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  • Why the American Civil War Lasted for Longer Than 90 Days

    Why the American Civil War Lasted for Longer Than 90 Days

    Why the American Civil War lasted for longer than 90 days The North had expected their war with the south to last for no more than 90 days. They not only had more men up in the north but they had more resources as well. Now why couldn't they defeat the south? I have to say it is due to the incompetence of the north's generals commanding the army, and the army itself. On April

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    Submitted: April 23, 2010 By: Anna
  • The Transdence of Women in American Culture

    The Transdence of Women in American Culture

    The role of women in society has always been an issue throughout the ages and throughout Western Europe, and more or less all over the world. Before the age of the Enlightenment, or the Dark Ages, women were always seen as secondary to men in all aspects. Most reasons were religious while others were just the way life was then. Many changes occurred during the Enlightenment period of the late eighteenth century. For instance,

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    Submitted: April 23, 2010 By: Janna
  • Sign Language: Nonverbal Communication of the Native Americans

    Sign Language: Nonverbal Communication of the Native Americans

    Sign Language: Nonverbal Communication of the Native Americans Very basic, elementary and logical characteristics made the Native American Sign Language the world’s most easily learned language. It was America’s first and only universal language. The necessity for intercommunication between Indian tribes having different vocal speech developed gesture speech or sign language (Clark; pg. 11). Although there is no record or era dating the use of sign language, American Indian people have communicated with Indian

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    Submitted: April 24, 2010 By: Mike
  • American Express - My Life. My Card Campaign

    American Express - My Life. My Card Campaign

    Report on a critical analysis on an advertisement ЎV What kind of imagery it uses and whether it is appropriate/effective Kate, Ken and Mike ЎV Did they speak well for American Express? Kate Winslet, Ken Watanabe and Mike Lazaridis. Their pictures and hand-writings appeared as an American Express Advertisement on the magazine Ў§The New YorkerЎЁ (Exhibit 1). How well did they manage to convey what the brand tries to tell the customers? In this report,

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    Submitted: April 24, 2010 By: July
  • An American Is a Melting Pot

    An American Is a Melting Pot

    An American is a Melting Pot Hector St. John De Crevecoeur asked the question, “What Is an American”? To myself an American is simply a Melting Pot. America is a place where the association between American and the word freedom are inseparable. Our country is much the same in terms of melting pot today, as it was back when Crevecoeur came to this land. Coming to this country today would be very similar to coming

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    Submitted: April 24, 2010 By: Jon
  • American Frontier

    American Frontier

    Kill any race besides ours we are superior they are inequivilant to us. Those savage indians, cruel americans, those damn immigrants. bang bang boom boom! Any of this sound familiar? What about come on out west experience the frontier life come experience the land of prosperity where the grass couldn't be greener the water couldn't taste better and where God casts sunlight on those individuals who are willing to work hard. All of this

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    Submitted: April 25, 2010 By: July
  • Ted Williams: A True All American

    Ted Williams: A True All American

    Ted Williams: A True All American "A man has to have goals-for a day, for a lifetime-and that was mine, to have people say, 'There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived'" (“My Turn At Bat” 128). Theodore Samuel Williams was born on August 30th 1918 in San Diego, California. His father, a photographer, named him after the late outspoken president Teddy Roosevelt.His mother was a salvation worker of Mexican descent (“My Turn

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    Submitted: April 25, 2010 By: Fatih
  • African Americans Politics

    African Americans Politics

    The success of African Americans in politics, business and entertainment has been growing rapidly. There has been enough of affirmative action during the years. Affirmative action is a policy or a program of giving certain preferences to certain groups. This typically focuses on education, employment, government contracts, health care, or social welfare. Although Affirmative action isn’t needed, reparation is. In my opinion reparation is needed for all the years our ancestors sacrificed and died

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    Submitted: April 25, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Education and the American Dream

    Education and the American Dream

    The "American dream" was a term coined by James Truslow Adams in his book, "The Epics of America." It has become a familiar slogan, but each individual's perception of this abstract phrase varies and can have multiple meanings. Although, each interpretation commonly states the American dream is the hope of an ideal life of happiness and success for all who may aspire. When I think of the American dream, I think of a "rag to

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    Submitted: April 26, 2010 By: Jack
  • American Education

    American Education

    Position Paper I agree with the slide on the state of American Education. Children and young adults do not learn moral character standards, nor respect for themselves or anyone else. To see the level of anarchy that walks through the halls of Americas’ schools is appalling. I recently left a public school job and know first hand how delinquent the behavior of children and young adults has become. Fortunately, I was a Bus Mechanic and

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    Submitted: April 26, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Aftircan American Progress in Wwii

    Aftircan American Progress in Wwii

    World War II, global military conflict that, in terms of lives lost and material destruction, was the most devastating war in human history. It began in 1939 as a European conflict between Germany and an Anglo-French coalition but eventually widened to include most of the nations of the world. It ended in 1945, leaving a new world order dominated by the United States and the USSR. More than any previous war, World War II involved

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    Submitted: April 26, 2010 By: Artur
  • American Vs. Foreign Employees

    American Vs. Foreign Employees

    Presidential responsibility requires much focus on both the United States’ economy and the labor force. In order to establish a thriving nation of successful commerce and secure employment opportunities for all Americans, it is important to create policies to ensure that these goals are achieved. Therefore, an essential platform in my presidential race would be the guarantee that although businesses have the right to manufacture their products overseas, a law should limit the ratio between

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    Submitted: April 27, 2010 By: Mike
  • All Quiet on the Western Front

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    Tabitha Forms in Literature September 27, 2004 Period 11 All Quiet on the Western Front Essay A lost generation, emotional destruction, the reality of war, these are all ideas displayed in the novel All Quiet on the Western Front that prove the validity of the statement in the preface. These ideas and more expressed by the author, Erich Maria Remarque, present the reader with the war novel of a lifetime. A war novel that is

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    Submitted: April 27, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Slavery Dbq American Pagent 13th Adition

    Slavery Dbq American Pagent 13th Adition

    Before Civil War began, even as the country was being set up with the Articles of Confederation, slavery was an issue that had to be dealt with. When the final vote for the ratification of the Constitution some states would not sign on it if slavery were made illegal. They decided to deal with it in twenty years. After the compromise of 1820 they limited slavery to the south, which would split the country into

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    Submitted: April 27, 2010 By: Stenly
  • History of the American Legion

    History of the American Legion

    History of the American Legion The American Legion is an organization of veterans of the United States armed forces who served in war. The Organization was founded in 1919 by veterans who were returning from Europe after World War I. Today, the group as over 3 million members. The American Legion started when Officer Teddy Roosevelt proposed an organization of veterans. In 1919, this group formed a temporary committee and selected several hundred officers who

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    Submitted: April 27, 2010 By: Monika
  • All Quiet on the Western Front

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    Paul Baumer is the protagonist in All Quiet on the Western Front written by Erich Maria Remarque. Paul changes his values throughout the novel as a result of having to adapt in order to survive. As Baumer struggles to survive the war, he transforms as shown by his thoughts, actions, and the conversations that he contributes in. One way that Paul changes is that his patriotism towards his country about war decreases. Paul is

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    Submitted: April 27, 2010 By: Top
  • Social Inequality in Elderly Americans

    Social Inequality in Elderly Americans

    Social Inequality in Elderly Americans Elderly people (women and men age sixty-five or older) (Macionis, 2005), Have many obstacles to face as they grow older, many of these obstacles involve social inequality. Not only do the elderly have to learn to deal with many forms of Ageism (the stereotyping and prejudice against individuals or groups because of their age), some also have to deal with the fact that they do not have enough savings or

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    Submitted: April 27, 2010 By: Yan
  • American Anexation of the Philipinnes

    American Anexation of the Philipinnes

    William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan believed that the US should not annex the Spanish colonies and become an imperial power; his belief for the annexation of the Spanish colonies was against the beliefs of William McKinley and for good reason. In the case of the Philippines, as Jennings Bryan says “…the Philippines are too far away and their people too different from our…” If annexed, the Philippines would not benefit the interests of the

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    Submitted: April 28, 2010 By: Mike
  • Americans Love Capital Punishment

    Americans Love Capital Punishment

    Americans Love Capital Punishment There is one question that has always brought about controversy. Should capital punishment be used as a way of disciplining criminals? Over the past twenty years, there has been an enormous increase in violent crimes. It seems logical that a person is less likely to commit a given act if by doing so he will suffer swift and certain punishment of a horrible kind. As most Americans agree, death is the

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    Submitted: April 29, 2010 By: Max
  • The War on Terror: The Americans War or a Real International Crisis

    The War on Terror: The Americans War or a Real International Crisis

    The aim of my essay is to argue whether or not America started the idea of the war on terror for its own selfish needs, which is widely believed to be oil, or whether it is a crisis that could have been avoided. I want to show that the Americans have used excessive force in dealing with the people believed to be responsible and who are mainly from Middle Eastern countries. The Americans have forcefully

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    Submitted: April 29, 2010 By: Bred
  • American Revolution

    American Revolution

    To an extent, it is accurate to call the American Revolution a civil war. The definition of a civil war is a war between to opposing groups of citizens belonging to the same country. The American Revolution war split the colonies up between the patriots and loyalists. Both the colonists and British soldiers were all English and therefore became the opposing groups of citizens. In this case, the colonists were fighting their own countrymen in

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    Submitted: April 30, 2010 By: Artur
  • All Quiet on the Wester Front, Letter Home from Paul Baumer...Good If

    All Quiet on the Wester Front, Letter Home from Paul Baumer...Good If

    Letter Home Dear Brother, I have just received your letter about considering joining the German army and fighting in this god awful war. From my tone already you should notice that I completely disagree with your thinking and am going to try my hardest to persuade you not to come out and fight. Just like you I had once fallen for all of the propaganda going around Germany. An old teacher I used to know

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    Submitted: April 30, 2010 By: Jon
  • Analyze the Ways in Which Techonology, Government Policy, and Economic Conditions Changed American Agriculture in the Period 1865-1900

    Analyze the Ways in Which Techonology, Government Policy, and Economic Conditions Changed American Agriculture in the Period 1865-1900

    In the period 1865-1900, technology, government policy, and economic conditions all changed American agriculture a great deal. New farming machinery had a large role in the late 19th century, giving farmers the opportunity to produce many more crops than they had ever been able to previously. The railroads had an enormous influence on agriculture. They were able to charge the farmers large fees, expenses that farmers barely had enough to cover, in order to transport

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    Submitted: May 1, 2010 By: Jessica
  • All Quiet on the Western Front

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    SOLDIERS TAKE ON CHARACTERISTICS OF BEASTS Throughout history, there has always been wars. Whether it was about pride, money, or territories, they all have one thing in common. All the soldiers in these wars have taken on characteristics of animals. "Only by doing so can a soldier survive. This is true in any war situation."1 They become vicious, braver, protective, develop better senses, and after the war, they do not want to remember what happened

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    Submitted: May 1, 2010 By: Janna
  • American Civil Rights Movement - Selma March

    American Civil Rights Movement - Selma March

    Selma The marches from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery were marches that manifested the political and emotional peak of the American Civil Rights Movement. The issue was right to vote as African Americans were hungry for a voice in their destiny. Blacks in most areas of the deep South were not registered to vote. Even though the United States Constitution gave them the right to vote, threats and violence kept most from registering. After countless years

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    Submitted: May 2, 2010 By: Artur

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