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    Marie Arroyo 4/20/15 AMH2020 5th Portfolio 2 Option 1: Men Who Built America Option 2: 1964 1964 was the year the Beatles came to America, Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali, and three civil right workers were murdered in Mississippi. It was also the year that students at Berkeley rose up in protest, African Americans fought back against injustice in Harlem, and Goldwater 's conservationists took over the Republican Party. 1964 was the year America faced choices that would greatly affect

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    behind the scenes war between the people of the United states that is not often mentioned or spoken about. The problems the nation had besides the actual Civil War. The Anti Rent movement and Dorr’s Rebellion An incident sparked huge controversy in the Hudson River Valley , near Albany New York. It was the Anti Rent movement where tenants in New York decided to revolt against their patroon leaders which were landlords performing feudalism. The landlords were making laws and and doing what they pleases

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    southwest America where in periods of anti-immigrant movements, both new settlers and veteran US citizens of Hispanic descent were unfairly blamed for social and economic problems, and were also victims of harassment and, at the worst, deportation. Long-standing bias against Pacific-Americans is also existent. In fact, in 1882 the Chinese exclusion act which barred Chinese laborers from entering the US was legalized. The paranoia of co-workers plus the feeling of non-assimilation of the immigrants

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    Emecheta criticizes European colonialism using three approaches: (1) capitalism's separation of worker and her/his product, (2) capitalism's use of organized religion to reinforce the dominant economic paradigm, and (3) Britain's conscription of Africans into military service for the colonial state during the Second World War. Emecheta reveals the

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    The characters presented in Fritz Lang’s film Metropolis and George Orwell’s novel 1984 are unique in terms of their personalities however share similar values of freedom, purity and honesty. As a result, the comparative representation of characters in these texts has substantially informed my understanding that composers affirm values like individuality, freedom and equality in order to respond to contextual concerns and warn of a future where these values would not exist. Both 1984 and Metropolis

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    many people have been discriminated against because of one thing or another. During the Egyptian empire, Egyptian kings would enslave Jewish people because of their race and beliefs. During the inquisition, the Roman Catholic Church began to purge those who did not follow the Catholic Church. Interestingly, many cultures would enslave their rivals when they would conquer them, for example the Aztec and Mayan empires of Latin America had a practice of enslaving their captives. Just like the other

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    right-wing also called Nationalists and the left-wing or Republican parties. Both parties were made up of different organisations, in the the nationalist party you could find monarchists , land owners , employers the Catholic Church and the army. The left-wing was prinicipally made of workers and socialits. The economics of the country was really bad cause of the Great Depression after the Wall street Crash. The wall street crash had a huge consequence in spain at that time , the military dictatorship

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    Changes During The 1920's

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    Republicans dominated the 1920's political scene. During this time period, many changes occurred in the United States. Both culturally and economically. This period is known as the roaring twenties. Republican Warren G. Harding, an obscure republican from Ohio, won the election of 1920. During this time period, republicans held the position of being against the admittance of the United States into the League of Nations. During his ineffective presidency, he helped streamline the budget,

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    Islam in Italy Essay

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    added during the sixteenth century to honor Roger, who reclaimed Sicily after 200 years of Muslim rule (Holzner).? Hundreds of years later, Muslims are crossing back into Italy?s borders not as conquerors of the past, but as peasants, merchants, and workers who intend to stay in Europe to escape the economic stagnation and overpopulation of their countries of origin.? For many Muslims, Mazara del Vallo is the first stop before venturing north to Italy?s larger cities.? Yet those who do go north are welcomed

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    Presidential elections in modern America are incredibly complex and multi-faceted, and have only grown more intricate as time progresses. First, a candidate must win the nomination of his or her party through a series of state primaries or caucuses. To do this, the candidate must appeal specifically to his or her party demographic, and is more concerned with the inter-party competition than the competition from the other party. Once the nomination is formally awarded to a candidate at the respective

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