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    Martin Luther King jr. wrote this letter from the Birmingham jail on April 16‚ 1963. The purpose of this text is Martin Luther King jr contradicting the clergymen and explaining the suffering of the Negro lives. His point was to show that black lives are no different than white lives and how both communities are interrelated. As opposed to the clergymen who wanted negotiations instead of direct actions‚ MLK tried to show the need for direct actions to reach negotiations. For example he had said‚

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    multiplied as the years went by. 2. In the immediate aftermath of World War 2‚ the Prime Minister of Australia launched a new immigration program. The attacks by Japan during the war made many realize that Australia was in an urgent need of a bigger and better army in case of another war. Australia came up with a humanitarian immigration program to collect refugees from other countries and offer them to be part of the army. So‚ there were many Chinese peoples serving in the Australian defense forces

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    Farmer in the 1880's

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    In the 1880s choosing to be a farmer had its opportunity and a lot more difficulties. Many families chose to head west‚ despite all the bad that could possibly happen. I would be one of those families. Moving west provides a grand opportunity to start over. With so many people moving west the government established the Homestead Act‚ which gave people over the age of 21 to file a claim for up to 160 acres of land. The best area to end up in was next to the railroads. If you where in that general

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    between the Soviet Union and the American Government grew and depleted over the years. Strong ties were formed when political‚ economic‚ and ideological factors were shared. Differences in political systems caused tension between the two governments and prevented them from coming to a mutual understanding on critical topics. This often led them to the brink of wars and crises‚ such as the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Soviet Union and the American Government were cautiously cooperative and oppositional

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    African Imperialism stated in the 1880s. Before european imperialism in Africa‚ there were thousands of different tribes‚ nations; cultures and languages. Also that there were different ethnic groups often in conflict. The reason why the European imperialism africa was to spread Christianity they wanted everyone to be Christianly. Another reason why they imperialism Africa was to abolition slavery and because because of the natural resource that there were in Africa like rubber‚ gold and other materials

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    A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE – Tension Essay MEG DUNCAN Arthur Miller’s play ‘A View from the Bridge’ is an edgy‚ modern adaptation of ancient Greek Theatre‚ in which drama and tragedy are release though the build and release of tension. Told through the eyes of Alfieri‚ we follow the demise of our protagonist‚ Eddie‚ whose love for his niece results in conflict and eventually his death. Tension is present throughout the entirety of the play‚ as it is critical to the play’s success that the audience

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    Trinculo's Surroundings

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    Trinculo has a natural instinct to understand his surroundings and use them to help him survive. Trinculo is wandering around the island looking for life and for people after he swam from the ship. While exploring the seemingly deserted island he TRINCULO: What have we here? A man or a fish? Dead or alive? A fish. He smells like a fish‚ a very ancient and fish-like smell‚ a kind of not-of-the-newest poor-john. A strange fish! Were I in England now‚ as once I was‚ and had but this fish painted‚ not

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    limitations were exacerbated by the diagnoses from the demands of surgery as the only recourse for our diagnoses. Fortunately‚ my mother’s decision to work at a school cafeteria to ensure that we had adequate health insurance enabled us to afford the costly hospital bills from our treatments and more importantly allowed me and my siblings to have her parental support at home.

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    According to NOAA‚ the Tornado of 1925 was classified as one of the destructive and deadly storms. The following information about the storm is based upon the National Weather Service account. The tornado moved across southeast Missouri‚ southern Illinois‚ and southwest Indiana‚ it remained on the ground for over 3 hours with winds over 300 MPH. The storm left 695 people dead‚ 2‚000 injured and 15‚000 homes destroyed. The Tornado of 1925 still maintains storm records even to this day‚ the longest

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    Advertising In The 1880's

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    The 1880’s is around the time that businesses found that they could use advertising to coax people into buying their products (“American Advertising: A Brief History”‚ 2014‚ Paragraph 5). From then on businesses changed the advertising market into an abomination. Advertising has advanced so much that everywhere you turn you see an ad; even places like park benches. You can’t turn your computer on without seeing an advertisement for Microsoft or look at a quick video on YouTube without the annoying

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