IDA SCUDDER Imagine being blind because of a disease. You go to everyone for help‚ but they can not do anything about it. You hear about what some doctor has done for people‚ and you wonder if she can help. You and your other blind friends come with you. The doctor examines your friend’s eyes‚ and she can not help. She gets to you and is able to help you. You can see again because of this doctor! This doctor is Ida Scudder. She lived in India‚ later moved to America‚ and she came back to become
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After the American Revolution‚ many things began to change. Politics took a turn for the better‚ the economy floundered‚ women started to be looked at like a whisper in the wind and stopped being completely invisible. But one of the most important changes was the effect that the revolution had on religion. Religious freedom was one of the more widely demanded requests of the people in America‚ as well as the demand to stop paying outrageous taxes. With the nation feeling oppressed by the british
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the massive land under Mongol rule laid the lands of China and Russia. The Mongols knew how to maintain their empire but had different ways of doing it in each part. This lead to the separate‚ divergent ways of governing the two lands. In China and Russia‚ the Mongol era brought an immense change in political and economical power. In China‚ political impact from the Mongols came off much stricter than it did in Russia. The leader of the Mongolians‚ Kublai Khan guided the Mongols to conquer the
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Maralinga in South Australia between1956 and 1957. Maralinga was one of the British nuclear test sites in Australia. Australia was chosen as the test sites by the British‚ because they did not have any wide uninhabited place‚ which is suitable
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Thesis What was slavery in America for blacks? When an individual hears or reads this question‚ what goes through this persons’ mind? For many‚ like myself‚ they immediately think of bad conditions‚ beatings‚ ripping people from their homeland and racism. Three major questions come to mind when I think of slavery in America‚ why did it exist? What was slavery like? And lastly‚ what did it do to America? Through my personal readings I have come to understand these three questions and the vast answers
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daughters(13). Under his tutelage they learned more difficult subjects. When Nightingale was younger‚ she would visit the local families. She saw how sick‚ they were and wanted to help but
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Germany. HItler promised the people of Germany relief‚ he also promised jobs for the unemployed‚ and a market for the farmer goods (The Rise of Hitler and Nazism). Hitler begun to appeal to people’s emotions‚ rather than reason. As you know‚ Hitler did not keep any of his promises‚ thus making his promises a use of propaganda. Propaganda can make people do things they see. Such as a poster. If you see a poster of Uncle Sam‚ telling you he wants you for the US Army‚ you must think the Army needs me
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economy. Then an unexpected change within America was taking place. Minority groups within America started to gain a leeway within social equality. Whether these changes were for better or worse‚ the government involvement in American life then shaped how America is today. Now with WW2 officially over‚ America could focus more of its attention on the lives of the American people‚ or the only other superpower threat USSR. The involvement
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During Stalin’s Soviet Union during‚ it is recorded that some economic factors were considered‚ while some were disregarded due to the uprising of industrialisation‚ collectivisation and command economy‚ which had effected the Russian population in a negative way. Industrialisation‚ collectivisation and command economy were to be seen as the major economic factors regarded by Stalin during his rule‚ as it helped and achieved his belief of “Socialism in One Country”. Understanding the concept of collectivisation
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underestimates the power and strength of enslaved persons‚ the former makes his case about the difference between the land and the sea and how enslaved persons behave accordingly. Washington and the shipmate are correct - the ocean makes it easier for the enslaved to revolt or have a chance to become free due to the differing circumstances in the two environments. One difference between freedom on land and on sea is the support system available to both parties (the enslaved and the enslavers). The shipmate
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