Shaunde Romaine How California Changed HIST 141 May 14‚ 2014 This paper requires us to discuss the book California: A History by author Kevin Starr as well as McPherson’s “TheFight for Salvery in California”‚ among other selected films. These texts and films chronicle the history of California‚ the changes‚ the advancements‚ and the history behind where we are today as a state. In this paper I plan to highlight he importance California played in the United States as a whole and the socio-economic
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1969 Woodstock Festival “And this is the moment I will never forget as long as I live. When I walked on stage at 3 a.m. setting up to play for thousands and thousands of people‚ a quarter mile away‚ there was some guy flickering his Bic‚ and in the night I hear‚ ‘Don’t worry‚ John. We’re with you.’ I played the rest of the show for that guy.” Witnessing these words of John Fogarty and examining the Woodstock Festival reveals its great importance and impact on American History. On
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The industrial revolution changed the economic landscape of America and the rest of the world. This economic change had direct impact of the social lives of the people living in that time and an indirect impact on sexuality. When the industrial revolution was just starting and the factories were being set-up‚ a lot more young women were now able to get jobs in textile industries and such‚ which they didn’t have the opportunity to get before. Even though the wages were not very high‚ working and earning
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Chloe Thomas Professor Christopher Tidwell English Composition 1 13 November 2014 The Day That Changed America Forever One of the most devastating events in American history took place on September 11‚ 2001‚ also referred as 9/11‚ and has altered America ever since. During this tragic event‚ terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jets and flew them straight into the World Trade Centers and the Pentagon in New York. There are many conspiracies on why this event happened‚ but no justification
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In the documentary‚ “The ten Town That Changed America” Geoffrey Baer illustrates the evolution of ten popular cities that changed the image of America. Done in chronological order‚ the documentary explores how visionary citizens combined urban planning‚ design‚ and architecture to develop these US cities and change the way people lived. These are planners who had a passion and great insights for urban development. Although driven by different inspirations and motivations‚ they had a common goal;
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separated by their opinions. You have the people who love rock‚ who loved Jimi Hendrix‚ and the people who admired everything he did. Then‚ you have the people who think distorting the National Anthem was wrong and shouldn’t be aloud. That was how the first Woodstock Festival started. We were in a place called White Lake‚ New York on a 600-acre dairy farm. People crowded miles around to hear the amazing musicians play loud rock. Everyone felt cold with blankets wrapped
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the potential bad publicity‚ the story of the fire spread quickly‚ and outraged many people. As a result‚ the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire ended up changing many business and political practices of the time. In his book Triangle: The Fire that Changed America‚ David von Drehle argues that the fire largely impacted the country. Specifically‚ von Drehle argues that the Triangle Fire ended up changing New York’s interconnected political and economic scene‚ and spurred on the creation of stricter safety
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that pushed them to the very edge of poverty‚ whereas they could not afford to quit their jobs or even come late to work. This led to the Triangle fire‚ an event that directed America in a new course‚ one in which the safety and well-being of Americans are protected by its rightful amount. “Triangle: The fire that changed America”‚ a monograph by David Von Drehle‚ encompasses the idea of the horrible working conditions for the unskilled immigrants‚ in which they had no choice but to work. Von Drehle
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American culture changed dramatically in the sixties‚ one event is so big that it still affects us today‚ Woodstock. Woodstock affected American culture‚ thoughts on certain ideas‚ and the most famous change in music was caused by Woodstock. Woodstock helped rock music evolve and advance. August 16‚ 1969 was the first day of the “3 Days of Peace and Music” or otherwise called the Woodstock Festival. This festival took place in upper New York or new Bethel. Over 400‚000 people came to Woodstock‚ there
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Respect‚ dignity‚ duty; these are just few words to represent the concept of honor. Without honor where would our morals be we would be savage beast fighting for power instead of respectful men and women fighting for their country. Honor has changed over the years but one thing that will always stay with the concept of honor is the humanity that goes with it. Even with many different views of honor and culture diffusions that the concept of honor has taken it will always be a word to describe the
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