During the summer after my tenth grade year‚ I was notified of my acceptance into the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange program. I was overjoyed. I am incredibly passionate about travelling and exploring different cultures. It was a scholarship only awarded to 250 students across the nation. The program was a fully funded year abroad in Germany. I attended a German high school‚ I lived with a German host family‚ and I struggled through the challenges of learning the German language. Before my feet
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fought against each other: the Union North against the Confederate South. Though Texas was a new state in the US‚ many Texans risked their lives and took part in the long‚ bloody Civil War. Texans fought in the Civil War for many reasons. The main reasons so many Texans fought the Civil War was the issues over slavery‚ states’ rights‚ and loyalty to Texas. The first reason the Texans fought was slavery. According to Texas Joins The Confederacy‚ the South’s economy
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The College Board Advanced Placement Examination 1987 UNITED STATES HISTORY Section II - Part A (Suggested writing time - 45 minutes) Percent of Section II score - 45 Directions: The following question requires you to construct a coherent essay that integrates your interpretation of Documents A-1 and your knowledge of the period referred to in the question. In your essay‚ you should strive to support your assertions both by citing key pieces of evidence from the documents and by drawing on
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Texas Roadhouse Although Texas Roadhouse is mainly known for steak and cowboy boots‚ it should be known for many other reasons too. The restaurant is located just off of Wade Hampton Boulevard‚ making it much easier for me to choose this restaurant to eat at. I have eaten at this same Texas Roadhouse about five times within three years and this time was the worst! Texas Roadhouse is a good candidate for a restaurant if people like delicious food‚ a talkative waitress and a loud lunch or dinner
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Dear editor‚ Ever wonder why earthquakes are caused? Why does water in certain areas smell or taste like a chemical gas? The most likely reason for both of these effects is fracking. Hydraulic fracturing‚ as known as fracking‚ is the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at a high pressure in order to fracture shale rocks to release natural gas inside (Dong). According to many recent research studies fracking is very harmful to the environment and shouldn’t be done
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Are term limits for Congress going to fix the corruption or end-less spending on big business agendas? There are multiple avenues that can be explored with this question and can go into much detail and side streets as possibly can be imagined‚ but the research that was done came back to three reasons why this would not work with each being worth mentioning. The main idea that was brought up was that term limits on Congress would be “unconstitutional”. As it stands now there is no amendment that states
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During 1820-1860‚ the citizens of America undergo hatred for the annexation of Texas and the Mexican War. It is said that slavery is “the root cause of expansion;” however‚ there’re more reasons into the expansion of America. Consequently‚ the Gold Rush‚ Texas becoming an independent state‚ and the Manifest Destiny contributed to America expanding. The main reason the annexation of Texas took such a long time was due to President Jackson knowing that annexation would cause much dispute among the
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I arrived here in the United States last year. There is a huge difference between a life in India and a life in the United States. The United States is more technologically advanced than India. So‚ one can see the reflection of this in life style. Both life styles differ in family‚ every day life‚ economy‚ etc. The big difference I noticed was the family. In India‚ a person stays with family all the time. Generations live in one home and they stay together. Relations to other family members
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Michael Jenkins Prof. Darling December 11‚ 2012 Leading Change for the greater good Having been anointed with the position to rule over the new government of Texas‚ I have developed three key issues that are in desperate need of reformation to better the standard of living and educate our civilians. Although Texas was a very self-sustaining with massive economy just in its self‚ we also received many funding grants to help cushion our day to day lives. Through my new ambitions to improve our
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The Texas Judicial system is a puzzling topic to most citizens and has its pros and cons. The system is not liked by everybody because of the way it selects our judges. When comparing it to other states outside of Texas‚ it is different in many ways. For years many citizens and government officials have fought to reform the system. Many have failed‚ been rejected and have given up‚ while others take rejection has a reason to fight harder and fix the Judicial system. The Texas Judicial system is
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