That Was Then‚ This is now By S.E. Hinton Journal #1: Chapter 1: That Was Then‚ This is Now is quickly becoming an intriguing novel. In Chapter one‚ we only meet a few characters; Bryon; who is the main protagonist‚ Mark; who is Bryon’s best friend and lives with him and his mother. M&M; who is a friend of theirs‚ Charlie; who is a bartender‚ Curly; who is in a gang‚ and Tim; the leader of the “Shepard Gang.” Bryon is 16 years old‚ and plays the biggest role in the novel. He’s good
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1. Under the rule of Brinksmanship and in the Cold War against the Soviet Union‚ a missile gap could mean that the US would not be able to strike back against the USSR and the US would be weaker in negotiations and crises. This made Americans worried about the missile gap because‚ to them it signaled a weakening of American power and a weakening American population‚ unable to keep up scientifically with the Soviets. 2. The purpose of due process is to make sure that laws do no treat people unfairly
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1620/Spring April 10‚ 2015 Week 4 Discussion Questions 1. Why was corruption so rampant in American politics during this period? Was it worse than today? If so‚ why? American politics were so corrupt during the guilded age. This‚ in part‚ is because of the way people affiliated themselves. During this time period‚ it didn’t matter your candidate said or did‚ you had to be loyal and vote for your party. Also the corruption was so bad because the political machines would partner with the ward bosses
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Reading’s Review What This Cruel War Was Over‚ by Chandra Manning‚ so far has focused mostly on the happenings in the thoughts of the the soldiers‚ both Union and Confederate‚ shortly before the Civil War began. Manning focus on what she believes her evidence points to most strongly for the purpose of the men who joined the military forces in wake of the impending war. For those of the confederate south‚ it all came down to slavery right from the start. Whether it was a law of amendment that
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I knew this is my moment. The day to take the PMR result‚ I was already know that I will not get straight A’s because I already check the PMR exam paper before‚ I can only got 6A’s. So that day‚ I came without expecting any miracle will happen. I came early that day. 9 o’clock in the morning I was up but the PMR results come out at 11 am. At 11 am‚ Datin Aslindawati make an announcement on the stage. She asked everyone come in the hall and line up according to their classes. After that‚ Puan
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The Nazi party and Hitler’s influence between the years 1919-1923 Hitler was the only reason the Nazi party was able to succeed and become the most powerful political party in Germany at the time. He was able to do this with his speeches. He was an incredible speaker‚ able to whip up crowds and control people‚ one of the reasons he was able to manipulate people was because he had the right timing‚ German people were on food rations‚ in economic desperation‚ people were starving‚ jobs were scarce
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Trotsky was appointed commissar of war by the government it was a major turning point in the civil war. Whilst Lenin was working on the land that the Bolsheviks had and trying to ensure that it did not fall into the hands of the whites‚ Trotsky began to eradicate people who were against the Bolsheviks. As a military commander he was able to do with the army what he wanted and despite being untrained‚ his philosophy and organisation meant that he excelled in the role. His philosophy was simple and
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Essay #2 The “Marshall Mathers LP” is the third studio album by rapper Eminem. It was released on May 23‚ 2000‚ by Interscope Records. “The Marshall Mathers LP” was one of Eminem ’s best selling albums and one of the best rap albums of all time. One reason why “The Marshall Mathers LP” was such a great impact to the rap community is because after the great success of his previous album “The Slim Shady LP” no one expected a white rapper to be able to follow up with a better album‚ like Eminem did
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War Research Paper Why is the Vietnam War so significant in American history? How did it really affect America? The Vietnam War was the prolonged struggle between nationalist forces trying to unify Vietnam under a communist government‚ and the United States attempting to prevent the spread of communism. There are many lessons learned throughout this war that America‚ hopefully‚ will never undergo again. There are a series of events that led up to this full-scale war. First‚ the U.S. tried to prevent
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Why was the treaty of Versailles so unpopular in Germany? There are several reasons why the treaty of Versailles was so unpopular in Germany. I will be addressing the following; why Hitler called it a dictated peace‚ the reduction of the German army and the effects that the reparations had on the German people. Hitler called the treaty of Versailles ‘The Dictated Peace’ .The dictated peace meant that Germany had a choice to accept the treaty or be invaded. The Germans had to accept the treaty even
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