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    Jay Gatsby is one of the most interesting and memorable males in fictional literature‚ even though he is not a dynamic and changing character during the novel. In fact‚ Jay Gatsby has changed little since he was a teenager. Born as James Gatz to poor farmers in North Dakota‚ he decided at an early age that he wanted more out of life than North Dakota could offer. He leaves home to find excitement and wealth. While lounging on the beach one day‚ he sees a yacht docked off the coast. He borrows a boat

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    2ND GREAT AWAKENING

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    2nd Great Awakening: 1820-1859 People: Rev. Charles Grandison Finney (1792-1875)‚ whose career took off after his dynamic evangelical revivals in the late 1820s in New York’s upstate "Burned-Over District." Finney’s brand of Christianity demanded perfection but allowed for repentant sinners to return to the fold. Barton W. Stone - an important preacher during the Second Great Awakening of the early 19th century. He was first ordained a Presbyterian minister‚ then was expelled from the church after

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    Absolutism and Peter the Great Many monarchs‚ particularly those of European descent‚ employed the flourishing absolutist philosophy during their reign in the seventeenth century. Defined as the "absolute or unlimited rule usually by one man‚" absolutism is virtually equivalent to the philosophy of despotism. A ruler incorporating the absolutist philosophy has complete control of his subjects and the highest authority with which to govern. With origins dating back to the Ancient Greeks‚ absolutism

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    overcoming the issue. Just like when Great Britain was faced with the challenge of recovering from the Great Depression and they made the choice to leave the gold standard. The gold standard was a monetary system in which a country’s currency‚ the British pound in this case‚ was backed by gold. Britain’s decision to leave to Gold Standard gave them the tools they needed to recovery successfully. Although Britain tried many times to recover from the Great

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    Alexander the great was born in July 356 B.C. to his father Phillip II. Alexander’s father prepared him for a life a conquests and legacies by allowing young Alexander to take over the battle of Chaeronea. This was a very important battle for Alexander since it showed his leadership skills considering he was only 16 years old. After the battle of Chaeronea‚ Alexander’s father‚ Phillip II‚ was assassinated. Now a new ruler at the age of twenty would emerge to the Macedonia people‚ he was know as Alexander

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    bravery. The vicissitude he bequeathed to military tactics made it perceptible that he was not an asset of the society he lived in‚ but a ruler. Alexander‚ born as Alexandros‚ son of King Philip I of Macedon and his wife Olympias‚ could be considered great due to the fact that he was an incredible leader‚ forming the largest empire in all of history. The creation of his empire was a journey toward anti-racism‚ uniting people from the Balkan Mountains to the Indus River and encouraging them to work together

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    Arab-Israeli Conflict: Who Should Have the Holy Land? The Arab-Israeli conflict was a brutal and long war that took place from 1947 to around 1978 sparking a controversy within the Middle East regarding the territory of Israel/Palestine. The main issue being fought over is who should own and have rights to the Holy Land of Palestine/Israel. Both groups have their own religious and political claims on the land‚ and both groups believe they should own the area. The Israelites believe they should have

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    controversial parts of the book The Great Gatsby is whether Gatsby was really great after all. He really isn’t great at all but he works hard to try to me others believe he really truly is great. He live is a world of fairy tales‚ over romanticized details‚ and surrounds him self with people who puss up his over sized ego. Being a great‚ good honest person was not at all Gatsby. I think Gatsby was great to the people that got to know him‚ but to most Gatsby was just a GREAT mystery. Gatsby become obsessed

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    downturns would be the current recession and The Great Depression though out 1929 to 1939. The cause of these two economic events cannot be blamed on one single person or a group‚ but on the United States as a whole who neglected to perform their economic duties. While these two deflationary periods in our economy have several differences‚ they have many similarities as well‚ such the difficulty in receiving money from bank banks but they differ in that the Great Depression was much more difficult to go

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    wasted his resources and power in trivial things such as unnecessary wars and luxurious items and palaces. He sold the idea of divine right as his right of leadership‚ and expanded France’s army and wealth throughout his reign. Alexander the Great was a great ruler who focused on the expansion of territory of his empire and expanded Greek culture and beliefs. At his death at only 32 years of age‚ he possessed one of the biggest empires ever seen. Philip II of Spain was a studious monarch

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