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    Was Britain a better place by 1900? This essay covers the years 1750 to 1900. During this period‚ lasting and sustainable changes took place. It was a period in British history when great industrial towns and cities appeared‚ vaccinations meant life expectancy was risen and people where linked by roads‚ canals and trains‚ that not only went through the cities‚ but the countryside too. In the 1900 people where better fed and sewage systems where emplaced and the police were enforced. However some

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    Initially‚ physics was a term used to describe the study of matter and its motion through space and time‚ occasionally including energy and force. However‚ in 1900 Max Planck a German Physicist presented the beginning of his Quantum Theory. Since this time studies have commenced on the nature and behaviour of matter and energy on the atomic and sub atomic level. While it is highly unlikely to see these natures directly without scientific equipment‚ the effects and changes that occur are known as

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    As a soon to be Chicago Public Schools alum‚ in my lifetime I have experienced school budget cuts‚ teacher displacements‚ and two teacher strikes. I have always believed that education is the key to success and extended opportunities‚ but for the past two years‚ the optimism that I have always had has slowly started to deteriorate. Everyday when I view the news‚ it seems that my education is being attacked. Whether it is on a federal‚ state‚ or city level. Recently‚ I just learned that the Trump

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    Entertainment in 1900’s Vs. Now There are many differences between the 1900’s and now‚ we have discovered a lot of amazing technology and ways to be entertained since the 1900’s. A few of those technologies are televisions‚ radios‚ and cellphones. Entertainment has influenced our generation a lot and has changed significantly over the years. Entertainment back in the 1900’s was definitely more active and social than how our generation calls “entertainment” now. Teenagers in the 1900’s would actually

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    In this essay I will be talking about stage fright‚ Jonathan Pryce‚ and the film Chicago. In stage fright I will touch on what stage fright is to me and how it affects my acting. Then I will talk about Jonathan Pryce and all his thoughts on how stage fright is selfishness. Lastly‚ I will talk about the film Chicago and how the character’s emotions tie to the emotions of real people. For most people‚ stage fright isn’t hard to handle. But‚ it’s not always the same. Some people start to stutter‚ sweat

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    was that America was corruption and‚ it was easy for people to get what they want. See in the 1920s people believed that America was the land of the opportunity and that if you came into the U.S you would be successful but‚ in The Great Gatsby and Chicago by F. Scott Fitzgerald and by Bob Fosse‚ Fred Ebb‚ and Maurine Watkins they give us a good perspective on how it was casually corrupted. The American Dream is probably one of the biggest lies I’ve ever heard.

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    The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was the effect of mistakes that happened when trying to respond to a barn fire. The barn fire originated at the O’Leary Farm‚ when Mrs. O’Leary was milking a cow and the cow knocked over a lantern that Mrs. O’Leary placed on the ground for some light. Chicago “The Windy City”‚ had a vast amount of wood‚ coal‚ and other natural gasses‚ shipped in to build and and build fast because of the majority of people that were flocking in. Most buildings even with the most sturdy

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    During in the 1940’s in Chicago‚ African Americans struggled and suffered because of the dominance of white Americans over them. Many of them lived in a small room and harsh conditions. They faced discrimination‚ racism and were separated from white people’s places. They were also segregated where ever they went.The white community abused of their power and treated them as animals. In consequence of this‚ Richard Wright created Native Son. The book is about of all of the Biggers Richard Wright had

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    am about to tell you about what happened in Chicago fire that happened 1871. It devastated a lot of people made 100‚000s of people homeless. What I think about the Chicago fire is that if it had happen any where else the people would had acted the same as the people in Chicago did. Now I will tell you what happened in Chicago. When William lee reached Goll’s drugstore‚ he was gasping for air and frantic. In his breathless voice lee requested the key to the alarm box that was mounted outside of

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    Chicago Author-Date Referencing 2007 The Chicago Author-Date referencing style has two basic systems of documentation. There is the humanities style (which can also be known as the footnote and endnote or the notes and bibliography style)‚ as well as the au- thor-date style. This guide follows the author-date system of referencing. This involves citations within the text cor- responding to a full bibliographic entry in the reference list at the end of the document. The in-text citations include

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