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    Types of Automobile Drivers Paula Alexandra, an American actress, once said, “The cars we drive say a lot about us.” People often choose their automobiles for many different reasons. An affordable car might be the attraction. Many people spend as much money on a car as they might a home because style and statement means much to them. Others might select a car based on the comfort of the ride. This often is the case with more mature drivers. The way we choose to get from one place to the

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    Space is an extraordinary and wondrous place, so why not explore it? The government has stopped funding NASA, because they are paying Russia to send astronauts to the space station for us which they think will be cheaper. There will be no more advancements in space travel or technology. Also, there will be no more exploring space and trying to find other forms of life in the universe. People will lose their jobs because NASA will have to make cuts in order to stay afloat. Funding NASA will provide

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    sent to a POW labor camp, which saved his life.He had been to many labor camps for five years and seven months. If he had stayed at a labor camp called Stalag VIII, he would’ve starved to death like the Russian POWs did. He was forced to work on the Autobahn near Krems, Austria. The Jews were given the most dirtiest and the most dangerous jobs. Their lives were threatened, they were beaten, and they were always hungry. Shep later got a letter from someone in Israel that said he was the brother-in-law

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    Many see Hitler as a symbol of evil, but if he was so evil, how did he get the majority of the German people behind him. After losing the 1932 presidential election, Hitler convinced the man who beat him out, Paul von Hindenburg, to make him the Chancellor of Germany on January 30th, 1933. After a mysterious fire in the German parliament, just three weeks later, Hitler persuaded Hindenburg to declare the Reichstag Fire Decree, which is more or less martial law. Then, after the passing of the Enabling

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    Hitler took out all political opponents or anyone that could appose his authority. Hitler made Germany a better place by fixing the unemployment rate from six million unemployed to 34,000 unemployed. He did this by getting people to build airfields, autobahns and docks and some people were being trained for war. All of these things help create more jobs so people could get some money in to support themselves. Hitler was doing well because how many jobs he was creating for the

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    Roads Dbq

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    There has always been a demand for roads in the United States as roads are essential in the development of a nation. The national interstate highway system was America’s solution for the need of a road system that would stretch from coast to coast. The United States Interstate Highway System is a landmark project and often considered one of the greatest public works projects in American history by making travel by automobile faster, cheaper, safer and more convenient. New roads have been a necessity

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    Modern Art Of Art

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    The goal of this paper is to explain how modern artistic expression has been influenced by previous art epochs from history. The connection this influence plays on our modern world may help with understanding the artists message, both past and present. Whether the message was designed to elicit an emotion, excite the senses or just make you ponder the meaning of life, the artist is communicating a message. On the first night of instruction there was some lively discussion on what is or isn’t art

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    The Berlin Blockade The Soviet Union encountered Allied Forces when they attempted to take all of Berlin after World War II. Germans exchanged their previous freedoms for communism, as they were forced to live under the iron fist of the Soviet Union. The Berlin Blockade started on June 24, 1948 ("Berlin Blockade"). The blockade was built to block Allies access to the Soviet Union so they could not attack. The wall stretched from eastern berlin to western 100 miles across. Berlin was in the Soviet

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    during this period. The Cold War was a war that consisted of hostility and threats among several countries. This war went on from 1948-1991, affecting citizens all over the world. On June 15th, 1948, Soviet authorities stated that the Autobahn highway would be closed indefinitely for repairs. They then proceeded to put up a blockade, thus trapping people in the city of Berlin. The Americans, French, and British were trapped on the west side of the city. After being encased in the city

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    Nazism was an ideology that became Germany’s nationalism. This ideology and nationalism was focused on making Germany a great nation once again. The main focus of this ideology was based in the cleansing of the Aryan race. When Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany in 1933 laws were put into place that set up the process of eliminating those who did not belong. This was known as the Nazi Foreign Policy. That same year Hitler took Germany out of the Treaty of Versailles. The main people group

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