1. Why was the South so afraid to loose slavery? What did they have a stake? Because they depended on slaves to work on their farms and agriculture‚ and they had already been living a lifestyle dependent on slaves. If they lost slavery‚ the slaves would also gain voting rights eventually‚ and they would then lose power in the government. 2. What is the 13th amendment and why did Lincoln feel he needed to pass the amendment? It is the amendment that would abolish slavery. Lincoln wanted to pass
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in London‚ England in 1863‚ but the sport was played long before that‚ for recreation. Bill Shankly a Scottish soccer player once said‚ “Some people believe soccer is a matter of life and death...it is much‚ much more important than that.” Shankly’s quote is the general feeling throughout the world about the game of soccer. Saying soccer is a game in most parts of the world is incorrect…it is a lifestyle and undoubtedly the one number sport. On Americas list of most popular sports there’s football
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we are informed of the latest news‚ and we can watch our favorite videos and movie. Net neutrality is the idea that all data on the internet is an open market‚ anybody has access to the internet‚ and all websites are treated equally with no preferential treatment than another website (Seeman 1). For example‚ google should not get special treatment than Facebook they should be treated the same. Net Neutrality is a controversial topic and refer to whether the internet providers should be charged more
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In America‚ even though we consider ourselves‚ the land of the free‚ because of the brave‚ we attempt to avoid or stay away from any conflict in the world around us that does not directly correlate or affect us as a country. As most of our goods and services are spread throughout the world‚ we avoid trying to involve ourselves in conflicts even that have a tendency to impact us‚ even on a slight level. The conflict in Germany was a large reference to that. Many attempts were made to stay neutral
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Was it difficult building the lighthouse in 1868? The construction of the cape Hatteras lighthouse began in 1868.The lighthouse took three years to complete.The major difficultie was that the lighthouse was in such an isolated spot there where no roads for materials to get to the lighthouse there wasn’t even any cars so to get the materials to the construction site everything was brought in by a boat. Small steam boats or sailing vessels were used to bring the materials to the construction site
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them. This was seen as rebellious and against the older generation’s morals. One of the issues in dating in the youth culture is petting and necking. Petting and necking mean kissing extensively from the neck and above and petting or fondling each other. The document “Petting and Necking‚ 1924” talks about a young lady that was at a student conference for college girls. At this conference‚ they did not advise that girls not take part in these activities but to do it in moderation. It was also stated
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The Nazi party and Hitler’s influence between the years 1919-1923 Hitler was the only reason the Nazi party was able to succeed and become the most powerful political party in Germany at the time. He was able to do this with his speeches. He was an incredible speaker‚ able to whip up crowds and control people‚ one of the reasons he was able to manipulate people was because he had the right timing‚ German people were on food rations‚ in economic desperation‚ people were starving‚ jobs were scarce
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In the article “Why Ancient Earth Was So Warm” the key point was to explain why early earth was as warm as it was‚ without a strong sun. The researchers‚ Eric Wolf and Brian Toon‚ go on to explain that the sun was about 70-80 percent as bright as it is today. So it would not warm the earth as much. That was then named the faint young sun paradox. The article then explains how the two greenhouse gases carbon dioxide‚ and methane could have trapped heat in the atmosphere. This would have all been
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History 1620/Spring April 10‚ 2015 Week 4 Discussion Questions 1. Why was corruption so rampant in American politics during this period? Was it worse than today? If so‚ why? American politics were so corrupt during the guilded age. This‚ in part‚ is because of the way people affiliated themselves. During this time period‚ it didn’t matter your candidate said or did‚ you had to be loyal and vote for your party. Also the corruption was so bad because the political machines would partner with the ward
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Why was the treaty of Versailles so unpopular in Germany? There are several reasons why the treaty of Versailles was so unpopular in Germany. I will be addressing the following; why Hitler called it a dictated peace‚ the reduction of the German army and the effects that the reparations had on the German people. Hitler called the treaty of Versailles ‘The Dictated Peace’ .The dictated peace meant that Germany had a choice to accept the treaty or be invaded. The Germans had to accept the treaty even
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