Basic History/Overview: The American Red Cross is a non-profit organization supported solely off of financial donations and volunteers (community). Red Cross mission is to “provide relief to victims to victims of disasters and help people prevent‚ prepare for‚ and respond to emergencies. Red Cross was founded in 1881 by Clara Barton. Who was inspired by the Red Cross during the Prussian War. She first implemented what she had experience over in Europe in the U.S. during the Spanish American War in
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HIS 121 Study Guide #1 The American Promise: A Compact History The first exam will cover chapters 1-4. The exam will consist of 33 multiple choice questions and three short answer paragraphs. Please know the following: Historians/Archeologists: Historians direct their attention to mostly writing (personal and private jottings‚ letters‚ diary entries‚ public documents: laws‚ court cases‚ newspapers‚ speeches)‚ arachaelogist tend to focus on physical objects (bines spear points‚ pots‚
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Three things that I have learned about in American History that I believe have had a huge impact on making America what it is today are the new technology created in WWI. The 1920’s like the women and how they acted‚ and how that essentially shaped how women are treated and are able to act today. Last but not least‚ the Great Depression‚ and how a failing economy in the 1930’s could be fixed just the same as 2008. While Germany is sending a telegram to Mexico to get us into the war and sinking our
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton 4. Lucretia Mott 5. Angelina Grimké 6. Reform communities 7. Shakers 8. New Harmony 9. The American Temperance Society 10. Institution building 11. Jails 12. Poorhouses 13. Asylums 14. Orphanages 15. What the proliferation of new institutions during the antebellum era demonstrated 16. Horace Mann 17. Public schools 18. The American Colonization Society 19. Liberia 20. An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World 21. David Walker 22. William Lloyd
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homosexual bars and such places‚ portrays the clan like social groupings. The entire neighborhood however was not friendly. A fellow merchant on Castro Street refused to allow Milk to join the Merchant’s Association and even threatened to call the police and have his business license revoked on no legal grounds. Homosexuals were often portrayed as social deviants and often faced severe police brutality. The film addresses many political issues‚ as it is centered on the gay rights movement. Milk faces
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trials in American history. It is one of the most known because it is the perfect example of the conflict between science and religion. In the summer of 1925‚ a high school biology teacher named John Scopes was on trial in Dayton‚ Tennessee for violating the law against the teaching of evolution. The prosecutor was a very famous attorney named William Jennings Bryan‚ who was a three-time Democratic presidential nominee. Clarence Darrow‚ who was agnostic‚ represented the defense. The American Civil Liberties
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Ethicial Isssues in Social Work was published in 1995. There has been an updated version published in 2002 where I will be furthering my reseach. The information provided in 1995 is still beneficial today. After searching in a varity of databases I came to the conculsion this books is a perfect choice to futher my research the information does relate to risks along with the ethical issues in social work. I did cite the book and the URL .edu- educational instition was published by the professors
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Jessica Blain November 5th 2014 Response Paper #3 “Race And Class” or “Race Or Class”? With American being known at the “melting pot” of the world‚ is it actually possible to have that all societies‚ communities‚ ethnic groups be looked upon as equal without racism? Since there are currently so many different health disparities and issues throughout each community in the United States‚ there must be some factors that have unknowingly been neglected when creating different policies order to
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American History is a very interesting topic when historians look at its commencement. One of the most subjective topics in american history is what should be defined as the start of it. Whether you believe that American history began when Columbus discovered the western hemisphere in 1492‚ or when the pilgrims reached plymouth rock in 1620‚ or even whenever the first mayan discoveries were found to be in around 2600. No matter your opinion‚ everyone can agree that the answer isnt definitive‚ and
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Malcolm X Malcolm Little was born on May 19‚ 1925; he was the son of Louise and Earl Little of Omaha‚ Nebraska. He was a very good student. Before dropping out in the 8th grade‚ and was even voted class president. After the death of his father at the hand of Klansmen and the infirming of his mother to a mental institution‚ he moved to Boston. Malcolm got a job as a shoeshine boy‚ but quickly decided dealing drugs was a much easier way to make money. He eventually moved to New York City‚ where
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