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    Describe the Southern economy in the years following the Civil War. The American economy has been experiencing significant change on the eve of the Civil War. What had been a simply horticultural economy in 1800 was in the principal phases of a modern insurgency which would bring about the United States getting to be plainly one of the world’s driving mechanical powers by 1900. Be that as it may‚ the beginnings of the modern unrest in the prewar years was only restricted to the areas north of

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    Japanese’s Whaling in the Southern Oceans: An Annotated Bibliography Sand‚ Peter H. "Japan ’s ‘Research Whaling’ In the Antarctic Southern Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean in the Face of the Endangered Species Convention (CITES)." Review of European Community & International Environmental Law 17.1 (2008): 56-71. Academic Search Complete. Web. 14 Nov. 2013. Sand talks about how Japanese whalers are taking more and more whales from the oceans near the artic and hunt whales for research purposes (56)

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    Thomas “Tootie” Reese Thomas Reese was a big time drug lord located on the eastside of Los Angeles California. Thomas Reese had a nickname‚ Tootie. Tootie Reese was also a gang member from PJ Watts Crips which are also known as Project Watts Crips. PJ’s were founded on the eastside of Los Angeles better known as Watts. Imperial Courts Housing Projects was and still are considered their homeland. Reese started selling cocaine and heroin in 1965. Being that cocaine and heroin were addicting

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    SOUTHEASTERN HOMECARE Cost of Capital Background Southeastern Homecare was initially a taxable partnership owned organization run by three partners‚ but later due to lack of capital and the rapid growth of the organization‚ the company was incorporated and the stocks were sold to the public. The company has two operating divisions: the Healthcare Services Division and the Information Systems Division. Both these divisions provide different services and operate individually. The Information Systems

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    The viceroyalty of La Plata’s main dependency was the viceroyalty of Peru. They worked together in a sense‚ both a part of the Spanish empire. Their military consisted of the typical army and navy. The military’s main goal was to gain control‚ because rebellions and revolts were very common in both of these regions during the mid-1600s. From the mid-1600s to the late 1600’s the viceroys of these regions had to expand the colonial navy‚ in order to protect their Pacific coast. The expansion of the

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    Southern Gothicism To best understand the short story by Shirley Jackson “The Possibility of Evil‚” a reader should look and follow the characteristics of the literary movement of Southern Gothicism. Miss. Strangeworth has brought on her own evil to herself but is unknowing of it.. She has the view of a person who is looking from a “royal” standpoint and sees she can do no wrong. That is a trait from Southern Gothicism confusing good and evil. Miss. Strangeworth is spreading gloom onto people which

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    with fruit. Inside the house‚ children run down the softly carpeted hallways‚ their laughter tinkling with innocent joy. The Master and the Lady of the house sit in the parlor‚ he smoking a pipe‚ and she embroidering. All reigns peacefully in this southern utopia. All except for the slaves. The individuals hidden behind the drapes‚ quietly bringing in the food‚ brushing away the dust‚ and pouring their life energies into tilling and working the land. The young man‚ who feels the harsh lash of the whip

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    century‚ the northern states were industrially and commercial advanced compared to the southern states. They had dense cities‚ developed technology‚ and steam powered factories. Most northern cities housed free blacks that could have owned a thriving and successful business‚ but racism was common and interracial marriage was illegal. The Southern states were more agricultural and rural than the northern states. Southern landholders had black slaves work the land. Even though the north population outnumbered

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    The Conservative Resurgence was a struggle for power in the Southern Baptist Convention over the grounds of theological differences. The first controversy that propelled the Conservative Resurgence was the Elliott Controversy. This issue centered around the interpretation of Scripture and an individual is to approach interpreting Scripture. Ralph H. Elliott published a book‚ known as The Message of Genesis in 1961‚ where he approached interpreting Scripture through a historical-critical method‚

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    according to Trauma‚ Memory‚ and Railway Disaster: The Dickensian Connection by Jill L. Matus‚ Dickens himself narrowly escaped death on trains a number of times. The incident most relevant to this story in particular took place “in 1865 [when] Charles Dickens narrowly escaped death when

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