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    Photograph as Contemporary Art by Charlotte Cotton was first publish in 2004. Charlotte Cotton discusses the transformation of photography‚ as it moves into the category of contemporary art. As they were gaining momentum throughout history‚ but today they have people more vocal than they ever been. She is more concerned about the motivations of the photographer; rather than the themes‚ or subject matter. Because that’s the main focus when “regular” people are viewing photographs. She is focusing

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    owned the Chicago American Giants and he could be considered one of the most influential figures in black baseball. He was determined to implement a truly organized and stable African American league. Through Foster’s leadership efforts in the 1920’s the Negro National League was finally created in Kansas City. Around the same time Thomas T. Wilson owned the Nashville Elite Giants and also organized the Negro Southern League with multiple teams in cities like Memphis‚ Nashville‚ Birmingham‚ Atlanta

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    the 1930s‚ Japan and India both were beginning to mechanize their cotton industries. Both of these countries had similar recruitment techniques‚ but differed when it came to who the workers were and where they came from‚ and the working conditions they had in the mill. Documents 1‚ 2‚ and 6 all show the increased usage of machines in Japanese and Indian cotton factories. The chart in Document 1 that details the production of cotton yarn and cloth in India shows how India utilized more machines to

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    was such a widespread and realized problem that three sectional representatives - one for each section - emerged. Henry Clay spoke for the west. Although he was a sectional leader‚ Clay has been called one of the most nationalistic leaders in America ’s history. Clay had always tried to improve national unity‚ but unfortunately‚ many of his ideas never went into effect. John C. Calhoun was the sectional representative for the south. He was an opinionated man‚ and believed the states should have more

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    If you were living in the 1800s would you have been for or against Washington breaking away from Oregon? If I were living in Washington Territory in the 1800s‚ I believe I would have been for Washington breaking away from Oregon and becoming a state. I select this position‚ because of the wide division of government philosophy‚ which the two regions possessed. Washington Territory was leaned more republican‚ Oregon‚ Democratic. The favoritism and federal funding (through railroad grants and other

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    improve their working conditions‚ industrial workers came together to form unions in the late 1800s. Sequencing As you read about the increase of American labor unions in the late 1800s‚ complete a time line similar to the one below by filling in the incidents of labor unrest discussed and the results of each incident. • Describe industrial working conditions in the United States in the late 1800s. • List the barriers to labor union growth. Key Terms and Names deflation‚ trade union

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    conditions. This expansion wasn’t dramatic because women still couldn’t vote during that time period. The increase of male suffrage helped the expansion of democracy in Great Britain. Only 5% of the British population had the right to vote in the early 1800s. The Reform Act of 1832 gave merchants‚ bankers‚ and factory owners the right to vote and ended rotten boroughs‚ which were the male landowners. Many working class men felt they had gained nothing from this legislature‚ so the London Working Men’s

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    What do people when their are backed against the wall. In Powers’ “He Don’t Plant Cotton” one snowy night in a lounge three workers had to carter and serve a crowd of over zealous and disrespectful white people. Through this we see how they deal with stress of work. Dodo‚ the bartender and a piano player‚ talks about them when his back turned‚ Baby‚ the drummer and waiter‚ does what they tell him to do with a smile‚ and Libby‚ the singer‚ plays dumb. Or In the end quit. The story demonstrates how

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    THE IMPACT OF US COTTON SUBSIDIES ON WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES American subsidies are endangering the agriculture of cotton in most of West Africa and other developing countries. In encouraging productions surplus and exportations dumping‚ those subsidies are decreasing the world price‚ which is at its lowest level since the great depression (Devarakonda). In the mean time‚ cotton producers in America are seeing a tremendous increase in their production surplus‚ due to the subsidies they

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    How do you see progress‚ as a process that is beneficial or in contrast‚ that it´s a hurtful process that everyone at one point of their lives has to pass through it? At the time‚ progress was beneficial for the United States‚ but those benefits came with a cost‚ such cost that instead of advancements and developments being advantageous factors for humanity‚ it also became a harmful process in which numerous people were affected in many facets of life. This all means that progress is awsome to achieve

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