How Free Were Free Blacks in the North? If blacks were free how come they can’t choose who to eat dinner with? In 1860 there were 476‚000 free blacks and there were 471‚000 total slaves. There should be more free blacks than slaves. Free Blacks weren’t really free. Free blacks had to eat‚ go to church‚ and work separately. Free blacks weren’t free because they couldn’t vote. Most states did not let blacks to vote which was unfair. Over half of the states did not allow voting for blacks (Doc A chart)
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There Were None” helped me learn how to find theme using textual evidence. This book had an overbearing theme of death‚ darkness‚ and fear. There were several key points in the story that showcased the theme well. The storm that occurred while the deaths started to become more frequent really made the theme stand out to me the most due to the desperation of the characters. Reading “Cask of Amontillado” helped me learn how to use context clues to my advantage. Some of the details were unclear
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How successful were Alexander reforms in transforming Russian Society by 1881? 24 marks Alexander came to power in 1855‚ but before he became Tsar Alexander witnessed the shameful defeat against Britain‚ France and Turkey in the Crimean War in 1854 This had given him the opportunity to observe some of the problems which Russia faced; Alexander believed that changes had to be made towards modernisation. The population of the Russian Empire was 74 million
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Through His Eyes Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s "If I Were A Man" is the story of Mollie Mathewson‚ physically and emotionally a true woman in all aspects. She is a good wife and a wonderful mother. Still‚ she strongly feels that she would rather be a man‚ whenever Gerald and her are getting in arguments. Suddenly she finds herself as her husband. His feelings and thoughts are obvious to her; she realizes how different her reality is from his. Mollie is thinking through Gerald’s brain and looks at the
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Why were Jews treated different in the middle ages? The Middle ages In Europe was not a very good time for the Jews‚ many Jews lived in Western Europe‚ all of the people that ruled were Christians and also the people that had the power were Christians‚ the Jews were thought of being different from all the people‚ in some places they were not able to own lands so they would not be able to be farmers. They had to live in special Jewish towns called ghettos; they were killed in many different ways
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as a lioness. In later years‚ the royal crowns were often decorated with two or more depictions of cobras in deference to her role as protector. http://www.touregypt.net/images/stories/wadjet2a.jpg While Wadjet was sometimes depicted as the lioness-headed goddess‚ she was often seen in the image of a mongoose‚ represented on the funeral urns of ancient Egypt. The mongoose was revered as her sacred animal. Along with the shrew mouse‚ they were mummified
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economy‚ education‚ healthcare‚ and the military. I came here today to talk to you about the changes in the military that would come into place when I am elected. If I step into the oval office‚ I would order more expensive standard gear to every American soldier‚ no matter the rank. This is because lives are more important than money and I would be an unqualified president if I thought otherwise. As president‚ I would also invest more money into special operations as they are our most qualified assets
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Strange Fruit The Jazz Influence on Their Eyes Were Watching God In the late 1930’s‚ during the Harlem Renaissance‚ when Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God was written‚ the sounds of jazz and blues music filled the air (Hurston). Revolutionary artists such as Duke Elington‚ Teddy Wilson and Bessie Smith became household names as African-Americans began to develop a reputation for themselves as musicians (Blackburn). Among these artists was Billie Holiday‚ "the first popular
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Well there’s a lot to the Declaration of Independence that is debatable today. The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 2‚ 1776 and adopted by the colonists July 4‚ 1776. This was the most dangerous document that the patriotic colonists signed because if they lost the war then the colonists would be put to death. The most important of the ideals in this document is freedom. Freedom is most important because people wanted to rule themselves‚ have equal opportunities‚ and wanted to have their
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The Hippocratic Oath (Original Version) I SWEAR by Apollo the physician‚ AEsculapius‚ and Health‚ and All-heal‚ and all the gods and goddesses‚ that‚ according to my ability and judgement‚ I will keep this Oath and this stipulation. TO RECHON him who taught me this Art equally dear to me as my parents‚ to share my substance with him‚ and relieve his necessities if required; to look up his offspring in the same footing as my own brothers‚ and to teach them this art‚ if they shall wish to learn
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