in 1844‚ female workers in New England textile mills had changed their methods of resistance to deteriorating working conditions. What new method were they using? a. They organized a nationwide product boycott. b. They called for the passage of state legislation to shorten the workday. c. They engaged in sabotage against the machines. d. They organized and went on strike. 2. The development of a national railroad system was hampered by which of the following? a. The absence of a national standard
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document did a better job of fulfilling the ideals of the American Revolution: the Articles of Confederation or the United States Constitution? The United States Constitution better represented and fulfilled the ideals of the American Revolution then the Articles of Confederation. Democracy and rights were all earned in the Revolutionary war and were enforced by the United States Constitution. Freedom is given to all free citizens in the country through the Bill of Rights. Government is divided
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I have been in the united states of America for almost 3 years‚ I came to United States as a Migrant ‚Although I can speak english but I was frustrated because I couldn’t communicate clearly at times‚ so people had hard time understanding me including friends ‚ teacher and students. No matter how I hard I practise speaking english I was struggling ‚ even though english is not my first language‚ but it was always my favorite subject .One day I promised myself that if I could speak english
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Essay 1 The origin of the Hopi people is one of spiritual beginning. According to the article Ang Kuktota—Hopi Ancestral Sites and Cultural Landscapes written by Leigh Kuwanwisiwma and T.J. Ferguson‚ ”When the Hopi people climbed out of the Sipaapuni (place of emergence)…they entered into a spiritual covenant with the deity Maasaw to migrate until they reached their destiny… ‘along there make footprints‚’ was one of the instructions given to the Hopi to demonstrate they had fulfilled their spiritual
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conquer and colonize through whatever means necessary. The colonization techniques in North America didn’t differ from those in Latin America. Each individual country felt endowed and felt an obligation to colonize and spread their culture and their ways. The encounter involved a variety of natives. There were nonsedentary‚ semisedentary‚ and sedentary people when it came to their location and how they had adapted to surroundings. The nonsedentary and semisedentary were the natives that resided in
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Christian school we can see the conflict between the two religious traditions. Christianity teaches that one should ‘turn the other cheek’. The Jewish student points out that when the meek do inherit the earth they will be corrupted with power. School Ties by Robert Mandel deals with the theme of alienation or social and cultural isolation and how it could eventually lead to prejudice of all sorts‚ especially racial or cultural. Robert Mandel establishes these two key themes through shot selection and
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Diversity - di•ver•si•ty (noun) : the condition of having or being composed of differing elements : variety : the inclusion of different types of people (as people of different races or cultures) in a group or organization. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) The United States gotten increasingly diverse over the past 50 years. In 1965 the American population was 84% white‚ and only 3% of congress was made up people of color. Today the American population is 62% white‚ and 17% of congress is made up of
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the freedom of going in to find meaning. Most of the time they use objects‚ actions and characters to offer the readers more meaning for the story. Symbolism helps each reader to connect in their on personal way. Clarice Lispector‚ author of Family Ties‚ has a very unique path for usage of symbolism and imagery. It can be proven that Lispector uses animals to show her emotion‚ however she indirectly places it for the readers to open the door and search for the meaning. In the some of the short stories
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“One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end”. I am living my first experience in the United States; however‚ is not my first experience in a new country. I have already passed trough all the feelings of meeting new people‚ miss home‚ and adapt myself to my new culture; but‚ there is one thing that I have clear‚ being afraid of something that I do not now is like crying for something that still not happened; nobody is going to hit as hard as life‚ after all‚ is
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School ties * The opening mise –en-scene of working class‚ teenage 1950s America includes cars‚ a diner and David Green‚ a young man about to leave. The cut between the biker gang and David and friends establishes the tribal boundaries and the sense of communal belonging. Disrespecting David’s Jewish identity creates a crisis in loyalty and the cultural necessity to fight to defend one’s manhood. What is more important than the racism for the group is the necessity of communal identity in this
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