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    Why did the drastic change in American cars between the 50’s and the 60’s come about? INTRO            Brit Spears offered the following reflection on the significance of the 1964 Ford Mustang in Wired magazine“The two Ford execs saw a vast market literally rolling before their eyes‚ and‚ according to legend‚ the notion of a sports car with a back seat was one of those ‘ah-hah’ moments.”[i]The 1964 Ford Mustang was a ground breaking design in automotive

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    While the Old Testament verse Leviticus 25:44-46 was crucial in the biblical slavery debates‚ other verses were equally significant. A notable example being Exodus 21:20 which states “When a slave owner strikes a male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies immediately‚ the owner shall be punished.” Based on this verse southern proponents of slavery argued that the Bible’s acceptance of slavery was a given. In essence‚ if the Bible provided laws which regulated and allowed for the punishment

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    through the combinations of its laws‚ codes‚ policies‚ and actions. As quoted from an ethnic studies textbook‚ Racial Formation by Omi and Winant‚ "First we argue that racial formation is a process of historically situated projected in which human bodies and social structures are represented and organized" (pg 56-57). Another textbook used commonly in ethnic studies‚ A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn‚ talks about American history in a chronological sequence. Each chapter talks

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    “Up from Slavery” is an autobiography written by Booker T. Washington. The book mainly talks about Washington’s life and how he had over come a lot of obstacles to reach his success. The book teaches us a lot of things‚ some of them are still useful today. There are five significant ideas that Booker wanted the readers to learn from his book; these five things are: education‚ slavery‚ work‚ the relationship between two races and the meaning of success. The most obvious and significant idea of

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    Zinn Chapter 1- Study questions 1. Howard Zinn explains that his purpose as a historian and his purpose for writing A People’s History of the United States‚ is to tell history from the view points of the forgotten members of history‚ such as the Cubans during the Spanish-American War. 2. Zinn’s thesis for pages 1-11 talks about how history only tells itself from the viewpoint of the rulers and victors. Zinn’s goal is to tell about history from the viewpoint of the victims‚ such as the fate of the

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    denounces the evil of the system of slavery. Affected by her Christian religion‚ Mrs. Stowe is a firm abolitionist. By her minute and sensitive description‚ people began to realize the cruelness of slavery and emphasize the suffering black people‚ which partly stimulated the Civil War. Throughout the whole book‚ there is a clue that links the development of the story‚ that is‚ the Christian faith. According to their race and religion‚ the characters in this book can be divided into four genres: the

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    Howard Zinn challenges the American identity by suggesting that America is just as bad as Great Britain in that the countries are both incredibly elitist. Going back to the founding fathers‚ the U.S. has an uneven distribution of wealth‚ and the founding fathers wanted to oppress the lower class. Once the lower class realized this‚ riots were held against the elites. Zinn argues that the American Revolution merely shifted the elite tyranny from one leader to another. The founding fathers that are

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    From Silence to Voice‚ a Book Report Michael Hager‚ RN‚ NREMT-P Nevada State College NU 408 Transitions in Professional Nursing Linda Jacobson‚ MSN‚ RN‚ PHN‚ COI Abstract Bernice Buresh and Suzanne Gordon have written a sentinel work for nursing that addresses the misrepresentation or absence of nursing in the media and the public consciousness. This book is more than a call to arms for nurse activism. From Silence to Voice is an instructional aid for shaping dialogue to disseminate

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    Slavery is a cruel thing. In the book Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson she describes how Isabel went through being a slave. Isabel is a girl who was very happy living in Rhode Island before she and her sister were sold to be a slave for Mr and Mrs Lockton and went to New York. Isabel wants to try to free herself and her sister from the Lockton couple and tries to get help from her friend curzon. This novel teaches us about slavery‚ including how slaves got treated like animals ‚can not have their

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    FREEDOM FROM SLAVERY Adamaris Rosas. Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1‚ 1863‚ which set all slaves free. He said “Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.” I 100% agree. Slaves were just people. We’re all just people. Therefore‚ we should’ve all been all been free. Slaves had not done anything particularly bad to be treated the way they were treated. No one deserves to be a slave‚ we are all born

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