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    as the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play of the Year. In addition to the many performances and awards the Hansberry play won‚ there were some‚ arguably more important things that it accomplished. A Raisin in the Sun marked the turning point for Black artists in professional theater. The funding for this play was a struggle. It took over a year to raise enough money and

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    September 1. 1939 and ended nearly six years later on September 2‚ 1945. The war was long and bloody with nearly sixty million civilians and soldier casualties combined (according to nationalww2museum.org). There were five major turning points in World War II. The first major turning point in the war was the United States getting involved in the war. The United States didn’t want to go to war with any country‚ so they first got involved with the war when

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    during 1777; this battle was between the American and the British. The Battle of Saratoga was a major turning point for both countries mostly because this battle was fought for the freedom of the American colonies and for France to become allies with America. During the war many other nations supported the Americans with food‚ money and most importantly with a powerful Navy. Since the American Revolution began the British were the most powerful nation‚ but the Americans won the battle‚ which made

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    Ronald Reagan The Influential President Joshua Flowers Dr. Dalin American Civilization 12/11/13 Ronald Reagan was a very influential president his policy‚ administration brought about the demise of the Soviet Union and communism; yet he was still the least talked about president in our history books. President Reagan had a much more different life style growing up than the presidents before him. Reagan became attached to politics while working

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    Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6‚ 1911‚ in Tampico‚ Illinois‚ to John Edward "Jack" Reagan and Nellie Wilson Reagan. His father nicknamed him "Dutch‚" saying he looked like "a fat little Dutchman." During Reagan’s early childhood‚ his family lived in multiple towns‚ finally settling in Dixon‚ Illinois‚ in 1920‚ where Jack Reagan opened a shoe store. In 1928‚ Ronald Reagan graduated from Dixon High School‚ where he was an athlete and student body president and performed in school plays

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    was relatively unknown in the political world and was just beginning his career in politics. Abraham Lincoln’s reputation was just starting to grow‚ and his life was about to make a drastic change. The Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 were a turning point in Abraham Lincoln’s political career. Lincoln had served four terms in the Illinois legislature‚ and now desired an office with greater prestige. Lincoln had served the Whig Party well‚ and election to Congress became his goal. In 1843 and

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    Whitney Davis Mr. Greenlee English II January 28 2013 President Ronald Reagan Most of the world knows Ronald Reagan as the 40th President of the United States of America but many do not know how he got to be one of the greatest communicators the world has yet to face. Reagan wasn’t born into politics like most may think but raised as the average person in Dixon‚ Illinois. From the start he was set on being a leader. Ronald Regan opened the eyes of many Americans as he stepped into office

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    Reckoning with Reagan: America and its President in the 1980s Michael Schaller Oxford University Press: New York‚ 1992 Ronald Reagan was more than a president. He was a phenomenon. Since he left office in 1989‚ many authors have tried to effectively identify who this man really was. He was an icon to some‚ and an enigma to others. He stood up to the worst economic‚ domestic‚ and international threats of the time and yet‚ took naps in the middle of cabinet meetings. At the height of his popularity

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    1863‚ Abraham Lincoln made a unifying speech to a nation divided. His words met the disjointed and disjunct state of the country with emphasis on hope for a prosperous future. At first thought by Lincoln to be subpar and ineffective in achieving its point‚ the Gettysburg Address would come to be known as one of the greatest and most iconic speeches of the American Civil War. Biography Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12‚ 1809 and grew up in the small town of Hodgenville on the Kentuckian Frontier

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    The Ronald Reagan Administration In the year 1980‚ an unstable economy at home‚ a hostage crisis overseas‚ and the end of prior administrations that were not trusted at all troubled The Untied States. Ronald Reagan was elected as the oldest president at sixty-nine years old on November 4th‚ 1980. Reagan was born in Tampico‚ Illinois and before he was elected he served two terms as California governor first year starting in 1966. He served to presidential terms from 1981-1989. Reagan ’s track

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