In the eyes of many people‚ the Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke is seen as an established political figure‚ parental figure‚ and most importantly‚ an activist. Due to his background history of living on the border‚ Beto O’Rourke has accomplished many actions that have led him to become the Texas congressman. Beto O´Rourke has been improving the city of El Paso by defending those who are under the program of Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals‚ introducing the bi-partisan Veterans
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Many may know Christopher Columbus‚ but not very many know Pizarro‚ and his true story of a good man...and a bad. Pizarro was born 1478 in Trujillo‚ Spain. Growing up‚ Pizarro was a “swine handler.” Which means he performed tricks with pigs. His parents were never married to each other. His father was a captain of infantry‚ and relatives of his mother raised him growing up. In 1502 Pizarro left Trujillo‚ Spain to live in Hispaniola‚ which is one of the well known bases in the World. “Then‚ in 1509
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Alcatraz Prison Imagine that you are an inmate at Alcatraz. You wake up to hear a whistle around . First you go and eat for fifteen minutes. After you finish eating you have to put your knife on the left side of the tray‚ the fork in the middle‚ and the spoon on the right. The guards force you to clean your sleeping area‚ like the cell bars‚ the toilet bowl‚ make your bed‚ and fold the seat and table against the wall. Secondly when you are done cleaning your cell area then the second morning whistle
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Chapter 25 Primary Sources Louis Napoleon Bonaparte Campaign Statement 1. Louis Napoleon based his claim to rule France on the fact that he is so devoted to France and the Republic. 2. Louis Napoleon wanted to devote himself wholly to the preservation and consolidation of the Republic as president of France‚ but when he becomes the self-proclaimed emperor of France later‚ all his promises are void. His promises are revealed to be pieces of persuasion so he gets elected as president. Abraham
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Bismarck was crucial in the process of unifying Germany‚ but his diplomatic skills and achievements certainly were not a sole contributing factor. As A.J.P. Taylor comments‚ “Bismarck’s greatness lay not in mastering events‚ but in going with events so as to seem to master them.” In other words‚ Bismarck managed to identify favorable circumstances and take advantage of them — there was already some economic unity in the Zollverein‚ a growing German identity and a strong army. His main goals were
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1. Why did the decline of the Ottoman Empire increase tensions among the European powers? The decline of the Ottoman Empire opened new opportunities for the European powers‚ in which the powers took interest into arising opportunities the fall may offer. For instance‚ Russia would be able to expand its influence due to its close proximity with the Ottoman Empire and religious relations with the Greek Orthodox Christians. However‚ this persisting opportunity for Russia led to tensions and fear in
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Berkley. Many of my family members have attended this college‚ and I would like to carry on this tradition. The University of California‚ Berkeley also known as UC Berkeley‚ Berkeley‚ California‚ was built in 1868 in Berkley California east of San Francisco Bay. The university has a total undergraduate of 25‚885‚ and the campus size is 1‚232 acres. Tuition and fees are $11‚767 and out-of-state tuition and fees are $34‚645. University of California Berkeley’s is currently ranked in the 2013 Best Colleges
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Top 10: Book Lessons Breaking Through by Francisco Jimenez 1. Breaking down barriers To break down a barrier‚ means to have an open-mind set to who you talk to‚ look at‚ and judge. In the book‚ Francisco experiences racial barriers that are created in his school. The students at his school easily judge others by their appearances and race. Since Francisco is Mexican‚ he is treated differently than others and faces hard times as he tries to “fit in”. 2. Striving for a better way of life The
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privilege penitentiary to deal with the most incorrigible inmates in Federal prisons. This prison was thought to be inescapable. Frank morris would disprove this in his successful escape. Alcatraz wasn’t always a prison on an island off in the san francisco bay. It was a fort at the start of its legacy. In 1850 a presidential order set aside the island for possible use as a United States military reservation. The California Gold
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memories and lost ghosts. Though no one really knows everything that went on within the concealed walls of the old prison‚ it still manages to trap the interests of millions of people who visit the national park each day on the small island in the San Francisco Bay. Not only has it trapped the interests of those millions of visitors‚ but it has also trapped mine as well. Discovered in 1775 by a Spanish explorer named Juan Miguel de Ayala‚ La Isla de los Alcatraces was nothing more than a small island
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