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    Should the federal government legalize marijuana? Why or why not? In society today‚ the debate to legalize weed or not is a very prominent and controversial issue. Even though there are a lot of positive and negative effects to smoking weed‚ I personally believe that there should be a law passed‚ that allows people over the age of 21 to smoke. Marijuana‚ also called Cannabis is a natural plant that contains a chemical called Delta-9-tetrahydracannibal‚ which is known as

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    The rapid growth of cotton plantations down south greatly impacted slavery. Due to the high labor demands in the south it cuased a ripple affect decreasing the need for slaves in the north. The domesticed slave trade was devastating to African Americans. Half of the northerns slave population was transported to the south. Slave holders would often seperate husbands and wifes‚ mothers from children‚ as well as siblings for a number of reasons but mainly in order to prevent or hinder any attempts

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    Intelligence gathered during the Civil war came from many sources however we will look at on the African American role … African intelligence information was some times referred to as “Black Dispatches”‚ this was a term used by Union military men for intelligence on Confederate forces provided by Negroes. This source of information represented one of the most creative and productive types of intelligence information obtained and acted upon by Union forces throughout the Civil War. Black Dispatches

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    To what extent did the First World War change the role of women in British society? INTRO In the lead up to the First World War‚ the suffrage movement was making significant advances towards the enfranchisement of British women. By 1914‚ the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) had 52‚000 members and attracted annual donations totalling £37‚000. Furthermore‚ the increasingly militant actions of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU)‚ attracted greater public attention to

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    The Civil War era was determined by the unresolved issues of the Revolution. Two of the main issues being would the United states be a dissolvable group of sovereign states (The Confederacy) or an indivisible nation with a central government; the other being if the nation announcing itself to the world as an equal nation where all are created equal would maintain its identity as the largest slave owning country in the world. In January 1861‚ seven Southern slave states individually declared their

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    don’t even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward. In times of tragedy‚ of war‚ of necessity‚ people do amazing things. The human capacity for survival and renewal is awesome.”’’’’The United States and the Confederacy in beginning of the Civil War would soon realize the weaponry and tactics used in past wars such as the Revolutionary War were no longer an efficient option of fighting. New kinds of weaponry and tactics would change the way war was fought forever

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    The Civil War was a war between the union and the confederacy and the union. During the war there were prison camp. A prison camp is a place where prisoners of war are kept under guard. In this essay i will be telling you about different prison camps. The first cam i will be talking about is the Andersonville prison camp in georgia.The commandant of the camp was Henry wirz and he was executed because he was not producing enough supplies and shelter for the prisoners.Evidence suggest that there

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    When you start to think about the acts that led to the civil war or what event is most important to American history. You don’t necessarily think about the Missouri Compromise but it is one of the most important out of all the acts. The Missouri Compromise was important to American History because it helped end slavery. Also it helped lead to the civil war because the bill made the south mad at the north. First‚ who was involved? The sides that were involved in the Missouri Compromise were

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    How did slavery ended? Abraham Lincoln shaped our country of what it is today. How did Abraham Lincoln’s values defined society during his time of power? Abraham Lincoln values defined society by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation which ended slavery in 1863. Abraham Lincoln became the first republican president and used federal power for income taxes and free public colleges. Abraham Lincoln played a vital part during the civil war by‚ claiming victory‚ reunite the Union and Confederacy.Abraham

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    whole is very sensitive as huge changes and restructuring were taking place all over the world after the drastic world war. Since the world I war was mostly fought between colonies and as the World War I came to end‚ many or simply most of the colonies which due to their service to the Great Britain or due to the fact that they were in German control suddenly found themselves as free nations. So it is eminent that the British would lose more and more colonies during this time and because of that they

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