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Plot Overview of Gone With The WindIt is the spring of 1861. Scarlett O’Hara, a pretty Southern belle, lives on Tara, a large plantation in Georgia. She concerns herself only with her numerous suitors and her desire to marry Ashley Wilkes. One day she hears that Ashley is engaged to Melanie Hamilton, his frail, plain cousin from ...
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Slavery In SudanSummary about the article
8,000 people are believed to be living in slavery in Sudan. Arab militias rode in to the villages on horses firing their guns and did everything in their power to get want they needed. Akeech Arol Dens is one of the victims. He has not seen his wife and son since they ...
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LoveLove
Love is a strong four letter word with many definitions. Many people believe that love has to do with just feelings. To me love is not just a feeling, but it is the way that you treat the ones you care for. Love in my eyes, is making that sacrifice for someone, knowing that you might ...
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Totalitarianism in 1984Orwell’s primary goal in 1984 is to demonstrate the terrifying possibilities of totalitarianism. The reader experiences the nightmarish world that Orwell envisions through the eyes of the protagonist, Winston. His personal tendency to resist the stifling of his individuality, and his intellectual ...
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Pony ExpressBefore 1860 it was virtually impossible to get a letter or other form of correspondence from St. Joseph Missouri to Sacramento California in less than 20 days. 20 days seemed entirely too long for the west coast merchants and bankers to wait for documents from the east. So three men, William ...
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Alexander The GreatAlexander the Great was one of the greatest conquers in all of the history of Rome. His genius and ability to think in hard situations helped greatly to the country of Macedonia, which he ruled. Most of his life he lived as a fighter and warrior. Alexander was a smart, brilliant man who used his ...
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Sexual Violence Against Native AmericansEuropean 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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TwilightTwilight begins with an unnamed narrator (whom we later find out is Bella) giving a brief account about how she is about to die at the hands of a hunter. She is dying in the place of someone she loves, and the narrator does not regret any of the choices that brought her to this point. The past few ...
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Canada’s Role in the Battle of SommeAll four divisions of the Canadian Corps fought during the Battle of Somme. They were on the left flank of General Henry Rawlinson’s British fourth army. They had been asked to capture the town of Courcelette, France. Courcelette had been a strategic stronghold for the German’s. On September 15 ...
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Egyptian, Mycenaean, and Greek Centers of WorshipEgyptian, Mycenaean, and Greek Centers of Worship
As we explore the architecture from the Egyptian, Mycenaean, and Greek culture we will discover how each culture had strong religious beliefs that influenced their architecture. Each culture used materials that were easily accessible to them. ...
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Malcolm XThe crowds surrounding Malcolm made him a big part in the media. He was shown in a week-long television special with Mike Wallace in 1959, it was produced by a company called The Hate that Hate produced it showed the importance of the Nation of Islam and Malcolm's rise as one of its most important ...
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Matthew BradyMatthew Brady was a famous photographer throughout the 1800s. He was born May 18th, 1822 to immigrant parents in New York. He is known as the father of photo journalism, and was the first person to photographically document the Civil War. Matthew went at his new work with enthusiasm. He was young, ...
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A Pair of Tickets: Identity and Self-AwarenessIn the short story "A Pair of Tickets," author Amy Tan explores the details of an issue that most people never completely grasp: that of identity and self-awareness. Presented as a story about a young Chinese-American student's first journey to China for the purpose of meeting her half-sisters for ...
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Vietnam Protest MovementWhen the Vietnam War started only a small percentage of the American population opposed the war. Those who initially objected to the involvement in Vietnam fell into three broad categories: people with left-wing political opinions who wanted an NLF victory; pacifists who opposed all wars; and ...
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World GeographySince the beginning of humankind, the study of geography has captured the imagination of the people. In ancient times, geography books extolled tales of distant lands and dreamed of treasures. The ancient Greeks created the word "geography" from the roots "ge" for earth and "grapho" for "to ...
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Prometheus and Hesiod as godsMany Greek mythological gods or goddesses have interactions with humans and affect their daily lives. Demeter, the goddess of grains, controlled the seasons for humans. An important titan, Prometheus, helped mankind forever by giving fire to humans. Both Demeter and Prometheus sacrificed their ...
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Killer AngelsThe Battle of Gettysburg was one of the most important battles in the Civil War. By the middle of 1863 the South was in hopeless straits lacking needed food and supplies. Not to mention a large northward drive was turned back at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in ...
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Killer AngelsIs it war that brings out the worst in men, or is it the worst of men that brings on war? It is unfortunate the outcome of war, but the incentive and the spark that lights that fire may be for the better. Rights for all men, regardless of race was the subject of this war fought from 1861-1865. ...
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Boston MassacreWhat really happened at the Boston massacre
Thomas Zygmunt
Frederick Community College
American History
February 24 2011
During the later years of the colonists being under British control and taxes, many different incidences of aggression took place between the colonists and the ...
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