically changed the role of the first lady. She did not just content to stay in the background and handle domestic matters‚ she showed the world that the first lady was an important part of American politics. She was a leader in her own right and involved in numerous humanitarian causes throughout her life. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in a political
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Robert Oppenheimer forever changed the world with his work on the Manhattan project during WWII‚ contributing to the Cold War‚ creating a nuclear warfare‚ and showed the potential for nuclear energy. He was the lead scientist of this world-shattering project. The Manhattan Project developed the atomic bombs that were nicknamed “Fat Man” and “Little Boy” that put an end to WWII and forever changed the way the world fights wars. The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed 250‚000 people
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March 17‚ 2013 How Credit Cards Changed America The credit card was a changed that made Americans life’s easy and now hard. Now a days credit cards are use for every thing. Credit cards changed America in the best of ways and worst too. It changed America how we do thing‚ life style‚ and credit card debt. The credit card was invented by Frank X. McNamara February 8‚ 1950. It was not called a credit card in the begin it was a diners club. The man who made the credit card wanted a way for Americans
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Thutmose III was the 6th Pharoah of the 18th Dynasty in Egypt. During his reign‚ he created a new model for a larger army; reformed the administration‚ weapons‚ chariots; and developed a way for the army to support itself away from Egypt (Gabriel 21). Most relevantly‚ he changed Egypt’s originally more defensive policies into an offensive strategy‚ which required the control of city-states in Canaan and Syria. The new policies focused on finding ways to travel faster during campaigns‚ and required
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