“How Disco Changed the World” Disco got its start when Djs at gay Manhattan dance clubs started spinning black music in the early 70s. With such obvious homosexual and black roots‚ it is no wonder that‚ considering the time of its emergence in the mid 1970s‚ less than a decade removed from the Civil Rights Act in 1964 and only a few years after the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968 and the Stonewall riots in 1969‚ faced a hearty opposition from some Americans. On the warm summer night
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started on April 12‚ 1861. The civil war went on for four years. It was caused by the disagreements over slavery and the states. The North and South both believed in different ideas. They did not agree on the same thing. This had an impact on both sides. The North didn’t believe in keeping slaves‚ while the South did believe in keeping slaves and wanted to have and keep the slaves that they could. This caused a lot of drama on both sides and caused a lot of damage. Slavery played a huge role in the
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Collectivization was one of Stalin’s paramount methods of modernizing the Soviet Union in his “revolution from above”. Stalin sought to bring about industrialization and to streamline agricultural production through collectivization. Collectivization was not just intended to help industrialize the Soviet Union and improve agricultural efficiency but also to enhance widespread Communist control. Collectivization’s lofty goals were met through the exploitation of the peasants and industrialization
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well-known leader of Germany‚ and it was reported that he died from self-inflicted Cyanide poising in an underground bunker. The mystery remains whether or not this really happened. There are ideas that try to prove that Hitler did kill himself along with his new wife Eva Braun‚ but it remains a question of whether or not Hitler was actually dead. There are also many ideas that prove that Hitler did escape to Argentina. However‚ Hitler did not die in WWII‚ he in fact escaped the war and went south to
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Douglass‚ an American Slave‚ he explained his life a slave and other encountered and of course everything he had witnessed while being a slave‚ also how slavery impacted the south. Frederick Douglass was born a slave in Maryland and like other slaves that were born into slavery were taken away from their mothers‚ “It is a common custom..‚ to part children from their mothers at a very early age.” said Douglass. Children were not allowed to visit or see their families or
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Is structural unemployment something macroeconomic policymakers should be concerned about? How does it differ from cyclical unemployment? Structural unemployment is categorically something that should be considered heavily by macroeconomic policymakers as the ramifications can last for decades and may require drastic actions to readdress the situation. (Structural unemployment‚ 2014) If the closing of the Geelong Ford Factory is taken as an example we can see that this will have an immense impact
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Ptolemy was termed a great man in his time as he could answer questions through the stars. He had a strong belief in science‚ mathematics‚ and astronomy as he believed they could answer any question you could possibly ask for. He told the people of Greece his findings on the stars and his theory. Some of his theories explained that the Earth is the center of the universe and he told of his lunar theory. He had numerous evidence to back up his theories so they seemed realistic. Ptolemy amazed the
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TEAMWORK: How did you demonstrate teamwork in the games? I let everyone have a chance to get the ball or the item we where playing with. I cooperated and communicated with my team to have the highest success rate. I’m the type of person who will lend a helping hand whenever needed. I’m the type of person who tries to understand why people might be underperforming‚ then see what we can do as a team to help them get back up to speed. I like to help other people so we can all be more effective
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beginning of the American colonies‚ the people started creating new ways of government. One of these ways was democracy. The colonies were democratic because they began allowing the citizens to have a say in government (Doc 3). If the people did not like how their government was run they could produce their own ideas and could question the leaders if they were wronged. Colonists were able to vote for people to represent them or their area in a legislature (Doc 6). Christians in the colonies were
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People did not agree with the ideas that Abraham Lincoln was putting out‚ but that did not make him think to do anything illegal‚ even when he was frustrated. Instead‚ he stayed determined to make everybody believe his idea and for everyone to change their lifestyle to the way that Abraham Lincoln wanted it to be. He knows what is good for the country and what is bad. He also knows what the country needs and how to improve it. He knew that slavery needed to
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