Madison Mann English 3 summer 2015 Prompt 2 Choose one short story and one poem from the 19th century. Write to compare the ways in which each of these may be considered representative of American culture during the time period in which it was written. Cite specific evidence from the literature to support your ideas. “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe is a poem that was written during the Romantic period. It depicts the story of a young man mourning over the loss of his love‚ Lenore. One night he
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Cold War DBQ Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying Documents 1 -- 14. (Some of the documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise.) This question is designed to test your ability to work with and understand historical documents. Write an essay that: • Provides an appropriate‚ explicitly stated thesis that directly addresses all parts of the question and does NOT simply restate the question. • Discusses a majority of documents individually
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The brain is a very important piece of the human body‚ and it controls every aspect of the body. It reacts in different ways to different things. One thing it reacts to is embarrassment‚ which is a feeling of self-consciousness or shame. Another interesting thing the brain does is brain pruning. This action is when the brain filters out information that is not important to one’s everyday life‚ and keeps the material that is important. Although both are functions of the brain‚ two differences between
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Cultural Practices and Traditions Culturally‚ Mexican Americans have a beautiful array of unique traditions and values. Spirituality plays a large role in many Mexican American families. At 61%‚ the majority of Mexican Americans are Christian and belong to the Roman Catholic Church. (Pew Research Hispanic‚ 2015) Another major aspect of Mexican American culture is the emphasis placed on the extended family. Due to the fact that Mexican Americans are a collectivist and interdependent group‚ the extended
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the German’s threatened the security of the United States. The British intelligence intercepted the Zimmerman telegram that was sent to the German minister in Mexico that reflected the attempt to get Mexico to rise up against the United States. The Zimmerman message went on to say that Germany would help Mexico recover the territories that they had lost in 1848. Although the telegram content later was found to be untrue it stiffened President Wilson’s resolve. (Norton‚ 638) The reality of the
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The chapter in Stephen J. Gould’s Bully for Brontosaurus titled “To Be A Platypus” touches on the discovery and classification of the duck-billed platypus native to Australia. The chapter opens with a note on the origin of the telegram‚ in which the platypus was first described using the four words “monotremes oviparous‚ ovum meroblastic” by Cambridge biologist W. H. Caldwell. Fundamentally‚ this translates to the platypus being a mammal that possesses a duck-like bill and lays eggs. The “duckbill”
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1. Max Planck‚ Niels Bohr‚ Albert Einstein – great scientist in the 20th Century. Ernest Ruther is known as “the Father of Nuclear Science” 2. George Washington Carver – best remembered agricultural scientist 3. Carlos Finlay‚ Walter Reed‚ William Gorgas – doctors who dealt with yellow fever 4. Henry Ford – entrepreneur who engineered the Model T and developed the assembly line 5. Ferdinand von Zeppelin – designed and built the dirigible 6. Orville and Wilbur Wright – made the first successful
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North and South America‚ Australia and Asia‚ by 1914 they Introduced the first customer charge card‚ by1933 they delivered the first singing telegram‚ by 1943 they pioneered the first commercial inner-city microwave communications system. In 1974 they Introduced the first commercial satellite in the U.S.In 1980 money transfer revenue exceeded telegram service revenue for the first time‚ then in 1993 they introduced the first disposable prepaid phone card. By 2001 they celebrated 150th anniversary
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Technology is a major effect of the Industrial Revolution that has impacted the present day significantly. During the Industrial Revolution‚ technology had just began to advance into what we have come to consider everyday necessities‚ such as our modern transportation and communication. Throughout the 1800s‚ businesses began to expand and flourish due to this widespread development of technological advancements that made their way into the business industry. Likewise‚ the technology used during the
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cause of the Cold War. The Berlin Blockade was not as important in the causing of the Cold War as compared to more significant events like that of the overarching German Question‚ instances of Soviet aggression in Manchuria and Iran‚ Kennan’s Long Telegram of February 1946‚ the Marshall Plan of June 1947 and the entry of West Germany into NATO in 1955. The Berlin Blockade is merely seen as a subset of the umbrella German Question and a mere reflection of the divide between the US and the Soviets‚ especially
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