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    New York City Draft Riots of 1863 In September of 1862‚ President Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation. This was to take effect on January 1‚ 1863; this document was what freed the slaves in states that were still in rebellion with the Union. At the time the Emancipation Proclamation was not what New Yorkers wanted to see embraced. In March of 1863‚ a form of a stricter draft law was formed. The law required all male citizens between twenty and thirty-five

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    The New York City draft riots of 1863 were the cause of a particular feeling among blacks that were recently freed by the Emancipation Proclamation. Since‚ at the time‚ blacks were not considered citizens the lottery that was the draft itself did not include those that were not citizens. Btu since the blacks were free but not citizens then they were the spark of much hatred that was aroused by certain factors‚ particularly from the Irish and German immigrants. The press‚ fueled part of this hatred

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    Draft Riots of 1863 In the summer of 1863 New York experienced one of the most violent protests in the American history. The riots were mainly in reaction to the Union draft for the Civil War‚ which Abraham Lincoln enacted when volunteers began to run out. The riots lasted for five days‚ and the mob consisted of almost 50‚000 angry men who opposed to the Civil War‚ draft and Emancipation Proclamation. This paper will discuss how the Irish immigrants in New York affected the draft riots of 1863

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    stores for example:‚ the rated power is 40W (actual consumption of power> 40W)‚ if the daily business hours is 8:00 am – 23:00 pm ,the electricity charge is one yuan per watt‚ then the power consumption and electricity consumption of an ordinary tube is as follows: Power Consumption per day: 40 W × 15 HS ÷ 1000 = 0.6 degrees /watt The electricity charge: 0.6 × 1 yuan / kWh = 0.6 yuan Year consumption: 0.6 × 365 days = 219 degrees The electricity charge: 219 × 1 yuan / kWh = 219 yuan The

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     Energy Conservation  A Major Part of the Solution to Energy Generation and  Global Warming  Dennis Silverman  U. C. Irvine Physics and Astronomy  Why Us (U.S.)?  With 5% of the world’s population‚ the U.S. uses 26% of the world’s energy.  A U.S. resident consumes 12‚000 kWh of electricity a year‚ nine times the world’s avg.  The average American household emits 23‚000 pounds of CO2 annually.  Two billion people in the world do not have electricity.  Just using off the shelf

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    n ------------------------------------------------- Communications system In telecommunication‚ a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks‚ transmissionsystems‚ relay stations‚ tributary stations‚ and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection andinteroperation to form an integrated whole. The components of a communications system serve a common purpose‚ are technically compatible‚ use common procedures‚ respond to controls‚ and operate in

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    HEAT GENERATED IN APPLIANCES Why do some  appliances produce more heat  than the others?  Most appliances with high power  rating are heating appliances.The heating appliances has  a  heating element like resistors. The resistorsconvert electrical energy into light and thermal energy . It depends on the resistance of material if how much heat can be produced  from electricity.    Those devices who produced heat‚ the Nichrome wire is an element who is responsible for heating . when we say nichrome

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    Series and Parallel Circuits Name: Angelica Castro Directions: 1. Go to the following website: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/circuit-construction-kit-ac-virtual-lab 2. Click “Run now.” You now have the raw material to create a circuit. Take a moment to look over the site and find all the different materials. To build a circuit you will need several wires‚ a light bulb‚ a voltage source‚ a voltmeter‚ and a non – contact ammeter. Play with it to see how to grab and manipulate

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    unit of power is what? A. Watt Q. The power of the machine is the what? A. Rate of doing work Q. If you exert a force of 700 N of 6 meters in 6 seconds‚ how much watts do you use? A. 700 Watts Q. Which of the following statements is true? A. To increase power‚ you can increase the amount of work done in a given time‚ or you can do a given amount of work in less time. Q. A 750 Watt motor might be rated as….. A. A 1 horsepower motor Q. 3730 Watts is how much in horsepower?

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    A. How many kilowatt-hours of electrical energy does the appliance use in 4 h? (2 equations used & convert watts to kW) Show work: Answer ________________ 10. A calculator uses 9 V battery & draws 0.1 A of current. How much power does it use? Show work: Answer ________________ EQUATIONS: Electrical energy (kWh) = Power (kW) X time (h) E=Pt Electrical Power (watts) = current (amps A) X voltage difference (volts) P=IV Current (amps

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