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    Movies In The 1920s

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    In the 1920s‚ movies were introduced for the first time. Movies back then were black and white‚ had no sound‚ and were usually accompanied by a live organ or piano player. Movies provided huge entertainment value‚ and audiences were fascinated by seeing a moving picture on a silver screen for the first time. The first ever theatres were called Nickelodeons‚ and were extremely basic compared to our theatres today. The actors and actresses were idolized by many around the world‚ and the people couldn’t

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    health reform

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    also due to those (younger generation) who choose to opt out of paying for health insurance. Many Americans live day to day hoping they will not get sick. From the results of these rates‚ President Obama signed the US Health Care Reform into law. The health care reform law encases benefits such as affordability‚ accessibility‚ comfort and ease for low income families worrying about going broke if they get sick‚ health care cost will be capped‚ and insurance companies will not be able to deny applicants

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    progressive reformers

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    In what ways do the legislative and executive branches restrain the judiciary? I believe that‚ when considering the fact that they as individual branches have the fully granted power to not only make the laws but; they are also the ones seeing that these laws be enforced through proper channels and chain of command. This leaves the judiciary with limited actions. However if actions were to be taken against specific laws then the Supreme Court have the final say. Although all have a say in the power

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    The Lost Battalion

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    The Lost Battalion: Film Analysis In movie The Lost Battalion Major Charles White Wittlesey and his troops lead an attack into the Argonne Forest where they encountered severally bloody battles with the Germans‚ who outnumbered them and completely surrounded them. He started off with 500 men at the beginning of the campaign and by the end under 200 men were left. This movie shows the obstacles that stood in their way in order to stand their ground against German forces. These obstacles included

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    Skyscrapers In The 1920s

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    In the 1920s there was so much going on along with many things to explore. You have the creation of the Model T which was the car for the common man‚ giving people more freedom than before and the chance to travel. There were electric lights which became so common for people to use‚ people fell in love with the lights and used them for a different variety of things . The radio came about giving people a chance to know about important things going on in the world without actually having to be present

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    Social Reform

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    Many things can contribute to the rise of social reform in the 1800’s. Many scholars such Ralph Waldo Emerson or Edgar Allen Poe‚ helped lead the reform era. But the most some of the most important ideas that encouraged social reform was the Second Great Awakening‚ Industrialization‚ and nostalgia. All three played a very important role and had key people who helped jump start a era of reformation. People knew that it was time for a change and they knew they had to do something about it. Thats

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    Lost Toy

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    kindergarten. I hope you continue your dream of being a Pro-Wrestler. I wish you the best of luck for the rest of the year. Honesty is the best policy.                                               Once upon a time there was a little boy‚ who never lost a toy. Isaiah Gilmore‚ the  richest kid in the world‚ saved all his toy.. Isaiah had carried a Trigger Happy skylander  toy‚ everyday. He was walking to a taxi and dropped it without knowing. A boy named  Caden picked it up and tried to give it back to Isaiah

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    civil war‚ the US was facing many problems. These problems put the American public at risk and offended others. Something had to be done. This period in US history was called the Progressive era. Labor laws‚ women’s suffrage‚ and the US government were all reformed during the late 1800’s and the early 1900’s. The Progressives‚ middle class reformers‚ believed in abolishing all the harsh treatment and abuses that came with the growth of businesses. Muckrakers were people who informed the public about

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    Lost in a Forest

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    Katrina Pham Ms. Leang English 1 HP‚ Period 1 3 October 2012 Lost in a Forest “It’s too dark‚ Katrina. I can’t see!” cried Christopher‚ my baby cousin. “Slow down! If I lose you‚ the monsters are going to swallow me whole.” I heard him‚ but his whimpers only exacerbated the situation‚ which was already worsening by the second. The sun had nearly disappeared behind the mountain‚ and the darkness was quickly claiming the night. Out of instinct‚ I grabbed his hand and we ran as quickly as we could

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    The Progressive Presidents Kenneshea Q Alexander George Aleman HIS 204 15 March 2013 It has been said that the Presidential election of 1912 was the most Progressive in the US history. This election was held on November 5‚ 1912 of which democrat Woodrow Wilson defeated Bull Moose as well as candidate and former Republican president Theodore Roosevelt and Republican incumbent president William Howard Taft. We ask ourselves what or who were Progressives? According to a statement by Roosevelt

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