$250 on a pair of jeans that are artfully shredded to look like they just fell through a wheat thresher and are designed‚ eventually‚ to artfully fall totally apart; (f) decide that Sufjan Stevens is the perfect music to play for her 2-year-old‚ because‚ let’s face it‚ 2-year-olds have lousy taste in music‚ and we will not listen to the Wiggles in this house; (g) wear sneakers as a fashion statement; (h) wear the same vintage New Balance sneakers that he wore on his first day of school in the seventh
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With the Civil War over‚ the nation faced the difficult problems of rebuilding the South‚ assisting the freed slaves‚ reintegrating the Southern states into the Union‚ and deciding who would direct the Reconstruction process. The South was economically devastated and socially revolutionized by emancipation. As slave owners reluctantly confronted the end of slave labor‚ blacks took their first steps in freedom. Black churches and freedmen’s schools helped the former slaves begin to shape their own
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Many people question this war. Whether it was right for America to go into war with Mexico. I say it’s not. Mexico gained its independence from Spain in 1821. As soon as Mexico gained their independence‚ they invited American Settlers over to improve their economy. This turned out to be a bad choice for Mexico. The American settlers ignored laws which meant they broke them. American settlers did not care for Mexico’s customs or beliefs. They soon revolted and secretly annexed Texas in 1836. This
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The Seven Years War (1756-1763) was one of the major conflicts in history since the fall of Rome. It had Bourbon King Louis XV on one side trying as hard as possible to repeat the golden days of Louis XIV and Frederick II of an emerging Prussia backed by British gold provided by William Pitt on the other. The Seven Years War was mainly the result of trading rights. The British colonials (Americans) were pinned up against the Atlantic seaboard‚ with only the Hudson Bay company in the north challenging
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The Six-Day War of 1967 changed the Arab/Israeli Conflict due to solid recognition of Israeli military power which caused other Middle Eastern countries to think twice about seriously backing Palestinians‚ caused a set back in Israeli civil rights which founded a tear in Israeli society‚ and forced the PLO to better organize due to their sudden lack of support from other Middle Eastern countries. Early on‚ the U.S. had developed a "well-organized pro-Israel constituency thus becoming a major
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The Hundred Year War a war that was between France and England for the French throne took place between approximately 1337 and 1453. The motivation for the beginning of the Hundred Years War is that England desired to gain control over France‚ and the French opposed the expansion of England’s power. The Very first battle to take place during the Hundred Years War was the Battle of Cadsand‚ and resulted in an English victory. During this battle‚ the English used their longbow for the first time
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American Civil War Technology The election of 1860 was among four candidates: John Breckenridge‚ a Democrat‚ John Bell‚ Constitutional Union Party‚ Stephen Douglas‚ a Democrat‚ and Abraham Lincoln‚ a Republican from the North. When election day came and all votes were in Douglas had twelve electoral votes‚ Bell had thirty-nine‚ Breckenridge with seventy-two‚ and in the lead‚ Lincoln had 180 electoral votes (Peters and Woolley). Lincoln had won the election‚ but he had not won everything yet
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The deadliest war in American history is known as the American Civil War killing nearly 620‚000 soldiers and a mass amount of civilians. The War Between the States was fought between Southern slave states and the United States federal government. Southern states formed a group called the Confederacy‚ which went against the beliefs of the Union. Jefferson Davis of the Confederate States of America and Abraham Lincoln sought different views on slavery. Lincoln believed that all slaves should be
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The French and Indian War ultimately shifted the global balance of power. By the mid 18th century‚ both the British and the French wanted to extend the North American colonies into the land west of the Appalachian Mountains. This land was known as the Ohio Territory. American colonists had been asking for permission to raise an army to end the French threat once and for all. This eventually le to the French and Indian War. The French and Indian War affected political‚ social‚ economic issues for
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AP Euro homework The 100 Years’ War The hundred years’ war began in 1337 when the boy king of England‚ Edward III‚ made a claim to the French throne after Charles IV died without producing a single male heir. However this was only the final straw‚ there were many other factors that started the war‚ such as England and Frances’ close proximity and need for conquest. The fifteen year old also happened to be the vassal of the dead French king‚ and was coincidentally in possession of several pieces
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