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  • Jackie Robinsn: A Man Who Changed America

    Jackie Robinsn: A Man Who Changed America

    Jackie Robinson made one of the most daring moves by playing Major League baseball. The amount of pain and suffering this man went through was so harsh that I don't know how he was able to play. Carl Erskine said,"Maybe I see Jackie differently. You say he broke the color line. But I say he didn't break anything. Jackie was a healer. He came to rectify a wrong, to heal a sore in America"(Dorinson back

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    Submitted: February 17, 2009 By: Steve
  • Simon Bolivar Does Not Deserve the Title of Liberator of Latin America

    Simon Bolivar Does Not Deserve the Title of Liberator of Latin America

    Draft One of Term Paper on: Simon Bolivar Kevin Dorsey IBH History of the Americas Simon Bolivar does not deserve the title of "Liberator of Latin America." Latin America as we know it today has undergone many changes throughout history. The beginning for this time of change was 1808. Spain, the country most widely responsible for the colonization of Latin America, was in trouble with France's master of conquest, Napoleon Bonaparte. Napolien overthrew the King

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    Submitted: February 18, 2009 By: regina
  • How Technology Effects Modern America - Us Wage Trends

    How Technology Effects Modern America - Us Wage Trends

    How Technology Effects Modern America - US Wage Trends The microeconomic picture of the U.S. has changed immensely since 1973, and the trends are proving to be consistently downward for the nation's high school graduates and high school drop-outs. "Of all the reasons given for the wage squeeze – international competition, technology, deregulation, the decline of unions and defense cuts – technology is probably the most critical. It has favored the educated and the skilled,"

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    Submitted: March 4, 2009 By: David
  • The American Banking System 1800-1810

    The American Banking System 1800-1810

    The American Banking System 1800-1810 INTRODUCTION Looking back to the outset of the 19th century, it is impossible to say that any real banking system had really been developed in the US. This is to say that, though there were roughly 120 private commercial banks that had been chartered by new state governments, the so-called system was scarcely organized. It was ad hoc in nature and directly linked to the merchant banking practices of the

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    Submitted: March 11, 2009 By: July
  • The War in America

    The War in America

    The War in America Vietnam is a small Asian country, 9000 miles away from the United States. Yet America felt that its national interest were threatened strong enough to fight a war over there. Their fear was caused by the spread of communism at that time. The role of communism was extremely important in this conflict. The United States had to enter the war to stop the spread of communism in Asia since the North

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    Submitted: March 16, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Slavery in Latin America

    Slavery in Latin America

     Slavery in the Americas was quite diverse. Mining operations in the tropics experienced different needs and suffered different challenges than did plantations in more temperate areas of Norther Brazil or costal city's serving as ports for the exporting of commodities produced on the backs of the enslaved peoples from the African continent. This essay will look at these different situations and explore the factors that determined the treatment of slaves, the consequences of that

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    Submitted: March 16, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Slavery in Latin America

    Slavery in Latin America

    Chile History Early History Before the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th cent., the Araucanians had long been in control of the land in the southern part of the region; in the north, the inhabitants were ruled by the Inca empire. Diego de Almagro, who was sent by Francisco Pizarro from Peru to explore the southern region, led a party of men through the Andes into the central lowlands of Chile but was unsuccessful

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    Submitted: March 16, 2009 By: Wendy
  • What Factors Helped to Promote America's Huge Industrial Growth During the Period from 1860-1900?

    What Factors Helped to Promote America's Huge Industrial Growth During the Period from 1860-1900?

    What factors helped to promote America's huge industrial growth during the period from 1860-1900? America had a huge industrial revolution in the late 1800"s. Many changes happened to our great nation, which factored into this. The evidence clearly shows that advancements in new technology, a large wave of immigrants into our country and new views of our government, helped to promote America's huge industrial growth from the period of 1860-1900. Advancements in new technology clearly

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    Submitted: March 19, 2009 By: Edward
  • Expansion 1840's Vs. 1890's

    Expansion 1840's Vs. 1890's

    Compare the debates that took place over American expansionism in the 1840s with those that took place in the 1890s, analyzing the similarities and differences in the debates of the two eras. The 1840s and 1890s saw an expansion of American territory, as a result of several economic, political, and cultural factors. The expansionist movements of the 1840s and 1890s were similar in their justifications, but the arguments against each differed greatly. Both expansion movements

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    Submitted: March 19, 2009 By: Edward
  • Latin America: A Legacy of Oppression

    Latin America: A Legacy of Oppression

    Latin America: A Legacy of Oppression When the Europeans first arrived in Latin America, they didn't realize the immensity of their actions. As history has proven, the Europeans have imposed many things on the Latin American territory have had a long, devastating effect on the indigenous people. In the centuries after 1492, Europeans would control much of South America and impose a foreign culture upon the already established civilizations that existed before their arrival. These

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    Submitted: March 19, 2009 By: Edward
  • What Was the Process the Immigrants Had to Go Through When They Came to America?

    What Was the Process the Immigrants Had to Go Through When They Came to America?

    What was the process the immigrants had to go through when they came to America? Immigrants came to American in search of freedom and opportunity. They mostly came by steamship. Examinations and vaccinations of the immigrants needed to be done. Both immigrants and their baggage had to be disinfected before they could leave Ellis Island. At the entrance to the Lower Bay of New York Harbor, the immigrants were inspected for contagious diseases like, smallpox,

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    Submitted: April 10, 2009 By: Janna
  • Prevent Child Abuse America

    Prevent Child Abuse America

    Since 1972, Prevent Child Abuse America has led the way in building awareness, providing education and inspiring hope to everyone involved in the effort to prevent the abuse and neglect of our nation's children. Working with chapters in 39 states and the District of Columbia, we provide leadership to promote and implement prevention efforts at both the national and local levels. With the help of our state chapters – and concerned individuals like you –

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    Submitted: April 13, 2009 By: Janna
  • Colonial America Book Notes

    Colonial America Book Notes

    Colonial America BookNotes John Putnam Demos (1937-) A Little Commonwealth: Family Life in Plymouth Colony NY: Oxford UP, 1970. xvi + 201 p. Ill.: 15 photos (btw. 108-09). Appendix: demographic tables (191-94). Bibliographical footnotes, index (195-201). ISBN: 0195128907 (1999 ed.) Thesis: "A familie is a little Church, and a little commonwealth, at least a lively representation thereof, whereby triall may be made of such as are fit for any place of authoritie, or of subjection

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    Submitted: April 13, 2009 By: Janna
  • America's Age of Empire: The Bush Doctrine

    America's Age of Empire: The Bush Doctrine

    America's Age of Empire: The Bush Doctrine With barely a debate, the Bush doctrine has set out a radically new -- and dangerous -- role for the United States. On September 20, the Bush administration published a national security manifesto overturning the established order. Not because it commits the United States to global intervention: We've been there before. Not because it targets terrorism and rogue states: Nothing new there either. No, what's new in this

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    Submitted: April 13, 2009 By: Janna
  • Anti-Japanese Propagnda of Ww2 in America

    Anti-Japanese Propagnda of Ww2 in America

    World War II Anti-Japanese Propaganda "The United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." (Declaration of War Against Japan) These words were said by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his declaration of war on Japan on December 8, 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor marked the official entry of the United States involvement in World War II and sparked a barrage of anti-Japanese propaganda.

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    Submitted: April 14, 2009 By: Andrew
  • End of the Vietnam War and Effects on America

    End of the Vietnam War and Effects on America

    U.S. Withdrawal U.S. President Lyndon Johnson's decision not to seek reelection in 1968 prompted serious negotiations to end the war to began. Between 1968 and 1969, contacts in Paris between North Vietnam and the United States were expanded to include South Vietnam and the NLF. Under the leadership of President Richard M Nixon, the United States changed its tactics to combine U.S. troop withdrawals with intensified bombing and the invasion of Communist sanctuaries in Cambodia

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    Submitted: July 15, 2009 By: Vika
  • The Development of Slavery in America

    The Development of Slavery in America

    Slavery was the main resource used in the Chesapeake tobacco plantations. The conditions in the Chesapeake region were difficult, which lead to malnutrition, disease, and even death. Slaves were a cheap and an abundant resource, which could be easily replaced at any time. The Chesapeake region's tobacco industries grew and flourished on the intolerable and inhumane acts of slavery. Chesapeake colonies of Virginia and Maryland were settled in the early 17th century. It was a

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    Submitted: July 15, 2009 By: Vika
  • Progression of America

    Progression of America

    Progress is a steady improvement, on advancement toward a better stage, America has made an enormous progression because of the charter issued by King James I of England; John Smith; and even though it was a small contribution, the Tobacco industry which was established by John Rolfe. May 24th was the first day for many settlers and they had no idea as to that day being the first day of the rest of their lives.

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    Submitted: July 15, 2009 By: regina
  • Who Gets into America and Why?

    Who Gets into America and Why?

    Who gets into America and why? I as an immigrant think this is outrageous that now we pick and choose who gets in into the country. I anti illegal immigration. As for legal immigration I think everybody who qualifies should be let in to the country. Since when did we become better then anybody else? The people who come here are in hopes of better life for their children and themselves. We should let them

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Max
  • Raver Subculture in Young America

    Raver Subculture in Young America

    Raver Subculture in Young America Over the past few years, an interesting focus has developed among our youth subculture in American society today. I have been interested in how the raver subculture has come into existence, and how they are able to maintain their unanimity and cohesiveness. This subculture mainly consists of people who go to “raves,” also known as, underground dance parties where people go to hear “techno” (electronically produced) music and have

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Edward
  • Why America Should Not Practice offshore Outsourcing

    Why America Should Not Practice offshore Outsourcing

    Outsourcing; what does this term mean? “Outsourcing is the practice in which companies move or contract some or all of their manufacturing or service operations to other companies that specialize in those operations of to companies in other countries…When outsourcing involves the movement or contracting of those operations to foreign countries, it is properly called offshoring or offshore outsourcing.” (Outsourcing, 2005). What does this mean to you? Many American jobs are now being sent

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Determination of Man's Role in Latin America

    Determination of Man's Role in Latin America

    Determination of Man’s Role in Latin America How society describes what is meant by a man’s role is an important definition in every culture. What is right or wrong for men to do in terms of behavior depends on each community, and on people’s own perceptions. Latin American culture has a strict set of values on sexual issues, reflecting a man’s role in society. For all of the communities in Latin America there exists a

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Jack
  • Crevecoeur Letters and the Poem Вђњlet America Be America Again

    Crevecoeur Letters and the Poem Вђњlet America Be America Again

    From Crevecoeur Letters, we know that through a series of letters, Crevecoeur illustrates the idealized version of a free society, America . He is so positive about the new land because no landlord and slavery, no autocratic prince or lord, no "absurd ordinances”, and they can find more mild government also peaceable inhabitants than in their europe land that they can't get a real freedom. That situation is important for new imigrant from europe because

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Rise of Corporate America

    The Rise of Corporate America

    Since the end of the Civil War, corporations have taken the United States by storm; but, at what cost? As with any revolution, there are positive and negative effects. While Capitalism surged into urban America, family businesses struggled to survive, immigrants searched for "the American Dream," and farmers toiled into debt. However, this rise of industry did not prove to only benefit an elite few; many beneficial programs were launched as a result of this

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Racism & Hate Crimes in America

    Racism & Hate Crimes in America

    Racism & Hate Crimes in America Blacks were introduced to American soil during the 17th and 18th centuries via the triangular trade route, and were welcomed by whips, chains, shackles, and all the horrors of slavery. Slavery was legitimized by our government and continued for a few hundred years, taking a civil war and sixteen presidents before it was abolished. To this day, there is still much hatred between blacks and whites despite emancipation, desegregation,

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Mikki

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