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    The Twenty-First Century Work Place Life in the early twentieth century was provided by secure factory jobs. The United States was an industrial area filled with factories. People without much education could work in the factories and know their jobs were safe. There was no schooling or special skills required. People worked in the factories and made enough money to support themselves and their families. Today‚ factories full of human workers are a rare thing in America. Most people now go to college

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    American political glossary

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    American political glossary Federal constitutional republic A constitutional republic is a state where the head of state and other officials are representatives of the people (in democratic republics those representatives are elected by the people) and must govern according to existing constitutional law that limits the government’s power over citizens. The United States is a federal constitutional republic‚ in which the President of the United States (the head of state and head of government)

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    The Compromise of 1877

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    The Compromise of 1877 was an unwritten agreement between Republicans and Democrats in the U.S Congress to settle a dispute in the presidential election of 1876 between Democrat Samuel Tilden and Republican Rutherford B Hayes. A bipartisan commission formed to decide the dispute. They handed all the disputed votes to Hayes to make him the winner. It was decision that the Democrats were not happy with so Congress settle the dispute. They said Hayes could become President if some key concessions were

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    Why were there so many violent pogroms in Russia in the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? Contemporary sources on this topic have often pointed to the Russian authorities claiming they incited the violence that was prevalent towards Jews in the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In fact John Doyle Klier claims that “almost without exception secondary sources argue that the tsarist authorities actively planned‚ encouraged or at least welcomed pogroms”.[1] While there

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    Parties no longer provide ideological choice. Discuss. America’s major political parties have traditionally been regarded by popular vote as organizationally weak‚ decentralized‚ and ideologically confusing by comparison with the highly disciplined‚ ideological‚ class based‚ parties of the UK. However‚ the strength of this statement can only be based upon the legislation passed by different Political Parties‚ policies within manifesto’s‚ and decisions taken by party leaders‚ to show us that there

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    dimension. This contrasts with art focused on the visual description of the empirical world. This was a rejection of Renaissance sensibilities that had governed the western art world for the previous 500 years. The term expressionism was popularized in the avant-garde journal Der Strum. The editor Herwarth Walden proclaimed: “We call art of this century Expressionism in order to distinguish it from what is not art. We are thoroughly aware that artists of previous centuries also sought expression

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    “Cathy is a typical 19th century heroine.” With reference to appropriately selected parts of the novel and relevant contextual information‚ give your response to the above view. Nineteenth century English heroines acted within their social environment as their roles within civilisation saw them becoming a good wives and mothers and before that‚ kind and caring daughters. Their path in life was to care for their family and to provide support for the head of the household. A typical woman in Victorian

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    Define the difference between jail and prison. In addition‚ define the term rabble as it relates to the concept of American jails being a form of “rabble management.” Provide your opinion on the value and effectiveness of jails as forms of rabble management for society. Jails and prisons are generally considered to be the same thing by the general population. However‚ in fact there are a few subtle differences. Both Prisons and Jails house criminals‚ but Jails have two primary functions. Jails

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    Early American literature has a large and diverse style that reflects beliefs and traditions that come from the nation’s frontier days. The pioneer ideals of self reliance and “independence” appear in many American writings (Columbus 23). Several American writers have always had a strong tendency to break literary traditions‚ and invent their own. Through literary analysis‚ the audience is able to trace the dominant themes of opportunity and religion that contribute to American values in literature

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    Early American Civilizations Early American civilizations were composed of four different groups of people. These four groups were composed of the Mayas‚ Aztecs‚ Incas‚ and the North Americans. These groups were the same in many ways‚ but had some differences that would distinguish their group from the others. These civilizations ruled the Americas for long period of time. These civilizations were the same in almost every way‚ but they had their differences to show that they were a totally

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