initiated for a reason makes an impact on its nation. The Civil War (1861-1865) has been one of the most important events in the history of America. “... and I won’t forget the men who died‚…”‚ says Lee Greenwood. Over 600‚000 souls were lost fighting in the war that made impacts on the country that are still visible today. Therefore‚ the Civil War significantly changed the United States because of the political and social impact‚ medical advances‚ and the ending of the pernicious institution of slavery
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The Second Industrial Revolution changed American in several different ways. It introduced new technology that improved existing products‚ and created new ones. It also featured improved manufacturing processes that decreased the production cost of items and therefore increase the size of the market. New technology‚ such as improvements to the railroad‚ made it easy to get raw materials to the cities and get finished products to other markets. Overland mail used to take 180 days‚ but with the completion
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Wake Up America Ever since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York‚ America has been racial profiling in airports. A lot of people think that this is the best thing to do to stop terrorists from coming into the United States‚ and I completely agree with them. Looking at what a person is wearing can tell a lot about who they might be. For instance‚ if I am going through the security lines at an airport‚ and I see someone in front of me wearing a head wrap that looks like they are from the Middle East
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When I think of term rock and roll‚ I remember watching MTV and seeing Axel Rose scream into the microphone with his whinny voice the lyrics of “Paradise City” while dancing across the stage in his ridiculous outfits. My father would nostalgically reminisce of the epic guitar solos of the Eagles‚ Don Felder. My father being a teenager during the height of the rock music era afforded him certain opportunities to see the big hair bands perform live during their prime. When I was still a boy‚ he would
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The Watergate Scandal changed America and the lives of many‚ but none as much as Richard Nixon. The Watergate Scandal had many aspects‚ all of which represented poor ethics of the American government and its elected representatives. During the scandal trust was broken and mystery loomed over the White House. However‚ once tape recordings were brought forth‚ justice was found and all fingers pointed to one man‚ Richard Nixon. A man that had made much progress while in office in his first term of presidency
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Elvis Personality 1 Inside the Mind of the King of Rock and Roll (Personality Analysis) Martina Lovato Sylvia M. Marquez Alie McNeil Brian Wacthler January 18‚ 2001 PSY/250 Jackie Gerstein Elvis Personality 2 Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a rock star? What exactly do you lack in your personality that prohibited you from becoming the next Michael Jackson or Madonna? It is well known that everybody has specific personality traits that are
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Influences and how hey Transformed America for the Better The Founding Fathers are the men who wrote the Declaration of Independence‚ the Constitution‚ and the Articles of Confederation. . If they were not able to create a system that united all the states as when country then‚ the states would each have different laws‚ and some states would not be appropriate to live in because of the laws it might pass. When the Founding Fathers created our government they were influenced by the many thinkers
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THE BIRTH OF ROCK n’ ROLL - A CASE OF RACIAL CONFLICT The term rock ‘n’ roll has been traced back as far as the 1920s in black music‚ but it became an accepted when disc jockey Alan Freed began used it to describe the character of the rhythm and blues he played on his radio program in the mid-‘50s. The term “Rockin’ and Rollin” were originally used as slang for sex‚ in black pop music. However‚ it went on to become the name for a new‚ salacious musical genre. Innovation in audio technology‚ new
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Music has gradually changed‚ as the decades have passed‚ to include a variety of different styles; each being influenced in some way by the early blues and rhythm. As it does presently‚ in that time period‚ music created many conflicts between generations. Also in those decades‚ music created conflict between racial and gender classes. Glenn C. Altschuler‚ author of All Shook Up‚ discusses in this book all of these conflicts‚ and what rock ‘n’ roll did to aid or to discourage people of this time
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How did rock and roll music change popular culture in the post-war years? Since its rise to popularity in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s‚ rock and roll music has played an enormous role in influencing several different genres of music in this modern day and age. The makings of a new‚ fresh‚ and exciting kind of music came to be as a result of the strong combination of two very important things: technology and popular culture. With the unorthodox juxtaposition of different
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