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    Expansionism is a policy of promoting economic growth. The main concern arises when expanding territory does not prove to be beneficial to all races, as its “growth” in territory may simply be destruction for others. The expansionism and encroachment forced by capitalists can ultimately be categorized as oppression and white superiority, as it resulted in the deterioration of culture, natural rights, and mental stability for the Native Americans. The interests of the white capitalists to acquire

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    Script Analysis: “The Great Gatsby” Act 1: Scene 1: EXT. SANITARIUM - WINTER - DAY It shows the location of the story and the houses. Scene 2: INT. SANITARIUM - DOCTOR’S OFFICE - WINTER - DAY NICK describes GATSBY to the DOCTOR as the most hopeful person he ever met. Scene 2: EXT. NEW YORK CITY - DAY New York is busy with rising stocks and large mansion parties. Scene 3: INT. WALL STREET - DAY NICK is seen as an ambitious worker. Scene 4: EXT. LONG ISLAND - WEST EGG - DAY Small home in the

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    Many colonists came to America in order to escape the constraints of the Church of England, but continued to establish colonies that were built on Biblical principles. Due in part to the strictness and intolerance of the Puritan religion and differing beliefs among other religions, church membership began to dwindle and many people in later generations were either excluded from or decided against, joining the church. The Great Awakening and Second Great Awakening, as described by Butler, Wacker

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    Mrs. Trollope depicts her seemingly pleasurable exploration in America with caricature which grounded on the constantly comparison between the American domestic life with her own experience in Europe with pretension. I have to say that to some extent, this is good travel narrative full of exaggerated anecdotes rather than real description of Domestic manners of the Americans as the reader expected. Mrs. Trollope amused herself largely by sneering at the system of new nation America and its people

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    decided to change careers in 1885, traveled to New York to become a writer, while there he was told to “find a definite field and explore it for literacy materials.” (McNeal, 59) Deciding to return to Kentucky, Allen began publishing his works in magazines in 1886, his work primarily focusing on Kentucky as two distinct regions, the civilized Bluegrass Region and the rough Cumberland Mountains. In James Lane Allen’s Through Cumberland Gap on Horseback, the mention is made to the beauty of the land

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    eighteen years of age, Texas “requires that one of your parents give permission for your abortion, and separately that one parent be told of your decision 48 hours before the abortion takes place. A judge from your county (or a neighboring county, if fewer than 10,000 people live in your county) can excuse you from both of these requirements.” This law has been shaped by both influencers. Republicans by how it is more restrictive than other states due to Texas being a republican state and republicans

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    I Am Nkem Book Report

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    I am Nkem. I am fourteen years old. I come from Oyo, one of four states inland near the gulf of Guinea. Oyo is the most successful of all four kingdoms because of its thriving forests and because we didn’t have the tsetse fly or any other diseases so we were able to breed horses. We had many farmlands with slave labor and we had many slaves which were traded to the Europeans for guns, clothes, and metal goods. I lived with my mother, father, and my younger brother. This is the story of how I got

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    ​Cassius Clay Jr. was born on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky. He was raised in the segregated south of Kentucky by two middle class parents. Clay began his journey as a boxer when he was 12 and somebody stole his bike. In 1962, Clay joined the nation of Islam and changed his name into an Arabian name of Muhammad Ali. In 1966, Ali took a stand against the government by resisting the draft to the Vietnam War because of his religious beliefs, Islam, which strictly prohibits the slaughtering

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    Delaware Research Paper

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    In the 1700s it is unknown to who has found, what is now the United States of America. Overall, the search to define who found the United States is still ongoing I presume. This research is not on the circumscribe of the United States, but of Delaware the first state. The year 1787 on December 7, Delaware was revealed the first actual state of the union. Dover is the state capital, but there are two capital buildings known. The first was the State House in Dover it settled in the years1787 through

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    There were 10 questions that were asked of the participants and the survey was available for participants to complete over a three week period of time. Three of the questions were related to demographics such as if they were from Kentucky or outside of the state of Kentucky. The participants also provided their GPA when they graduated, and the length of time that it took them to complete their degrees. An email was sent to 146 participants stating the purpose of the survey. Students

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