Andrew Miller History 1302 - LaCoco Monday‚ May 9‚ 2011 “Integrated Circuits” Gordon E. Moore‚ co-founder of Intel‚ noted in 1965 that the power of integrated circuits doubles every two years.[1] This‚ known as Moore’s Law‚ is the basis for what I believe to have had the most profound impact on American History. Without integrated circuits‚ culture changing devices such as the iPhone would not be possible. These circuits were created in 1958 by Jack Kilby‚ inventor of the hand-held
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US involvement in WW1: Causes and Consequences The United States initially intended on remaining entirely neutral in World War 1. We wished to remain neutral in respects to continuing to build our economic trade routes with both the Germans and the British/French. When the British imposed a loose blockade of the German waters in order to slow or stop the amount of supplies the Germans had‚ the Germans resorted to using their submarines to put a blockade of sorts around the British Isles as well
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to someone‚ then it applies to everyone‚ and that an act is immoral if it cannot be made into a rule for all humankind to follow. Kant views don’t make exceptions for anything. I think that Kant would think that Socrates was a fool for not escaping prison because he believed that a consequence of an action not matter at all‚ only the intention count. The third philosopher is John Stuart Mill. He was an English philosopher‚ political economist. He born on May 20‚ 1806 and dies on May 8‚ 1873
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The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail‚ Henry David Thoreau was a spectacular teacher who believed in Transcendentalist views. Henry was to teach his students directly from the textbooks‚ but because of his views‚ he disregarded
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Damian Perez Austin English II 5 October 2014 Rena’s Promise Essay Does history repeat itself? There are many different cases that have had leaders and governments that have used their power to commit crimes against humanity. There are many occasions before the 1990’s all over the world that have had genocide against a certain population. Some of the most famous crimes against humanity that are still talked about today are Communist in China‚ Khmer Rouge in Cambodia‚ and Muslim militia and the
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How Music Affects Us and Promotes Health Music is one of the few activities that involves using the whole brain. It is intrinsic to all cultures and can have surprising benefits not only for learning language‚ improving memory and focusing attention‚ but also for physical coordination and development. Of course‚ music can be distracting if it’s too loud or too jarring‚ or if it competes for our attention with what we’re trying to do. But for the most part‚ exposure to many kinds of music has beneficial
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An AP U.S. History Document-Based Question (DBQ) Packet What is a DBQ? {Material borrowed from Collegboard.com} The AP U.S. History test consists of a multiple-choice section and an essay section. There are three essays to answer on the test‚ one of which is the DBQ. The DBQ an essay question that requires you to answer the question using the sources provided. You are given a mandatory 15-minute reading period at the beginning of the free-response section‚ and most of that time is
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including Henry David Thoreau prized during the Romantic Movement. The Romantic Movement refers to the era in which writers and philosophers were highly concerned with the soul. The soul is the opposite of intellect. Not meaning lack of intellect rather just a focus on feelings. Rather than calling on men to think and be rational like that of the Enlightenment‚ there was a call for emotion. There was a call for living everyday not getting through every day. Henry David Thoreau is a prime example of
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to suffocate american commerce on mississippi) communication and transportation summer of 1788 were primitive‚ US was very rural‚ LESS than one america in 30 lived in places with 8‚000 people or more vast
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school are completely different lives. You see everything differently because in a sense you’re in a new life. While Thoreau was in isolation at walden pond he made many assertions. One of those was‚ “I had several more lives to live and could not spare anymore time for that one”. Meaning that everyone lives one life‚ but in that lifetime they live many different lives. As did Thoreau coming to walden for isolation‚ and then leaving are all new segments of his life as he explains in the conclusion
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