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    being, “Crazy Horse: A Life”, a secondary source focusing on a Sioux warrior Crazy Horse and the Plains peoples, and “Indian Trader John Lawson’s Journal of Carolina 1709,” a primary source that describes an English merchant’s encounter with Indians in Carolina. This paper will focus on the effects of Americans on Indian life. “Crazy Horse: A Life” is a secondary source of information that tells the story of Sioux leader Crazy Horse and his tribe. As Whites invade their land for gold Crazy Horse has

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    Crazy Horse Analysis

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    book Journey of Crazy Horse written by Joseph. M. Marshall III, we learn about a man who draws on a Native American oral tradition to carefully unfold the life of Crazy Horse as a storyteller would. The result is a vivid biography that acknowledges the author's boyhood hero. With more than 300 pages, you learn a lot about Crazy Horse in this book. You can learn about Crazy Horse, the man who "reluctantly answered the call to serve". Although the exact date is unknown, Crazy Horse was born in 1840

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    When looking at the controversial argument over the importance of physical monuments and memorials it is important to consider the following, location, size, and the controversy these monuments bring up. The debate over the location, size, and what these statutes represent are all important in considering the long-term effects these monuments and memorials have on the world. The issue over location of monuments is an important one to consider because of the different meanings each statue has to

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    there are huge statues and memorials all around the world? These are, in my opinion, one of the greatest things about this world. What great wonders do these huge towers, statues, and mountain carving sculptures do? They make civilizations realize what they went through and what people changed the world. They are used to make those who are important, known to man. The public is connected through these massive creations. Nations are made stronger with these simple memorials according to Savage in his

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    The writer develops an effective argument that examines the three key factors (location, size, and material) a group or agency should consider in memorializing an event or person and in creating a monument in order to “effectively pay homage to deep sacrifice or honor moments of great achievement.” The sources selected illustrate a critical understanding of each source’s position, allowing the student to convincingly engage the sources to facilitate the student’s own argument.For example, in the

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    As you travel and visit a tourist location such as Washington D.C. , you see monuments such as the Lincoln Memorial or the Washington Memorial. If you ever wonder the purpose of that monument could be or making and placing history as a view for everyone could see. A memorial can consider, though region, material, how large, and the significance of the stone can mean honor achievement for those who sacrificed the wars. First of all, the agency should consider the monument correctly place on what

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    Making Monuments Monumental Over this past winter break my family and I went to Washington DC. I was dragged to countless museums and monuments. But the one monument that really stuck out to me was the Lincoln Memorial. I don’t really know why I was so impressed by it, I’ve never really been super interested in Abraham Lincoln. But seeing him sitting there so grand, looking over our capitol really hit something in me. It inspired me. I walked done those 58 steps with a newfound motivation. That’s

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    Famous monuments like the Abraham Lincoln memorial, Mount Rushmore, or the Statue of liberty had a purpose when first built. Monuments were created to memorialize the person’s achievements and what they have done to help other people. Monuments captured many people’s attention and amazed them by its design. When monuments are built, they contribute to history and can teach later generations of how they contributed to the world. Each monument had a purpose, the design had to be great, and the

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    Monument Dbq

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    of memorial buildings one can find nowadays, that means nothing about how easy or how difficult it is to actually make and care for said buildings and make the ideas come to fruition. Because of this, one should consider a person’s or event’s significance when monumentalizing them, as well as should consider the impact in nature said monument will have once it is built. First, one should take into account the relevance of the subject of a monument when deciding to actually build said memorial, as

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    There have been many people in our past that we should be able to remember and know what they did, monuments have helped us to remember some of the great people in our country. Some of these people include George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Martin Luther King; people that have accomplished as much as they have deserve to be honored and should be given a monument in their name. There are several qualities that must be taken into consideration before a group puts up any sort of monument. Among

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