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    The most important outcome of the Civil War was ending slavery. The reason to that is the war wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for slavery and it is bad in the first place. Slavery still effects their daily life in many ways. If slavery didn’t happen in the first place‚ we wouldn’t have had ever had the Civil War. The civil war killed the most people than any of the other wars just because African Americans were treated like property instead of normal people because of their color. Abraham Lincoln

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    Dr. Cappiello English 2 October 10‚ 2013 Scott Thomas Poverty Poverty in America today‚ is an unrecognized social dilemma that exists everywhere from the nation’s largest cities to the rural back country. As Galbraith noted‚ "People are poverty-stricken when their income‚ even if adequate for survival‚ falls radically behind that of the community.” By this definition‚ a substantial number of people in America live outside categories regarded as acceptable

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    2013 Representing the Poor In Bell Hooks; “Seeing and Making Culture: Representing the poor; Hooks writes about issues involving the higher class rather than those suffering from poverty. The issues that she addresses are assumptions made about the poor‚ how poor individuals are viewed‚ and how they are represented on television; she shows and interprets how poverty affects the daily lives of individuals. Hooks first argument involves a false accusation made about poor people from her life experience

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    Although I think that a lot of people think of Reagan when they think of the end of the Cold War and the collapse‚ to give him the whole credit for the triumph or victory is wrong. From the beginning of his presidency Reagan wanted nothing more than to see the Soviet Union fall or to at least stop growing. He and many others looked toward our military to be ready for in that readiness he said we will find Peace. His administration spent billions of dollars on defense contracts to research and develop

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    Ernest Gordon was a stalwart young man who fought and belonged to the Scottish regiment of the Allied POW during World War II. Soon‚ however‚ he was captured by the Japanese military and got sent to the Chong-Kai Prison Camp in Myanmar. At the prison camp‚ Gordon was forced to labor to build a railroad through the Burmese jungle. Gordon experienced the most extreme pain

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    to the assumption that poor people are simply too lazy to improve the quality of their lives. In her article‚ Marlene Kim states‚ “Schiller‚ for example‚ believes that the working poor are poor simply because they do not work enough hours. If they worked full-time year-round‚ he argues‚ they would lift themselves out of poverty” (Kim‚ 1998:65). We have a tendency to believe that if you are able-bodied‚ there is no excuse for not working full-time‚ and anyone who is in poverty is there by their own

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    the more will be his love and respect in the society and vice-versa. “In a country well governed‚ poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed‚ wealth is something to be ashamed of”–Confucius. People with lack of money suffers everywhere‚ they not only struggle for their survival but also find it hard to earn respect in the society. Being poor is a curse‚ people with no money end up doing low paid jobs with no bright future. We can see examples of many domestic works who works

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    The Civil War That Ended Slavery The United States civil war began in April 1861 pitting the Northern states (Union States) against the Confederacy States (Southern States). The main duel was fueled primarily by differences between the two parties on the idea of slavery and secondarily on trade‚ tariffs‚ and states rights. Therefore‚ in fighting‚ the first aim was first to stop secession of the southern states in order to preserve the union. This however evolved into a war to end slavery and free

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    famous English author by the name of H.G. Wells once nicknamed this war the "war to end all wars". The saddening and intense outcome of this war‚ which left such a negative toll on all the countries involved‚ led many people to believe that these countries would never fight again. That war was World War I. One of the greatest novels to ever portray the events and the distressful outcomes of World War I‚ is the novel To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion‚ 1914-1918 by Adam Hochschild.

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    tough as it is but completing it’s becoming much difficult for students‚ especially those coming from low income families. The New York Times article “For poor‚ leap to college often ends in hard fall” describes how lower income students struggle with various obstacles or “built in headwinds” throughout college. The “built in headwinds” these poor students encounter make it difficult to complete college compared to upper income students. Education is supposed to be the economic equalizer for people

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