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    How did Southerners control the African Americans? They did many of things. They would torture‚ verbally abuse‚ and sexually abuse the African Americans. What kind of torture did they have to go through? One woman stated that her aunt’s hands and feet were tied to a tree. They would be hit with rawhide on their buttocks. Sometimes they would rub turpentine and salt over the raw places on the buttocks. If a slave had to go to another plantation they needed a pass. If they didn’t have a pass

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    source‚ “World War II and Mexican-Americans (1945)” describes the founding of an organization that confronts against the anti-Latina discrimination and fights for equal rights for Latinos. The League of United Latin American Citizens or known as LULAC specifies why there’s mistreatment of “Mexicans” when they are people that risked their lives to help during WWII. They define that in the United States there’s an ideal that the “American Culture” is remarkable and that others like the Mexican Culture are

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    corporation‚ and it showed the necessity to transform all of its levels and structures. However‚ since the geographic extension of crisis in Tijuana is a matter of national security‚ federal help had to come in action. This is the time when change came from the previous President‚ Felipe Calderon. He ordered commander militaries to transform‚ internally‚ the police corporation of Tijuana‚ and gave Julian Leyzaola the position of Secretary of Municipal Public Security. I believe my thesis holds true that

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    How the Cold War Emerged from WWII At the end of World War II The United States of America emerged as one of the worlds biggest powers. World War II had helped to lead America out of the Great Depression and created prosperity. Though this prosperity was felt throughout the country‚ there was still a fear of economic decline on everybody’s minds. People feared that the US would experience another depression. To help contribute to the prosperity of our country Harry S Truman created his Fair Deal

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    1. To what extent do young people in your society show an interest in their culture and traditions? Culture – the quality in a person or community that arises from concern over what is regarded as excellent in arts‚ manners‚ scholarly pursuits etc Tradition – the handing down of statements‚ beliefs‚ customs from generation to generation especially by word of mouth or by practice. What does it mean to be Singaporean? That is a question that has stumbled many of us in a country that has endured

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    Objective 3. The main purpose of the Project work is to be able to get information from various kinds of sources by using English as a tool of communication. Our group work on Japan as a title of the project and we get information from website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan the internet. Through out the project‚ we gain knowledge and develop English and social skills. Moreover‚ the project draw on knowledge gained from other subjects in the curriculum. We hope this project will be very useful

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    afraid of an anti-slavery government so they seceded from the United States. The slave states that seceded from the United States became the Confederate States of America and the United States became the Union. Lincoln entered into war to get back the slave states that seceded from the Union. This war ultimately lasted four years with the Confederate States of America losing the war‚ and the United States gaining back those states. The civil war ultimately helped end slavery‚ but there were still

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    For years‚ the lives of Mexican Americans were living in harsh conditions due to being racial discriminated against by Anglo Americans. Mexicans have had their land taken away‚ received low wages‚ and targeted for petty crimes. At the start of World War II‚ Mexicans Americans were given an opportunity to join the armed forces for a chance to change their social and economic conditions at home. When Mexican came home from the war they developed an excellent military record‚ as well as their self-esteem

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    in the Mexican-American war The Mexican-American war stared in 1821 after Mexico won its independence from Spain‚ thus allowing American settlers to move into the newly unoccupied territory. The Victorians of the war‚ were the Americans. After the war came to an end‚ Mexico signed the treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo. In the treaty Mexico agreed to give 500‚000mi to the U.S.‚ while the united states paid Mexico $15 million. There are many different point of views towards the Mexican-American war. The United

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    To what extent was the Soviet Union responsible for the division of Germany from 1945 to 1949? Post-war Germany found itself in the middle of international tensions after its division – between the Allied powers of Britain‚ France and the USA and the Soviet Union under Stalin. However‚ the German nation that hoped for a new beginning could not do so due to the distribution of her land between the victors of the Second World War‚ and historians have since debated over who was to blame for this occurring

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