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- 1061: Native American Art
- Native American Art Well my friend, let me tell you of the distinguishing characteristics of Native American art, so that you might tell one geographic region from another. Art from the arctic region dealt predominantly with the animals that insured the Eskimo peoples survival. Their art was often done on walrus ivory ...
- 1062: Iowa - An American Portrait
- Iowa - An American Portrait The film “Iowa- An American Portrait” was narrated by Tom Brokaw. It described the land, people, education, work, religion, and family life of Iowa. One of the main topics of the film was the general view of Iowa- the Farm ...
- 1063: Native American Masks
- Native American Masks Masks were an important part in many Native American Cultures . They were used in hunting, healing, and other rituals . Masks were commonly carved from wood. Other materials used in the creating of these masks included pigments, clay, bark, fur and hair, tortoise shell, rope ...
- 1064: Animal Farm Compare And Contra
- ... book Animal Farm and it s cartoon adaptation. The three criteria which will be used as a basis of comparison are: characterization, exposition and theme. The book Animal Farm, is an allegory of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the events that followed shortly after. In order for the reader to be able to get a firm grasp on the conditions in Russia before, during and after the revolution, George Orwell took great care in ensuring that the all the characters in the book could easily be identified with their Russian revolution counterpart. While reading the book, one should easily be able tell the parallel personality for each character because of George Orwell s very accurate descriptions of the characters. As a result, a great deal ...
- 1065: The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition
- The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition The author of The Alcoholic Republic began researching this book to find out what prompted so many to attack alcohol consumption in the early nineteenth-century. W.J Rorabaugh found statistics, in his research ... of liquor would help the economy as a whole. But some say that the efforts of the early temperance movement were misdirected. “The cry for abstinence was an attempt to cement the broken fragments of American society…”(216), but there were far greater evils. “In the end efforts failed to achieve the universal abstinence that reformers sought….”(217), because the leaders of the temperance movement would never gain Americans consent. In ...
- 1066: The Transition of Power From President to President
- ... an election to guarantee that the most fit person is selected to run our country. There is usually two to four runners for this grand position but only one is deemed the winner and the American President. So far in our history there have been forty-two presidents of this great country but there are only the latest ten outlined here. The first of these ten specific icons is Harry S ... programs creating the longest period of US expansion since World War II. He crusaded for peoples rights trying to regain America's reputation for the country that fight the hardest for its citizens' rights. Bringing American idealism together with the Alliance for Peace and the Peace Corps he brought the idea to developing nations but the communist regime still held fast in Europe. Along with his crusades for peace, he allowed ... in his motorcade as it wound through Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was the youngest person elected to the presidency and also the youngest to die. Lyndon B. Johnson Johnson believed in a “Great Society” for the American people and their fellow men elsewhere. Born on August 27, 1908, in central Texas and worked his way through Southwest Texas State Teachers College, he taught Mexican kids and those who were in poverty. ...
- 1067: The Differences of Native American Cultures
- The Differences of Native American Cultures The cultures of Native American tribes varied greatly from geographical region to region. The tribes in the Pacific Northwest had plenty of time to be involved in intricate forms of art. Great Plains tribes believed in magic buffalos and were ...
- 1068: Mexico's Drug Trade
- ... materials for foreign exchange. In the form of raw materials, these drugs - which include heroine, cocaine, and marijuana - begin as the poppy, coca, and marijuana plants respectively. These plants grow well, and quickly, in Latin American countries that experience a relatively hot, humid climate year round such as Colombia, Mexico, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Peru. Due to these favorable weather conditions, Latin American farmers can easily harvest these plants three to four times a year and stand to earn a much greater profit than many of the farmers who produce other regional crops such as bananas, coffee, and ... of sanctioned trading activity. Individuals from the United States and other developed countries take the role of those who demand the finished good or service, in this case, cocaine, heroine, and marijuana. Thousands of Latin American farmers assume the supplier role by harvesting and selling the drug producing plants to middlemen. These middlemen, often part of powerful Mexican or Colombian drug cartels, Mafia, or guerrilla groups, then produce the final ...
- 1069: All Men Created Equal
- All Men Created Equal America has undergone incredible hardships as a nation. No issue has had more impact on the development of the American definition of freedom than the issue of slavery. Did the Constitution specify which men were created equal? Surprisingly enough the phrase "all men are created equal with certain inalienable rights" did not mean what it ... hand against the grain of slavery bringing the original ideals of America's founders to a new light. He was a man who felt he was witnessing a slow decay in the foundation of the American principles. His views were not met with unanimous applause from the American people. He battled against an equally strong constituency – the slave owner's and their presidential candidate, Judge Douglas. Abraham's grounds for the abolition of slavery were based on the words that were scripted ...
- 1070: Animal Farm By George Orwell
- Characters, items, and events found in George Orwells book, Animal Farm, can be compared to similar characters, items, and events found in Marxism and the 1917 Russian Revolution. This comparison will be shown by using the symbolism that is in the book with similarities found in the Russian Revolution. Old Major was a prized-boar that belonged to Farmer Jones. The fact that Old Major is himself a boar was to signify that radical change and revolution are, themselves, boring in the eyes of the proletariat (represented by the other barnyard animals), who are more prone to worrying about work and survival in their everyday life. Old Major gave many speeches ...
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