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    let’s start with the word origins. The word Blacksmith has two word parts. Black comes from the color of metal that they shape. After the iron ore is smelted into iron‚ the iron is black. Smith comes from the word smite. Smite means to strike hard with a hand or a weapon. Blacksmiths use hammer to “smite” the metal. Blacksmiths had a very important job‚ as they had to create different tools for other people. Tools How did the Blacksmith make iron ore into usable products? He had lots of tools to

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    Tradition is the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation‚ or the fact of being passed on in this way. Many people value and like their traditions but for many others they feel (locked in a prison) by certain parts of their tradition. The traditions we receive have been handed down to us through many generations which have been influenced by our parents and their background history. This helps to control our identity and through their teaching‚ it gives us a sense of belonging

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    Why did Lloyd George fall from power in 1922? Lloyd George won overwhelmingly in 1918 as "the man who won the war". How is it that he fell from power in 1922 never to return to the premiership? A multitude of problems struck both Lloyd George and his government some were his own faults others were political circumstances beyond his control. These problems progressively mounted up so high they obscured Lloyd George’s successes and toppled him from power. Lloyd George’s post as primeminister was

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    How far did conditions improve for Black Americans between 1945 and 1955? Intro Before the outbreak of war there was general hostility towards Black Americans‚ Lynching’s and beatings were quite common in the Deep South. However due to the huge amount of volunteer black Americans who joined to fight for ‘liberty and freedom’ in Europe many also joined to fight two wars‚ to fight the war of liberty and freedom at home. When black soldiers returned to their country many were still met with the

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    Why Did Cabeza Survive

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    In the spring of 1527‚ five spanish ships set sail from the Spanish Mainland to the New World but tragedy struck and left only 4 survivors. One of the survivors was a man named Cabeza de Vaca‚ he and 600 settlers took place on this tragic expedition on June‚ 17‚ 1527 to the established colonies on the northern shores of the Gulf of Mexico. He and four other fellow castaways‚ a person shipwrecked or stranded‚ were the only survivors of the expedition so experts came up with some reasons on how Cabeza

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    Literacy And Voting

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    answer this- Literacy merely implies ability to read and write whereas education is enhancing one’s ability to reason‚ make informed choices and sound judgement. It is a statistical fact that for elections at all levels‚ a certain the segment of the voting population which has rendered itself powerless to affect the outcome of elections:  is the educated‚ middle and upper class‚ largely urban segment of the population. They are majorly ruled by by their perception that their vote cannot matter. Their

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    Voting is Important

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    The reason to vote cannot be overstated. A vote from a rich person is the same as the same of a poor person. Voting give you the rights for you to be heard that will choose the next leader in our country or in the world. When you vote you are making your voice be heard by choosing the person you think will be the best leader. People now days are unwilling to vote because they think that voting is a useless waste of their time. What it really means it’s the perfect choice for the next person that

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    If God Did Not Exist

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    “If God did not exist‚ it would be necessary to invent him.” – Voltaire The quest for god; even if there are different forms of theism‚ is based on the same principles of the need for god(s) in the human mind: Individuals need god to fulfill their human desire of being united with something bigger than themselves‚ due to the fact that there is a feeling of separation and disconnection from the world surrounding humanity‚ being outside the environment in which we exist (more or less like Adam and

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    World War I was one of the worst battles in the world’s history. It was fought from 1914 to 1918 which involved several allied forces trying to stop Germany and its allies from trying to dominate all of Europe. On August 4‚ 1914‚ Britain declared war on Germany and its allies because of the infringement they made on The Treaty of London of 1839. Legally being a member of the British Empire‚ Canada was involuntarily sent to war when Britain joined to fight. Canada helped immensely in the war but overall

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    How Did Jamestown Die

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    Why did so many die? Have you ever imagined turning to cannibalism‚ drinking water with waste in it‚ or even eating your family’s pet to survive? The colonist of Jamestown were forced to these inhumane methods of survival to stay alive during the hard times that occurred during the existence of Jamestown. A large percent of Jamestown’s population died because of the constant lack of fresh water‚ food shortages‚ diseases brought by mosquitoes ‚ and the Powhatan Native Americans that neighbord the

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