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    Stephen Gillespie In this paper I will be discussing community correction and how it affects society‚ and my hypothesis about community corrections‚ and the effectiveness in the corrections system. Moreover talk about how other nation see and practice imprisonment in other foreign countries‚ and what could happen if the United States prison system if we adopted other foreign countries practices of

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    idea of race‚ people of color have been discriminated against while white people have gotten all of the privileges. Whites have been seen as superior and therefore they deserved more than people of color. Over the years‚ historical events‚ such as slavery‚ and politics have greatly influenced race. Some of these influences can be seen in the book Black No More by George S. Schuyler. In this book the main character‚ Max‚ is black and does not get as many opportunities as everyone else. Then a new operation

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    West Africans developed their knowledge of tropical climate over many years and were able to make the leached soil of the Niger Delta profitable for themselves. The agricultural revolution in West Africa lead towards the Atlantic Slave Trade. The agricultural skills and knowledge of West Africans attracted Europeans. West Africans’ tropical agricultural skills greatly interested outsiders because the Europeans wanted to profit from this knowledge. On the map it is shown that West Africa consists

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    The colonialism affected Kenya in both positive and negative ways . It had effects on the land ‚ the people ‚ the economy and much more. According to document one ‚ the changes occurred not long after the Europeans gained their power. The Europeans were able to regulate immigration & basically do as they please . While Kenyans were thrown on the back board . Due to the power of the Europeans ‚ ethnic and racial groups were split up and spread all across Africa. In addition being split up the land

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    profit and viewer entertainment‚ and the viewers use television to gain information and for their own entertainment. Popular actors who were and are commonly on the screen have been proved to influence how people act and

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    colonial period early American settlers came up with the idea to bring African natives overseas to America and use them as slaves. The white man was higher up than the black man in society at the time because of the color of his skin. Americans consider this the biggest blight on our history. The shame of this period in our history still continues today for many whites‚ but many blacks still feel angry and oppressed. With the election of our first black president‚ we are really showing how anything is possible

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    The Prohibition Era is known as the time alcohol consumption and production was banned in the United States‚ it lasted from 1920 to 1933 but it still affects society today. The prohibition mostly put Chicago and its citizens in a worse situation‚ although there was great support. Instead of limiting abuse in homes and increasing the productivity at workplaces‚ prohibition was the start of the bootlegging business‚ the illegal production and selling of alcohol. Crime and corruption exploded in the

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    Ending the Nightmare of Slavery Frederick Douglass’ life is marked by his accomplishment of ending slavery. Starting from his childhood where he first saw how terrible some slave owners were‚ then to the time when he was sold to Edward Covey‚ the “professional slave breaker” for a year. It was then that he gained the courage and spirit to end slavery. Some years later‚ Frederick escaped to the North and became an abolitionist‚ speaking incredible speeches about everyday slavery that would horrify the

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    change the world as we know it. The Industrial Revolution changed warfare and how people where able to fight and rise to power. The Industrial Revolution began in England during the 1800s‚ and later spread to Asian‚ Europe‚ America. It allow both women and children to work‚ which helped family on income. The industrial Revolution changed how goods were made and traded.The industrial revolution causes many changes‚ how wars was fought‚ and jobs. Without the industrial revolution we wouldn’t have the

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    the first African slaves to set food in North America when the English colony settled in 1607. Information provided by History.com‚ “For nearly 400 years‚ historians believed they were transported to Virginia from the West Indies on a Dutch warship. The slaves were herded onto a Portuguese slave ship in Angola‚ in Southwest Africa. The ship was seized by British pirates on the high seas‚ not brought to Virginia after a period of time in the Caribbean.” As this was the beginning of slavery‚ it was

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