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- 7311: Immigration
- ... the United States. Fleeing crop failure, a shortage in land, and employment, rising taxes, and famine, many came to the U. S. because it was perceived as the land of economic opportunity. Others came seeking personal freedom or relief from political and religious persecution. With hope for a brighter future, nearly 12 million immigrants arrived in the United States between 1870 and 1900. During the 1870s and 1880s, the vast majority ...
- 7312: Great Depression
- ... savings, while 80% of Americans had no savings at all. Automotive industry mogul Henry Ford is one example of the unequal distribution of wealth between the rich and the middle-class. Henry Ford reported a personal income of $14 million in the same year that the average persons income was $750. By present day standards Mr. Ford would be earning over $345 million a year! This lack of distribution of income ...
- 7313: MAKEUP
- ... something a woman uses because of no self-esteem. However it can become those things if the woman misuses the product. More so, makeup is an aid to enhancing a woman's appearance. Makeup is personal preference-a woman chooses to create the image she wishes to display. She should not be insulted for doing so. Her image of herself is what counts. So the next time you encounter that beautiful ...
- 7314: MS Vs DOJ
- ... meeting the demands of both consumers and developers. To that they have devoted a lot of resources to making sure developers can take advantage of the rich features of the Windows platform when they are writing Java applications. At the same time, Microsofts Java products let developers and consumers write and run cross-platform Java applications if thats what they choose to do. Microsoft is fulfilling its contract with ...
- 7315: Monotheism Vs. Polytheism; The
- ... in God(s), the immortality of the soul, the nature of God(s) to humankind, and the problem of evil. Polytheism is distinguished from monotheism, on the basis of polytheism's claim that divinity, while personal and distinguished from the universe, is many rather than one. Most traditions are polytheistic, or at least monotheistic with helper spirits; but there are a few monotheistic ones which posit a single Great Creator with ...
- 7316: Declaration Of Independence
- ... written to show a new theory of government, reasons why they were separating from England, and a formal declaration of war. It gave the 13 colonies freedom from England's laws. The man responsible for writing the Declaration was Thomas Jefferson. He wrote the Declaration between June 11, 1776 and June 28, 1776. Benjamin Franklin and John Adams looked at what Jefferson had written and made some changes to the Declaration ...
- 7317: Cuban Missle Crisis
- ... back amazing close-up pictures of the missile sites. It also showed that the Soviets were testing the missiles for launch. One of the pilots, William Ecker, commented that, "When you can almost see the writing on the side of the missiles, then you really know what youve got." That evening, Kennedy, backed by the Western Hemisphere, signed the Proclamation of Interdiction. By the end of the day, the US ...
- 7318: Colonial Woman
- ... were performed by women, and most domestic goods and food were prepared and created by women. Women performed these tasks without having any legal acknowledgment. Although women had to endure many hardships, their legal and personal lives were becoming less restricted, although the change was occurring at a snails pace. Life for the colonial woman was a mix of imprisonment and freedom in their marriages, homes, and in the American ...
- 7319: Civil War - The Myth Of The Lost Cause
- ... anecdotes and poems of the now legendary general. Other Confederate heroes received their share of attention from a flood of material supplied by readers commemorating Southern dead and using religion to explain the defeat. Book writing was prolific in the 70s & 80s mainly from veterans but much on the romanticism of the Cause from women. The most prominent of the writer of the period was John Esten Cooke, who was related ...
- 7320: Civil War - Causes
- ... a free state. Another par t of the compromise was the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, which provided for the return of runaway slaves to their masters. But many free states in the Union passed personal liberty laws in an effort to help the slaves escape. Many Northerners set up underground railroads where the runaway slaves could hide and get food and be directed to Canada for freedom. This angered many ...
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