Fixin’ Nixon After the infamous Watergate incident‚ President Nixon was looked at as the worst ever occupant of the white house. Although he had some flaws‚ Nixon did many good things for America that changed our country for the better. History has definitely not judged him fairly. Nixon‚ who was the 37th President of the United States‚ did do a lot of good things while in office. In 1972‚ he reopened America’s relations with China‚ which was necessary to acquiring the goods our country needed.
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Industrialization. People also had the same effect on the Industrialization. Without such a boom in industrialization in the past‚ America wouldn’t be a high power in the world. In the late years of 1750-1850‚ students and successful scholars in the fields of history‚ economics‚ technology‚ and engineering had changes of their own they wanted to add and change in the society. The growth and development of new machinery and factories were starting to come into the picture. With all of the new factories‚ come jobs
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studies that will eventually shape how we live‚ but one of those studies has had a lasting impact. Astrology is the study that largely changed the Elizabethan Era. "Astrology is the study of patterns and relationships -- of planets in motion‚ our birth chart‚ synastry with others‚ the make-up of elements -- and using that knowledge as a tool to find meaning" (Hall 1). Astrology is not science because it contains mostly beliefs that come from different religions‚ but it has a different category. Astrology
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its oppressor in history. The United States wanted to change the American society politically‚ socially‚ and economically drastically‚ but in reality the American society did not change. After the American Revolution‚ American society did not change politically. In the political scene women gained no power in the government. (Doc. J) With women not gaining any political rights showed how much the American society did not change. Women not gaining any political powers showed how the American society
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half-century of American history has commanded a morep rominent place in the public consciousness than the Vietnam War” (Hall xi)‚ a rightfully said statement. Lasting from 1960-1975‚ it is America’s longest war and changed the United States politically‚ socially‚ and culturally during that period. In the early 1970s‚ the voting age was lowered to 18‚ largely because of the war. Also‚ Vietnam was one of the first wars in which African Americans largely participated. Lastly‚ Vietnam changed America culturally
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who or what a person or thing has. Identity is something every living human has. Identity is who you are as a person. As a person what are you. I as a person have gone through almost anything I could possibly go through. Anything thrown at me‚ I have overcome. I’ve gone through growing up with divorce‚ switching schools often‚ and having little money. No matter how hard things have gotten I’ve found a way to find the good. My identity is a fighter. Divorce. Divorce has taken up a lot of my life‚
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The Holocaust & How It Changed Our World Forever The tragic events that occurred during world war two and the holocaust were not only horrific but also morally wrong. The Jewish culture was targeted for mass genocide‚ by the hand of a mad-man bent on world domination‚ and the only way to prevent another incident like this from happening again‚ is to thoroughly educate the public. The actions and events that Hitler and his followers proposed not only helped the world realize the extent
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Over the years the myth of Theseus has changed in Greek culture. Different versions of the myth exist in Greece. The different versions of the myth depend on the region in Greece in which it is told. “Theseus is the most famous hero of Athens. His mother was Aethra‚ daughter of King Pittheus of Troezen. His father was either King Aegeus or the Poseidon‚ the god of the Sea” (“Theseus and the Minotaur”). Although he was the son of a god he lived in his mother’s land. When Theseus grew older his mother
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Cell Phones: How They Changed Our Lives Mobile phones have come a long way in the last seventy years‚ so be thankful yours fits in your pocket. Maybe one day it will even be able to bend like a piece of thin plastic. Maybe you won’t even have to touch it‚ doing all of your multitasking from cellular implants. But seventy years ago‚ you had been lugging a 25-pound ’portable’ phone on your back‚ with very limited 5-mile range. And now‚ a visual history marking the accomplishments
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To some‚ Woodstock was one of the biggest rock concerts ever‚ but to many others it was a huge historical event that changed America and its views on the Vietnam War forever. Woodstock was one of the biggest anti-Vietnam War movement to ever exist‚ it also marked the beginning of the Vietnam War as well. The concert was originally supposed to be held in a town named Woodstock‚ New York on Max Yasgur’s 600 acre area‚ but was transferred to Bethel‚ New York because there was not enough room for the
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