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    Question: Do all liquids diffuse in the same way? Purpose: The purpose of this experiment was to find out if all liquids diffuse in the same way. Hypothesis: If different liquids diffuse‚ then the process will not be the same because liquids are made up of different molecules‚ with different densities‚ the diffusion will take longer/shorter than others. Materials: 1 plastic dropper with rubber top (medicine dropper) 3 glass beakers (400mL) 1 graduated cylinder (500mL) 4 drops of red

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    Why was the civil rights movement successful by 1965? The Civil Rights Movement kind of ebbed and flowed. For example‚ in 1957‚ Little Rock High School was desegregated‚ which allowed 9 African-American students to attend; however‚ the students were constantly harassed‚ and when they went to school their first day‚ they needed the National Guard there to protect them. There were the Freedom Rides of 1961‚ which led to Kennedy ordering the Interstate Commerce Commission to issue a new desegregation

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    Why Is Slavery Important?

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    Slavery is the "holding of people at a workplace through force‚ fraud‚ or coercion for purposes of sexual exploitation or forced labor so that the slaveholder can extract profit" (Frequently Asked). Although Slavery is in fact illegal‚ many get away with it because of the ignorance of those in slavery. Many are impoverished‚ illiterate‚ and all are vulnerable. Slavery is virtually everywhere but it runs rampant in poorer less developed countries such as India‚ Nepal‚ Ghana‚ Congo‚ and Haiti.

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    Die When an individual decides that he or she no long want to live because of death soon to be or a serious illness some states will allow the right to die. The right to die does not mean they will just give up on life and passed but is assisted in some way‚ which could be assistance from a doctor. Throughout this essay I will cover what the right to die means‚ what states allow and do not allow and what is used to assist in the right to die. Have you ever just felt like you wanted to die? All because

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    Slavery is inevitably one of the most sensitive topics discussed today. Americans choose to avoid the subject altogether‚ due to our abusive history towards African Americans. However‚ our society has evolved and has been active in promoting equality for all. It wasn’t until 1865 when slaves were free. Around “36‚000 men died in the Civil war” (Civil War Facts)‚ for the abolishment of slavery. The Civil war‚ being the bloodiest war in American history‚ all came down to the question of; whether human

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    On the surface‚ the Civil War appears to be a heroic battle that the north fought against slavery and immorality. But it’s not so simple. The Civil War was a complicated war fought for many reasons. It was fought mainly because of the difference between the northern and southern economic vision for America‚ but also because poor Americans everywhere generally felt ideologically attacked‚ and because the south felt frustrated‚ as they were politically underrepresented. The north and south went to

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    France 1804) <br> <br>According to Joseph Weber‚ foster brother of Queen Antoinette‚ there were three primary causes of the French revolution ’the disorder of the finances‚ the state of mind‚ and the war in America.’ The ’disorder in the finances’ acknowledged that the bankruptcy of the monarchy opened the doors to defiance of the King’s authority. The greatest single cause of the revolution was the economic crisis‚ which forced the King to recall the redundant Estates General which had not been

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    Why Is Slavery Important

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    Slavery is important‚ because it has the potential of boosting one country’s economy and increasing the amount of profit made by the merchants. At that time‚ when slavery was a big hit in the Americas‚ lots of merchants and investors wanted to be involved in the African slave trade economy. Almost anyone could be involved with the trade‚ but only if they had the goods to supply for the customers in the trade or if they had money to invest on a voyage. Meaning small companies and business people

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    The Civil War has many causes and with those causes they have effects. One cause is the election of lincoln and the slavery issue that had divided the North and South finally split the nation in two. And the effect of that is from April 1861 to April 1865 the USA and the Confederate States of America faced each other in bloody Civil War. But even though there are many causes and effects the main cause was a man named Dred Scott. Dred Scott was a slave who sought citizenship through the American

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    Slavery survived in America for centuries after the first slaves were brought over in 1619. Historians argue over whether or not slavery could have ended sooner than it had and without a violent conflict. Many historians believe that slavery was on the decline prior to the invention of the cotton gin and would have ended in a whisper through lack of use caused by the release of slaves out of moral and economic reasons tied to the loss of a cash crop‚ while other historians believe that slavery would

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