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  • Native Americans and Diabetes

    Native Americans and Diabetes

    Since the arrival of Columbus in 1492, American Indians have been in a continuous struggle with diseases. It may not be small pox anymore, but illnesses are still haunting the native population. According to statistics provided by Indian Health Services, "Native Americans have much higher rates of disease than the overall population" (White 1). This includes a higher death rate from alcoholism, tuberculosis, and diabetes than any other racial or ethnic group. Recent studies by

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    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Tasha
  • African Americans and Youth Violence

    African Americans and Youth Violence

    Over the decades, the perspective of juvenile delinquency has seemed to intensify, as it has been regarded as an epidemic. Youth violence has appeared to proliferate in many areas, but specifically in Chicago, Illinois. Quite often what is missing in conceptually understanding youth violence is the acknowledgement that certain factors place children, youth, and families at risk for violence. Special attention is directed at the effect of poverty, character of the neighborhoods, character of the

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    Essay Length: 956 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Mike
  • American Spirit Chapter 1 Essay

    American Spirit Chapter 1 Essay

    Indians vs. Europeans When the Europeans first arrived in America they found an Indian culture completely different from their own. They viewed this culture as barbaric and animalistic. The European culture involved a strict hierarchy, and only people with white skin were accepted. Indian society was much more accepting, and they based their religious views on nature. When Cortes first came from Spain he was surprised by all the idols that the people were worshipping,

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    Essay Length: 270 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Jon
  • Japanese Americans Interned in American Prison Camps During World War Two

    Japanese Americans Interned in American Prison Camps During World War Two

    Japanese Americans Interned in American Prison Camps during World War Two Anyone who has taken any sort of history course is most likely to have learned about World War Two and how the basic cause of this war was the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor, which was a United States Water Naval Base on an island in Hawaii. “This day is a day which will live infamy” (Taylor 50), is the famous quote formally

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    Essay Length: 1,627 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Mike
  • African American Women

    African American Women

    From Africa to America, African American women have embraced the spirit of creativity and survival. For years the black woman has been the backbone of our culture. It was our faith and positive spirits that played a great part in surviving slavery and being treated as second class citizens during the Civil Rights Movement. Now as we enter the 21st century, it is time to exert our strengths at a new level. The African American

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    Essay Length: 621 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Mike
  • An American in Paris

    An American in Paris

    An American in Paris Once upon a time there was an American man named Jerry Mulligan who lived in Paris. When he was discharged from the army he decided to become a painter and continue to live in Paris so he could just paint and study art. Paris is a place that a painter or artist is inspired. This is why Jerry loves it so much. Jerry lives 2 floors above a cafй in a

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    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Victor
  • An American Epidemic Diabetes

    An American Epidemic Diabetes

    An American Epidemic Diabetes Diabetes is a disorder in which the body does not produce enough insulin, resulting in too much sugar in the bloodstream. Type 1-diabetes is a type of diabetes which is also called juvenile onset diabetes. It is an auto-immune system disease where the body’s immune system destroys the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. It can appear at any age, although usually under the age forty. This article explains mainly about

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    Essay Length: 484 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Top
  • Individualism in Early American Literature

    Individualism in Early American Literature

    Early American literature is full of the spirit of individualism. This spirit can best be described by Emerson when he says, “Good men must not obey the laws too well”. This view has long been an inspiration for future generations of Americans to start some of the greatest reformations of our history. Among the literary units that show support for Emerson’s idea, there are three that are more powerful at conveying this spirit. The Revolutionaries,

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    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Factors Leading to the American Revolution

    Factors Leading to the American Revolution

    Factors Leading to the American Revolution For over a century Great Britain had ruled the colonies in America. Since the founding of the Chesapeake Bay colony in the south in 1607, and the Massachusetts Bay colony in the north in 1630, the colonies had relied on the crown for many of their needs. Over time the colonists established a social and economical system that was almost independent of the British Empire. In April of 17,

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    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Yan
  • One of the Most Important Pieces of American Writing Is the Declaration of Independence Topics

    One of the Most Important Pieces of American Writing Is the Declaration of Independence Topics

    The purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to declare and explain why the thirteen colonies were breaking away from Great Britain’s control. I will explain how Jefferson used rhetorical strategies to make his document persuasive. Over two centuries ago, a document was drafted that demanded the world take notice. That document, the Declaration of Independence, signified that a new country was born, oppressive rule and tyrrany in the New World was at an

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    Essay Length: 618 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Steve
  • The American Dream - Death of Salesman

    The American Dream - Death of Salesman

    There is something magical and sometimes overpowering to the majority of mankind: It is the thing that allows people to live in mansion's with helipad's as well as underground society forced to live in the many tunnels and passageways under New York City and to beg for their meals. Although this is definitely the extreme that I have described. It is sometimes indescribably cruel and other times very gracious. This thing that I write about

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Research into Native American Women and Berdachism

    Research into Native American Women and Berdachism

    Research into Native American Women and Berdachism: A Review of the Literature The purpose of this paper is to explore the lives and different roles of Native American women. In this paper we will discuss the term berdache, what it means and how it played an important role in the lives of Native American women. Furthermore we will be discussing an article by DRK, in titled A Native American Perspective on the Theory of Gender

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    Essay Length: 1,802 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Edward
  • Math Perceptions of Taiwanese and American Children

    Math Perceptions of Taiwanese and American Children

    Article Critique The objective of this article critique is to review and evaluate several empirical studies which have examined mathematics perception cross-culturally. The main study that focuses on examining mathematics perception cross-culturally is a study that was done in 2004 by Dr. Yea-Ling Tsao. In this study, researchers proved that Taiwanese students consistently score higher in cross-national studies of achievement than American students. Several other studies were done that also support this theory. Therefore, the

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Mike
  • American Way of Torture

    American Way of Torture

    President George Bush disagrees. “This government does not torture people,” he insisted , after reports emerged that in 2005, the U.S. Justice Department had secretly endorsed such painful interrogation techniques. Claiming that highly trained individuals from the CIA conducted the interrogation of terrorism suspects in keeping with U.S. and international law, Bush offered that it was all done for the sake of protecting the American people. It is time for those same American people to

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Effects on American Politics from the Election of 1912

    The Effects on American Politics from the Election of 1912

    The Effects on American Politics From the Election of 1912 During the Progressive Era, Americans faced the challenge of choosing between four strong candidates of the election of 1912. Each candidate held concrete platforms that would have different effects on progressivism. Americans could chose the conservative presidential incumbent William Howard Taft(R), the New Jersey governor Woodrow Wilson (D), the long-time fighter for social reform-Eugene V. Debs (S), or the former president Theodore Roosevelt of the

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    Essay Length: 496 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: David
  • Ww2 and American Involvement

    Ww2 and American Involvement

    In this essay I intend to show that it was inevitable that the United States would move from a status of isolationism and neutrality to supporting the Allies and defending democracy, also declaring war on Japan and in the end finishing the war in Europe for the struggling allies. By 1941 The Axis powers, this included Germany and Italy had taken all of Western Europe. Their control had reached as far west as the bay

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Mikki
  • African American Women in Hollywood

    African American Women in Hollywood

    African American Women in Early Film In early film many African American actresses portrayed roles as mammies, slaves, seductresses, and maids. These roles suppressed them not allowing them to show their true talents. Although they had to take on these degrading roles, they still performed with dignity, elegance, grace and style. They paved the way for many actresses to follow both blacks and whites. These women showed the film industry that they were more

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Anna
  • Title Ix - Single-Sex Education in American Public Schools

    Title Ix - Single-Sex Education in American Public Schools

    Title IX Single-sex education in American public schools has been essentially outlawed since the 1972 passage of Title IX, the federal statute that prohibits publicly funded single-sex education. At the time Title IX was passed, most "experts" thought that there were no educationally meaningful differences between the sexes, and therefore no justification for educating boys and girls in separate environments. Guess what. The experts were wrong. In the 29 years that have passed since Title

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Edward
  • Bamboozled and African Americans in Today’s Industry

    Bamboozled and African Americans in Today’s Industry

    The movie Bamboozled by Spike Lee is a very interesting movie which brings up a lot of different points. Although Bamboozled did not receive great reviews like some of Lee’s other movies, I think it brought up a lot of important questions regarding the media and the way film portrays African Americans on T.V. Lee’s movie brings to light the notion that to be black and on television you have to play a certain role

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: July
  • African American Leaders

    African American Leaders

    Ashley White General Writing Martha McCully 3/28/02 Jesse Jackson, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Booker T. Washington, and W.E.B DuBois are all African American leaders. All of these men were leaders in their own time and their own sense, living in different eras with different views, but they all shared common ground. All four were African Americans trying to overcome obstacles and become influential leaders in their society. Jesse Jackson was an African American civil rights activist

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Mike
  • Hispanic American Diversity

    Hispanic American Diversity

    Page 1 Hispanic American Diversity Nicole D. Wilson August 6, 2007 ETH 125 (Martha Brooks) Page 2 “Hispanics in the United States share many of the traditional values claimed by most Americans.” (Garcia 2007) In the Untied States the three largest groups that are known as Hispanic Americans are: Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cuban Americans. Being able to be diverse in linguistic, political, social, economy, religion and family conventions is a key for most

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Anna
  • Julia Butterfly Hill American Heroin

    Julia Butterfly Hill American Heroin

    “Why should I care about some lady living in a tree?” Is the question that I asked myself before I read the book ‘The Legacy of Luna’. Like most people, I glanced at its contents ran my fingers through the pages and decided that it would not interest me. However it was not long before I changed my mind after reading about her magnificent inner strength and my doubts were soon disbanded for I began

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Steve
  • What Was an American?

    What Was an American?

    What Was an American? During the eighteenth century, thousands of Western Europeans fled their homes of England, Scotland, Germany, France, and the Netherlands to come to the newly discovered America. For most, it was a long, stressful journey that seemed to have no end. They arrived to a country experiencing colonization, growth, slavery, oppression, and hope. Some came for better economic aspirations, some came to escape the cruel living conditions of their previous homes, and

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Mike
  • American Taliban Arrives Back in U.S.

    American Taliban Arrives Back in U.S.

    'American Taliban' Arrives Back in U.S. By LARRY MARGASAK .c The Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Jan. 23) - John Walker Walker, the young Muslim convert accused of joining al-Qaida soldiers in Afghanistan, returned to the United States Wednesday under FBI custody to face criminal charges that he conspired to kill fellow Americans. Walker flew back aboard a military cargo plane amid high secrecy and tight security, roughly two years after he left the United States

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Artur
  • Compare and Contrast American Liberalism and Marx’s Ideal of Communism

    Compare and Contrast American Liberalism and Marx’s Ideal of Communism

    American Liberalism and Marx's ideal of Communism are based on two very different but closely related ideologies. American Liberalism is based on the ideology of Classical Liberalism or Liberalism. Marx's ideal of Communism, on the other hand, is based on the Socialism ideology. Both of these ideologies came to because people didn't agree with the way thing were being run at that time. After studying them both closely, because of they way I have been

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Monika

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