This attitude may be observed among the white inhabitants of Maycomb County in To Kill a Mockingbird. Slaves had laboured on the cotton plantations of the South. After the Civil War‚ in which the Southern states were defeated by the Northern (or Yankee) states‚ African American slaves (referred to as Negroes at the time) were freed. However‚ often they became worse off economically because the use of new machinery was decreasing the demand for their
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The adoption of prohibition in 1919 (with ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment) had been a victory of Yankee moral values over those of immigrants‚ but now many of the great cities practically ignored the measure. In 1919-20 the russian revolution of 1917 and the establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic sent a Red Scare Shivering through the
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dancers have the ability to transport an audience to another world. [pic] Country and Western Country and western dance includes several dance forms‚ usually danced to country-western music. If you’ve ever been to a country and western club or tavern‚ you’ve probably seen a few cowboy boot-wearing dancers twirling around the dance floor with big smiles on their faces. [pic] Tap Tap dancing is an exciting form of dance in which dancers wear special shoes equipped with metal taps. Tap dancers
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to stay after she signs. While Lyddie can sign the petition ‚ if she does she will have to leave the house and has nowhere to live. "You’d be blacklisted no other corporation would hire you" This shows that Lyddie would not have money to stay at a tavern or boarding house for long and would not be able to get a job. Lyddie should not sign because she will be payed much less‚ she could be blacklisted‚ and she has no place to go.
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Physical Culture in Early Canada: First Nations and Colonists First Nations * Limited historical information * Oral accounts * Oral tradition (memories and stories from elders) passed down the generations * Elders had important role in education * Written records * Second-hand observations of colonizers (French/English) * Written by white men‚ severely biased * Explorers‚ fur traders‚ priests‚ etc.‚ * Generalizations made despite striking
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Pompeii & Herculaneum 1. Geographical context Physical environment: geographical setting‚ natural features and resources of Pompeii and Herculaneum Geographical setting Pompeii and Herculaneum were located in Campania‚ southwest Italy near Bay of Naples. Herculaneum was a waterfront town situated on the coast of Bay of Naples 7km west of Mt Vesuvius‚ while Pompeii was slightly inland on the Sarno river‚ 9km southeast of Mt Vesuvius. Both towns were linked to Rome through sea
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In Israel Potter‚ Herman Melville explains in the excerpt “To his highness the Bunker Hill Movement” (Melville 1) that he cannot copy the life of the real Israel Potter‚ but in an interpretation that he calls his own‚ and in which he writes about history‚ in a fictional twist. Melville begins the story by telling where Israel Potter lives and explain his first place of travel‚ from Otis to somewhere near Windsor. Later‚ when traveling‚ he meets a girl‚ who he thought was pretty‚ but then he found
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George Herman Ruth Jr. was born on February 6‚ 1895 in Baltimore‚ Maryland and died on August 16‚ 1948 in New York. What made him important is that he set the record for the most home runs hit in Major League Baseball. He was a very good baseball player‚and his dad owned a saloon. He was 1 of 8 children that survived when he was born and was the oldest of all of the children. David Fisher‚ author of Babe Ruth: the Legendary Slugger shares the good times and the bad in the life of baseball’s great
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was standing before Rip drank the magical substance and went into a 20-year long sleep. Before he did this‚ the inn was quiet and humble‚ and a great place for travelers to stay for a nice night in town. After he wakes up‚ he realizes it is now a Yankee hotel. Instead of being quiet‚ it is now loud and busy all the time. This ties into the moral of the story about how time goes on. I believe this is the best symbolization of the change that Rip endured from the time he went to sleep and after
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by the 18th North Carolina Infantry regiment who shouted‚ "Halt‚ who goes there?"‚ but fired before evaluating the reply. Frantic shouts by Jackson’s staff identifying the party were replied to by Major John D. Barry with the retort‚ "It’s a damned Yankee trick! Fire!" [43] A second volley was fired in response; in all‚ Jackson was hit by three bullets‚ two in the left arm and one in the right hand. Several other men in his staff were killed‚ in addition to many horses.
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