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    In the 4th chapter Social construction of serial murders the author in my opinion is trying to show the reader how murders social lives and social behavior may have led them or created them into becoming killers. He is identifying how social construction relates to the process of becoming a serial murderer. I see the way he goes through all forms of social life from childhood difficulties to teenage problems and into the adult years. He seems to focus a lot more on childhood problems like sexual

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    the Spanish Empire had built a powerful military‚ a cohesive empire throughout Europe and the North and South of the Americas‚ and was looking forward to Cultural Revolution and continued growth in overseas trade. This was the Spanish Golden Age‚ when the Iberian Nation was unrivaled as the cultural and economic hegemon of Europe. It seems insanity that in one short century‚ Spain would suffer a complete national breakdown‚ a partition‚ and one of the greatest falls from grace Europe had ever seen

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    UNITED STATES TITTLE: A Model of Christian Charity AUTHOR: John Winthrop BIOGRAPHY: John Winthrop was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ and the chief figure among the Puritan founders of New England. EPOQUE: Is a 1630 sermon by Puritan layman and leader John Winthrop‚ who delivered on board the ship Arbella while en route to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. TITTLE: The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts AUTHOR: Maxime Hong Kingston BIOGRAPHY: Maxine Hong Kingston

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    kept a neutral attitude about World War I in the beginning. Due to the identity as a neutral country‚ America was trading with both the Allies and Central powers so that it had obtained lots of money. However‚ when the war was near to an end‚ America finally decided to entry into the war. The most direct causes are mainly had two points. One is that the Germany announced to resume unrestricted submarine warfare. Although whose purpose was to make a block to the UK‚ it not warned in advance but randomly

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    New York City’s soaring skyline wouldn’t be the same without the Empire State Building. Reaching 1‚250 feet‚ it hold the title of the seventh tallest building in the world. It remained the worlds tallest building for 41 years until the World Trade Center topped it off and seven followed. Built during the depression in 1930 and 1931‚ it cost a whopping 41 million dollars. The engineer who took on this giant project was H.G. Balcom. The design of the building changed 16 times during planning‚

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    Reading Guide #2 Question 1: Prior to the founding of the Roman Empire‚ Rome was a republic. Roman citizens elected officials in order to represent the common interest of the people. It had a powerful legislative body called the Senate‚ and “it advised on policy within the republic and members held virtually all executive offices in the Roman state”. (Stearns‚ Adas‚ Schwartz‚ and Gilbert 90) However‚ the highest elected position in the empire was the consul. Only two consuls were elected by an assembly

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    Building railroads did have downfalls though‚ as the building process was very hard on their bodies. It was also very hard to get supplies to the building. Then people invented different types of track to help evolve the building of the railroad systems. Railroads helped evolve the United States into what it is today‚ despite all the rough patches the Americans faced to make it happen. Beginning in the nineteenth century‚ railroads were built for a number of reasons. The Americans had always dreamed

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    HOW THE SLAVERY WAS IN THE UNITED STATES FROM 1776 TO 1865 In the United States‚ racism had been for several hundred years; it’s aslo been a controversial subject for people for a long period of time. Whenever we talk about this subject‚ it always reminds me about the book called “Race and Manifest Destiny” by Reginald Horsman. This book is one of the greatest books about the racism in the United States from 1776 to 1865. During the early years of America’s history‚ society was categorized

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    the Aztecs began to expand their empire greatly. The Aztec empire did not rule directly over conquered people. Aztecs made alliances with nearby city-states conquered others. According to document 1‚ the rule of the Aztec empire differs from other empires by‚ demanding tribute payments in form of food and clothing‚ precious stones‚ furs‚ fine woods‚ and slaves. Conquered people didn’t refuse to pay tributes to the Aztecs‚ because trade and tribute held the Aztec empire together. As the population grew

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    in the history of the United States. John Quincy took part in more important events‚ and held more important positions than any person in United States history. Some of the important positions he held were he was American Ministers to four different European Countries (Hague‚ Prussia‚ Russia and England)‚ a State Senator representing Massachusetts‚ peace negotiator to England‚ a member of the House of Representatives‚ Secretary of the State‚ and President of the United States. John Quincy followed

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