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    The Black Death Did you know that the black death killed over 25 million people? Well now you do‚ the black death was a plague that started in the early 1300’s and is still around today. The Black death was a plague that wiped out millions of people and is the greatest catastrophe in human history. Although the black death sounds like a terrible plague that only harmed people it also did some good too. Cowen‚ Mary Morton. "A World Turned Upside Down." Holt McDougal Literature: Grade 7. S.l.: Houghton

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    should be open to all ethnic‚ racial‚ and religious groups immigrating to America because it helps improve the economy. Immigrants from everywhere have helped increase the United States’s GDP and the amount of taxes paid. Cesar Maximiliano Estrada‚ a writer for the Center of American Progress‚ wrote the article “How Immigrants Positively Affect the Business Community and the U.S. Economy” which states‚ “In 2013‚ for example‚ immigrants added $1.6 trillion to the total US gross domestic product.”

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    Many argue that women’s status in American society was improved during the Second World War through their contributions to the North American economy. During the Second World War women were “allowed” to do the jobs that were originally meant for men. However after the war ended they went back to their roles as housewives‚ gender roles were expected to return to the way they were once the war ended. The changes did not really begin to take place in gender equality until the 50’s and 60’s but this

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    William Leggett was a masterful thinker and far well beyond his colleagues. His writings and thoughts were not only accurate for society during his time but also hold true to modern day economics. Leggett’s main appeal towards corporations was that once governmentalized‚ they became abruptly a part of an economic infrastructure that was not in favor of the people‚ but designed instead to allow the government to discredit the individual and create a class system that required more government intervention

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    New Technology Gives Benefits to our Society  Today’s society is heavily influenced and affected by technology. Nowadays‚ people like to come out with new twchnology. There are many technology that useful such as Xbox‚ PSP‚ iPhone‚ broadband and GPS. All these new technology contribute many application that helps people in their daily life. These technology definitely provides benefits to our society which are people can find information and learning something easily‚ save a lot of time andconnect

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    Indians. They were forced to live on these reservations further destroying their nomadic way of life. Those who resisted were punished. Indian was also dissolved by those who believed the solution was for Indians to adapt to the American culture and society by becoming educated. As Americans expanded west they also sought to connect the country which led to the development of the railroad system.

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    had] been speaking of belonged to the Six Nations. No part of it ever belonged to the King of England and he could never give it to [the Americans]. (Letter written to George Washington‚ 1790) Nonetheless‚ the American economy would have been impacted by the gain in land. The new land opened up endless possibilities of trading‚ farming‚ and settling

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    The American Revolution was a war for independence by the American colonies against Great Britain during 1775 to 1783. This created a brand new United States. After that‚ American Civil War was happened from 1861 to 1865. The Union won the war. The major causes of the Civil War was the United States of America and the Confederate States of America‚ a collection of eleven southern states that left the Union in 1860 and 1861 and formed their own country in order to protect the institution of slavery

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    graduation rate‚ while schools without one have an estimated 72.9% graduation rate. There are many ways music‚ jazz in particular‚ has influenced society in the past and the present. The three most important things about jazz music are its effects on society in the past and present‚ its influencing of the music today‚ and its origins. Jazz music has effected society positively and negatively. It was started during a time of cultural divide‚ in which whites felt superior to blacks. The music was started

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    (extremely) short life‚ high expense‚ and high electric current drawn. Many people attempted but none like Edison‚ he attempted making the light bulb a whopping 1000 times! Crazy‚ right? He tried several different methods and several different ways of how to get

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