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    I believe that nuclear weapons are too powerful. The use of nuclear weapons can result in a massive amount of lost lives. Both military and innocent civilians. There are also long lasting effects of nuclear weapons. From the bombing of hiroshima and it was found that half a century later people still suffer from the after effects like cancer and birth defects. Radioactive particles from the explosion can also contaminate the air‚ soil‚ water and the food supply. It can also be carried by wind currents

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    The American Dream is most influenced by Culture. Reasons such as tradition‚ ethnicity‚ and treatment of others help mold the American dream. Using details from pieces such as “America the beautiful”‚ Oath of allegiance‚ “New Colossus”‚ Reagan’s and Obama’s farewell speech‚ and “I hear America singing” will stress the importance of culture when discussing the American dream and how it is percepted. Different people from different places affect how we see the American dream. In view of culture being

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    The Impact of Expansion on Native Americans "The incorporation of the West into the national economy spelled the doom of the Plains Indian and their world‚" Eric Foner wrote. This sentence sums up everything pertaining to the impact of expansion to the West on the Native Americans. As Settlers moved westward in the 1850’s‚ the Army and the Plains Indians began a decades long conflict that would end with the destruction of the Indians way of life. In 1879‚ two years after surrendering to

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    Ride in India “Tickets please! Ticket? Ticket?” barked the conductor. My mom gripped my hand making sure I would not be rambled with the avalanches of angry‚ impatient Indians. I looked up and saw the faces of brown in many shades. Some had mustaches and some had bindis. All of them practically raped me to get inside the Malabar Express Train. My dad‚ in rage‚ shoved the five tickets at the conductor’s face along with the rest of them. The conductor snatched all of the five tickets and gave one blank

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    majority of Auschwitz victims died in Auschwitz-Birkenau. It was the largest mass murdering concentration camp in history. Auschwitz-Birkenau was the most unwanted place to go even though prisoners didn’t know where they were going when they were being deported. Many victims died in Auschwitz-Birkenau and today that camp is a reminder of the horrible events that took place during the Holocaust. Heinrich Himmler was the person who ordered the construction of Auschwitz. “He also was the commander of the

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    What events led to the Civil War? During the Revolutionary Era from 1765-1815‚ slavery existed in thirteen colonies. Maryland went from white servants to slaves. There was an agricultural economy that existed in the South that was dependent on the labor of slaves. Although slavery did not exist in the North exclusively; New York‚ Philadelphia‚ and New England were involved in the trade of slaves; so although the South was exclusively using slaves as an economic gain‚ the North also had financial

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    American was suffering the consequences of having a Civil War. The aftermath brought great destruction between the Union and Confederate. Reconstruction was a new era to unify and rebuild the United States. During Reconstruction the political impact was that it gave few rights to African Americans‚ the social impact was that they wanted African Americans to have a normal lifestyle‚ and the economic impact was that African Americans shouldn’t be allowed to associate with the government. The political

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    Book Report: What Happy People Know By Dan Baker and Cameron Stauth Report written by: Kelsey Welsh Report written for: Professor Mary Tucker December 7‚ 2005 TABLE OF CONTENTS What Happy People Know: Book Report 3 Fear 3 Breaking Free of Fear 3 Qualities of Happiness 3 Happiness Tools 4 Appreciation 4 The Appreciation Audit. 4 Self-Appreciation. 4 Victimization. 4 Personal Power 5 Victimization. 5 Entitlement. 6 Rescue. 6 Blame. 6 Free Yourself of the VERBs. 7

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    ’To what extent do states remain the most powerful actors in the Global Politics’ Discuss. In our interconnected world today‚ it remains often obscure and arguable who are the most powerful global actors. States are frequently referred to as a politically organised system or entity that consists of a government‚ society‚ and people. Due to state sovereignty and state-centric theory‚ which compromises of a supreme and legitimate authority with

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    problems‚ the invention of the telegraph and its benefits would change the lives of Americans and the way of business. Preacher’s son‚ Samuel Finley Breese Morse was born April 27‚ 1791 in Charlestown‚ Boston Massachusetts. He studied philosophy and mathematics at Yale University before turning his passion to art. Morse was an accomplished painter. In 1811 traveled to England

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