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    A time of big changes and new beginnings‚ the Industrial Revolution changed the world so that it was hardly recognizable. The Industrial Revolution brought about inventions as diverse as the steam engine to the telegraph. As time went on‚ more and more inventions were necessary to advance further into the Industrial Revolution. So much so‚ that the changes that the inventions themselves went through made them unrecognizable as to what they were in the first place. Some of the greatest changes‚ though

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    of Cape Canaveral to see a glimpse of the first spaceship heading to the moon launch into space (Reynolds 134). A monumental event would soon take place‚ but that would only be the beginning. The world and it’s technology was about to change forever. As Neil Armstrong once said‚ “It’s a beginning of a new age‚” (Loff). Although many people only remember the actual take off and landing‚ the idea of performing a lunar landing was announced by President John F. Kennedy eight years earlier on May

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    Brave New World contains many archetypes in many different characters. Archetypes are an idea that Carl Jung‚ a well-known psychologist‚ came up with. Archetypes are the type of person you are and it comes from you unconscious. You can be several archetypes and they can change many times. But to talk about all of them would take to long‚ so I am going to focus on two specific archetypes the orphan and the seeker. The archetype of the orphan is shown very well threw John. The archetype of the

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    Adjoa Amponsah Professor Lavina Williams English 102 November 6th‚ 2014 Genocide in Rwanda How did the Rwandan Genocide affect the world? The Genocide in Rwanda was one of the most memorable events that ever took place in the world in the 1990s. A large group of people killed at the same place at the same time is called genocide because it deals with murder. In Rwanda there are three major tribes‚ one called the Hutu‚ the other called Tutsi‚ and the Twa (“Rwanda genocide of 1994” par.1). As a developing

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    The Columbian Explosion Imagine everything you know about America today. Think of the foods‚ the animals‚ the annoying sickness we all get come wintertime - and then imagine knowing that most of those things were not supposed to be on this land. Because of The Columbian Exchange‚ America and Europe were able to transfer good‚ and bad‚ commonalities amongst each other‚ and the end result was both unifying‚ and catastrophic. Most people would be surprised to learn that the “classic American hamburger”

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    Soviet Union saw each other as potential enemies‚ threatening each other’s larger global economic‚ political‚ and military goals. The Cold War thus was global competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to shape and control the post-World War II global economic and political order. Throughout the Cold War‚ the United States saw the Soviet Union and communism as the greatest threat and challenge to its global leadership and dominance of an emerging global economy and industrial society

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    the various ways conquerors settled the New World‚ commenting on what worked‚ what did not work‚ and the consequences of those methods The Spanish official ‘s remark could mean that the primary reason for the conquest of a foreign territory is to look for lands in order to find new places to inhabit and develop . In other words ‚ the conqueror must expand a kingdom ‘s territory by finding new places wherein some of its citizens could transfer to these new regions and establish themselves by developing

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    Chapter1- When Old Worlds Collide: Contact‚ Conquest‚ Catastrophe I. Peoples in Motion A. The United States is a nation of immigrants B. Even Natives of the country are immigrants from different countries who roamed the land as a strange new world. C. From Beringia to the Americas 1. Beringia is a piece of land that was created because of the glaciers that captured all of the water causing a piece of land to form which was then called Beringia. 2. Berinigia had very tough

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    Later he would become one of the most well known leaders speaking for the Islamic religion. He also spoke out for the good of all the colored people and spoke for the civil rights movement.Malcolm X made an impact on the world by speaking out for colored people all around the world. Malcolm X was born as Malcolm Little on May 19‚ 1925 in Omaha‚ Nebraska. His mother‚ Louise Norton Little‚ was a homemaker occupied with the family’s eight children. His father‚ Earl Little‚ was an outspoken Baptist

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    composer John Philip Sousa. Sousa did the majority of his work during the Romantic era and was highly known for his American military marches. He greatly affected the expansion of American musical taste. At the end of the 19th century‚ when someone thought about marching music‚ the great bandmaster’s name was automatically thought of. He composed more than 136 marches and at one point in his life‚ he was considered one of the most popular musicians in the world. John Philip Sousa was born in Washington

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