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    Throughout the 1800s America has changed in a lot of ways even though some were small changes some were significant America still changed. America changed socially‚ politically and technology America changed socially in so many ways. On of the ways America changed socially was during the civil war. The civil war was a war that was fought to end slavery. When slavery ended many slaves were still slaves and they still had no right to vote. Another major social change was the women’s rights

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    Maggie Friedman Professor Sullivan TSEM 102 Section 058 22 September 2014 Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in the late 1800s. Its original purpose was to help people separate cotton fibers from their seeds. This process was necessary in order to use the cotton in its proper way. This invention came at a time when slavery was starting to slowly become less crucial to the nation’s economy and freeing slaves was gaining momentum. The cotton gin soiled all plans of reducing slavery by increasing

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    How to Have Sex?

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    It depends what you mean by having sex. Having sex can sometimes mean a number of different sexual activities‚ but usually it means sexual intercourse. The most common definition of sexual intercourse is an act that involves a man putting his erect penis inside a woman’s vagina. Sexual intercourse might also be used to refer to sex acts between two men or between two women. Sexual intercourse between a man and a woman usually starts with them both getting sexually excited. This is sometimes referred

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    How Photography Changed the World Photography is the creation of art and science‚ it created images by recording light. Photography is a fantastic invention‚ thanks to photography‚ videos were created‚ cinema was created‚ television‚ and all the things that relate with a picture work that’s to the invention of photography. The photography was invented by Sir John F.W. Herschel in 1839; he called it photo ("light") and graphein ("to draw"). Few years after photography was invented‚ not

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    How Has Soccer Changed

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    throughout many countries in which world completions are held for every year. Soccer has changed for the better throughout the years. According to research‚ many believe soccer had originated in Spain or Italy. Nevertheless soccer dates back to 200 B.C. in Ancient China. As a form of entertainment the people of the Han Dynasty had dribbled around a leather ball and shot it within a posted area (Toye). Much like china other countries had become involved in playing games similar to the modern day version

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    that are different or similar between the prison and the penitentiary‚ it is essential to note that it is not only the physical architecture that is being examined but also how they function. The Penitentiary and the Prison have both made changes to the function of their establishment during the course of their existence. As the times changed so did they‚ often in order to meet the demands that society placed on them during a given era. These demands were often in relation to the treatment of the

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    How Did Australia Changed

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    Australia Australia has changed a lot in the last 250 years. Before 1788 there were around 250 languages spoken in Australia and a population of 750 000. Many of the 250 languages were spoken by the indigenous people in Australia but many of the languages died out as the indigenous people were murdered and became fewer and fewer. When the English people came to Australia with the first fleet which consisted of 11 ships in 1788 the indigenous people were killed and suppressed by the English people

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    Before the Industrial Revolution‚ man produced the products they needed by hand or by basic machines. This meant that production took a much greater time for construction and that the individuals that made certain products had to be specifically trained to master that skill. This would all change by the mid 1800s with the start of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain.  “Industrialization refers to a process that transformed agrarian and handicraft-centered economies into economies distinguished

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    How Has Racism Changed

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    If I were to say on average every year in a population of about 100‚000 people‚ around 1‚377 black males and 895 white males commit suicide due to racial discrimination. you probably would not believe me‚ but it is the shocking truth. Racism is a truly horrible issue and our world is overrun by it‚ has racism really changed‚ who has tried to stop it and is racism present in New Zealand? Most of us think that racism has positively improved over the past years and that may be true but it is still

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    movement of the 1960’s Imagine what the life of a woman was before the 1960’s. The life that she had called her own was beyond far from perfect‚ and this was just behind closed doors. These ladies were denied of what basic rights they had‚ they were then trapped in a home that they created not just for themselves‚ but also for their family‚ and not to even mention the discrimination that they faced in the workplace. Then‚ here come the 1960’s in full swing‚ these women could then have a say in their government

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