Five years ago‚ I recently moved to Colorado from Mexico. I got enrolled in school that same year which I was getting into eight grade. That was a big change in my life because moving to a different country is complicated. It wasn’t easy to overcome this challenge that I had to adapt but with dedication and hard work I was able to overcome it in a short period of time. When I first started school‚ I didn’t know how to write‚ read nor speak English very well. At that point all I probably knew was
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The Day That Changed America 1 9/11/01: The Day That Changed America Freedom‚ liberty‚ and the rights of man and women of all races‚ backgrounds‚ and beliefs; this is what America stands for. Is this a good enough reason to attack America? Could the September 11‚ 2001 attacks be prevented? Could this happen again? Will American’s ever feel safe again? These are a few questions that many people have asked
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Corey Tripp Mr. Thomas English 102 14 February 2013 The Great Gatsby: Prohibition The Great Gatsby is set in 1920’s which is the heart of the gangster era in America. Along with gangsters comes organized crime specifically bootlegging alcohol during prohibition. Prohibition was brought about in 1920 by the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution‚ and it ended in 1933‚ it was ratified by the Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution. Bootlegging in the 1920’s is the way many people got rich
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Stories that Changed America written by Carl Jensen is a compilation of historic novels written by 19 century authors’ dubbed “muckrakers”‚ Muckrakers are journalists who informed the public about issues of the time. Some of these issues included government corruption‚ unsafe working condition‚ and social issues such as child labor. The author Carl Jensen during his youth read “Horatio Alger and Tom Swift”. In addition Jensen lived in through America through its tough times experiencing the nation’s
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September 11‚ 2001‚ a date still fresh in the mind of most American citizens. At least to those old enough to remember hearing the news and turning on their television to see the events that occurred in New York City‚ Washington D.C.‚ and Pennsylvania. Four planes were hijacked by Al Qaeda terrorists and crashed into the World Trade Center‚ Pentagon‚ and a field in Pennsylvania. The nation was shaken. Nearly everyone remembers where they were‚ who they were with‚ and what they were doing. September
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come can be presumed based on the outcome of the prohibition of alcohol in the 1920’s? By being able to determine or predict outcomes based on the closely related prohibition in the 1920’s we could possibly save lives from the war that is raging in many of our backyards. In my research I was looking for articles from the 1920’s and present day that were closely related to try to draw ties between the modern day prohibition of drugs and the prohibition of alcohol in the 1920’s. My primary search methods
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How 9/11 changed America Forever On Tuesday‚ September 11th‚ 2001 around 8:30am‚ America was changed forever. The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers were one of the most influential events in recent history here in America. The event of 9/11 changed the way the world thinks and operates many aspects of security especially when it relates to aviation. After the events on 9/11 airport security increased‚ views on terrorism changed‚ and the families of the victims were changed forever
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I don’t think any American can forget where they were when 9/11 happened. I was going into my history class when I learned about it. My teacher had the T.V. on even though the administration asked the teachers to turn the TV’s off. We watched it and discussed what was going on for the entire hour and a half that we were in the class. My teacher was very emotional and crying and so were some of the students. Some of the students were in shock and others were oblivious to what this meant for our country
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Negative Effects of Prohibition Liquor was in everyday use. Parents were told by doctors to put alcohol on their finger and rub it on babies’ gums to reduce teething pain. The doctors also prescribed liquor to the elderly to reduce pain and aches. Some bosses paid their workers in alcohol and money (Lieurance). Prohibition broke down the economy and caused lots of problems. From here on‚ the 18th amendment prohibited alcohol to be sold‚ produced‚ or transported. This cut jobs and made people jobless
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United States events These three events are major events that changed the United States of America. On 9/11 almost 3‚000 people died. Some people are scared of planes now because of 9/11. On Apollo 11 was the first time someone touched the moon. There was a weird landing when they got back. The Vietnam war was a 20 year war between North Vietnam supported by the Soviet Union‚ China‚ and other communist allies‚ and Southern Vietnam with the United States. USA as a lot of war‚ cool stuff
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