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    Session Six Summary & Analysis: How do Religious interests become politically significant? This question is the central theme of the session six. Chapter five of Religion and Politics depicted the basic element of crime theory (motive‚ means and opportunity) to provide a useful framework to help understand the ways that religion interacts with politics. The same context for studying a crime also works for studying religious mobilization in the political arena. Although religious mobilization is not

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    Why did slavery in America last so long? Slavery was legal in America from 1619 to 1865‚ that’s almost 250 years. The slaves were always treated with no respect and they had no rights. To this day‚ slavery is America’s dark background and it is an embarrassment‚ but why did it go on for so long? People didn’t revolt‚ because of the conditioning and the fear of resistance. Life as a slave was terrible‚ cruel‚ and depressing. Being a slave was a curse‚ they had to do whatever their master wanted them

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    forward over the past 100 years worldwide. Chubb’s insurance cites three reasons for hiring a diverse workforce; Access to a broader pool of potential employees‚ Ability to relate to diverse customers‚ A more productive work force. Legal reasons also present external factors that might be motivating business to have a diverse workforce as well. But outside of independent moral concerns and legal requirements‚ why should employers provide equal employment opportunity? These rationales are commonly referred

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    The Roanoke colony is one of the first American mysteries that no one has yet solved. There are a lot of theories regarding this tragedy. Some say that they drowned‚ and others say that they merged with the Indians living near by the colonists. Based upon research‚ the theory that appeared the most logical was that the Indians murdered the colonists. Not only because it’s one of the well-known theories‚ but also because it seemed probable. The facts that we‚ the historians‚ know so far are that

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    The creation of the original thirteen colonies included much trial and error. Some of the colonies failed from the very beginning‚ others seen a little success followed by failure‚ while a select few achieved success from the get-go. Many of the colonies held different values‚ some overlapping. Religion‚ freedom of religion‚ profit‚ money‚ success‚ and education was some of the values they placed the most stock in. Each colony viewed these values differently; which‚ contributed to their failure or

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    as one of the most influential presidents in America’s history‚ but how did he get so popular? What might have made him more relatable to the American masses is that in his childhood‚ he grew up in the “normal” American life. He didn’t grow up in wealthy circumstances‚ his father was a shoe salesman‚ whenever he wasn’t drinking. Reagan was able to repress all of the bad from his childhood and focus on the positive and become the successful child of an alcoholic. Reagan became a lifeguard in his young

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    The New England‚ Middle‚ and Southern Colonies are all different in many ways. They have many differences that differentiate those of the other colonies. New England‚ Middle‚ and Southern Colonies all had different reasons that related to being founded. The New England Colony was founded due to the search of religious freedom by the Puritans and Pilgrims.The Middle Colony was founded because this colony was also searching for religious freedom-like the New England Colony-and gold by the Quakers

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    that one day I will go to college. I have learned many great things in high school that has prepared me for college and I believe that I am ready to continue that next part of my life. My reason for continuing my education is to begin my learning to become an orthodontist and becoming a first-generation college graduate. Making my family proud is something that I want to come true. My family is very important to me

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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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    Why Did the Battle of the Somme go so Badly for the British Army? The Battle of the Somme took place during 1916 to take pressure off the French at Verdun and the Russians on the Eastern Front. The French were under heavy fire at Verdun and had been since February‚ and the army itself was close to cracking. The Russians had fought gallantly on the Eastern Front to try and avert the German Forces away from the Western Front. After launching many small offensives the Russians had gained very little

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