The video that I was designated to watch was the 1963 March on Washington‚ which stood for Jobs‚ and Freedom was on. The march was organized to push for comprehensive civil rights‚ including public school desegregation‚ voting rights protections‚ and a federal program to train and place unemployed workers. Civil liberties is the state of being subject only to laws established for the good of the community‚ especially with regard to freedom of action and speech. In addition‚ Civil Rights is the rights
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The Political and Economical Effects of the Burning of Washington‚ D. C. by the British The Burning of Washington by the British in 1814 had a social and economical impact on America. Over forty years after United States had succeeded in gaining independence from the British‚ Britain still sought to enforce their will on American long after the “taxation without representation”. At the turn of the 19th century‚ the United States was seeking to expand within its own border and beyond. As a result
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The richest native americans know as the Northwest Coast Indians are believed to have begun living on the northwest coast of North America over 10‚000 years ago. This area includes what we know as Alaska‚ Washington State‚ Oregon‚ California‚ and British Columbia‚ Canada. This stretch of land has the ocean on one side and the mountians on the other side. Some of the tribes that make up the Northwest Coast Indians are the Bella Coola‚ Haida‚ Nootka‚ and Tlingit. Living along the coast‚ there was
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National Parks It has taken decades and continuous generational work to increase the areas of land that are protected from the drastic changes that humans bring to nature. Because of the labor of past generations‚ great amounts of effort have been forthput to protect regions of forests‚ deserts‚ bodies of water‚ and more. There is a great need to preserve the current National Parks across the nation‚ and continue to create new preservations to maintain the natural beauty of our nation. Dating
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On January 1‚ 1980‚ Juneteenth became an official state holiday in Texas through the efforts of Al Edwards‚ an African American state legislator. The successful passage of this bill marked Juneteenth as the first emancipation celebration granted official state recognition. Edwards has since actively sought to spread the observance of Juneteenth throughout the U.S. Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865‚ it was on
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the elections in the previous years. Ronald Reagan won the electoral college vote by a landslide‚ receiving five hundred twenty five electoral vote. Mondale only received thirteen electoral votes‚ which were from his home state of Minnesota and Washington D.C. Our primary in Pennsylvania was Republican. Reagan won 53.3 percent of Pennsylvania‚ winning twenty five electoral votes. The population vote however was really close‚ Reagan having 58.8 percent while Mondale had 40.6 percent.
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As detailed in the literature‚ there is significance given to the historical experiences of Indian children victimized by the boarding schools. At the same time‚ there is agreement by all scholars that the BIA built the boarding schools on the clear policy agenda of assimilation into the dominant white culture. Deutsch (2006) calls this cultural imperialism‚ which happens when a dominant group foists its “values‚ norms‚ and customs” (p. 45) upon ‘inferior’ groups. Accordingly‚ there is no doubt
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Bill Gates was born on Oct. 28‚ 1955. He grew up in Seattle with his two sisters. Their father‚ William H. Gates II‚ is a Seattle attorney. Their late mother‚ Mary Gates‚ was a schoolteacher‚ University of Washington regent‚ and chairwoman of United Way International. Gates attended public elementary school and the private Lakeside School. There‚ he discovered his interest in software and began programming computers at age 13. In 1973‚ Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman‚ where he lived
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The three branches of the United States government are modeled after three parts of Athenian democracy. Athenian democracy implemented three institutions that ran their government. While Athenian democracy was made up of the Ekklesia‚ the Boule‚ and Dikasteria‚ American democracy is made up of the Executive‚ Legislative‚ and Judicial branch. There is a close resemblance in the Legislative and Judicial branches of American democracy and the Ekklesia‚ the Boule‚ and Dikasteria institutions of Athenian
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Monument Project Many people have made an impact to my life. I have decided to do my monument project on my grandpa. My grandpa passed away a couple years ago‚ I didn’t get to see him very often. He lived in a nursing home because he had problems with his brain and troubles talking‚ memory‚ and paying attention. If I were to build something in memory of my grandpa I would build a place where you could show dogs. There would be a little runway or path that my grandpa and the dog can walk on
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