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    What defines a writer’s work? Each writer has their own way of getting their message out to their audience. Authors use elements of writing to make their work their own; from their intended audience to their role in the exposé. More specifically‚ the style‚ tone‚ audience‚ persona‚ and occasion of a composition are the elements that define an author’s writing and help get their message across to their readers. In the articles “Keep the Confederate Flag Flying” and “Take Down the Confederate Flag

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    According to Bustle‚ article written by Madhuri Sathish‚ “A 2016 report from the South Poverty Law Center identified 718 Confederate monuments and statues scattered across the country‚ but today there are possibly up to 1‚000‚ according to USA Today‚ at least 60 Confederate symbols have been removed today”‚ but that’s not even counting the recent removals we’ve had. Today we live in a world that has multiple perspectives on how things have turned out and why. One of the most debatable topics are

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    There has always been issues that have divided people among a nation‚ but nothing that has been as destructive as the issue of slavery. The practice of slavery not only divided many families but divided a nation and started a war amongst them. The ability of not being able to compromise or to end the practice cause a division of a nation that would go down in history. As every issue has two sides‚ here are the strong views that would lead the United States to war. The abolitionists were very demanding

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    Rachel Carson was born on May 27‚ 1907 in Springdale‚ Pennsylvania. She grew up with abig appreciation for nature because her mom liked nature. She got a degree in Biology fromPennsylvania College for Women and a degree in Zoology from Johns Hopkins University. Sheworked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. She was known as a very good nature writer andwrote a lot of books about the living world and the ocean. She died in 1964 after a long fightwith breast cancer.In 1947‚ Time Magazine said that

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    South Carolina view the United states not as a unified nation. I think if they saw the United States as a unified nation‚ they would not have thought of seceding in the first place. They were scared of what the federal government was going to do to slavery‚ especially after Lincoln became president. After they left and other southern states began to follow‚ they declared themselves as the confederacy. South Carolina tore apart what was once a unified nation into two separate ones. 4. The secession

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    There were many events‚ people‚ and opinions that caused the U.S. Civil War in 1861. But the three biggest causes were states rights versus federal rights‚ the abolition movement‚ and the controversy of allowing slavery in the territories. Although these may appear to be vague‚ it was the events inside that made the difference. The South had a vested interest in not allowing the federal government to interfere with their state rights. The South claimed the federal government is prohibited by the

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    The American Civil War (1861–1865)‚ also known as the War Between the States (among other names)‚ was a civil war in the United States of America. There are many reasons for causing this war but the 2 most of those were‚ Sectionalism refers to the different economies‚ social structure‚ customs and political values of the North and South. It increased steadily between 1800 and 1860 as the North‚ which phased slavery out of existence‚ industrialized‚ urbanized and built prosperous farms‚ while the

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    Franklin McKenzie 50 Word Essays The United States was becoming heavily divided and a Civil War became inevitable due to many factors: there were many differences between the North and South including different intents for expansion‚ views on Acts and Compromises‚ and many disputes between the two active political parties in government. 49 Chapter 23 Post Civil War efforts included expansion for America despite being a broken nation; the reconstruction ended in the South and settled a presidential

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    In the years leading up to the Civil War‚ the United States began to undergo significant changes‚ changes that would eventually lead to the secession of southern states‚ creation of the confederacy and the beginning of the Civil War. During these years‚ the nation was in the midst of a transformation from an underdeveloped nation of farmers and frontiersmen into an urbanized economic powerhouse. As the industrialized North and the agricultural South grew apart‚ acute differences in political‚ economic

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    Difference of climate and location‚ industrialization‚ and lack of concrete government decisions‚ led the North and South to become two completely different societies with completely different values and ideas‚ the most controversial topic being slavery. Because of the rising concern of these factors‚ the two regions differences amplified during the 1800’s. Although the two were so different from each other‚ they relied on one another in order to maintain their separate ways of life. The South

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