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    December‚ 2015 In America‚ the 1920’s were a time of great social‚ cultural‚ and political change. Many people no longer lived on farms and were moving to the cities. The wealth of the nation had almost doubled in this decade. The consumer economy was booming and the market was flourishing. It was the time of the “Jazz Age‚” a change in social thinking‚ and women began to see more equality; to name a few. Freedom began to flourish and people had begun to do what they want. The morals and upbringing

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    WOMEN IN PRISON I decided to write my essay on the topic of women in prison. I chose to not only write about the way of life of these women after being convicted‚ but also the very real and serious issue about pregnant convicts. “according to the Women’s Prison Association 5‚000-10‚000 women enter prison already pregnant each year”(Lynch‚ 2007‚ para 4) Correctional facilities are an important venue for providing pregnancy-related care‚ including access to abortion services

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    and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice‚ or representation‚” said by Abigail Adams‚ First Lady and advocate of women’s rights (Abigail Adams Quotes). In the past hundred years‚ women have accomplished more than anyone could imagine - from joining men in the work force to building multi-million dollar fashion industries. In each decade‚ the economy seems be a driving factor in the forward movement of women in politics and in the work force. The fashion of each decade

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    the world have been changed by globalisation. Normally‚ we just know that globalisation makes technologies around the world have changed such as software‚ smartphones‚ or computers. Because in nowadays everybody use very smart technologies in dairy life for example people can communicate with each other by use application on internet even they are not in the same country. Actually‚ globalisation makes almost everything around the world such as economy‚ politics‚ trade‚ fashion‚ etc. have been developed

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    Mobile phones have changed through time starting with the size of the phone‚ then the technological advances‚ and finally the usage of the phone. Even though the purpose of the phone has not changed‚ which is to call people‚ the phone itself has changed in many ways. The first reason on how mobile phones have changed over time is the size of the phone. In 1190‚ Martin Cooper invented the first mobile phone called the Motorola Dynamic 8000X. The phone was about the length of a non-sharpened pencil

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    merican expansionists were interested in taking hawaii in the late 1800s. Because Hawaii was located 2‚ooo miles west from california it was a great place for coaling stations and naval bases for ships going to and from Asia. Americans were not the only ones interested in hawaii. A british explorer named Captain james cook‚ has been to the island in 1778‚ and then hawaii was very well known to other parts of the world. After cook’s

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    "How Cell Phones Have Changed Our Lives" What invention do you use every day? What invention could you not leave your house without? For me‚ it would be a cell phone. Forty years ago if someone would have said that everyone would have a cell phone‚ people would think they were crazy. According to a U.N. Telecom Agency report‚ the world has about six billion cell phones. That’s roughly one for eighty-six of one hundred people. There are several reasons why I believe that the invention that I think

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    During the early 1890’s‚ in the state of Massachusetts‚ there was a steel factory. Over the years a great deal of material changed how the steel factory ran and also how the workers were working. The movement started and affected everything from industrial manufacturing processes to the daily life of the average working citizen. Industrialization is the procedure which a state goes from an agriculture based economy to an economy based in industrial developments‚ such as textile‚ mining‚ iron‚

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    Leonard Duncan 26 April 2011 How The Times Have Changed For Young Adults and Teens For young adults and teens in today’s society finding out who they are is now one of their biggest challenges. The information from these essays “The Thing About Thongs” by Claudia Wallis‚ “What’s Changed?” By Jane Hammerslough‚ “The Man behind Abercrombie & Fitch” By Benoit Denizet-Lewis‚ and “Urban Warfare” By Hillary Chura has given the back bone information. The way that younger generations are finding

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    -In the early and mid 1800s and since the early days of the United States’‚ different ways of life existed in the northern and southern portions of the country. -Each portion desired its principles to be spread to the new US territories. -The Northern United States‚ at the time‚ possessed a diverse economy consisting of agricultural and industrial fields. This region employed workers in these fields. -The Northern United States‚ at the time‚ possessed an economy based solely on a few cash crops

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