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    the Jews from being part of the German government. These policies came after the Enabling Act in March 1933‚ and went into effect immediately. The policies that were enforced were boycotting Jewish own businesses and eliminate all non-Aryans from governmental jobs‚ like teaching‚ medical‚ and legal positions. On April 1‚ the Germans had boycotted the businesses‚ but it persisted for only a couple of days due to the hostility (Spievogel‚ 273). These policies led to more anti-Jewish laws like the Nuremberg

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    Penalty ARBITRARY FREIGHT FOR MOTOR VEHICLES Note: When the bill of lading does not indicate the actual freight or in case of local purchase scheme‚ the following arbitrary freight may be used: 1. Motor Vehicles‚ Car a. From Germany and other Euro countries US$920.00 b. From Japan and other ASEAN countries 600.00 c. From United States of America

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    Louis Armstrong’s performance of “(What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue”‚ along with many of his other works‚ helped establish the “bluesy” feeling as part of Jazz’s harmonic foundation. In observing Armstrong’s performances‚ the meaning of his lyrics and the emotion behind the words are what helped makes jazz music so unique. Some of the lyrics that he sings‚ such as “I’m white… inside… but‚ that don’t help my case…” helped give Jazz expressivity as well as shows how Jazz could be very blue. Louis’

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    Rights Movement before it existed. Jazz music brought together Black and white musicians alike‚ as well as‚ promoters‚ and performers. Many of these jazz musicians advanced the civil rights movement by their compositions and influences to decimate racial barriers and inequalities. Louis Armstrong recorded‚ “What Did I Do to Be So Black and Blue" in 1929‚ and Benny Goodman bought arrangements from Fletcher Henderson and integrated black musicians into an all-white jazz band when it was illegal in many

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    Did They Succeed? Alcatraz is the biggest and most atrocious prison that America has ever known. It housed the worst of the worst. It was built to punish rather than rehabilitate. Alcatraz both mentally and physically broke down people like Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly. Many have attempted to escape The Rock‚ but none has succeeded. Three people are believed to have escaped. Many believe that Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers successfully escaped and survived. Frank Morris‚ The Anglin

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    the powers between the Federal‚State and Local governments in a very specific way. Which we now call Federalism‚but before this we had the Articles of Confederation.The reason we did not keep the Articles of Confederation was because it was to weak and gave too much power to the states. But it did set up a foundation which helped bring us the division of powers between Federal‚local and state governments. Federalism breaks down what National ‚ State and local governments can and cannot do. Like the

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    a thread of a racial solidarity and racial empowerment during the enslavement of blacks‚ but this sense of unity and determination to connect to Africa is even seen in periods following slavery. While the 1865 Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution had finally and officially abolished slavery in the United States‚ America was still a nation convinced of white supremacy and black inferiority. Blacks were marginalized‚ and their new lives were in fact very similar to the conditions

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    we already comprehend that there is a possibility complex organisms evolved from unicellular organisms during the Archean Eon‚ there is no explanation to how unicellular life came about. There are many theories to explain the origin of life‚ one of which stated that life came from deep-sea hydrothermal vents which provided chemical compounds to generate energy via chemosynthesis. Another theory claimed that life came from electric sparks based on the Miller-Urey experiment. This experiment stimulated

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    Where and how did life come from? It’s very important actually to know where life started. We all have different beliefs‚ different opinions and different thinking on interpreting the information or facts that we get. For so many years‚ why is it still a question to us? Who can give confirmation to the truth behind all of these? Until now‚ none of the theories are approved and can be claimed as the origin of life. Up to this point‚ creationists and scientists are still debating whether life was created

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    The development of the colonies made the minds of many wonder about what could it bring wealth‚ fame‚ or a good life? The English‚ French‚ and Spanish were willing to venture for that. The English were the first of them to make that venture. The English colonies developed differently because they were allowed more freedom but on the other hand France and Spain had to abide by their ruler. Freedom allowed English men to do much more‚ including set up a government and a diverse

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