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    Why is the Bill of Rights Important? What is the Bill of Rights? The Bill of Rights is your unalienable rights. You receive these rights at birth and they cannot be taken away. For several states the only way that they would be given the ratification of the constitution was if or when a Federalist supporter promised to add a BIll of Rights. Anti federalist like George Mason feared an overly powerful Government. The first congress assembled in 1789‚ they immediately started deciding whether or

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    if the year-to-year GDP is up 3%‚ this is thought to mean that the economy has grown by 3% over the last year. Measuring GDP is complicated (which is why we leave it to the economists)‚ but at its most basic‚ the calculation can be done in one of two ways: either by adding up what everyone earned in a year (income approach)‚ or by adding up what everyone spent (expenditure method). Logically‚ both measures should arrive at roughly the same total. The income approach‚ which is sometimes referred

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    In the late 1800s‚ United States was facing many issues caused by industrialization and urban growth. “Work conditions‚ rights for women and children‚ economic reform‚ environmental issues and social” were a few of the issues. Journalists and writers known as muckrakers exposed the unsafe conditions often faced by factory workers‚ including women and children .These negative impacts on the United States led to the Progressive Era. “The Progressive Era was a period of social activism and political

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    which americans commemorate the thirteen colonies claiming independence‚ as well as the events that led up to it. They recall the oppressed colonist who fought against the tyrannical King George and his army of redcoats. Heroes are commemorated‚ tyrants are cursed‚ and liberty is celebrated. En masse‚ this all accumulates to a jubilee of what would later be known as the American Revolution. Despite the regard to which the revolution is held‚ one questions still stands - just how influential was the

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    February 12‚ 2012 Ms. Wick Progressive Era DBQ During the late 1800’s to early 1900’s many groups and individuals agreed that problems in society could be resolved. Reformers worked to change many aspects of society including politics and economics in the United States. Improving living conditions for those who lived in tenement buildings and the production of pure food were two goals reformers had. Campaigning and settlement houses were some of the methods used to achieve their

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    period of 1900 to 1920‚ Progressive Era reformers and the federal government were only able to get partial reform at the national level. Both helped with such reforms as to limit the control of trusts‚ enact child labor laws‚ improve sanitation‚ and give voting rights to women. Though‚ these changes were not as effective as they may seem‚ since corporations and individuals often neglected them‚ making them of no useful value. What is known as the time of progress was hardly of any benefit

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    What was the most important cause of World War 1 On Sunday 28th June‚ 1914‚ the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Throne‚ Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ and his wife‚ were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip‚ part of a Serbian Terrorist Group‚ called the Black Hand at Sarajevo‚ the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovnia. This event and the tension between Europe was a trigger that set off declarations of war and resulted in World War 1. Tensions had been building up in Europe for decades through Nationalism‚ Imperialism

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    George Washington was a very important person in history... Some of the important things he did effected the outcome of Present Day United States. President Washington was born on February 22‚ 1732 in Westmoreland. He served as a Commander in the colonies during the American Revolution. Most people didn’t know but in George Washington’s time he was a spy. He found ways to use secrets codes‚ use invisible ink and find ways to decode them. How they used invisible ink‚ or known as lemon juice is

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    For a student like me its ‚big ‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚question WHAT IS EDUCATION AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT?????????/ Education is is future-oriented - it is about development and growth even when we are studying the past. Thus‚ as educators‚ the aspect of thinking we tend to focus upon is learning. As we have stressed‚ much thinking is commonplace - it goes on all the time‚ often without our being aware of it. Education takes us into the conscious world. It involves activities that are intended to stimulate

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    What was the most important reason for the abolition of the slave Trade? By the time that the slave trade had been abolished in Britain and her colonies in 1807 eleven million men‚ women and children had been snatched from their homes. For historians understanding the factors that led to the abolition of the trade remains an important task. Whilst there is clearly a consensus on the main factors that led to this seismic and historic event there is obviously a difference in opinion on the most

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