Writing 120 was an interesting experience for me. Going into the semester I wasn’t sure what to make of it. I didn’t know what to expect‚ knowing how to write‚ but not knowing certain concepts and different ways I can grow as a communicator. It seems since I have been in the course‚ my writing and the way I communicate through writing has improved. As we first started reading Understanding Rhetoric: A Graphic Guide to Writing‚ I found it interesting that it was a comic book. Even though it was a
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← Back to Set | Notes for Mid TermStudy online at quizlet.com/_3fr6q | 1. | A ballistic expert or crime scene photographer is best described as. A specialist in the collection and examination of the physical evidence of a crime | | Criminalist | 2. | A codified law is known as a. | | Statute | 3. | A controlled experiment provides some control over factors that threaten external validity. | | False | 4. | A correlation exists between sample size and the degree of confidence we can
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Reconstruction was the era directly after the civil war‚ in which the US began the rebuilding process. Overall‚ I believe this time in United States history was more of success rather than failure. Most importantly the union was restored‚ and that was the main objective. The success of this time era to me over weighed its negatives. First off‚ the reunification of the Union was key because this separation lasted four years. Restoration‚ Lincoln’s driving force to put America back together was
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The West Amanda Miranda America was beginning to boom! With the war over and immigrants coming to the land of “freedom” from all over the world‚ people began to adventure to the West. There was a new‚ unsettled land presenting opportunities beyond what anyone could imagine. The west offered natural resources such as gold‚ oil‚ and lumber‚ also it gave hope to freedom and landownership all the while guarding it with dangerous obstacle such as natives‚ disease‚ and drought. The forge west brought
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Reconstruction Reconstruction started in 1865‚ its purpose‚ to rebuild and reunite the south after the war. The results of reconstruction is that it failed. People were not seeing results fast enough‚ and thought that going back to how it was before would bring back the stability. The people who are majorly affected by reconstruction were the blacks. They were looked down upon as less than‚ this cause them to be excluded from new industries. Jim Crow laws‚ the laws separating the blacks from the
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However‚ the situation for blacks in the South did not seem to improve‚ and many argue that Reconstruction‚ in the sense that it was reformation of the South‚ did not end until the 1960s or even that Reconstruction has not ended yet. The destitution of freedmen in the South stems largely from two causes and manifests itself most certainly in the act of sharecropping. As mentioned‚ one reason that free
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The question that is being asked here is what is the West? The west can be defined as many different things‚ but According to Levack‚ B.‚ Muir‚ E.‚ & Veldman‚ M. (2011) the west is a “place” (p. 2). The west is thought of to be traditionally compromised of certain regions like Europe‚ the Americas‚ Australia‚ and New Zealand. There are in fact many ideas that are evolving around western civilization such as form of governments‚ methods of scientific inquiry‚ religions‚ and languages just to name
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1. There were four different plans for Reconstruction‚ but all had different approaches on how to recontruct the South. Abraham Lincoln’s plan was very lenient‚ and pardoned all Confederates who swore allegiance to the Union‚ except for high ranking officials. When 10% of the voters of a state took an oath of loyalty to the Union‚ the state would be readmitted into the Union. Andrew Jackson’s plan was similar to Lincoln’s plan‚ except it excluded high-ranking Confederates and wealthy Southern landowners
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Johnson‚ and Congress’ Plans for Reconstruction The main goals of the Reconstruction were to readmit the Southern states back into the Union and recognize the civil rights of Freedmen in the society. Its tasks were to unify America into one nation‚ secure the rights of every man‚ and establish order. Three major strategies were presented to unify the nation. The three major Reconstruction plans were contributed by Lincoln‚ Johnson‚ and the Congress. Lincoln presented his plan in 1864 which required
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Wessay The United Staes were trying to push people to settle in the west brought a lot of trouble. Since‚ Settlers and Native Americans thought very differently there were many conflicts between them. They both thought in different ways about the land usage‚ settlement‚ and ownership. Native Americans thought different about land usage than the Settlers did. The Native Americans thought that land should not be purchased or sold to anyone. They looked at land as a gift of the Great
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