American History
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The Gay Liberation
The Gay Liberation Another important movement in history, alongside those of Feminism and African American rights, was that of Gay Liberation. Gay Liberation is often a movement that is overlook because of the taboo nature of homosexuality in the United States. Homosexuals had one main goal in the late 1960’s
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The Giant Pool of Money
The Giant pool of money Although it talks about one of the toughest periods of the recent history, the presentation makes a very interesting read. Interesting because it clearly demonstrates how heuristics and biases emanating from such heuristics can lead to a historic crisis. It was also interesting because it
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The Gilded Age
The Gilded Era, a term coined by author Mark Twain, is named for the years between 1865 and 1900 when the United States experienced a nation wide industrialization. America once was a nation of agriculture, however with the introduction of the railroads and steel industries, more and more citizens were
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The Gold Rush and How It Changed America
Christopher Columbus once said “Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.” The gold rush was the finding of gold in California and the expansion west. A man by the name of James
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The Good Fortune Mall
Matilde Lybæk Nymann Fiction analyse 26/10-16 2.B Engelsk A RKS The good fortune mall * By Pippa Dougherty Is richness and being the wealthiest really that important, and why? Sometimes people with a lot of money have a lonely life where work and money Is too important. Sometimes the benefits
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The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath The movie "The Grapes of Wrath takes place in the late 1930's during the Great Depression. During that time there were a lot of families that were torn inside and out physically and emotionally. One of those families was the Joad Family. They were left homeless
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The Great Gatsby
Alexander Orosco Bio 101 Prof Deborah Schaffer 12/8/14 Asexual Shark In Nebraska there was a female shark who was able to reproduce a baby shark without a male counter-part. Henry Fountain a writer for the New York Times , writes about a shark that was able to produce a child,
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The Great “globalization” Debate
Week 2: The Great “Globalization” Debate Class 1, 10/4: What is “Globalization”? Reading: • Herman M. Schwartz, “Globalization: The Long View” (51-63), in Stubbs and Underhill. • Geoffrey R. D. Underhill, “Global Issues in Historical Perspective” (pp. 103-117), in Stubbs and Underhill. • Louis W. Pauly, “Global Finance and Political
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The Greek-Persian Wars and Causes
HIS 101 The Greek-Persian Wars and Causes Before explaining the Persian Wars, a little background information on how the Persian Empire was formed is necessary. In 550 BCE, King Cyrus created the Persian Empire. Upon his death in 531 BCE, his son Cambyses took the throne and was named King
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The Guilded Age
Big businesses grew to have a major effect on the economics and politics of the Unites States, especially between the period of 1870 trough 1900.The numbers grew to be a large amount that they were known to be one of the major forces within the United States, with good amount
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