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    Americans citied grew exponentially in the late 1800s due to immigration. “Approximately two to three million immigrants entered the United States during each decade from 1850 to 1880.” Immigrants flocked to the cities to fulfill their American Dream. Letters from family members already in America were sent to help persuade the move to America. Poor economic conditions along with persecutions of religious beliefs in places like Europe helped the decision to move to cities easier. Foreign cities

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    Why So Many People Cheat

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    The reason that so many people will cheat when they are on a "diet‚" is because of the fact that the diet is way too restrictive. Some of these fad diets that people choose won’t allow several groups of nutrients‚ such as the low-carbohydrate diets for instance. After you have been on plans like these‚ or say for example‚ plans like those single food diets‚ it is very easy to cheat. When you are not satisfied day after day of being on a diet plan‚ then you will have all the more reason to go off

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    In the mid 1800s‚ conflict was a significant enduring issue for America. Conflict is an argument or disagreement between people. Conflict can be seen in many ways‚ including people‚ nations‚ and even the environment. During 1830 when Andrew Jackson approved the Indian Removal Act‚ Indians had lost their homes and land without any say with the people taking it from them. In the late 1800s‚ the Homestead Act was passed and hundreds of thousands of people fled west on the Oregon trail to start new lives

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    "dread disease"‚ Breast Cancer‚ a formidable opponent of any woman alive today‚ was even more so in the nineteenth century. Women who were diagnose with the disease had very little chance of survival and were all too often subjected to excruciating and brutal breast augmentation surgeries‚ even when much of the time they were already terminal and the surgery made no difference at all. Robert Shadle and James S. Olson’s story about our ill fated heroin Nabby Smith recants a particularly horrifying fight

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    majority of the murders are considered dishonorable violent murders. The reason as to why so many murders take place is all because Macbeth wants to become a king of many powers. The murder of King Duncan (King of Scotland) is dishonorable‚ because the witches in the beginning of the story mentioned Duncan would one day take place on the thrown. Macbeth of course did not want anything to take his power away from him. So Macbeth had to murder Duncan when the time was right to ensure that he stays king

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    Women in the late 1800s In America‚ rights for women were very limited and were mainly appointed to men. They did not have common rights that in today society are now over looked because the current situations are no longer Woman in American during the late 1800s were treated unfairly because they had to fight for their rights because they could not vote‚ own property for themselves‚ and were not treated equally to men. In the late 1800s woman had to fight for their rights to vote. The reason

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    Question: Why did so many people move to colonial America? In the 1600s‚ immigration began. Throughout the 1600 and 1700s‚ the population in colonial America increased rapidly. This was caused by a variety of reasons: enslavement‚ economy‚ exportation‚ religious purification‚ and freedom from the English government. One of the main reasons Africans immigrated to America was because they were either coerced or forced to come to the colonies from Africa as slaves. In Olaudah Equiano’s The Interesting

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    Early Jamestown: Why Did So Many Colonists Die? In the May of 1607‚ a group of Englishmen set out on three ships up the mouth of the James River‚ which is in the current state of Virginia‚ in search for land‚ and gold; they would soon use this land as a money making town in which they would farm and trade. The people that funded most of these travelers trip were English investors that supported the idea. The land that they found would now be called Jamestown. Upon arrival‚ many of the citizens

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    Did the 1920's Roar?

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    DID THE 1920’S ROAR? The 1920’s experienced a roaring time‚ in terms of economy‚ culture‚ and technology. Everyone was having a good time and people became worry-free. Jobs were becoming more available‚ and pay increased. People were buying more luxury items. Also‚ they were going out and having fun. The 1920’s brought happiness to many people and families because of the overall boom. The 1920’s experienced an economic boom because of foreign investment‚ expanding industries‚ and consumerism

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    American imperialism in the late 1800s was a break in American foreign policy. America has always wanted to expand the country. In the 1880’smany people thought that America should join countries such as England and set up colonies overseas. Imperialism is when a bigger‚ stronger country wants to control other smaller and weaker territories.At that time‚ imperialism was a trend around the world. America became an imperialist nation because of economic reasons‚ militery interests‚and cultural superiority

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