The Louisiana Purchase took place in 1803‚ by President Thomas Jefferson. It was a huge land deal between France and The United States. In this purchase‚ the United States of America paid fifteen million dollars to get all the land west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains. This historic event doubled the size of the U.S. by one simple signature. The Louisiana Purchase was the best purchase ever made by the United States. The purchase of this land increased the economic resources
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of Mary by talking about the swelling under her eyes from crying for multiple days. Frank’s brother‚ Steve‚ is angry towards the end of Frank’s funeral and says ‘I should kill him’ in which Steve is disgusted because the murderer is free since bail was paid. This is one of the many
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musician was not an easy path for Akiyoshi. Seen as an accomplished jazz composer‚ starting with her Granz-recording‚ Toshiko began to realize that people saw her as an outsider to American jazz because she was both Japanese and a woman. These two categories were considered second class no matter what nationality or race. In 1959‚ after she left Berklee‚ she made her own way as a musician‚ composer‚ and arranger and thought that audiences were seeing her just like other musicians‚ no matter what her
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The American Revolution was an extremely important event in history; social‚ political and economic aspects all helped develop a very strong revolutionary spirit within the colonists of America. It helped enlightenment philosophers like John Locke or Benjamin Franklin to step up and lead the revolution politically with great success. All these aspects made the American Revolution the historical landmark that it is today; it symbolizes the way that Americans came together to become independent and
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The 1930s‚ a manic and mundane time‚ a time of retrogress and innovation. The fate of the american dream in peril. The 1930s started out disastrous. The stock market crashed in 1929‚ which led to a nationwide panic. This is more evident in the photos that have been taken during these times‚ the level of poverty and hunger were at an all time high. The invention of Hoovervilles created innovation in the form of retrogression because Hoovervilles were destitute‚ but they were a necessary adaptation
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amphitheater ever built‚ whose appearance symbolizes the power and grandeur of the Roman Empire. The Colosseum was one of the most important and influential aspects to Ancient Rome. It displayed the Roman’s technology of engineering along with providing a form of entertainment for the Roman people. In 70 CE‚ under the emperor Vespasian‚ the Romans began the revolutionary construction of what was the greatest architectural achievement of its time. In order for the Romans to effectively and efficiently
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What was Rudyard Kipling’s attitude toward the British Empire‚ and how did he convey his message in his novella‚ The Man Who Would Be King? Kipling was a loyal imperialist. The India he portrayed was British India. Oppressed India subject to Britain’s colonial domination. He always thought that the British Empire had a right and responsibility to maintain India’s government. His attitude towards India was either condescending or oppressive. He also believed in “Noblesse Oblige‚” a French expression
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The "Iron Curtain" was a metaphor that Winston Churchill used to describe the dark times that had fallen on Europe. Much of Eastern Europe had fallen to Soviet Control‚ from East Germany and Poland to Russia. This had to do with the Cold War because the cold war was a rivalry between the USSR and the USA‚ which resulted in Western Europe being a part of NATO (US Allies) and Eastern Europe was part of the Warsaw pact (USSR). The iron curtain severed the ideologies of Communism and Democracy. Because
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disfranchisement‚ and police brutality. In the late 1960s‚ the Chicano movement brought the mass walkouts by high school students in Denver and East Los Angeles in 1968 and the Chicano Moratorium in Los Angeles in 1970. An important civil rights activist was Cesar Chavez. Influenced by leaders such as Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Chavez wished to help migrant field workers of California in a peaceful manner. He created a union of migrant farm workers‚ the National Farm Workers Association‚ to
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What would you do if one country’s dominance over your country changed your life for the worse? This is what was occurring to the lithuanians. During Stalin’s rule‚ There were many things he did to ensure soviet dominance. Stalin had a five year plan. This five year plan was to gain complete soviet dominance through the secret deportation of Lithuanians to siberia. The lithuanians faced many hardships not only in Siberia but on the way there as well. The first part of the plan was to deport them
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