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    Unit 9 Charlotte’s Web I chose to use a few different characters to answer these questions because I felt they each had a significant role in the book. Character Captain What are some character traits for this character? Templeton - If it ’s in his own interest‚ Templeton will help the Charlotte and Wilbur‚ otherwise‚ "The rat had no morals‚ no conscience‚ no scruples‚ no consideration‚ no decency‚ no milk of rodent kindness‚ no compunction‚ no higher feeling‚ no friendliness‚ no anything"

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    John D. Rockefeller was the owner of Standard Oil Company. John was born into a very poor family and had to work very hard to start Standard Oil. He also had many problems later in his career. One of the problems he had during his career was the antitrust laws which made him disband his trust into many of the different companies that made up the trust. After Rockefeller stopped working at Standard Oil day to day he became a philanthropist and donated a lot of his money to help different causes.

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    death of Homer Barron; because the town people don’t tell Homer Barron that Emily is carrying a poison bottle. The town people don’t even care what happens to Homer Barron. Even though no one that was reading the novel didn’t expect her to do that; yet it was a big surprise for even me to see. Yet the people in the town did nothing but looked away for without the slightest care of Barron. So I think in a million times that people in the town are responsible for the death of Homer Barron. The things

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    The experiment at the Robbers Cave Campground was formulated by Muzafer Sherif to demonstrate his Realistic Conflict Theory. Sherif’s two-part hypothesis stated: 1. Hierarchical statuses and roles will materialize when strangers are brought together to perform as a unit with common goals. 2. When two in-groups structured with these hierarchical statuses and roles are brought together in the name of competition‚ the result will be group frustration‚ attitudes‚ and appropriate hostile actions (Sherif

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    Depending on how you look at Margaret Atwood’s The Robber Bride‚ Timson calls it an “upmarket melodrama” whereas Martin refers to it as a novel “confronting politically correct feminism”. The truth is it isn’t either of these. While some of the situations are greatly exaggerated‚ this book comments on the way that women interact with each other on a day-to-day basis. Atwood tells the story of three women‚ and how they are drawn together because they

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    Andrew Carnegie grew to be a powerful business man. He was self-made which means he started out with nothing then became successful on his own. Andrew was born in Scotland in the year of 1835 and grew up poor. He later started working as a bobbin boy but had little earnings at the age of 12. In 1872‚ he adopted the Bessemer Process and built a steel mill in Pittsburgh. As a result of his wealth‚ Carnegie gave away $350‚695‚653 which helped others. The philanthropy of Andrew Carnegie made him a known

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    economic power by its ability to buy out competitors and close down refineries and on a deeper level it provided stability in the prices of oil and also produced a consistent product that people could rely upon for safety reasons as competitor products were unreliable and often mistrusted. From a technological power stance Standard Oil heavily influenced the transportation rates to tip them in the company’s favor and further pressure competitors to spend more money for the same service. Cultural power

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    Sara Abdelbarry US History II Andrew Carnegie DBQ Hero. This word applies to a person who steps out of any planned schedule to do good deeds. They take sacrifices to help others and make an impact on many people’s lives. Heroes inspire others in the same field to emulate them. They often are good people without needing any type of recognition. America needed heroes in it’s times of economic struggle. There are mixed feelings whether Andrew Carnegie‚ the huge businessman‚ deserves the title

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    from rags to riches gaining a lot of power and making immense amounts of money was the successful story and life of Andrew Carnegie. Born on November 25th‚ 1835 in Dunfermline‚ Scotland ‚ Andrew Carnegie was born into poor family of a mother who was a shoe maker and tanner and a father who was a handloom weaver . Immigrating to the United States in the May of 1848 ‚ Andrew Carnegie started a whole new life there. “The Carnegies’ passage was relatively uneventful and mercifully short—there seems to have

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    Andrew Carnegie grew up in Dunfermline‚ Scotland and immigrated along with his family to the United States in the late 1800s. He worked his way up from being a poor Irish immigrant to become one of the most famous industrialists that helped transform the U.S steel industry in the late 19th century. Andrew Carnegie was a hero in many ways. One reason why Andrew Carnegie was a hero was because of his influences on renovating the American steel industry which helped create the U.S a world power. Secondly

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