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    Some would say that this lead the surrealist movement. Dali was well known for fro hi showman ship when displaying his art allowed his career to continue to go on as well as allowing him to maintain his relevancy still today. Although some say that he did few pieces of art for the surrealist community he now has many museums who celebrate the pieces he has created (Salvador dali.com 2011).For example‚ The Dali Museum in St-Petersburg‚ Florida and just a couple of years ago his works could be found in

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    One of the reasons the revolution became more and more radical was that the country was in the hands of an ineffective and weak king who did not care for his citizens; Louis XVI let the country fall apart also showed his partiality to the nobles/clergy instead of trying to create a more equal society where all people‚ regardless of their class‚ were afforded equal rights. Instead‚ Louis focused his attention on his hobbies and hunting. It also didn’t help that he was married to a woman who‚ in the

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    Although America up to the nineteenth century is a nation full of bustling people living their own separate and original lives‚ people today look at the past with a narrow and romanticized perspective. It is easy to stereotype and stigmatize people who live in certain eras because they will never be known-- they are defined by the events they live through. However‚ it is possible to rediscover that time does not change what makes everyone human. Americans of the past defend themselves through their

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    Jacob Riis played a central role in the debate over the causes and consequences of urban problems in the late 19th century. Riis was a photographer who started as a poor immigrant from Denmark. Initially Riis worked low paying jobs until he eventually found his calling in police reports and later photography. As a police reporter‚ Riis had unique access to the city’s slums. In the evenings‚ he would accompany law enforcement and members of the health department on raids of the tenements‚ witnessing

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    Lyndon Baines Johnson was on the way out of the White House in 1968 and many were vying for the spot to lead the United States of America. Many people wanted the spot‚ but the brother of the late President John F. Kennedy was one of the best candidates. He gained support during his time as the U.S. attorney general from multiple minorities all over the country. He supported the end of segregation in schools and enforced the voting rights for blacks. César Chavéz‚ one of the most influential Mexican

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    past decades and zero since the treaty was signed. This is the last but not the least example when skillful diplomatic leaders were able to intervene in the conflicts of nations that couldn’t solve problems by themselves and in this case we can see why America is considered world’s

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    Hello‚ Firstly I would like to introduction myself. My name is Biraj Mally and I am from Nepal. I am here to do my Bachelor in Accounting. It has been a month that I am here in Sydney and I am having a good stay in Sydney. I have decided to become a university student because in my view university has a higher level of education. University degrees are globally recognized and university education has a level of standard. Their are some students who are taking distance learning but coming to universities

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    The way people felt about Kate Chopin in her time was mixed. Some adored her and others despised her. “She upset many nineteenth century expectations for women and their supposed roles” (Kaplon). Women were supposed to cook and clean but Chopin would write about free women; women that would go out and make their own money. That was forbidden to even be thought about in her times. Kate Chopin “learned that her society would not tolerate her questionings” (gradesaver). Chopin wrote about transcending

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    immigrants transformed themselves and shaped American history. Immigrants played a vital role in the creation of one of the first political party machines through corrupt voting. These political party machines gradually took power in big cities‚ which include cities like New York‚ Boston and Chicago.

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    The progressive era was a time starting at the end of the 19th century until the beginning of World War 1 when people banded together to reform social‚ political‚ economic‚ and moral issues. Workers were moving from farms to the city and would often live in crowded slums where diseases were common. The goal of the progressive era was to create a better environment for these workers and end corruption within the government. In addition to this‚ they wanted to pass more regulations for businesses

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