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    Hurricane/Storm Preparing

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    Preparing for a Hurricane/Storm Seven hurricanes and four tropical storms are predicted during this year’s hurricane season‚ which runs from June 1 through November 30. You should know how to prepare your family and home‚ procedures to be taken during the storm and the aftermath. You can ward off some of the dangers if you are prepared which allows to you to stay ahead of the storm. If you do not have a family disaster plan‚ one should be prepared right away. Portable radio‚ torch lights

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    Racism in Society

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    Introduction : Racism in Society The movie Crash is about several different scenarios of everyday people from different racial backgrounds in Los Angeles. Crash was “the only movie that is not afraid to tackle the themes of race and ethnical tension in today’s American society.” The film compelled people to examine their own prejudices. (Orbe & Kinefuchi‚ 2008). Within a two day period‚ the characters will come in and out of each other’s lives and show the racial interaction between

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    listening to the racism pieces I can conclude that racism was a huge problem that lead to unfair punishments and rules towards a certain group. Whites were very racist towards African Americans. Meaning they did not treat them the same and made ridiculous laws against them. The Jim Crow Laws would be an example of ridiculous laws. The set of laws restricted Blacks from many things‚ like going to the same school as whites or communicating with whites. A few reasons why there was racism between blacks

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    De-Industrialization and its effect on America America has gone through many changes over the course of its storied history. The country built itself into a world power on the hard work‚ perseverance‚ and ingenuity of its workers. The Industrial Revolution of the 19th century‚ the rise of the automobile‚ and the boom in manufacturing during and post-World War II‚ all put American manufacturing to the forefront of the world. Because of its supremacy‚ American employment‚ the economy and the overall

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    how they obtained resources and it drastically changed Native American’s population‚ but many European nations experienced little change in cultural life such as the continuance of slavery and religion because Christopher Columbus discovering the Americas. Before any European nation had heard of the New World‚ they were at constant war with neighboring nations for resources. They also put an emphasis on armies over navies. Because of Columbus‚ European nations looked West instead of East for resources

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    There are many ways that wars of the 20th century helped and hurt America. Just like everything has a cause and effect‚ the wars have a cause and effect also. Some effects are positive‚ and some are negative‚ but everything happens for a reason. During World War 1‚ America had become a world industrial leader. Profits had increased‚ and the economy of the U.S. was booming. Countries were paying us and that’s how we were getting money. The production‚ efficiency‚ and manufacturing had risen also

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    The Influence of Women on the Founding of America and Through 1877 Kelley Swatsenbarg Wayland Baptist University – San Antonio Center Mr. Thomas Gaj May 4‚ 2010 The Influence of Women on the Founding of America and Through 1877 Throughout the many years of history‚ women have always had some kind of influence over man. Whether it be coercing him‚ tricking him‚ or demanding of him‚ they changed the actions of men. Sometimes it has been completely unintentional; sometimes intentional

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    our society came to be. The first Americans had to struggle a ton to get to where we are today. Colonists of America had to develop European settlement and nation building by introducing the political‚ social‚ and cultural exploration of each colony. The colonists had to build communities with these explorations to help control and grow the colonies. The three colonies that started America included New England‚ Middle‚ and Southern. Settlers had to explore new areas to find these places to settle

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    would be sitting there for weeks till they throw the body over the boat (Davis 1). This was the day America changed forever. Abraham Lincoln once said‚ “Anyone who denies freedom to others deserves in not for themselves.” But that’s what white Americans did‚ they didn’t give the slaves a chance to live a free life. That’s something that will hurt America forever‚ but it is something that America can grow from as time goes on. From the moment African Americans got into slavery everything

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    How Did Ww1 Affect America

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    WWI left many positive effects on America. The country experienced political and social views changes such as the changing role of women. The United States economy observed technological boom ‚ industrial area increasingly grow and production was going up. However‚ the euphoria was not meant to last for too long. Due to the investors‚ stock brokers‚ as well as average people’s overconfidence in the 1930’s stock market‚ society overlooked the dark clouds that gathered on the horizon of the American

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