The first document is about a painting of pioneers traveling westward using various means of transportation and an imaginary female figure guiding them. This document was created by John Gast in 1873. The purpose was to show the westward movement of pioneers. The audience is meant for anyone who are interested in how the west was settled. The summary is that pioneers had many problems during their westward migration‚ including fights with Native Americans and finding food. This painting shows pioneers
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being an African American man who was beaten by white officers. I didn’t know he was speeding and that it led to a police chase. As to the riots‚ I had known of the protests and the violent outbreaks against the verdict of the officers. Hearing of Los Angeles people stand up against such a case as King’s gave me a good feeling. I strongly disagree with any form of prejudice acts and knowing that people from such a mixed city stood against it as well made me happy. Because of my little knowledge of
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his acting in this movie is generally looked upon by a lot of critics as his best acting role outside of Malcolm X‚ while being completely new to the kinds of roles he had taken prior to this film. Denzel played a rogue narcotics officer for the Los Angeles Police Department who is evaluating Hawke and pushing him to become rogue throughout the film as Washington
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California Over October break in 2015 I went to California for my second time. I love going out of state. My family and I went in car‚ so it took us longer to get to California. It takes about 6‚ 7‚ or 8 hours in car depending on how many stops you take along the way. Now the first time I went to California was in car as well‚ but that time my older sister came with her husband and my newborn niece at the time. That time seemed like it took forever. During October break‚ my dad decided to take my
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and passed out to his buddies so they could come and rob them. Sandra Bullock’s character was very upset because she and her husband had just been held up at gunpoint and their vehicle stolen from them. Her husband was the district attorney of Los Angeles in this movie. Sandra Bullock’s character was upset with her husband for not showing concern over her feelings about wanting the locks changed again in the morning since they were currently being changed. He told her she was over reacting. She told
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Ivania Martinez Chicano studies 37 SN #0164 May 4‚ 2013 Book Report Always Running Always Running is an autobiography written by Luis J. Rodriguez. The setting takes place in California‚ for the most part takes place in east of Los Angeles‚ Watts a neighborhood that was designated "as one of the 10 poorest in the country." The protagonist in this autobiography is Luis he is also the narrator‚ and the antagonist in autobiography is the gang life. The autobiography basically
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cooperation" (Johns 2). The two men and their followers met at a ranch near San Luis Obispo to agree on an opposition towards the American forces. The lack of trust within one another led the two armies to march in separate units to Los Angeles. Upon the troops arrival in Los Angeles Castro wrote a letter to Commodore Robert F. Stockton demanding to discuss a way of preventing war. Stockton wrote back concluding that the men must allow American forces to raise an American flag in California.
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Smog Facts The word "smog" is a combination of the words "smoke" and "fog." It originally referred strictly to a combination of exactly those two things. Nowadays‚ however‚ the word "smog" refers more loosely to any mixture of air pollutants‚ including gas and fine particles that congregate in the air‚ usually around populated areas. Smog can cause health problems and is a serious environmental issue. Causes Traditionally smog came from the smoke produced by burning coal in factories
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gangs; she was also John Hagedorn’s mentor. No scholar is as widely cited as is Dr. Joan Moore in this field. Her most notable books are Homeboy: Gangs‚ Drugs and Prison in the Barrios of Los Angeles (1979). She won the Sidney Spivack Award in 1980 for this groundbreaking study examining gang activities in East Los Angeles and Going Down to the Barrio (1991) are widely respected for their insights into Mexican American gangs. Her recent study "Drug Posses‚ Gangs and the Underclass in Milwaukee" focuses
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stereotypical gangsters‚ from the Mafia to street criminals. Persons who often have a negative attitude toward youth see gangs. Often individuals form gangs out of fear and for the protection of their members whether they are the Bloods and Crips of Los Angeles or the Sharks and the Jets of "West Side Story." Gangs may not possess a set of formal written rules‚ but all of them have their own sets of customs or conditions. Gangs may or may not be facilitated in a branch of higher and lower members‚ mimicking
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