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    Michael Jackson

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    Michael Joseph Jackson‚ also referred to as the “King of Pop” was an entertainer‚ singer-song writer‚ businessman and actor. As of 2012‚ Michael Jackson is still recognized by the Guinness world book of records as the most successful entertainer of all time. His contribution to numerous charities‚ music‚ dance and publication of his personal life has made Michael Jackson a global icon in pop culture for over four decades. Born on August 29‚ 1958 in Gary‚ Indiana‚ Michael Jackson debuted into the

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    entity to answer to‚ neither the people nor the government. Such power would have enabled the Bank to also wield a great deal of political power. Jackson was immediately suspicious. In a letter from Colonel James A. Hamilton‚ son of former Treasury Secretary under George Washington‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ which was dated December 9‚ 1833‚ Hamilton informed Jackson that Biddle had submitted a bank report explaining that the Bank held a position of being required to carry out "other duties than those to the

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    Andrew Jackson

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    Andrew Jackson was not a democratic president. For example‚ the cases of Indian Removal Act and the Spoil System. The issue of the Indian Removal Act proves Andrew Jackson was not a democratic president. Jackson said he would completely remove Indians if he got elected as president because the white people wanted the land the Indians were living on. The Supreme Court said that the Indians can stay‚ but Jackson ignored them. He forced them to leave‚ but some didn’t‚ so that is how the trail of

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    Michael Jackson

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    Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29‚ 1958)‚ often referred to as MJ[1] and The King of Pop‚[2] is an American musician and entertainer. The seventh child of the Jackson family‚ Michael Jackson debuted on the professional music scene at the age of ten as a member of the Jackson 5‚[3] and went on to become a pop icon as a solo artist. His successful career and controversial‚ enigmatic personal life have been a part of pop culture for almost four decades.[4] Jackson has dominated pop music since

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    Michael Jackson‚ the king of pop was considered one of the most influential singer‚ songwriter and dancer. He was born on august 29th‚ 1958 in Indiana and died on June 25‚ 2009 in Los Angeles California. Michael was the eighth child of the Jackson family in which they lived a poor life‚ but all had great ambition to become famous musicians. Michael started his professional career along with his brothers as the lead singer of the Jackson 5 in 1964 where they recorded 14 albums however Michael

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    by Suzanne Collins‚ Is about a post war society divided into 12 districts who each send two teenagers to fight to the death once a year in The Capital. The Capital runs the games and reap the fruits of the 12 district’s labor. The Lottery‚ by Shirley Jackson is about a small American town in the 1800s‚ that keeps order and sanity by selecting one town member to be stoned to death each year. Anyone can be selected‚ even children. In the end‚ everyone‚ including family members join in the killing.

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    vote as a “Democrat” merely because their parents call themselves Democrats. Sometimes blindly following another’s influence can result in something much more severe‚ such as becoming a slave owner due to the influence of the surrounding society. Shirley Jackson’s story “The Lottery” uses the color black to symbolize how irrationally adhering to a tradition when its origin is neither remembered nor understood can result in people performing ignorant actions. The Lottery is an age old practice for

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    Bo Jackson

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    Article on Bo Jackson “Set your goals high‚ and don’t stop till you get there.” –Bo Jackson There are stars‚ then superstars‚ and then there was Bo Jackson. The man who knew how to do it all‚ a man with such talent it was so unreal you had to see it to believe it. As a child he was Paul Bunyan like‚ legendary around all of Alabama. Stories about this man were so unbelievable that everyone told them‚ true or not. Vincent Edward “Bo” Jackson was by far the greatest athlete in the 20th century and

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    Jackson Dbq

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    The generalization that‚ "The decision of the Jackson administration to remove the Cherokee Indians to lands west of the Mississippi River in the 1830s was more a reformulation of the national policy that had been in effect since the 1790s than a change in that policy‚" is valid. Every since the American people arrived at the New World they have continually driven the Native Americans out of their native lands. Many people wanted to contribute to this removal of the Cherokees and their society. Knox

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    Port Jackson

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    On the 13th of May‚ in 1787‚ the British Government sent a fleet of 11 ships on a mission to start up a new colony led by Captain Arthur Phillip. Captain Arthur Phillip was born on the 11th of October‚ 1738‚ in London. Phillip went to school at Greenwich and later served an apprenticeship in the merchant navy. He was then transferred to the Royal Navy during the Seven Years War but then retired to become a farmer in Hampshire. After he served his time as Captain in the Portuguese Navy‚ Phillip re-joined

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