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    Ever since our founding fathers discovered this country‚ citizens have shown a great deal of respect for the men and women that have fought to preserve the independence and the freedoms that this country is built on. Throughout the history of this nation we have only seen a few instances of declined patriotism and it seems as if were are going through a downfall today. In the seventeen years that I have been a part of this nation I have experienced one of the deadliest terror attacks that the world

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    Whenever there is a war that is occurring in a country‚ people would always find a certain way to escape the country. Those people are called “refugees.” A refugee doesn’t simply leave their home‚ they additionally need to leave their nation of origin and discover assurance in another. Refugees are protected under international law‚ rules that governed all countries. They are ensured under the global law‚ a regulation that administered all nations. Much the same as all people‚ they have the privilege

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    when he called United States “a house divided” and how the country was at odds over the economic systems of the south and the principles of the nation? The origin of the phrase is the Bible‚ in the gospel of Mark 3:25 and Mathew 12:25Jesus said the house divided speech was given by Abraham Lincoln in 1958 in Illinois state capitol in Springfield during campaigns. In this metaphor “a house divided” the house stands for the union (to the United States of America) and that the house was divided slave

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    The Electric Chair was a form of cruel and unusual punishment. It was once the most used method of execution in the United States. In the early twentieth century is when the electric chair started to be used. It replaced hanging‚ firing squad‚ and beheading in that period of time (Juan). Some states are still using the Electric Chair‚ but we do not hear much about it. Dr. Albert Southwick‚ a dentists‚ was the one who invented the Electric Chair in 1881. Edwin R. Davis was commissioned to design

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    Tojo. The Allied powers were made up by Great Britain‚ the Soviet Union‚ and the United States. Ran by Winston Churchill‚ Joseph Stalin‚ and Franklin Roosevelt. On September 1st‚ 1939 Hitler and his Nazis troops invaded Poland which kickstarted this 6 year war that eventually ended on September 2‚ 1945. The outcome resulted in an allied win‚ once again. When fighting a two front war with Germany and Japan‚ the United States won the war by executing well thought out attacks on enemy’s home

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    The Delta-Northwest Merger Some airlines have struggled to stay in business for years. Due to the tough economic times‚ it has affected companies such as Delta and Northwest and the whole airline industry. The competition is intense and some of the global airlines are on the verge of going out of business. Recently‚ Delta and the Northwest Airlines have stated that they are merging together to create America’s premier global airline. Rising fuel prices is one of the primary reasons the airline

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    When the United States decided to drop the atomic bomb on Japan their ultimate goal was to intimidate the soviet union. The relationship between the two countries was beginning to unravel. The U.S. decided that the only way to gain the respect from the soviet union was to display the amount of power they truly had. The war between Japan and the United States was a good way to showcase the power that they had. The bombing in Japan made it clear that the United States held all the power. Therefore

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    “America was not built on fear. America was built on courage‚on imagination‚and an unbeatable determination at hand.”-Harry S. Truman. Among the many presidents who accomplished great things‚Harry S. Truman sticks out with his amazing feats. Truman went from being an ordinary young man in the military into dropping an atomic bomb‚starting the korean war‚and almost being assassinated. Not many people can say they have done all that in a lifetime. Many people couldn’t accomplish what Truman did

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    he California Republic was a short-lived‚ unrecognized state that‚ for a few weeks in 1846‚ militarily controlled the area to the north of the San Francisco Bay in the present-day state of California. In June 1846‚ a number of American immigrants in Alta California rebelled against the Mexican department’s government. The immigrants had not been allowed to buy or rent land and had been threatened with expulsion from California because they had entered without official permission. Mexican officials

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    the criminal justice system altogether. Once I became interested in the criminal justice system‚ I began looking at all the different career options in the field. My grandparents from my father’s side are Joe and Mary Waddell‚ and they were Florida State Troopers. My grandfather passed away a few years ago‚ although‚ my grandmother is still alive. I speak to her regularly over the phone about how my courses are going at Massasoit Community College. Even though I know she’s happy for me‚ I feel as though

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