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    Music in today’s society have a major impact on the people and our culture. There was a rap group called N.W.A that had a major impact on our society as we know of it today. They used words to help them start a movement in being able to speak about anything. The group made a huge impact on the hip hop world with their controversial

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    through these questions that his interest in electromagnetism developed‚ leading to his eventual discovery of the radio wave (Heinrich Hertz). Heinrich Hertz is the most influential person in American society because his contributions to science and pop culture have played a role in shaping society. In 1879‚ Hertz solved the question posed by The University of Berlin’s philosophy department‚ that is‚ is electricity subject to inertia. For this he was awarded a gold medal and began to gain the recognition

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    How did mythical (or mythopoeic) thought shape the first civilizations? The mythopoeic view shaped both Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations by interpreting the nature of the universe. These thoughts were based on imaginations and feelings that were not supported by concrete evidence. Myths explained the presences of gods‚ which gave rise to religion in Mesopotamian and Egyptian. Religion was a foundation to the first civilizations as they interpreted the will of gods. They analyzed the stars

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    Oppeenhimer Oppenheimer and his work still impact us today. His work impacts us every time we launch bombs‚ or even discuss them. He was the first to invent the atomic bomb and earned himself the nickname of “Father of the atomic bomb”. When the atomic bomb was built‚ Oppenheimer affected the country‚ when he built the first atomic bomb. Oppenheimer is the designer of the first ever atomic bomb. On July 16‚ 1945 it was called the Bomb Trinity. It first was seen in Aramingo‚ New Mexico. It was successful

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    “He breathed upon dead bodies and brought them into life. Nor sequent centuries could hit Orbit and sum of Shakespeare’s wit” (“no sweat Shakespeare”). This quote above was said by Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ a famous essayist inspired by Shakespeare’s works. William Shakespeare was a renowned author‚ poet‚ actor‚ and playwright. He has contributed to many components of life today such as; founding modern English language‚ contributing to literature‚ contributing to modern theater‚ and contributing many

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    could easily and quickly communicate(DOC 9) During in the Industrial Revolution‚ an extreme amount of harmful effects was composed. These affected people in some of the most inhumane ways possible and these effects have a lasting impact on today’s society. At the time‚ one of the most common things that occurred‚ specifically in coal mines and factories‚ was child labor! Children were employed in order to help the family income; starting work as early as they can walk to all the way to being an adult

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    far reaching impacts on the economies of these nations as well. Industrialization had its share of both champions who celebrated these changes and critics who opposed them. While the Industrial Revolution had both positive and negative effects on society and the economy‚ the positive effects outweighed the negative. The Industrial Revolution of the United States and the growth of the factory system directly impacted the rise of urbanization. Urbanization is when people move from rural areas to the

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    Both people have had an effect on society‚ but it could be argued that Lither impact was greater . Firstly‚ Luther played a role in many well-known civil rights movements in the 1950s and 1960s. In the mid 1960s ‚he was the person who’s responsible for ordering the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act for African Americans. Both of these of these decisions helped change American law radically‚ so that African Americans will not be treated separately from whites Americans. Luther U.S. civil

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    called the Holocaust. In it‚ more than 11 million lives were claimed‚ ultimately leading to one of the most devastating war crimes and genocides in the entirety of history. The horrors of the Holocaust and World War 2 in general still greatly impact society today‚ from Neo-Nazi groups around the world to international relations and to modern culture‚ as it changed the course of world history. The Nazi party‚ led by Adolf Hitler‚ ruled Germany 1933 to 1945‚ and made its hatred of certain peoples national

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    I. Chapter 17: The diversity of American colonial societies 1530-1770 18th century Choctow leader red shoes befriended French in Mississippi valley(traded deerskins for guns)became rich but English cut off French shipping so he made an alliance with the English so was murdered by French resulted in 1747 civil war of the Choctow and killed colonist and Chocktows 1.Wars‚epidemics‚and territorial loss but also adapted technology and politics but in the end were dominated 2.political and economic

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