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    Un-American Activities: Developed a committee to search out disloyal Americans before WWII. In 1947 they began investigation Hollywood’s film industry. Hollywood Ten: 10 decided not to cooperate with the investigation and testify to the committee on what they knew they were sent to prison. Blacklist: 500 actors‚ Writers‚ producers‚ and directors who were virtually kicked out of the film industry because they were labeled communists. McCarran Internal Security Bill: prohibited any action that might

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    African Americans: Fighting For Their Rights During the mid 1950s to late 1960s African Americans started responding to the oppressive treatment shown to them by the majority of white people in the country. They responded to the segregation of blacks and whites during that time and the double standards the African Americans were held to. African Americans responded to their suppression by participating in boycotts‚ marches‚ sit-ins‚ and trying to get legislation passed so that they could overcome

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    Aaliyah's Worth Dying

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    Childhood memories and innocence was gone. Aaliyah lives a betrayed‚ disappointed‚ bruised‚ painful‚ scorned‚ and unappreciated life‚ but in her extensive blue eyes she believes that no matter what it is‚ everything happens for a reason and this gave her no reason to give up. A stranger can wonder‚ “What do you have to live for?” But Aaliyah fears death‚ being hurt and pain. The only way she will die will be due to starvation or dehydration. She will not give up on herself‚ even when everyone else

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    sacrificing so much of themselves in rallies and demonstrations – for what? Things weren’t that bad here; other countries were in worse condition. If some people were finding life difficult‚ it was just too bad. That was the way the system worked and they simply had to adjust. Why other kids my age bothered about these people’s problems were beyond me. Did they expect to save the world? Some of them even called me “unpatriotic.” What right did they have to do that? Just because I wasn’t willing to

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    Is It's Worth A Flapper?

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    everyone took advantage of them as well as they should or could have. They made women go against the norms because of the way they dressed‚ acted and presented themselves. The flappers created a determined mind set for these women to pursue and fight for what they believe. Without the flappers these accomplishments would not be as significant and successful as they are today. Society dramatically changed by this matter by the large quantities of women interested and involved in the government. Additionally

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    College Worth the Price

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    mindset. Instead of the student sitting in the class counting the minutes until class is over‚ that student should focus more of that time on learning. That kind of attitudes distracts them from what should be the reason why they are there to improve themselves‚ but they don’t care. People get out of college what they put in‚ and for the students who don’t care it’s definitely going to show‚ in their work from the lack of dedication. Students‚ who tend to bad in a certain class‚ tend to have an attitude

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    Motivation and Self Worth

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    chose this article to read. I want to know what was happening in 1920 with the feminists’ movement. There was many things going on in 1920‚ life was good in 1920’s home would cost a person $2‚025.00 a car $640.00. A $100.00 in 1920 would equal $1032.00 in today money. (http://www.thepeoplehistory.com). But I think the one thing that stood out was the word Freedom. The article structure of article is all over the place during the first part for me. From what I take from this is she is calling men communists

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    Fighting Ruben Wolfe Essay The novel ‘Fighting Ruben Wolfe’ written by Marcus Zusak is about the Wolfe family‚ it’s about them fightingfighting for the same reason against different opponents. They fight for their family and their pride. Marcus Zusak shows how Ruben is fighting against himself‚ he wants to prove himself although he is a winner. Cameron is fighting to find his place in society and to discover who he really is. Mr Wolfe (Clifford) is fighting for his pride and for his family because

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    are not worth crying for. In every story‚ there will always be edited‚ masked off‚ and hidden motives. There are scenes that are removed because they might not satisfy the viewers. The same thing happens when people are currently facing a problem. Because they do not want the other person to worry or feel sorry for him‚ he will just keep his problems by himself pretending that his life is going smoothly. This takes up a part of what you thought to be a complete “us”. This part is an open and complete

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