Kobe Simms 11/10/14 Mr. Horwits Social Science After Hope and Change Chapter 1 Questions Show three facts that illustrate why 2012 was “a fairly narrow victory” for Obama. 1. President Obama had won reelection by a close margin of only 3.85 percent. He earned a rank of 24 out of 30 past elections since the year 1896. 2. President Obama became the only incumbent in history to win reelection while losing vote share. Obama lost vote share in nearly every state during the election
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How Technology Has Changed the World Technology has change the communication process by roots‚ now in days is almost impossible for people not to use technology to communicate. A huge example is Facebook‚ everybody even my grandmother has a Facebook account. This source of communication makes it possible for her to post pictures and chat live with her relatives on the other side of the world. On the other hand Business have also changed people communications within‚ most businesses have gone paperless
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He didn’t really have any strong leadership skills that is until‚ his plane‚ the fairchild‚ crashed in the Andes mountains. Nando changes drastically from the beginning of the story to the end. He goes from not speaking up to the leader who saves lives‚ gives hope and encouragement. When his plane first crashed all he could think of was his sister Susy‚ and how he could keep her alive. Once she died he was lost. He questioned things and thought little of himself as a leader. He always wanted
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The book‚ Siddhartha‚ by Hermann Hesse‚ is about a young boy named Siddhartha who wanted to become enlightened. Siddhartha vastly changed throughout the book‚ and Hesse used several techniques to describe his changes- this includes how the characters fulfilled the mentor roles to him‚ the various symbols that Siddhartha encounters‚ and his character development. Siddhartha goes on a journey and meets several mentors‚ which includes Govinda‚ Kamala‚ the river‚ and the ferryman‚ Vasudeva. All of these
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As the human population grows quickly‚ the world simultaneously is changing faster than we thought. From the articles in the Unit 1‚ I think authors tried to give us many information such as various predictions and possible facts to lead the global trend in 2030. Moreover‚ each articles include similar issues for the future in the world such as megatrend‚ scare resources‚ the role of geography‚ and so on. All authors from the Unit 1 talk about similar concepts for the future with different styles
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frameworks: a. How would you describe Jack Welch’s leadership style? Jack Welch became CEO of General Electric in April 1981. At 45 years old‚ he inherited a company that was severely decentralized and was organized with layers and layers of upper management. Immediately‚ he changed the old management style in order to correspond to the new changing environment and social needs. Furthermore‚ he created an environment that could work together and communicate effectively to grow and become a world class company
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linguistics‚ and science flourished in Muslim Spain. This period‚ known as the Golden Age‚ fostered secular ideas in Hebrew poetry and paved the way for Jewish poets to express the common way of life for non-Muslims coexisting in a hierarchical society where Muslims were at the top. One of the most of the most influential‚ medieval Hebrew poets in Muslim Spain was Shmuel ha-Nagid. He held a rather contradictory position in Granada as an army general‚ who rose up in political power during a time
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The alliance system alone did not cause the First World War. It was the result of a combination of factors which together shaped a European climate which made the outbreak of a war inevitable. Assuming that the alliance system was one of the factors involved‚ we must also assess events within Europe which actually allowed the creation of the alliance system. The primary origins of the First World War lie in the emergence of nationalism and the new prominent power Germany‚ the Great Powers’
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Emperor of Japan Hirohito‚ during world war two gained enormous amount of land‚ Having advancing at a very rapid pace invading almost all of southeast asia in a time span of less than 10 years. The US played an essential role in the advancement of military for the Japanese as the trade between US provided them with oil. However‚ July 26‚ in 1941‚ The US President‚ Roosevelt started seeing the Japanese as a threat and decided to sign an Executive Order freezing all Japanese assets held in the
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Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii resulted in America’s involvement in World War II. While the rest of the world was at war‚ America stayed neutral until the attack on Pearl Harbor which ironically was intended as a preventive action towards America’s involvement in the war. After the attack‚ America entered the war‚ a war that the Americans were not prepared for. America just has gotten out of the Great Depression in the 30s and was still recovering. The war brought about draft and new job opportunities for men
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