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  • American History X

    American History X

    July 11, 2008 Movie Review –American History X United States, 1998 Running Length: 1:57 Cast: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D’Angelo, Avery Brooks, Stacy Keach, Fariuza Balk, Jennifer Lien, Elliot Gould, Guy Torry, Ethan Suplee and William Russ Director: Tony Kaye Rated: R (Profanity, violence, sex) American History X directed by Tony Kaye is a well known phenomenon and considered to be a movie that everyone is bound to see. The most important feature when

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    Essay Length: 800 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: February 27, 2010 By: regina
  • American Revoultuion

    American Revoultuion

    The American Revolution occurred because of Great Britain's failure to adjust to conditions brought on by the growth and development of the colonies, and by the aggravation of a breakdown in the political and economic harmony that existed between the colonies and their mother country. America was a revolution force from the day of its discovery. The American Revolution was not the same thing as the American War of Independence. The war itself lasted only

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    Essay Length: 2,106 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: February 27, 2010 By: Anna
  • 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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    Submitted: February 28, 2010 By: July
  • Broken Dreams by William Butler Yeats

    Broken Dreams by William Butler Yeats

    First of all, this commentary is going to focus on two poems, the first one that I am going to treat is “Broken Dreams” by William Butler Yeats and the second one is “Eyes that last I saw in tears” by Thomas Stearns Eliot. These two poems, “Broken Dreams” and “Eyes that last I saw in tears”, were written by different authors, but they have similarities and at the same time both poems have differences.

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    Submitted: February 28, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Native Americans

    Native Americans

    LONG BEFORE the white man set foot on American soil, the American Indians, or rather the Native Americans, had been living on this land. When the Europeans came here, there were probably 10 million Indians north of present-day Mexico and they had been living here for quite some time. It is believed by many anthropologists and archaeologists that the first people arrived during the last ice-age, approximately 20,000 - 30,000 years ago, crossing the land-bridge

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    Submitted: February 28, 2010 By: Victor
  • Duke and the American Tobacco Company

    Duke and the American Tobacco Company

    Duke and the American Tobacco Company 1. What were the most significant strategic steps of a Company? There are several significant strategic steps of the American Tobacco Company. These steps consist of the company’s mission, external and internal environmental analysis, goal and strategy formulation, implementation, Continuous feedback and overall control of all the processes. The case study of James Buchanan Duke identifies each and every process and implemented them with a lot of hard work.

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    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: Mike
  • Treatment of African Americans: 1865-1895

    Treatment of African Americans: 1865-1895

    During the span of thirty years from 1865 to 1895 blacks that lived within this time frame went through arguably the most profound series of events to occur in African American history. Southern blacks were faced with prejudice, bondage, slavery, and ultimately survival. Shortly after the thirteenth amendment was ratified, stating that: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the

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    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: Anna
  • The Russian Americans

    The Russian Americans

    The Russian-Americans As of the last released comprehensive United States Census listing all nationalities, in 1990, there were over two million people claiming Russian ancestry living in America. Not included in this number was over one million people who were born in Russia. Sixty-six thousand entered the U.S. between 1980 and 1990 over 120,000 entered before 1980, slightly over 123,000 were naturalized citizens, and over 71,000 were not considered citizens of the United States. When

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    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: Jack
  • American Literature

    American Literature

    All of the authors we have conversed about in class and studied about at home are connected in at least one way, if not many more. For example, Anne Bradstreet, Jonathan Edwards, Michael Wigglesworth and John Winthrop all write about God and the way we should all act and the simple fact that we all need to be Christians and so must the Indians who occupy their lives. Where as these authors are writers

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    Essay Length: 630 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Dream Career

    Dream Career

    My Dream Career Selecting a career is the most important decision in a person's life. The Health care industry has a good future in the United States of America. According to the American Department of Labor, the Medical assistant is one of the fastest growing health care professions. I have always been inclined towards health care and therefore I decided to be a medical assistant. To become a medical assistant one should possess different qualities.

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    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: July
  • A Comparison Piece of Mark Twain's the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

    A Comparison Piece of Mark Twain's the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

    Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Frederick Douglass’s Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave can be said to be comparison pieces. Despite that Huck Finn is a fictional character and Douglass was a physical being, certain characteristics and developmental processes are very similar. Firstly, in the initial stages of their lives, both Huck and Douglass faced repression, though in different forms. While Huck is a character whose spirit longs

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    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: David
  • Freud on Dreams

    Freud on Dreams

    Sigmund Freud best defines dreams as “the disguised fulfillment of a repressed wish”. Freud argued that our dreams contain clues to our hopes, fears, and fantasies. It is my intent to discuss the topic of dreams and how they provide useful information in helping clients uncover issues that may need to be addressed. In order to understand the meaning our dreams in relation to counseling; it is important to understand the basic concept of the

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    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: Mike
  • Japanese American Internment Camps

    Japanese American Internment Camps

    Japanese American Internment Camps Overwhelmingly the response of people in times of desperation is to survive at all costs and make the best of the situation. American history in the mid 20th century provides vivid example of desperate times such as those who were hit hardest by the era of the depression and also those who were displaced from their homes into Internment camps following World War II and the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Comparing

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    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Mike
  • Downfall of American School Systems

    Downfall of American School Systems

    In our ever evolving world where some of the most popular things are plastic surgery, self help books, and therapists, self-esteem is held on a high pedestal. Although having good self-esteem is important we are now sacrificing our children’s academic learning and possibly even their future success to protect it. After reading selections from authors such as Martin L. Gross, Larry E. Frase and William Streshly I believe that the American school system has

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    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: July
  • Dreams and Dreaming

    Dreams and Dreaming

    WE dream during a state of sleep called REM sleep. It is known that theta rythems sent from the hippocampus, which determine if something is of essential value to the brain, are presesnt during REM sleep. Which supports the idea that dreaming is connected to learning and that dreams are very important to the growing process. Sleep is set in cycles, each containing four stages STAGE 1: Light sleep begins- thata waves STAGE 2: Light

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    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Kevin
  • American Flag

    American Flag

    The United States Flag is the third oldest of the National Standards of the world; older than the Union Jack of Britain or the Tricolor of France. The flag was first authorized by Congress June 14, 1777. This date is now observed as Flag Day throughout America. The flag was first flown from Fort Stanwix, on the site of the present city of Rome, New York, on August 3, 1777. It was first under fire

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    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Our American Heritage and Our Responsibility for Preserving It

    Our American Heritage and Our Responsibility for Preserving It

    “Our American Heritage and Our Responsibility for Preserving It” Our Country was founded on sound principles. These principles were constructed to preserve our natural rights. These rights include free speech, free press and the ability to think for one’s self. America was established as a proud nation, who’s destiny to become great was undeniable. In today’s society, many are questioning the value of our voices and the respect our rights are given. Our nation is

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    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: Monika
  • Women and North American Native Religions

    Women and North American Native Religions

    My Religion My Tribe, My Life: The Importance of women in Native American Religion Introduction “In February 17, the great Cherokee leader Attakullakulla arrived in South Carolina to negotiate trade agreements with the governor and was shocked to find that no white woman was present. Because Cherokee women regularly advised his nations council on matters of war and peace.”# For many years a lot had said about Native American religion. From the believing in spirituality

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    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: Top
  • Cultural Study on Mexican Americans

    Cultural Study on Mexican Americans

    Mexico Mexico is 1,972,550 sq km just south of the United States, this equates to roughly less than 3 times the size of Texas. Mexico is classed as a member of Latin American nations and part of the North American Continent; not South America as often thought. Mexico is located in Middle America and is bordered by the United States, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Belize, North Pacific Ocean, and Guatemala. The climate of Mexico

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    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: Top
  • Early American Life

    Early American Life

    (paper not done) I am going to tell you a lot of facts in my research paper on Early American Life. In th paper I,m going to talk about religion, culture, education, and settlement. The next paragraph is on religion and here it is. Ok, the the Puritans considered the bible the true law of god and it provided guidelines for the church government. Also the puritans encouraged bible reading, prayer and preaching in the

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    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: July
  • James Madison - Influence on the Creation of American History

    James Madison - Influence on the Creation of American History

    James Madison’s Influence on the Creation of American History PETRA HORNA April 07, 2008 Table of Contents: Introduction……………………………………………………………….…2 The Compromise of 1790……………………………………………………….…..3-4 James Madison……………………………………………………………………….4-5 Madison’s Defeat on Report on the Public Credit……………………………..5-6 Madison’s Opposition to Economic Injustice…………………………………..6-7 Slavery – a Hot Political Issue of the Union………………………………………7 Introduction The decade of 1790s is the most decisive decade in our nation’s history, in which the greatest statesmen of their generation came together to define the new Republic

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    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Bred
  • American Women Poets

    American Women Poets

    French 1 In this paper I will discuss two poems by Sharon Olds. They are both taken from her collection “The Dead and the Living” and are entitled “The Eye” and “Poem to My Husband from my Fathers Daughter.” Olds is a contemporary writer who expertly maneuvers her work through modern life. In this particular collection, written in 1983, she takes us on an explorative journey through both the past and present of family

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    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream Has Passed It's Use by Date

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Has Passed It's Use by Date

    There are many points for and against the statement, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream has passed its use by date.” Themes, language features, characters and writing techniques can all make a big difference in the final decision. However, in my opinion there are stronger arguments for the negative. Firstly, A Midsummer Night’s Dream has numerous themes and morals that still apply to life in the twenty-first century. An example is the confusion and difficulty of love,

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    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Max
  • A Dream Worth Dreaming

    A Dream Worth Dreaming

    A Dream Worth Dreaming A Dream Worth Dreaming Although to the casual reader The Great Gatsby may only appear as a poetic muse on the seemingly endless rollercoaster that is love, if one plunges deeper into this novel it is easily discovered that not only is this the quintessential grail quest but it is quite plainly a search for the American dream. Gatsby plays a duel role in this piece of American history; he is

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    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Americans Lack Health Insure Because They Do Not Want It

    Americans Lack Health Insure Because They Do Not Want It

    Social Problems 4. Americans lack health insure because they do not want it. I completely disagree with this statement. There are many reasons as to why Americans do not have health care, but not wanting it is not one. More than half of uninsured adults say that their main problem is paying their medical bills. The chief obstacles to good health in developed nations are lack of access to good medical care (Kornblum and Julian,

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    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Mike

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