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    the word ‘government’ include: ‘authority’‚ ‘regime’‚ and ‘leadership’. Now simply replace those words with: ‘manipulative’‚ ‘prejudicial’‚ and ‘corrupt’ and there lies the Thoreau’s startling precept about our government. In Henry Thoreau’s From Civil Disobedience‚ modern government and its regime are questioned— highlighting its inherent ineffective praxis. Though flaws in the government systems are alluded to‚ Thoreau declares that he is not in favour of the government being eradicated per say

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    The hysteria surrounding communism ravaged the United States of America when John F. Kennedy was elected president. Sputnik was orbiting in space‚ the Cold War raged in the background and to combat the fear‚ America needed a strong‚ dependable leader. At this time‚ Kennedy barely beat his presidential competitor Richard Nixon causing uneasy feelings in the American public. To alleviate the apprehension‚ John F. Kennedy delivered an inspiring inaugural speech which sent a message of strength to the

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    train and by the lady in the yellow water proof coat. In this short excerpt from the story the author begins each paragraph with “And” making the transition from paragraph to paragraph a bit robotic‚ choppy and simple and is an example of a rhetorical device called anaphora. The author’s words choice

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    Quote Analysis from Civil Disobedience. By: Henry David Thoreau “But‚ to speak practically and as a citizen unlike those who call themselves no-government men‚ I ask for not at once no government‚ but at once a better government. Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect‚ and that will be one step toward obtaining it (Thoreau) ” ____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________ Over the course of

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    Christina Falzani February 19th‚ 1012 JFK Assassination Paper Friday‚ November 22nd‚ 1963: The President of the United States‚ John F. Kennedy was traveling through Dealey Plaza‚ Dallas‚ Texas. While riding down the street with his wife‚ Jacqueline‚ a bullet hit JFK at 12:30 p.m. Two other shots followed and Kennedy was struck. His body was sent to the Parkland Hospital where JFK was pronounced dead. Then against the wishes of Texas authorities‚ the body was flown to Washington where autopsies

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    Barack Obama first addresses the American people on March 18‚ 2008 in A More Perfect Union. The effectiveness of this address had a positive as well as a negative effect on his audience. President Barack Obama addressed many issues in his speech. He began his discourse with a brief history of slaves as well as the struggle that they had to go through. He also mentioned the civil war and its effects‚ which lead to his main point‚ racial tension in America. President Obama stated that this is the

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    Civil Rights and Internet Monitoring What is internet monitoring? It consists of computer programs that are used to detect the internet activity of computers it located to. Many a places have been suppressed by governments not giving the people a right to view what they want on the internet. Some say the internet is a human right. Others say it is a privilege and should be watched over and scrutinized by the government and businesses for people at work. Many respected internet monitoring software

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    This speech was meant for primarily for African Americans and to all who supported the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King Jr would stress the importance of non-violence throughout the movement and mentions it again in this speech staring that they have overcome violence. In this speech King also consistently praises American democracy stating that they can protest because of democracy that they couldn’t do this if they were in a communist nation or a nation run under a dictatorship. This was

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    was on the brink of a major social change and President John F. Kennedy knew it. The 60’s to the 80’s were known as the decades of change. (JFK and the 1960’s) The more autocratic change of power in the federal government allowed the president more control after the New Frontier and Great Society‚ which was caused by the shift in the Civil Rights Era and by civil tension in the counterculture from the Vietnam War and Watergate. The shift in power which gave the president more control began with the

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    April 7‚ 2010 CIVIL RIGHTS DBQ (Document Based Question) Essay The Civil Rights Movement is understood as the collected efforts of many different groups and individuals struggling to achieve justice and equal treatment for all Americans. Several events shaped the time period‚ particularly those that either showed the extent of injustice and unfair or violent treatment‚ as well as took direct action against injustice. Additionally‚ significant events were those where Civil Rights leaders could

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