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    Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a suffragist, an abolitionist, an activist, and a leader in the women’s rights movement (Biography 2). During the Civil War, Elizabeth strived to end slavery, but after the war, she concentrated on women’s rights, especially the women’s right to vote. She was an excellent writer, and she used this skill to write the “Declaration of Sentiments,” which proposed giving women the right to vote (Elizabeth 2). “Stanton was the president of the National Woman Suffrage Association

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    The idea of capitalism and how it functions is based on one sole principle that without it would crumble, this is the idea of commodification. This commodification is the idea that everything can be bought and sold. The theory behind commodification is sound in practice but it controls and traps everyone into an unending cycle of buying and selling. This theory presents problems that are displayed by Bruce Springsteen in his song “The River”. This song is based in the late 1970’s during an economic

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    Horace Murray LITR 227 Professor Brown August Wilson plays always have at least a small orientation to religious or spiritual significance in the theme of the play. “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” is one of his plays that use religious theories and imagery to exemplify the struggles of post-slavery Africans in America. The author illustrates how the characters in this play must resolve their religious beliefs to overcome a hindrance. From the introduction of “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” the idea

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    The most successful men in the Industrial Revolution believed that they became successful because of their partnerships and agreements. This statement is true because in order to be successful you need to make agreements and partnerships with other people. However, sometimes people make the wrong decisions. One successful businessman in the Industrial Revolution was Andrew Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie made a partnership with Henry Frick, so Frick could intimidate people. However, this wasn’t the

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    worked for the International Red Cross during the Franco-Purssion war. In 1881, the American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton also known as the first president of the American Red Cross. When the American Red Cross started it first helped the Johnstown, Pennsylvania flood, and the hurricanes in the Sea Islands in 1893. The American Red Cross was such a help back then, and it still is today. On April 12,1912 Clara Barton died in her home at Glen Echo, Maryland. Clara was an Intelligent,brave

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    goals, Clara retired when she was in her 80’s. She died in Washington, D.C. in an old house. The building had been used for keeping Red Cross equipment and then as her office. It was made with material saved from aid centers built after the flood in Johnstown. In that house on the Potomac River, Barton lived her remaining days. Unfortunately she died after a life of service to others in April, 1912, at age

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         Alan Freed      Alan Freed was born December 16, 1922 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He was considered the most the most famous Disc Jockey(DJ) in rock 'n roll history, however, controversy encircled the man and he recieved lots of criticism especially from white adults during his career. I think that Alan Freed greatly helped shape the sound of music today and further advanced the progression of rock music. He is the person who coined the

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    Biographical Essay In 1850, a suffrage leader stated, “The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flows into our soul” (Stanton). Equality between men and women was not present in the 1800’s. On June 1848, women’s suffrage was being noticed and the Seneca Falls Convention occurred. Elizabeth Cady Stanton alongside with Lucretia Mott started

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    more probable grow up imagining that the world is an unnerving spot and that something awful will transpire (2008). Imitative conduct is another significant impact of seeing viciousness in the media. As indicated by Weldon, two high schoolers from Johnstown, Colorado, executed a 7 year old young lady by pounding the life out of her. The teenagers guaranteed that they were emulating moves from a feature amusement called "Mortal Combat." This is a case which demonstrates that viciousness in the feature

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    Nikita Shah Geo 201 – Homework 1 Physiographic Provinces of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania consists of 6 Physiographic Provinces, namely, (1) The Atlantic Coastal Plain Province, (2) The Appalachian Plateau Province, (3) The Ridge and Valley Province, (4) The Piedmont Province, (5) The New England Province and (6) The Central Lowlands Province. Each province has its own geology and particular type of landscape which plays a very important role in the lives of the people living in these regions. For this

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