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    The most important outcome of the Civil War was ending slavery. The reason to that is the war wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for slavery and it is bad in the first place. Slavery still effects their daily life in many ways. If slavery didn’t happen in the first place‚ we wouldn’t have had ever had the Civil War. The civil war killed the most people than any of the other wars just because African Americans were treated like property instead of normal people because of their color. Abraham Lincoln

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    has been relentlessly explored and hypothesised on by many cultural theorists and critics. It is a wide subject area that branches out into many categories in cultural theory such as psychoanalysis‚ representation‚ and class among many others. There have been many books and papers written on the subject spanning over the entire topic and the different areas therein‚ all coming up with various conclusions and theories‚ be they similar or contradictory. This is because it is an issue that is still not

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    period of time in which African Americans had to fight for equal rights. Desegregation and racism the United States made massive changes. Beginning with the Jim Crow Laws‚ the countless court cases and the huge impact on the Civil Rights leaders. Our country made changes with new teachings and changes were made too many different minds. Throughout 1954 in May‚ Topeka‚ Kansas the Brown vs. the BOE (Board of Education) made it to where the Supreme Court ruled against segregation of public schools saying

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    African American History: 1865- Present Aneshia Y. Glover HIS204: American History Since 1865 Instructor Mohamed Khan April 29‚ 2013 African American History: 1865-Present African Americans had a very rough time in the early years. Not only were they looked down upon‚ but they were tortured‚ criticized‚ and belittled by those from other ethnic groups. Forced to work as slaves and having to endure hours and days of painful work and cruelty without ever having the opportunity to say a thing

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    Morality 5/21/13 African Americans fight for equality From the time our country was founded‚ many African Americans lived a life of hardship merely because the color of their skin. In many instances they were treated as animals‚ being sold and traded in shackles and chains. At the time of the signing of the Declaration of Independence when the country was founded‚ most African Americans worked as slaves. Working conditions for slaves were inhumane‚ who were often forced to work long hours in

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    The individual and his role in society‚ based on American Literature‚ is portrayed through many different characters‚ all sharing the same feelings of isolation. The feeling of isolation‚ in reference to Huckleberry Finn ‚ is a choice that Huck Finn brings on himself. Throughout rebellion towards his father‚ Huck tries to find his true self by isolating himself from societies views and beliefs. In the novel Great Gatsby ‚ by F. Scoot Fitzgerald‚ Jay Gatsby was isolated from the outside world by society

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    Taylor Brinkley Black Power- Defined as‚ “a call for black people to begin to define their own goals.” It was made to try to get African Americans to try their best to obtain freedom. Martin Luther King Jr. disliked what they were doing because he said it would cause violence. Sit-Ins- A group of students went to eat at a white lunch counter. They refused to leave until they were served. It sparked many other cases of people doing this. Store owners raised prices and removed counter seats but they

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    Advancement of African Civil Rights1865-1918. The Federal Government can be defined as a system of government in which powers and responsibilities are divided into national levels to address national and regional needs. The Federal Government can be split into three branches; President‚ Congress and Supreme Court and each section had a major role to place in the advancement of African American Civil Rights. However‚ one believes that the Federal Government weren’t the only factor to advance African American

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    uptodate with legislation and codes of practise in Preparing to Teach in the LifeLong Learning Sector. According to Gravells it is important to do so “to ensure you are remaining current with your knowledge and practise‚ and any changes or updates that have taken place.” I comply with various generic legislation and codes of practise which relate to my role as a teacher and some that are specific to the subjects I teach i.e. assessor and verifier awards‚ management‚ helath & socialcare (adults and

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    African Slave Trade and Slavery until the End The African population from the 1500’s to the 1800’s was treated inhumanly‚ enslaved and put to work on plantations‚ forced to grow many goods for trade. The Europeans chose the African people for a few reasons: There culture‚ build and being used to hard labor. The African Slave Trade was the largest migration of people in the world. Twelve million moved but only Ten million made it alive. There was a passage that the Europeans used during the

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