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    American history. Brother against brother. A country divided and so many deaths. There were many events that lead to the war‚ but the main event was the ending of slavery. There was many causes for the Civil War ‚that broke out in April 12‚ 1861‚ but the main cause was slavery. The burning issue that led to the disruption of the union was the debate over the future of slavery (‘Causes Of The Civil War’). In my opinion I do think that was the cause of the civil war was slavery. The South used slaves to work

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    WHAT WERE THE CAUSES OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR?? While there were quite a few events that led to fighting‚ the actual causes of the war are fairly deeper. The major causes of the First World War were: the Alliances‚ Imperialism‚ Nationalism and how all this had increased tension between the powers of Europe which were: Britain‚ France‚ Russia (Triple Entente) and Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Italy (Triple Alliance). The minor causes of the war were: the heir of the Austro-Hungarian Empire‚ Franz Ferdinand

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    What exactly is happiness? How do I get there? What does it mean to be happy? These are all questions we ask ourselves‚ yet no one really knows the answer to them. Happiness: the state of being happy. That’s the literal definition anyway‚ but what’s the personal one? Happiness can be described in many different ways. We‚ ourselves‚ loves‚ likes‚ guilty pleasures all define our happiness. It’s definitely not just a “one size fits all” definition. Happiness is a lot of things‚ but it’s also not a lot

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    Don’t Fit In‚ Stand Out Have you ever tried to be so perfect at something and it ended up going all wrong? I have. In the essay “So What’s So Bad About Being So-So?” by Lisa Wilson Strick (205-207) she makes the point that being perfect doesn’t always turn out the way you hope. I completely concur with her. Perfection can often be a wonderful thing‚ but for me‚ perfection caused me to have a very low confidence and so it became a vice in my life. Rather then being myself‚ I was too concerned

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    behind her strict curfew. I didn’t have the best of friends‚ and she was concerned about my decision making. Instead of screaming at each other‚ we could have had calm‚ adult conversations where we establish mutual ground and make sure we both know what the other wants or needs. My senior year of school was a busy one. I was constantly going places with my friends‚ my school or my family. My parents had decided they were forking over too much money for my entertainment and that I should get a job

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    Youth crime has always been a concern in societies around the world. People try to determine the causes to which these problems stem from. This topic intrigued me‚ so I decided to write an essay on the question relating to this topic‚ "What are the social causes of youth crime?" The theory that I am going to examine and use to answer this question is the labeling theory. This theory is also known as the societal reaction theory. The labeling theory will often examine the offender in the situation

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    This experiment seems very dangerous. This shock generator can cause the most deadly results and the authorities “teachers” continue on with this type of experiment. If it were me being one of the teachers that had to shock people‚ I would probably stop when it gets too risky for the “learner” on the other side of the wall. The teacher seems to be deemed by pressure when they realize how dangerous the machine can get and how much damage they’re actually doing to the person‚ but to follow the rules

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    Sawyer Pooler Stephens AP Language: 6 16 December 2012 Money‚ the Key to Happiness Money doesn’t buy happiness; money is happiness. However‚ many people believe that one doesn’t need money to be so called happy‚ I believe otherwise. I Believe money is‚ and always will be the key to happiness. Coming from a family that has had financial struggles in the past‚ I know what it is like to wake up on Christmas morning and have nothing to unwrap‚ to watch my family struggle and fight to pay bills

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    What causes High Crime Rate? Westwood College (Criminology) Week 2 Assignment What causes High Crime Rate? Crime rate is where the Federal Burro of Investigations use the number of crimes reported to the burro to measure the crime rate of certain locations as well as the type of crimes. When researching two cities there are two different ways to research the crime there is qualitative and quantitative; these two sound similar but there are some differences. Qualitative has details with descriptions

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    There are many themes within the film that resonate with what families/individuals face today. For example: financial hardship‚ family values‚ relationships‚ trust‚ mental health‚ stability‚ and fighting to attain the picket fence ideal of the American Dream remain a part of the everyday struggle. The film follows World War 2 veteran‚ Tom Rath‚ and his family‚ who are in a time of financial hardship. Tom’s wife Betsy is a hard-working mother who is tired of their old house and dreams of having something

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