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    Goldstein defines police corruption as acts involving the misuse of police power in order to create personal gain for themselves (Dempsey & Forst‚ 2016). Police corruption takes many forms and in the 1970’s and 1980’s the problem of corruption with in law enforcement agencies began to be investigated. In 1970‚ the Mayor of New York City created the Knapp Commission‚ which was tasked with investigate allegations of corruption within the New York Police Department. Two detectives with the department came

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    Based on the class data‚ the density of the penny changed dramatically between 1980 and 1985. From 1975 to 1980‚ the penny became 1.40g/mL less dense and from 1980 to 1985‚ the density dropped by 0.626. With this data and the percent composition equation we were able to determine that the second metal in the penny is Zinc with a density of 7.14g/mL. Using scholarly online sources‚ I was able to confirm this data concerning the second metal to be correct. The United States Mint’s website states that

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    0 AP US History Document Based Question Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying documents. You will have 60 minutes to read and analyze the documents and answer the question. This question tests your ability to work with historical documents. To what extent was the decision of the Jackson administration to remove the Cherokee Indians to lands west of the Mississippi River in the 1830’s was more a reformulation of the national policy that had been in effect since

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    How have African-Americans worked to end segregation‚ discrimination‚ and isolation to attain equality and civil rights? Laquanda Washington HIS204: American History Since 1865 Hector Galano 21 November 2011 How have African-Americans worked to end segregation‚ discrimination‚ and isolation to attain equality and civil rights? African Americans have been working hard every since the slavery days to end segregation‚ discrimination‚ and isolation. Many civil rights leaders such as Malcolm

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    late 1980s and the new century‚ American society changed in several drastic ways. With computers and computers and the internet becoming more widespread new doors opened for business‚ students‚ medical fields‚ and other industries. The common perception of marriage was being questioned. Gender roles in marriage were shifting as well as the percentage of those getting married and having children. Debate over the pros and cons of immigrations and the changes in environment sprung up. American business

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    Conservatism In 1980s

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    First off before you can understand the ideal of conservatism in the 1980’s you need to know what exactly conservatism is. Conservatism is a political philosophy that promotes conserving the government to keeping things as they were in the past. Various presidents in this era have used philosophy as a guide line to run our nation. A list of these presidents includes Reagan‚ and George HW Bush. In the beginning of Reagan’s early pre presidential years he claimed to be a republican but crossed over

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    Radios and microwaves both use radiation from the electromagnetic spectrum Visible light can be split into a spectrum of colours .. from red through the rainbow colours to violet but visible light is just a small part of the whole electromagnetic spectrum All the different types of electromagnetic waves travel at the same speed through a vacum .. the waves can be orderd by wave length remebered that waves with the shortest wave lengths have the highest frequency and the most energy and the waves

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    Political ideology in American Society can get a little confusing. This is due partially to the fact that the most commonly used model to explain political ideology is too simple. The linear model‚ as it is sometimes called‚ puts the ideological spectrum on a straight line. This model often leaves researcher ’s wondering about ideologies because it ties groups together that may have absolutely different ideas. Also‚ the linear model does not perfectly predict each point. A better way to explain the

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    for full time workers and education for man and women from 1970 to 2007.According to the chart‚ between 1970 and 2007‚ women’s income increased by 30% for those who had a college degree. It can be clearly seen that education for women who was from 1970 to 2007 the highest’s percentage for high school graduate around 45%. And women who has college education earn almost double than women high school education in1970. This increase in both salary and education may be because the women’s are more attentive

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    the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation‚ African Americans still faced many different forms of opposition in the 1960s and 1970s. African Americans were not receiving their Civil Rights during these years‚ which sparked controversy between African Americans and Whites. African Americans believed that the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation would give them equality amongst whites. Similar to the Black Panthers ideas‚ African Americans knew they had to fight for their Civil Rights. “We want

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