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    The westward expansion was a real event. The westward expansion was about how the natives had their land taken over and how the white men who was ordered by Jefferson. The white men in charge was Lewis and Clark. In addition to the natives having their land taken they were used as slaves. Jefferson had mutual respect for the natives though and said he wouldn’t count them as slaves. Lewis and Clark were the first two of the white men to make peace with the natives. The white men used the natives

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    Shirley Jackson and Ursula Le Guin are two of the most influential authors in their centuries. Shirley Jackson was born in San Francisco, 1916. She grew up in Burlingame, where she began her fiction writings. She moved a lot, but her passion for writing never stopped. One of the most popular short stories were The Lottery, which is still required in some high schools. Also, Ursula Le Guin was born in Berkeley, California in 1929. Her life has described easier than Shirley’s because she didn’t have

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    Bucca Bucca quot sunt hic?* This game has numerous other names, but in NYC – Stuytown – we called it Johnny Ride a Pony, so this is the fuckin’ correct name. To play you needed a bunch of guys – eight or so. Living in Manhattan there was always a lot of kids around to whip together a game or adventure. The way we played the game is one kid stood up with his back against the playgrounds iron fence, and then the next guy would bend down and reach around and grab hold of his waist

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    Queen's Music

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    People can’t be put down when they’re truly happy. That is one big part of the song Don’t stop me now by Queen. Queen’s music represents a great portion of the rock genre. Happiness can block a lot of other emotions. As showcased in his music, Queen along with others in his genre, they sing about the great feeling when your happy. Freddie Mercury is the lead singer for the band Queen, Queen is one of the many bands that sing about happiness. Freddie Mercury was born in Stone Town, Tanzania

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    Andrew Jackson was born in the Waxhaws area on March 15, 1767. He was born into poverty and received very little formal schooling. Jackson’s father had died 3 weeks before he was born and his mother and brother died when the British invaded South Carolina, leaving him with a lifelong hatred for Great Britain. In his teens, he studied law and worked as a prosecuting attorney in Nashville, Tennessee. Soon after, he acquired wealth and was able to construct a mansion and in 1796, Jackson had entered

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    The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 is an Act of Congress that created and set up the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States of America. It created the authority to make Federal Reserve Notes (also known as the U.S Dollar). The act was signed by President Woodrow WIlson. Before the Federal Reserve Act was passed, the U.S tried many different things to create a banking system that worked. The first paper money was made to finance the American Revolution. The money

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    Canadian Citizenship Canadian citizenship means a lot to most Canadians. I feel free when I’m a Canadian citizen. The reason I’m a Canadian citizen is because I was born in Canada. But my parents on the other hand migrated to Canada at least somewhere In the 1990s and became a Canadian citizen. The reason my parents migrated to Canada is because there was a civil war at Somalia. The war happened is because of disappearance the central government. At least 500,000 people were killed since the

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    to change them. This is a point the reader may think Shirley Jackson is trying to make in “The Lottery.”the “Lottery”. The people in the story have forgotten what the lottery is about.To further explain, the people in the village constantly reflect that “‘there’s always been a lLottery” but they don’t remember what it is about, meaning that they are not participating in the lLottery out of principle but out of basic tradition (Jackson, 4). In the same way, when talk of doing away with the lLottery

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    moved on to the next Lobster, killing with the same accuracy, all the while reassuring myself, “No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody”(http://www.military-quotes.com/forum/andrew-jackson-quotes-t23640.html). The fuzz around me started turning scarlet to crimson as the fight continued on. This battle has been going on for days, maybe even weeks now, and I have not allowed myself the time to relax. I have lived by the phrase, “Take

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    The HBO film, “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee,” directed by Yves Simoneau tells the story of young Charles and his journey to adulthood while incorporating the historical background of the Sioux tribe. The movie begins with triumphant win of the Sioux over General Custer at Little Big Horn. Simoneua moves his attention to the main character Ohiyesa as referred to by his indian friends. His story begins when his father asks the tribe leader to take Ohiyesa and send him to school so that he can go

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