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    Howard Zinn (August 24‚ 1922 – January 27‚ 2010) was an American historian‚ academic‚ author‚ playwright‚ and social activist. Before and during his tenure as a political science professor at Boston University from 1964-88 he wrote more than 20 books‚ which included his best-selling and influential A People’s History of the United States.[2] He wrote extensively about the civil rights and anti-war movements‚ as well as of the labor history of the United States. His memoir‚ You Can’t Be Neutral on

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    In the late 1960’s‚ while taking night classes at the NIH‚ Howard Varmus would be captivated by the partnership that seemed to exist between viruses and cancer. His interests would be further spurred by the introduction of two opposing hypotheses‚ the provirus hypothesis and the virogene-oncogene hypothesis‚ both attempted to describe how RNA viruses interacted with chromosomes of infected cells‚ but had little sound data to back either up. With this information in hand‚ Varmus‚ in the summer of

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    Americans after the Civil War During the years 1861 and 1870‚ both‚ the Civil War and the Reconstruction‚ took place. However‚ during this time period‚ many problems occurred: for example‚ slaves were being debated about between the North and South‚ and many freed Africans were not accepted as citizens. But‚ although African Americans went through a lot of issues and obstacles regarding their race and freedom‚ they managed to shape the course and consequences of the civil war through social‚ ideological

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    March 3‚ 2012 James Polk: The Man that Caused the Civil War During the 1800’s‚ slavery was becoming an increasingly bigger issue. This issue started to cause social tensions about whether African-American slaves should be freed or not while the underlying political problem with this was whether new states should be entered in as a slave state or free. During James Polk’s presidency‚ the US obtained a large amount of land from the Mexican-American War. James Polk’s wanted slavery in the new territory

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    The 1850 ’s were a turbulent time in American history. The North and South were seeing total different views on the issue of slavery. The North saw slavery as immoral and that it was unconstitutional. The south on the other hand saw slavery as their right. The South viewed African Americans as lower human beings which justified slavery. "The 1850 ’s was a time of attempted compromise when compromise was no longer possible." This quote best describes this time period‚ because Americans were

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    wonder what exactly they do and ponder the message that the artist was trying to convey through it. Almost all wars have been commemorated in this way‚ but many wonder if it is the best way to commemorate those who served‚ and the monuments made for the Civil War are not any different. Throughout this essay‚ I will describe a monument that I have created that I believe best represents the Civil War as a whole‚ and proves that monuments are the correct way to memorialize the people who were involved in

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    The Civil War split our nation‚ Americans fighting Americans‚ brother against brother. The war lasted four long years‚ a key battle fought westward was the turning point in the war: the Battle of Vicksburg. Between Cairo‚ Illinois‚ and the Gulf of Mexico‚ the Mississippi River twists and winds for nearly 1‚000 miles. Commonly referred to as ‘the trunk of the American tree ’. The river was vital to both the American Government and to the Confederate forces in the west. The city of Vicksburg

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    Pre-Civil War Study Guide Missouri Compromise- (Louisiana Purchase) Issue – Mo. wants to come in as a slave state. Problem- This would upset the balance of free and slave states in Congress Compromise (Henry Clay)- • Let Mo. come in as a slave state • Let Maine come in as a free state • No slavery above the 36 30 line of latitude Mexican War/Mexican Cession – As a result of the war America got California and much of the SW. (Mexican Cession)

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    slavery had a critical role in bringing on the Civil War‚ which took place in the United States from 1861 to 1865. Disagreements on the status of slaves between northern and southern regions‚ the question of whether laws over slavery were determined under federal law or according to state‚ accompanied by contradictions in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were at the heart of the crisis that inevitably led to the American Civil War. In the United States‚ African Americans had been

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    treated African Americans. A fairly long time after the Civil War‚ African Americans still had to face discrimination. Example would be not being able to use a certain water fountain‚ if one at all. Rosa Parks sat in the front of a bus‚ when “colored people” are only allowed in the back. When a white person who was apparently the dominant person asked her to move‚ she did not. This is part of the chain of events that sparked the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement. She was arrested for not listening to the

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