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    attitudes of my understanding the document. These documents are all based on the institution of slavery and the attitudes about slavery. I put these eight documents into two groups and those are for slavery and neutral attitude thought about slavery. These eight documents are all sorted by attitude and are going to be from the beginning of time to modern day. The first group is the thought that slavery was a good thing. The first document in this group is document number one. This document states

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    Americans become suspicious of the Soviets. The Americans adopted an anti communism theme that carried over to many doctrines and in hopes of containment. (Brown 2001) As a result of the rising concerns of communism mass suspicion spread. Many people were accused of communism with little to no proof. President Truman began what was known as the Truman Doctrine which enforced loyalty against communism which later opened to the door for McCarthyism. McCarthyism‚ named after a former U.S. Senator

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    Journal Article Review White Servitude and the Growth of Black Slavery in Colonial America Dr. West History 7A Martin Valdez January 24‚ 2011 From “The Journal of Economical History”‚ Vol. 41‚ No. 1‚ author David W. Galenson provides a nine-page article published in March 1981 entitled “White Servitude and the Growth of Black Slavery” which I thoroughly read and will present my own analysis. In a unique approach author David Galenson examines the transition of servants to slaves

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    Black History Month Black History Month celebrates the notable impact on society and contributions made to the world by those African descendants that made a difference. Americans have recognized black history annually since 1926‚ first as "Negro History Week" and later as "Black History Month". I am going to talk about Afro-American life over history and then about some people who made a difference in society‚ especially‚ from the Afro- American community. During colonial times‚ the treatment

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    HISTORY 212-2 Primary Source Analysis #2 Significant Lines for Discussion Chapter 16: America’s Gilded Age‚ 1870-1890 Thorstein Veblen‚ Excerpts from The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899) * “By a further refinement‚ wealth acquired passively by transmission from ancestors or other antecedents presently becomes even more honorific than wealth acquired by the possessor’s own effort.” Luther Standing Bear‚ excerpt from My People the Sioux (1928) * “These people cared nothing for

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    The History of African American Slavery Tongela Vaughan Axia College of University of Phoenix The History of African American Slavery A slave is someone who is owned by another human. They do as they are told to do by their owners. African Americans had an unfair start in America‚ by being captured and brought over from Africa to be slaves. Do you know how slaves were treated? The conditions and treatment of slaves were different fromthe average American. Do you know how slavery came

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    Global Studies Slavery Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold‚ and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture‚ purchase or birth‚ and deprived of the right to leave‚ to refuse to work‚ or to demand compensation. Slavery began in prehistoric times and has been practiced ever since. The slavery of ancient times reached its peak in Greece and the Roman Empire. During the middle Ages‚ slavery declined. Then

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    snooze button on Black History Month. Since 1926 there has been some parts of February recognized for black people around the nation. From Negro History Week invented by the black historian Carter G Woodson to Black History Month created by the Kent State Black Student Union‚ there has always been some recognition in the 20th century. As of 1976‚ February has been recognized as Black History month. From that point on‚ BHM has been 28 days of white people singing kumbaya to black people around the

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    The most significant event in Canada’s history would be the building of the railway. It opened  up new markets to the country and brought areas together. It also created a need for new  resources and technology‚ which led to the important development of industries in Canada.  Early railroads in Canada were mainly for short­line and were developed for transportation all  year round‚ so when the canals and rivers were frozen there was still a way to get around.    The development in railroads in C

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    Slavery has been in the United States early as 1619. Slaves were brought to America for one thing and one thing only‚ money. Tobacco took a great amount of work to harvest‚ but with the slaves help it all got completed. Slaves cost at least three more times than a regular servant for the reason that slavery was their life‚ it was their job. Regular servants finished their ‘slavery’ time in about 4 years. Slavery really got across the whole country as time passed‚ and in 1670 the crop‚ tobacco‚ took

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