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    ideas in the two of the pieces of literature written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ The Great Gatsby and “Winter Dreams.” In both pieces the American dream plays an important role in the character’s lives however the original American dream is replaced by a degraded dream greed and wealth. In The Great Gatsby we encounter an extraordinary individual‚ Gatsby‚ whose immense wealth catches the eye of many speculators in New York‚ West Egg and East Egg. In the story the author makes sure to emphasize the decay

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    suggests that women play a big role. Other minority groups also played a role in the war. The women help the soldiers in many different ways. French had also helped in the war. The document was showing that almost everyone was helping if they could‚ and that helped the country beat the British army. The document suggests that the women wanted to help the souldiers that were fighting for their country. The women that helped had contributed to the country that was going to become America‚ and the

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    Democracy In Athens The city state of Athens was thought to be one of the first democracies ever. Cleisthenes made final reforms to the Athenian constitution and united four separate tribes in 507 B.C.E.. This became the seed of Athenian democracy. To this day‚ about 60% of all governments are democracies‚ which makes Athens the father of modern governing. However‚ by today’s standards‚ Athens was far from what one would call “democratic”. Athens had several democratic aspects to its society‚ but

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    Symbolism in The Great Gatsby Symbolism‚ in any piece of literature is an important tool that allows an author to relay one message while indirectly meaning something else. American author‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ displays this device seamlessly throughout his 1925 novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ to highlight the American Dream. In the eyes of most‚ the American Dream can be defined as followed: “the ideals of freedom‚ equality‚ and opportunity traditionally held to be available to every American” (Dictionary

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    For instance‚ Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote in “Emile‚” that women shouldn’t participate in outside events just be a housewife. Women were more important to society as a mother and wives not as a political role. He made it very clear that women weren’t to know and learn the same things that men did. Unlike others who believed that the tradition walls of no involvement by women needed to be torn down. The Enlightenment writers made is so that women didn’t have any property and education but many people

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    The 20th century of Tyne and Wear region was the time period of gold. It was famous because of the coal making‚ shipbuilding‚ and iron industry. Those heavy industries brought a fast economic growth and urbanization. The boom period of the 1950s saw unemployment levels as low as three percent (Robinson‚ 1988). However‚ this golden period came to an end due to the globalization‚ cheaper imports of oil and competition from foreign companies. Between 1950 and 1970 over one hundred coal mines were closed

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    Canadian economy benefited from the U.S economy‚ U.S needed Canada’s natural resources. In 1913‚ Canadian newspaper printmaking was less than 20% of U.S. production‚ but by 1925 it had beaten the last. By 1939‚ it was 3.5 times as large. Newsprint production‚ which was less than 300‚000 tons in 1913‚ it reached more than 3‚600‚000 tons by 1937. Most of Canada’s economy benefited from the trade especially from the U.S and Canadians wanted the trade

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    Did you know that world leaders do not exactly agree on what a democracy means. A democracy’s most salient and universally agreed upon component is a voting system. Athens was not truly democratic because they had slaves‚ no woman rights‚ and no equal rights. The first reason Athens wasn’t truly democratic is that they had slaves. Slaves were viewed as insignificant‚ vapid people‚ for this reason they did not get to vote. Since they were classified as slaves‚ they didn’t have the privilege

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    Transcontinental Railroad The Transcontinental Railroad was a significant event in American History. This railroad was the work of two railroad companies‚ the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific‚ which built their lines as fast as they could until they met in Utah in 1869. Once this complex building project was completed‚ the United States was now connected from coast to coast by railroad tracks and led to an era of westward expansion. What few people realize is that this turning point in American

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    excess carbon which converted it to pure steel or iron. This machine allowed a lowered price on steel and iron as well as speed in production. This was a major contributor to the production of railroads. The expansion of the railroads greatly increased from 1860 to 1920. Railroads tripled from 1860 to 1880 and then doubled again by 1920. The railroads lowered the cost of shipping which enabled the cheaper movement of raw materials that would be used in factories. These new tracks also connected

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