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Sexual Violence Against Native Americans

European colonization in the Americas is what started the centuries of conflict between the immigrating Europeans and the indigenous Native Americans. Diseases were brought from overseas settlers, some possibly intentionally, which wiped out Native American villages. The Natives were murdered, ...

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The Cuban Missile Crisis: Heating Up the Cold War

After World War II, there arose a tense, yet “slightly passive” period of conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union titled the Cold War. This time of military tension, political conflict, and economic competition was slow and under control at first, until things heated up between ...

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Gun Control Controversy

Gun Control Controversy Millions of citizens across the U.S. want to feel safe at all measures. Unfortunaly, we live in a world where different levels of crime continue to soar each year. One of the most debatable issues in terms of violent crimes is gun control. This argument have caused the ...

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Pablo Escobar

“The Legend of Pablo Escobar” One of the greatest outlaws known to mankind, a manipulative individual of power, prestige, and violence, Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was a Colombian drug lord who took his leadership of one of the most influential criminal organizations in history to more ...

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American History X

Will racism ever come to an end or will its path go infinitely? The film American History X highlights the problems of race in present day America through non-organized sketches about one family’s struggles with prejudice in Venice, California. The background of the film is Americas troubled ...

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The Black Panthers

In Oakland California in October 1966 Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton they started the Black Panther for self-defense. The Black Panthers were initially formed to protect local communities from police brutality and racism. This group also ran against medical clinics and provided free food to school ...

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Rasing The Driving Age

By reading this you will know the ins and outs of Basic Combat Training, in basic training you will learn to become a killer and an American soldier while being pushed to your limits physical and mentally. When you first leave for basic you will step off the plane where ever your basic will be. ...

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"A Bed to Kill For"

Ashanti Johnson Miss Guidry English IV (H) November 25, 2011 "A Bed to Kill For" On the night of March 9, 1977, Francine Hughes poured gasoline around the bed where her former husband laid in his own drunken filth. She then lit a match, sending the bed along with her former husband up in ...

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Teaching Through Technology

TEACHING THROUGH TECHNOLOGY Patricia Patterson, Ed.D "It is no harder to build something great than to build something good." Jim Collins, author of Good to Great. This is the mantra at Nob Hill Elementary School. In 2002 the new principal asked the question, if Nob Hill can be an "A" ...

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Hitler: Speech of 1941

My historical review will be on Adolph Hitler's speech from October 6, 1939 in which he addressed the Reichstag, the German capital building. This speech is in response to the German invasion of Poland and thus the initial start of World War two. Many in the world at this time saw the issues that ...

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Violence and Video Games

Violence and Video Games: Are Games Safe for Our Kids? Derek Sorrell English 111 Papia Bawa April 8, 2012 Kassi sits, crouched down behind an abandoned shipping container. Seconds later the ground opens up and wave after wave of mutant beasts chase towards her. She checks to make sure ...

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Although the 1960’s are usually considered the decade of greatest achievement for Black civil rights, the 1940’s and the 1950’s were periods of equally important gains. Assess

Julie Crithary Mr. Sumerau 3/27/12 During the 1960s our nation was going through many important and crucial events. From the Vietnam War to national politics, and even civil rights, our country was changing a lot. In particular, the year 1968 was when our country went through a major turning ...

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God Never Causes Suffering

Yueying Ma Mrs. Sizemore English 11-Period 21 March 2012 God Never Causes Suffering "Surely if God is all good, he would want to prevent suffering, and if he is all-powerful he would be able to stop suffering. So since as suffering exists, how can a good God exist?" Some ask; is there no ...

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Molly Pitcher

MOLLY PITCHER By: Brittany Warren I am a composite person so I have no definite birth or death date recorded in history. In addition, I never roamed the cobblestone paths or the dirt roads of a town that I claimed as my home. I am a "woman" who represents the actions of the heroic women who ...

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Sentencing Minors

Introduction This paper will be exploring how minors, under the age of eighteen, are sentenced to life in jail for crimes in the United States that are committed when they were adolescent, and in some cases, children. There are many variables that affect how a juvenile is being sentenced, such ...

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Victor Reservation Blues

For many years, the effects of dominantly white cultures have been evident. In Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie, and Notes of a Native Speaker by Eric Liu, both authors delve into the issue of white supremacy and its effect on minority groups. In Alexie’s novel, it is clear that many of the ...

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Justice

UNIT 1- LESSON 1 BY SINDA SHAKELL As I was searching the internet for pictures of symbols that represent Justice, I came across the following to the most. The scales have long functioned as a symbol for equality and fairness, found all over the world in diverse cultures. Fairness and equality ...

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Motherhood in Sula

Sam Allison Professor Mankoff English 103.07 16 December 2011 Motherhood in Sula Toni Morrison's Sula revolves around the relationship of her two main characters, Sula and Nel. The childhood friends grow apart with age. Although it is indicated that their friendship is the most important ...

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The Great Wall of China

"The Great Wall OF China" By: Kiara Avila The Great Wall of China was built over 2,000 years ago, by Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China during the Qin (Ch'in) Dynasty (221 B.C - 206 B.C.). The Great Wall of China is one of the greatest wonders of the world. The mystery of the ...

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Power of Persuasion

English Essay Everyone has read some sort of text throughout their life. The authors of these articles use their power of persuasion to portray, their point of view to their readers. Helen Tobler author of “Stack the deck against problem gambling” published in the Weekend Professional and ...

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