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  • American Pie

    American Pie

    The movie American Pie is about four high schoolers, close to graduating, determined not to carry their virginity's with them to college and so they make a pact to lose their virginity by prom night. The movie is directed by Paul Weitz and stars Jason Biggs, Chris Klein and Tara Reids and takes place around Michigan's East Great Falls High. The movie opens with student Jim (Jason Biggs) being caught by his parents pleasuring

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Native Americans Vs. Early Europeans

    Native Americans Vs. Early Europeans

    The English settlers developed a selection of stereotypes against the Native Americans, ranking them as uncivilized and thus making it easier on themselves to lead the culture into their impossible situation, where the Natives have no choice but to either fight and lose or sit and do nothing, however if assimilation could have occurred through education or social structure the final outcome could have been mutually just for the two civilizations. The early European influences,

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    Essay Length: 964 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Edward
  • American Imperialism

    American Imperialism

    American Imperialism American Imperialism has been a part of United States history ever since the American Revolution. Imperialism is practice by which powerful nations or people seek to expand and maintain control or influence over weaker nations or peoples. Throughout the years there has been many instances where the Americans have taken over other people countries, almost every time we go into we have taken over a new piece of land. The Americas first taste

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    Essay Length: 1,269 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Development of American Popular Culture/electronic Media

    The Development of American Popular Culture/electronic Media

    The Development of American Popular Culture/Electronic Media Popular Culture is the arts, artifacts, entertainment, fads, beliefs and values that are shared by large segments of society in America. Knowing this we can see how the electronic medias have great influences over the American pop culture. Music, television, radio and movies have all been influences, sometimes, not good and sometimes they have. Before television, radio was the big link for current events being reported fast. It

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    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Kevin
  • American and French Revolution

    American and French Revolution

    There are many similarities and differences between the French Revolution and the American Revolution. To begin with kings and queens had ruled the country of France. This led to some bad and good things throughout the history of France, But in America there were presidents during the new beginnings of the country. The presidents were chosen by the people and debated about political issues that common people had problems with. There wasn t much room

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    Essay Length: 376 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Jack
  • Maggie’s American Dream

    Maggie’s American Dream

    Maggie’s American Dream Maggie’s American Dream is Margaret Comer’s inspiring biography written by her son James P. Comer. It also doubles as the autobiography of James P. Comer himself. It a great story of a person overcoming obstacles to reach their goals and dreams. Maggie was born in Woodland, Mississippi. Her parents were Jim and Maude. Her father was a sharecropper, even though he was more educated that the man he worked for. He was

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    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Mike
  • Influence of Interest Groups on the American Legislature

    Influence of Interest Groups on the American Legislature

    Influence of interest groups on the American legislature We elect politicians on the basis on the issues by which they stand, and these issues are either held up or weakened by the numerous interest groups that exist today. Interest groups target both major and minor issues, using all of their resources to sponsor or overpower the groups’ concern. Interest groups are composed of a limited range of the body of voters who have a great

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    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Mikki
  • American History X

    American History X

    American History X The movie American History X is designed to show a better understanding of the serious racism-taking place in America today. The graphic and somewhat upsetting film shows anger and dislike between a “ghetto” black community and a white neo-nazi gang. One of the main ideas in this movie is to show how someone whose whole life has been centered around racism and later he realizes that all races should be treated with

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Trace the Development of the Anglo-American Conflict. Could the Relationship Have Been Saved?

    Trace the Development of the Anglo-American Conflict. Could the Relationship Have Been Saved?

    Trace the development of the Anglo-American conflict. Could the relationship have been saved? Although American colonists always tried to negotiate the contentious policies which contradicted their principles with the British Parliament, the crown did not leave much room for the discussion fueling the Anglo-American debate with a stubborn constitutional position; with a ridiculous notion as virtual representation; with a large British army that limited the economic development of the country; with the unjust acts that

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    Essay Length: 802 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Artur
  • American Dream in Death of a Salesman

    American Dream in Death of a Salesman

    Death of a Salesman The term "American Dream" has many diverse meanings. For some, it may be to become wealthy and live in big houses. For others, it could be to simply live a productive life that contributes to society. Wanting to live the "American Dream" is the conflict in this novel that opens the doors to many interpretations that can be related to wanting to be successful. The setting of "Death of a Salesman"

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Prologue to an American Dream

    Prologue to an American Dream

    In a small, flat world, society exists only within itself. The people preoccupied in their own universe simply cannot fathom a world outside their own. Some historians cite the first gleam of a true “American Dream” didn’t surface until the first colonization. However, in three historical films, recreations of very early distinctions in the very first American dreams are exposed for their accuracies and their faults. The spirits that voyaged onward, heading for a

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Mike
  • Causes of American Revolution Between 1860 and 1877

    Causes of American Revolution Between 1860 and 1877

    There are many ways that constitutional and social developments caused a revolution. There are a few important developments that will be mentioned. The first one is the secession of 1860, which was a constitutional development. Some other constitutional developments that caused conflict were the Emancipation Proclamation, three civil rights bills, and the reconstruction. Some social developments that caused conflict were the Freedmen’s Bureau, the Black Codes, and the Ku Klux Klan. One of the social

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    Essay Length: 451 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Mike
  • Protecting American Agriculture While Facilitating Free Trade

    Protecting American Agriculture While Facilitating Free Trade

    Abstract Agriculture is a very valuable to the U.S. economically and socially. Due to the nature of biology, agriculture is highly susceptible to easily created biological weapons. It is the duty of U.S. inspectors to prevent these weapons from entering the country, but increasing pressure from economic globalization and foreign trade agreements has “captured” U.S. regulatory agencies. Using rational decision making models the U.S. has developed policies that allow both the facilitation of trade and

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Janna
  • Religion in the American Public School

    Religion in the American Public School

    Throughout history, religion has impacted the lives of millions whether at school, work, with friends, or by some tragedy. Religion can change the way people view their existence. Religion also plays a big role in the infiltration of values into the loves of many young people today. In a recent pole printed in the USA Weekend Paper, “34% of respondents [said] Religion plays a powerful role in their everyday lives.” These student respondents “cited

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Fatih
  • A Sad Fact in American Society

    A Sad Fact in American Society

    A sad fact in American society is that thousands of people search for the elusive dream of being thin. On any given day, one finds neighbors, friends, and relatives on some kind of diet. Dieters assume various disguises, but the noteworthy ones are the "bandwagoneer," the "promiser" and the "lethal loser." Everyone wants to lose weight quickly and effortlessly; therefore, any fad diet promising overnight results becomes the new "call" of the "bandwagoneer." She tries

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Mike
  • American Heritage

    American Heritage

    Tasha O’Hara 2/22/06 PSC 305 Professor Sundlun American Immigration After World War I ended, there was a great flush of immigration to the United States. The majority of my family members came over in this flush in hopes of finding new opportunities and better jobs. All moved to New England to find jobs in mills or on railroads. All four of my grandparents either are immigrants or have parents who emigrated from England, Ireland, or

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Native American Origin Myths

    Native American Origin Myths

    Prior to the Pilgrims arrival in the Americas in the 15th century, the Americas were inhabited by many Native American Tribes long before. It is estimated that their arrival in the Americas may “have been as recently as 12,000 years ago or as long ago as 70,000 years.”(2) Assuming the shorter estimate, the Native Americans would still “have been on the continent 30 times longer than the Europeans.”(2) During this time each Native American tribe

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Artur
  • The Best President in American History - Abraham Lincoln

    The Best President in American History - Abraham Lincoln

    What defines a great President and what do we mean when we say someone is “the greatest”? Firstly a great President must be viewed as person who has achieved success in the office they hold. That includes effective implementation of policies which are clearly expressed prior to election and that are in the interests of the people who elected them. This is the very foundation of Democracy within the United States and was defined by

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Compairson Between the Inca Government and American Government

    Compairson Between the Inca Government and American Government

    The ancient Inca government and the government of the United States of America have some things in common; while at the same time both very different. The powers possessed by the Inca monarch are similar to those of the U.S. government. However, Inca punishments for criminals are very different from American punishments for criminals. The Inca government had a very strong structure, which enabled it to last for hundreds of years. One major distinction between

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Mike
  • Influential American - Marin Luther King

    Influential American - Marin Luther King

    “I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places shall be made plain, and the crooked places shall be made straight and the glory of the Lord will be revealed and all flesh shall see it together…we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children--black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Catholics and Protestants--will be

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Wendy
  • American Egg Board

    American Egg Board

    Abstract Previous studies have suggested that the eggs were associated with high cholesterol levels, which contributed to heart disease, although this now has been proven to be false. The communication of the cholesterol information is one major reason for the continuing decline in US per capita egg consumption; from 402 in 1945 to 259 in 2003. Results show that cholesterol information is a deterrent in decisions about consumers' decisions to consume eggs and how much

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Kevin
  • American History X Analysis

    American History X Analysis

    American History X Hate is part of the human condition. From our very beginning of our being comes our need to judge and be apprehensive toward people that are strange to us. In the classic film “American History X”, directed by Tony Kaye, two brothers are raised in a white supremacist world of racial hatred, self- pity, and social ignorance. It is only through the hard work and concern of a couple people that saved

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Mike
  • African Final

    African Final

    (I.) In comparing and contrasting the built environment in pre-colonial/post-colonial Africa, we will first look at the negative impacts. One of the negative impacts was the distance that the zoning policies created. The zoning was created by the colonial land masters and then adopted by the ruling regimes that were left behind. By dispersing the African people and telling them where they may and may not live, they caused more difficult travel for the African

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    Essay Length: 408 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Mike
  • American Eagle Outfitters Swot Analysis

    American Eagle Outfitters Swot Analysis

    American Eagle Outfitters SWOT Analysis The Silverman family first founded American Eagle Outfitters in 1977. They operated specialty clothing stores under the name Retail Ventures. In 1980 the Silverman’s encountered financial troubles when the Schottenstein family bought out 50% of the Retail Ventures. In 1991 the Schottenstein family bought the rest of Retail Ventures and opened 153 American Eagle Outfitters. By late 2000 the company had introduced 46 new stores in Canada. American Eagle had

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Yan
  • American’s Identity by Eve of Revolution

    American’s Identity by Eve of Revolution

    By the eve of Revolution, predominately during 10 to 1776, colonists’ sense of identity and unity though fragile was still distinct enough that war eventually became the only option against their mother country. With previous turmoil in Great Britain, the colonies in North America had flourished early on due to salutary neglect and developed characteristics which soon defined Americans. An eventual conflict leading up to the revolution would be the drastic contrast between Britain and

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Stenly