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  • Segregation and the Civil Rights Movement

    Segregation and the Civil Rights Movement

    Segregation and The Civil Rights Movement Segregation was an attempt by white Southerners to separate the races in every sphere of life and to achieve supremacy over blacks. Segregation was often called the Jim Crow system, after a minstrel show character from the 1830s who was an old, crippled, black slave who embodied negative stereotypes of blacks. Segregation became common in Southern states following the end of Reconstruction in 1877. During Reconstruction, which followed the

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    Submitted: February 16, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Catholic Church in the New World

    Catholic Church in the New World

    During the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church played an all-encompassing role in the lives of the people and the government. As the Dark Ages came to a close, the ideas of the Renaissance started to take hold, and the church's power gradually began to diminish. The monarchies of Europe also began to grow, replacing the church's power. Monarchies, at the close of the Middle Ages and the dawn of the Renaissance, did not so

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    Submitted: February 16, 2009 By: Vika
  • Causes of World War I

    Causes of World War I

    The First World War had many causes; the historians probably have not yet discovered and discussed all of them so there might be more causes than what we know now. The spark of the Great War was the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife by a Serbian nationalist on the morning of June 28, 1914, while traveling in a motorcade through Sarajevo, the capital city of

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    Essay Length: 2,827 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: February 16, 2009 By: Fatih
  • The Women of the Great Gatsby

    The Women of the Great Gatsby

    The Women of The Great Gatsby In the novel, The Great Gatsby, the two central women presented are Daisy Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson. These two women, although different, have similar personalities. Throughout the novel, there are instances in which the reader feels bad for and dislikes both Daisy and Myrtle. These two women portray that wealth is better than everything else, and they both base their lives on it. Also the novel shows the hardships

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    Essay Length: 1,298 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: February 17, 2009 By: Mikki
  • The Civil Rights Bill

    The Civil Rights Bill

    The Civil Rights Bill Years of sacrifice culminated in the passage of legislation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. When the bill was introduced, there was a lengthy debate of its contents. Southern congressmen fought against the bill with every breath. However, the public mode was behind change, and change is what was received with the passage of this bill. The bill was the most significant piece of legislation to date, and it has had

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    Submitted: February 17, 2009 By: Mikki
  • 2 Accounts of World War 2

    2 Accounts of World War 2

    Matthew Terhune #302899169 1/30/02 Fussell believes that the soldier of world war two, "suffers so deeply from contempt and damage to his selfhood, from absurdity and boredom and chickenshit, that some anodyne is necessary", and that the anodyne of choice was alcohol. I would argue that Fussell is correct, especially regarding the connection between the absurdity of the war and the associated damage to soldiers image of themselves as good and patriotic, and the use

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    Submitted: February 17, 2009 By: Steve
  • 1950's Story

    1950's Story

    The wilsons are what you would call a typical 1950s american family. They consist of the father and husband Frank, housewife linda, oldest child Tommy age 17, Cheryl age 16, Mikey age 10, and Suzie age 8. Thay are a white middle class family that lives in the suburb autside little rock, Arkansas. The neighborhood was modled after Levittown, a famous sururb community outside of New York. Right now it's monday morning and the wilsons

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    Submitted: February 17, 2009 By: Steve
  • 19th Century Women Authors

    19th Century Women Authors

    19th Century Women Authors Some of the most influential women authors of all time lived in the 19th century. These women expressed their inner most thoughts and ideas through their writings. They helped to change society, perhaps without knowing it, through poetry, novels, and articles. Emily Dickinson, Harriet Jacobs, Kate Chopin, Louisa May Alcott, and Elizabeth Oakes Smith are the best-known controversial and expressive women authors of their time. On December 10, 1830 a poet

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    Essay Length: 3,207 Words / 13 Pages
    Submitted: February 18, 2009 By: Jack
  • Advertising: Right or Wrong

    Advertising: Right or Wrong

    ADVERTISING: RIGHT OR WRONG The largest money-making industry in the United States today is advertising. During events such as the Super Bowl, companies pay large sums of money in return for thirty seconds of air time. Advertising is the act of promoting a product by informing the public of the products worth. Whether it be television, radio, or newspapers, companies must find a distinct name and phrase that one can associate with their product; nonetheless,

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    Submitted: March 4, 2009 By: David
  • Brave New World

    Brave New World

    Brave New World "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." second amendment to the United States Constitution, 1791. Within this famous paragraph lies the right that Americans both cherish and fear, the right to have a gun. Of all the civil rights endowed by Bill of Rights and it's amendments, none has been as been

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    Submitted: March 11, 2009 By: July
  • A Women of Castiglione's the Courtier and Machiavelli's the Prince

    A Women of Castiglione's the Courtier and Machiavelli's the Prince

    Essay on Woman Leader Machiavelli and Castiglione both present the epitome of perfection in their topics of leadership and the way a women should be, respectively. In the case of Castiglione's work, it is stated by signor Gaspare that "...in the way people sometimes hanker after things that are impossible and miraculous, rather then explain them you (Magnifico) have wished them into existence." This quote is true of both excerpts. Both have created idealisms that

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    Submitted: March 16, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Education for Women In

    Education for Women In

    The revolution in France went through many phases. Some phases more violent than others, some more progressive than others. New constitutions were written and disregarded, declarations of equality drafted but never followed, a king beheaded and a monarchy abolished. The end of the nineteenth century saw France in great turmoil. New governments sprang up everywhere with new rules to follow and new leaders to praise. Napoleon was the last to rule France during this time

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    Essay Length: 1,385 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 16, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Enslaved Women

    Enslaved Women

    Slavery for women was much different then for men. What it feels like to be an enslaved woman and deal with the facts that not only were you cheap labor, but also the means to get cheaper labor. Women can reproduce, and to raise a baby then to have your family sold away was a fact of life. Families influenced woman's behavior, as they were "less likely to escape or join collective resistance". (Pg.229 text)

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    Submitted: March 17, 2009 By: Anna
  • Effects of World War I on American Society

    Effects of World War I on American Society

    My report is on how the first world war effected the American people, and how the war helped shape the country we know today. The war started when Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were touring the city of Sarajevo in the newly acquired country of Serbia. The Serbian Nationalistic group the "Black Hand" plotted to assainate him, so, Gavrillo Princip shot Franz Ferdinand in June of 1914. Anyway this led to a big

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    Submitted: March 17, 2009 By: Anna
  • Women and Religions

    Women and Religions

    Most ancient belief systems placed women near or at the bottom of the social hierarchy. Women were required to follow the rules and responsibilities given to them in order to reinforce established systems of social patriarchy. Not only were they not accepted socially but most of their religions also encouraged them to be hidden away. In Ancient China all the followers of Confucianism believed women should have little or nothing to do with the religion.

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    Submitted: March 17, 2009 By: David
  • Renaissance Man and Renaissance Women

    Renaissance Man and Renaissance Women

    Between the 1300s and 1500s, Europe experienced a period of cultural rebirth known as the Renaissance, marking the transition from medieval times to modern times. The Renaissance brought new importance to individual expression, self-consciousness and worldly experience. The Renaissance man and woman characterized the Renaissance ideals. A renaissance man was a well- educated gentleman who had cultural grace, courage and who understood the arts and sciences. On the other hand, a Renaissance woman was supposed

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    Essay Length: 610 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 17, 2009 By: David
  • Causes of World War I

    Causes of World War I

    The First World War had many causes; the historians probably have not yet discovered and discussed all of them so there might be more causes than what we know now. The spark of the Great War was the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife by a Serbian nationalist on the morning of June 28, 1914, while traveling in a motorcade through Sarajevo, the capital city of

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    Essay Length: 2,843 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: March 19, 2009 By: Edward
  • 7 Ancient Wonders of the World

    7 Ancient Wonders of the World

    7 Ancient Wonders of the World 1. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon В– Located approximately 50km south of Baghdad, Iraq on the east bank of the Euphrates River. King Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC), grandson of the famous King Hammurabi, is credited to have commissioned the construction of the gardens. Although no tablets were found in Babylon referring to the Gardens, accountings from the ancient Greek historian, Strabo, state that the "The Garden is quadrangular, and

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    Essay Length: 1,126 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 19, 2009 By: Edward
  • Foreign Affairs - a Closer Look at Us Policies and How They Affect the Developing World

    Foreign Affairs - a Closer Look at Us Policies and How They Affect the Developing World

    Foreign Affairs: A Closer Look at U.S. Policies and How They Affect the Developing World PSC- 410 Political Economy November 15, 2001 With the beginning of a seemingly endless war on terrorism, and a shaky United States economy, now hardly seems the time to examine our general policy towards all other nations, and developing nations in particular. The wreckage of the World Trade Center is still smoldering, and our troops are marching on Kabul as

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    Submitted: March 19, 2009 By: Edward
  • Causes of World War one

    Causes of World War one

    Causes of World War One A. Economic Imperialism at home and abroad - In one generation Africa - direct possession (1902: only Liberia, founded by former American slaves remains independent) Asia and Near East: economic and diplomatic pressure Economic concessions and extra-territorial privileges: Ottoman Empire - most vulnerable; China - most vulnerable; Japan - modernizing rapidly; India - firmly in British hands; Importance to Europe: keeps fat on European economy; colonial rule a reproach to

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    Submitted: March 22, 2009 By: Top
  • Was the U.S. Right or Wrong Using the Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima

    Was the U.S. Right or Wrong Using the Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima

    The history over few centuries shows that the Japanese never gave up, that they always choose "death" than "surrender". These two articles which I was studying very carefully, shows two opposite opinions about the necessity of using the atomic bomb to the end of World War II. Gar Alperowicz, in his article, "Hiroshima Remembered: The U.S. was Wrong", the evidence to prove that America didn't need to use atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagashaki

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    Submitted: March 22, 2009 By: Top
  • The Us Entering World War II

    The Us Entering World War II

    The U.S. Entering World War II "A date that will live in infamy," (Snyder 33) was what President Franklin Delano Roosevelt called December 7, 1941. It was a calm Sunday morning at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu. Then two U.S. soldiers saw an oscilloscope signal on their mobile radars. They immediately called this in to their commanding officer but he told them to ignore it because the base was expecting a squadron of

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    Submitted: March 23, 2009 By: Top
  • World War 2

    World War 2

    The Country Comes Together "Yesterday, December 7, 1941-a date that will live in infamy- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." When the United States was attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941 we were a third rate military power. By the end of the war in 1945 we were producing more weapons and firepower than the rest of the world

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    Essay Length: 384 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 12, 2009 By: Janna
  • How Did World War one Change American Society?

    How Did World War one Change American Society?

    Introduction In 1917 America entered World War one. By doing this America played a grave role in conquering Germany and ushering peace to Europe. However, the Great War also meant that the US would change dramatically through historical issues and changes which resulted in American society. Industries had started to realise that it was not as simple as it was before to abstract the immigrants. As the country developed and became more successful it attracted

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    Essay Length: 1,587 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: April 13, 2009 By: Janna
  • 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 life.

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    Submitted: April 13, 2009 By: Janna

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