EMERGENCE OF INDUSTRIAL AMERICA Western mining – Wealth of ____________________________________________ necessary for industrial production [Silver – NEV/Klondike gold/Mesabi Range Immigration – Immigrants (southern & eastern Europe) provide a large _____________ force Gov’t _________________ & tax concessions to rr’s – Transport raw materials & finished products‚ as well as settlers‚ to create national markets Advances in communication – Telegraph‚ telephone‚ typewriter‚ & mail service improved
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In John SteinBeck’s “Of Mice and Men”‚ he uses the characters Crooks and Curley’s wife to show that loneliness and isolation can poor effects on people. In this book the effects that are shown by these characters are‚ pushing others away and desperately seek out any interaction. Crooks pushes others away while Curley’s wife will talk to anybody to not be lonely. Crooks is being isolated from the rest of the rest of the workers because he is black. The isolation that Crooks has been subjected to has
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Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath‚ in her prologue‚ and her tale. When analyzing The Wife of Bath’s role‚ the question arises concerning whether Chaucer intended to portray her as a stereotypical‚ over-sexual‚ cheating‚ deceitful woman or use her to advocate gender equality by showing that she (and women as a whole) are people too‚ entitled to power in society and over their bodies. Religious‚ literary‚ societal and historical influences all contributed to Chaucer’s mold of The Wife of
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Name_______________________________________ BLOOD DIAMONDS Use this link for the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaqQjIzIbiY 1. What are “blood” diamonds used for? Why is their trade hard to stop? Diamonds that are used to fuel violent conflict and human rights abuses The trade is hard to stop because they are illegally smuggled and passed off as real when they get over to the us.a handful of diamonds can be enough money to fund a terrorist group. 2. Which countries are
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Journal Article Review Revolutionary Black Nationalism: The Black Panther Party takes an in-depth look into the Black Panther Party as a specific example for revolutionary nationalism and analyzes thoroughly the positive contributions they made as well as the negative aspects of the party. Jessica C. Harris‚ who was obsessed with the history of the party‚ did research and wrote the paper. This journal (pages from 409-421) is from The Journal of Negro History‚ Vol. 86‚ No. 3. (Summer‚ 2001)
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Being a Good Wife The differences between women and men have usually lead to women being seen unequal to men in many cultures similar to how Aristotle viewed women. Patriarchy was a feature in culture of 330 B.C.E as Aristotle wrote on his perspective of women’s role to a man and explaining the general value that women are to Greek culture. The source establishes Aristotle as a long-term influence on the views of women and shows aspects of the bias of social class and gender bias of society in Greek
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I Want A Wife Analysis Courtnnie Booker Roberts Wesleyan College A “wife” is defined as a “married woman considered in relation (married) to her husband” (Dictionary.com). Throughout the years‚ the status of a ‘wife’ held little value. Judy Brady’s "I Want A Wife” is a satirical piece that explores the traditional roles women play in a family. The purpose of this essay is to provide a crystal clear unbalanced portrayal of the conditions of the common ‘wife’ during the 60’s and 70’s. While Brady
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Judy Brady’s “Why I want a Wife” reminds me of the late 1950’s – early 1960’s TV show “Leave it to Beaver". In this show‚ the script characterized the traditional American housewife as a supermom who was involved in every possible event while still maintaining all the ‘expectations’ of a housewife such as doing household chores‚ making the family dinner‚ and all around serving to the needs and arrangements of the husband and family while maintaining a ‘presentable’ appearance and attitude. In
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Do you still remember Curley’s wife? The only female character in Of Mice Of Men book. She is the pretty‚ flirtatious‚ and unnamed wife of Curley. She has red lips and fingernails and wears heavy makeup. Her hairs hangs in tight sausage curls‚ and her red shoes are decorated at the instep with red ostrich feathers. She is said by the men to give them “the eye”. The author John Steinbeck purposely didn’t give her a name because he wants us to determine if she is a victim or a villain. It the most
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K. Kalpen C. Laney Eng 102 March 4th ‚ 2013 The Wife of Bath Is Not A Feminist Chaucer used the Wife of Bath to push his thoughts on feminism through her attitude and views. Throughout Canterbury Tales‚ she explains her ideas of women and how they are by telling stories of her varies marriages. She elaborates on the negative stereotypes towards women and her thoughts begin to form the idea that she is a feminist. Really‚ the Wife of Bath is far from a feminist; therefore‚ to call her so would be
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