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    American History

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    1. In the last quarter of the nineteenth century American farmers: *a. Suffered from the collapse of cotton and wheat prices b. Benefited from agricultural production in Russia‚ Canada‚ and Australia c. Were delighted about the "short haul‚" "long-haul" policies of railroads d. Benefited from the "rebate" practices of railroads e. Saw a sharp decrease in farm tenancy 2. The Grange: a. Avoided all social and educational activities and focused

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    After learning American history‚ which acknowledged me a lot of the interesting things‚ I understand how wonderful the U.S it is. The best thing I see that the American characters such as diverse ethnicities and religions‚ independence and freedom‚ liberty and equality‚… which shaped by the powerful union for the better the lives of all immigrants. Therefore‚ I realize the history that helps me wisely how to fit into the American society like an immigrant. The notion American Exceptionalism is an

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    men or women’s appearance they too can have an ideal family if they buy the product. Just about everyone wants to be successful‚ physically attractive and even have power and prestige in society. In the article “The Social Construction of Gender” by Judith Lorber examines gender as a process of creating a distinguishable social status in our institutions. The author believes that gender is learned through social interaction and then is acted and reacted‚ when she states‚ “Every day gendered interaction

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    AMERICAN HOLOCAUST The other side of the story to our great American history is not as pretty as they teach us in grade school. The American Holocaust by David Stannard is a novel full of live excerpts from eyewitnesses to the genocide of the American Indians. He goes as far as to describe what life was most likely like before Europeans came to the Americas and obliterated the "Paradise" so described. Columbus even wrote how beautiful the places were in which he committed acts against the Natives

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    History of Short Story

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    The Short Story History: as a form dates back to the oral tradition of the tale written tales emerge in poetic forms - Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales Boccaccio’s Decameron (1351-1353) often cited as the precursor of the short story form‚ as is the French translation of The Thousand and One Nights (1704) short story really begins to emerge as a form in the 19th century Grimm’s Fairy Tales (1824-1826) an early collection of folk stories that paved the way for the development of the genre of short

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    The American History

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    Caleb Cobos Period 4 October 9‚ 2012 Timeline #3 Pages 166-210 1775- Quakers founded the world’s first antislavery society. 1774- Continental Congress called for the complete abolition of the slave trade. 1776- New Jersey’s new constitution enabled women to vote. 1777- Articles of Confederation adopted by second Continental Congress. 1780- Massachusetts adopts first constitution drafted in convention and ratified by popular vote. 1781- Articles of confederation put into effect. 1783-

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    To be an American it’s one a honor‚ but it means for everyone to be equal. Back then not everyone was equal. In fact the smallest thing that is different about a person could make that person get bullied. We aren’t all the same and not even identical twins are the same. They may look the same‚ but their voice and possible interest are different. They might hang out with different people‚ but that doesn’t mean we can bully them. We shouldn’t bully anyone‚ but it’s a big issue. In the past it was

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    studied throughout the duration of this course‚ which one do believe to be the most important to teach someone else about the American History‚ that would be The American Revolution. The American Revolution is one of the most important events from 1775-83 and known as the American Revolutionary War and the U.S. War of Independence. There are many reasons to say The American Revolution as the important historical events of the United States. This is the events in which America got their independence

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    American History X

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    The movie that I chose to review is American History X. I picked this movie because this relates to popular culture in so many ways. The first way that it relates is the fact that people back in the day white individuals were racist against blacks and other minorities. The second way is that although faced with adversity you have to adapt to the current situation that you are arises. You can choose to go down the right path or your current path. This is exactly what happened in this movie. Derek

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    judith butler

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    Judith Butler and Performativity for Beginners (mostly in her own words) Film 165A 1. A central concept of the theory is that your gender is constructed through your own repetitive performance of gender. This is related to the idea that discourse creates subject positions for your self to occupy—linguistic structures construct the self. The structure or discourse of gender for Butler‚ however‚ is bodily and nonverbal. Butler’s theory does not accept stable and coherent gender identity. Gender

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