years of trying to become the 50th state in the United States. From 1919 to 1959‚ there has been five bills introduced for Hawaii to become a state‚ unfortunately all bills were rejected. About 95% of the residents living in Hawaii voted that it became a state in the United States. Hawaii attained statehood when both houses of Congress passed the Hawaii Admission Act on March 12th‚ 1959‚ which President Eisenhower signed into law five days later‚ officially making Hawaii the 50th state in the United
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How I Became Literate Being literate is an important part of life. You must be able to read and write to do most everything. The majority of people in today’s society are literate‚ which is a huge improvement from older generations like my grandparents age and older. Due to kids having to drop out of school at young ages and not always going‚ many older generations are either mostly illiterate or are completely illiterate. Learning to become literate is a journey of its own‚ one that nobody can
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How I Became a Reader As I grew up in a family of strict non-readers‚ becoming a reader in my house was hard to come by. My love of reading came slow‚ then all at once. When I started kindergarten at the young age of four‚ I picked up the skill quickly. Though the stories and short books I was given to read were dull and predictable‚ even at that age‚ I enjoyed reading them‚ if only because I found I was rather skilled at reading. When it came time for myself and each of my peers to demonstrate
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How did Napoleon become Emperor ‘I was born when Corsica was perishing‚ 30 000 French men spewed into our shore drowning the throne of liberty in waves of blood’ wrote Napoleon when the French army conquered his home country state of Corsica. Soon after his parents agreed that the impoverished island could give nothing more to their eight children‚ but only one country could‚ the one that Napoleon abhorred‚ France. Carlo‚ Napoleons father‚ accepted the overtaking of Corsica and began studying law
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Bianca Suarez What is needed to transform from a man to an Epic hero? Odysseus’s homeland is Ithaca and he is also the King of Ithaca he is called to fight in the Trojan War‚ he is away from his family for about twenty years he gets through his problems with the help from the gods especially Athena. Odysseus is an Epic hero because he showed intellect‚ fortitude‚ and wisdom. Odysseus was a very cleaver and intelligent he knew when to attack and when to hold back. If Odysseus and his men would
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that this was a beautifully constructed essay. Like the letter Einstein wrote too Miss Wright‚ it flowed like water‚ with smooth and fluid transitions from topic to topic. His main focus was the basic building block of all matter: the tiny atom and how it makes YOU. Those simple particles‚ bonded together in such a unique way that it can only create one individual: You. The author says‚ "To begin with‚ for you to be here now trillions of drifting atoms had somehow to assemble in an intricate and intriguingly
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end of the book‚ "I’ll just tell you about this madman stuff that happened to me around last Christmas just before I got pretty run-down and had to come out here and take it easy" (page 1)‚ "I could probably tell you what I did after I went home‚ and how I got sick and all‚ and what school I’m supposed to go to next fall‚ after I get out of here‚ but I don’t feel like it" (page 213)‚ we can infer that Holden Caulfield‚ the aforementioned teenager‚ is in a mental hospital. However‚ he tells the story
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takin away and sold as slaves. her youngest son was brought back to her at the age of 6‚ bear whip lashes on his back due to insubordinate. at the age of 18 he joined a cargo shipped‚ and never returned to the states to his mother. Sojourner Truth became a born again christian‚ and the missioned around the country preaching gospels. She found joy in traveling the country preaching to other christians‚ which took her mind away from her sorrow of slave life. she helped wounded soilders in the civil
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http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/adolf_hitler.htmHitler and the Nazis said the Jews were responsible for huge events like losing World War One and the economic crisis. This was totally not true at all though. But by blaming the Jews‚ Hitler was now able to create an enemy. So he told all the people in Germany that the Jews were the root of all the problems they had. Without work and without any means to support himself‚ Hitler‚ short of money lived in a doss house with tramps. He spent his time
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AS History – Essay on the Persecution of the Jews How accurate is it to say that the persecution of Jews in Germany steadily increased in the years 1933-42? The question of whether or not the persecution of Jewish race has had a steady intensification‚ relates closely to whether you adopt an intentionalist or structuralist viewpoint on this historical event. An intentionalist will claim that the process of persecuting Jews in Germany is a planned sequence and was outlined by the Nazi Party; they
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