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Black Students At Central High School In Little Rock, Arkansas
Number of Words: 1252 / Number of Pages: 5
... lined up, guarding the door while hundreds of angry protesters attacked the students. Students and parents were shouting obscenities, spitting on the black students, and beating them. When word spread of what Faubus was doing the Presbytery of Ouachita comprised of ministers and lay representatives of several Presbyterian churches in Arkansas started a “strong protest” against Faubus and stated: “We deplore his (Mr. Faubus’) disregard of the national law, his intrusion into the orderd processes of local school district and his incitement of racial tensions. We earnestly beseech him to an ...
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The Great Depression
Number of Words: 1685 / Number of Pages: 7
... very small profit. This insufficient profit
wouldn't allow the farmers to purchase new machinery and because of this they
couldn't produce goods quick enough (Drewry and O'connor 559).
A new plan was created called the installment plan. This plan was established
because many Americans didn't have enough money to buy goods and services that
were needed or wanted. The installment plan stated that people could buy
products on credit and make monthly payments. The one major problem with this
idea was that people soon found out that they couldn't afford to make the
monthly payment(Drewry and O'connor ...
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Lincoln's Legacy
Number of Words: 341 / Number of Pages: 2
... to solve our disagreements and keep our
country together.
The idea that many men had died for our country and that we should not
forget them was strongly emphasized in he Gettysburg Address. In the Bill of
Rights it is conveyed that no person should be deprived of their basic rights.
These men that died in order that we could all be sovereign, and that nobody
could own anyone else, were deprived of everything when their lives were taken.
It is our responsibility to never forget what they have so bravely done for us.
Lincoln's legacy has taught us to treat others fairly, to stay united ,
and ...
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World War I And Bringing People Together
Number of Words: 1221 / Number of Pages: 5
... The immigrants rights were violated, because we were at war. Opponents of the war were equally criticized and were called traitors. War in reality showed that America was really a divided nation, still young, and making mistakes.
World War I showed the separation of the rich, and the lower class. The rich just got richer, while the poor went and fought the battles. "The master class has always declared the war; the subject class has always fought the battles. The master class has all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject class has nothing to gain and all to lose-especially their lives..." ...
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The New Deal
Number of Words: 839 / Number of Pages: 4
... NYC school children were under
weight and malnourished, made it clear immediate action was necessary. In
the first two years, the New Deal was concerned mainly with relief,
setting up shelters and soup kitchens to feed the millions of unemployed.
However as time progressed, the focus shifted towards recovery. In
order to accomplish this monumental task, several agencies were created.
The National Recovery Administration (NRA) was the keystone of the early
new deal program launched by Roosevelt. It was created in June 1933 under
the terms of the National Industrial Recovery Act. The NRA permitted ...
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Treatment Of Women In Trifles
Number of Words: 849 / Number of Pages: 4
... men have for the women. Mr. Hale declares that "women are used to worrying about trifles" (958) trivializing the many tasks and details that women are responsible for. In his ignorance of how crucial their duties are in allowing a household to function smoothly, he implies their unimportance. The remark from the County Attorney about Minnie, "Not much of a housekeeper, would you say, ladies?" (958) was insensitive and unjustified. All because his hand found the sticky residue of her exploded preserves, a soiled spot on her roll towel, and some dirty pans in the kitchen. Due to the circumstances, ...
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Julius Caesar
Number of Words: 891 / Number of Pages: 4
... Rome.
That evening, there are strange and unusual natural occurrences--the weather is very strange and violent and fire falls from the sky. Most of the people believe that the weather is a bad omen, but Cassius disagrees. He uses the unusual weather to reason that it is only for evil men (such as Caesar) who need to be afraid. The plotting against Caesar continues.
Act II:
Brutus is convinced by Cassius that it is for the good of Rome that Caesar be killed. Some of the other conspirators want to kill friends of Caesar's, but Brutus feels that it is not necessary to kill anyone else. Only the person ...
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Justifying Natural Born Killers
Number of Words: 893 / Number of Pages: 4
... stops to think at what he or she could have been or were laughing at, it can make someone feel uncomfortable because he or she was actually laughing at murder, and sexual abuse. The whole movie seems to follow this pattern; the viewer gets so involved with the movie that he or she forgets what they are actually siding for, and begin to justify everything that Mickey and Mallory do. The movie uses cartoons and comic book illustrations of Mickey to persuade the audience to like him. This approach works because a lot of people liked the Lucy show, or enjoy watching cartoons, or reading comic books. At th ...
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Rock 2
Number of Words: 788 / Number of Pages: 3
... Creed, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Candlebox,
Queensr˙che, Live, and Silverchair, to name a few, the lyrics they write, the solos they play, the riffs they come up with and the feeling they get when they see 100,000 people cheer is something unbelievable. They play music not to persuade people into their beliefs, but more to express themselves and to put some hope into others lives that they might not have. Personally I have had many moments where I lay in bed listening to Creed and their songs have
so much meaning and it changes the way I feel and I turn towards them, not as a God, but as a mentor and I ...
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Kansas & Nebraska Act Resolved: The Kansas-Nebraska Act Was Fair
Number of Words: 358 / Number of Pages: 2
... behind and hire workers?
Also the federal government just marked off land that slaves could be in.
Slaves are considered property and you can take property anywhere. That is
unfair because then they would have to leaves all their slaves behind.
Lastly people needed slaves to tend their farm. If the government just
marked off land where people owned slaves and said that the state is now
free and no one could own slaves, what would the slave owners do. The slave
owners needed slaves to tend their farm and tend the crops, what would
slave owners do if they had to give up their slaves and hire peop ...
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