* 9/5/12 * Q-What is the best way you used a computer to learn something? Why did that work so well? * Internet helped the best * * September 6‚ 2012 * Q-Why is it important that you get to class on time and started on your POD * A-So your not holding up the class and get on with the that days lesion! * * September 10‚ 12 * Q-Reflect on the video we watched last week! * A- people like that chage the world for other people‚ because he saved lives and took
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As the White settlement expand west‚ the Cherokees were threatened that their land will 8be taken away from them. To the Cherokees‚ the land has been passed down from their forefathers. If Cherokees leave their territory it would means that they would have to get use to a new environment‚ and leave where their ancestors have lived there for years since anyone can remember. However‚ if they stay and resist‚ they might be forced to follow the rules of the white or being forced out of their home. The
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the government constantly issues tiny borders for the Cherokee Indians‚ they do not take into account the reality that the Cherokee Indians don’t have anywhere to go. The land the government wants is the only home of the Indians. The government swiftly annihilates rebels and sticks to its plan to gain more land (Carnes‚ 1996). Although this might seem like a plan of perseverance‚ it is selfish‚ ensnares‚ and abuses others. The Indians have lost their kin and home because of wrong control. This piece
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been only a few decades ago. War had taken an empire where the sun never set‚ and confined it to a small island in the cold northern Atlantic ocean. The British economy was choking‚ now lacking the fiscal backing of all its former colonies. However‚ during December of 1952‚ the city of London was quite literally strangled. A toxic mixture of sulphur dioxide‚ metal fibers‚ coal‚ smoke‚ and fog set in to encompass London in the biggest “pea souper” it had ever seen. For five days‚ from the 5th to the
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Prostitution became a significant of London ’s history during the 18th and 19th century. At the time‚ prostitution was a chronic problem of the public order. It became so big in London that it attracted the attention of many groups such as‚ "the church‚ the state‚ the medical profession‚ philanthropists‚ feminists and others." (Bartley‚ 1) All of these groups worked together in order to resolve the problem‚ even though at the time prostitution was not illegal. However‚ it was an activity that many
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During a time period of great advancement in technology‚ the late 19th century could appropriately dub itself as an industrial revolution. Rapid transformations of the work-place worsened working conditions and prompted the common laborer to join forces with others in order to create labor unions. Although these unions were fueled with excellent intentions and driven by exasperated motivation‚ these organizations did little to improve the working conditions during this particular time frame. It
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Prior to the 19th century‚ women lived in a time defined by gender unbalance. Women had no legal‚ social‚ or political rights that people take for granted today. Women were denied key rights like married women could not own property‚ had very little control over personal property‚ they were rarely granted legal custody of their children in case of divorce‚ had no legal claim to any money they might ear‚ could not sue or be sued‚ could not testify in court‚ were banned from institutions and higher
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In the late 19th century‚ ideas of white supremacy in the southern United States was at an all-time high. White southerners showed prejudice towards African Americans‚ often in violent ways such as lynching. They would regularly accuse the African Americans of severe crimes‚ like rape or murder‚ to warrant their actions. Even white citizens who supported black Americans put themselves in danger of being subjected to lynching as well. This racial injustice was mainly due to white southerners being
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FRQ: Explain the ultimate defeat of the Plains Indians by whites. Select at least three major reasons for the decline of the Plains culture; then tell which you think was the most important and why. From the time that the Spanish reached the New World in 1492‚ European powers‚ and later on American‚ consistently tried to quash the native people‚ one way or another. Throughout the 1800s‚ and especially during the Gilded Age‚ the federal government’s attempts to confine the Native Americans to certain
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The United States‚ from its inception had a lust for real estate. From the original chants of "manifest destiny" to the calls for the annexation of Indian territories‚ America has been driven to acquire land. In this country’s youth‚ land was needed for economic expansion; however‚ by the end of the 19th century‚ the entire continental United States had been in possession and the citizenry of this country turned their eyes out to sea. The United States no longer sought new lands to farm and work
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