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    Cattle Herding – A Brief HistoryArticle Selections: The Origin of Cattle Driving & Beef Trade – Pre/Post Civil War | Origin of Cattle Driving Figure [ 1 ] Drovers about to start a drive As early as 1836‚ ranchers in Texas began to drive cattle along a "Beef Trail" to New Orleans. In the 1840s‚ cattle drives expanded northward into Missouri. The towns of Sedalia‚ Baxter Springs‚ Springfield‚ and St. Louis became principal markets. The Shawnee Trail‚ also known as the Texas Road or

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    only glorified the significance of freedom but it also showed the efforts and determination then the struggle to make everyone equal. John F Kennedy promised the most ambitious agenda called the new frontier a package of laws and reforms that would end any quality in the United States.but then John F. Kennedy ran into a group of southerners who did not want the same thing as him. And they created laws in order to counter any sort of equality with blacks and whites southerners.around 1964 Kennedy was

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    The Civil Rights Movement The civil rights movement had three main goals: to end segregation‚ to gain civil rights laws‚ and for equality for all. The civil rights movement that started in the 1960’s was a success for the African Americans because of their visible protesting‚ the changing of minds‚ and laws‚ and setting the stage for the future generations. However‚ throughout this long process that still continues today‚ there were many deaths and misfortunate events that have occurred. Events such

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    During the 1950’s and 1960’s the United States of America called for a change in society. This change led to the Civil Rights movement1. The Civil Rights movement was movement in which black people urged for equality with the whites. While the Civil Rights Movement was in full stride‚ Black Power came to be2. The Black Panther Party took on the idea of “Black Power” believing in a pure black society and used violence to do so3. The Black Panther Party thought that violence was the way to gain equality

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    Throughout history‚ civil disobedience has been the catalyst for change. Societies who have had oppressed people used civil disobedience to bring attention to the injustices they have suffered. Peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a free society because it is plays on the conscience of the oppressors and makes it easy for people to stand up for their own rights. Martin Luther King Jr. is a prime example as to why peaceful resistance to laws has a positive effect on a free society. King

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    The Civil Rights Movement In the early 1800s many rich Americans owned slaves. The slaves were captured from their home land of Africa. As a slave they were forced to do an abundance of manual labor on white people’s plantations for no pay‚ they were often beaten if they didn’t do as their “owners” told them to do. Many influential people fought to free African American slaves‚ these people included Abraham Lincoln‚ Susan B. Anthony‚ Frederick Douglass‚ and many more. When Abraham Lincoln signed

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    on how human rights should be. His four main ideas range from complete equality all the way to a very biased system toward the “least advantaged.” It seemed as if John Rawl could not decide which type of human rights he liked the most so he just presented them all. This makes reading his ideas difficult because you cannot tell what his main goal was when writing it. The U.N.’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights is expertly written to prevent exclusion of any group. The human rights presented are

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    aware for years that the U.S. government isn’t very honest with its citizens. The question is though‚ should our government actually be completely honest with us? I believe they should be‚ but I also believe it’s too late for them to become honest. The train of honesty should have been rolling since our nation was first created. Their honesty would not only affect us as citizens‚ it would probably affect their relationships with other countries. This could lead to war. Now we are faced with the question

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    Rights Movement practiced similar methods as the Civil Rights Movement to gain recognition‚ which included sit ins‚ protesting injustice by marching on the streets‚ and bringing many cases to the courtroom. In the early 1800’s‚ a number of people with disabilities were placed in institutions where they dealt with poor living conditions. Since then‚ we began to see some progress including the classification of Mental Disorders‚ Education for the Mentally Disabled and Deaf‚ Institution for the insane

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    The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s has been the most important for the equality of people. Since the end of slavery in 1863‚ there had been constant conflict between the races of the people who live in the United States. Rights have been violated just because of the of the person’s skin color. African Americans are denied access to housing and jobs and are refused service at restaurants and stores. But the voices of the oppressed rise up in the churches and in the streets demanding civil rights

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