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    Mississippi) and any source a historian should look at factors such as: The painter and their motives for painting‚ is the source fact‚ opinion‚ or propaganda‚ and the general purpose of this source. The painter’s name is William Henry Powell and his motives may have been to let others know how Powell saw this event and what happened in Powell’s perspective. The source itself is a secondary source but it is a based on many primary sources‚ that is why it is fact. The general purpose of this source would have

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    part requires a non-recoverable investment in specialized assets.  The most efficient suppliers are located in countries with currencies that many foreign exchange analysts expect to appreciate substantially over the next decade.  What are the pros and cons of (a) manufacturing the component in-house‚ and (b) outsourcing manufacture to an independent supplier?  Which option would you recommend? Why? At the outset‚ it is a vital concern in several international businesses or firm to determine in which

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    PROS AND CONS English Comp 1 7/17/2014 Firearms‚ are they good‚ or are they a safety hazard to everyone in this world? Are they so dangerous that no one should be allowed to own them or are they so necessary that we can’t live without them? Are we to strict on the laws involving firearms? This argument has been going on for many years. Controversial‚ of course. Beneficial lifesaver‚ definitely. Easy to control‚ no way. Guns are useful. Every day‚ they are responsible for killing

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    films to life by using historical sources that depicts real world events. However‚ sometimes the primary sources can be misused and thus may illustrate real world events differently or in a misleading manner. This paper focuses on the film “The New Word” and how contemporary filmmakers use or misused historical sources such as John Smith’s “A True Relation” to portray the British expedition in Virginia in 1607. The paper will discuss how in the film; however‚ such as events did not occur in the same

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    10/24/2017 Gino Cendejas Dr. White‚ HIST 1113l Primary Source Review: The Story of The Flood A bustling young region renown for being the cradle of civilizations‚ Mesopotamia‚ is the setting of this epic poem‚ The Story of The Flood. The Story of The Flood is embodied into the 11th tablet of 12‚ that together‚ compose the many heroic stories of The Epic of Gilgamesh. This narrative is the oldest piece of Epic Western Literature‚ that is of Sumerian/Babylonian origins. It is believed to have been

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    ENC 1011 Birth Control in American Society The Pros and Cons “On May 9‚ 1960‚ the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the marketing of the first birth control pill in the United States.” The battle over birth control waged on long before F.D.A’s approval. Since its creation‚ arguments both pro and anti birth control have been immense. From religious beliefs to freedom of choice‚ both sides still have yet to find a middle ground on this matter. Whether negative or positive‚ birth control

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    reason why I think an autobiography and biography mixed together is better in most cases than a biography or autobiography. I will use the autobiography of Anne frank as one of my main sources. I believe too many people are stuck in the world of just using an autobiography or just using a biography as their source for history. I think it is important to combine the two. Why does someone write an autobiography? Why do people feel the need to write a biography on someone else? Why is mixing an autobiography

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    Yang Yue 301230807 November 6‚ 2015 Primary Source Analysis Contact and Conflict European explorers have great impact on Canadian history. Their Journals are important historical documents for historians to study the Canadian history. Because these journals appeared in many kinds of forms and provided very detailed information about early Canada before confederation. These documents portray very vividly the life in Canada and shows that the process to confederation is full of contacts and conflicts

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    MAJOR ASSIGNMENT 1 – TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD THE NATURE OF THE SOURCE The source is an extract from the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)‚ by Harper Lee. The novel takes place during the 1930s in a small town in Alabama‚ USA. Atticus Finch is a lawyer who defends a black disabled man‚ Tom Robinson‚ against the charge of raping a white girl. The extract is parts of chapters nine‚ nineteen‚ and one paragraph of page 215. In chapter nine‚ Atticus’ six year old daughter‚ Scout‚ nearly starts a fight

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    cause possible side effects. Theise side effecs include Headaches‚ which occulers aout one out of ever three people sore throat which occure about one out of six people nausea in one out of seven people diarrhea in one out of ten people and serious problems can occcure blood in the urine or stool‚ pneumonia‚ and inflimation of the stomach or intestines. Now the pros for getting vaccinated is that it is generally safe the vaccine has been tested on many children and most have not caught a variant of the

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