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    Jesse, By Robert Ford

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    Robert Ford shot Jesse in the back of the head while he was turned around to fix a picture on the wall. Robert Ford was one of the members in the gang. Jesse lived to be a bank robber best known as the leading member of the James-Younger gang of outlaws. He and his brother Frank served in the Confederate Army. They were both 16 when they became Confederate guerrilla soldiers. Jesse James was married to Zerelda Mimms which was also his first cousin and they had two kids. Zerelda was his longtime sweetheart

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    The Progressive Era

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    things didn’t occur many things such as working conditions would still be the biggest problem. There were laws passed to improve working conditions but didn’t really do anything Working conditions: The laws that were passed were to include efforts to outlaw the sale of alcohol; regulate child labor. How was working conditions in the Progressive Era? Many companies in the Progressive Era didn’t have better working conditions other places had little to no safety in the building of their workplace an example

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    town overrun by outlaws and cowboys, which he eventually chases out of town or kills. Another element of westerns is a

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    Jesse James was an outlaw that was well-known for his outrageous raids and robberies in the 19th century. His crimes mostly took place in Missouri so it impacted them the most. His notorious acts had made people fearful of what he would do next so they did not invest in Missouri. Jesse James gruesome acts impacted Missouri by suppressing economic growth. The American outlaw who was known as a Robin Hood was far from it and truly impacted the lives of many. Jesse James was born in September 5 of

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    There are some important things that I would like to bring to your attention after doing some extensive research. According to webmd.com, did you know that out of the entire population, 20.9% of them smoke? Out of that 20.9%, 15.5% die of smoke related diseases! Not to mention the people affected by second hand smoke. According to cancer.org, more than 41,000 Americans die from secondhand smoke exposure every year. According to the class survey, none of you smoke, which is a good thing! But most

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    Nonsmokers Body

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    For years cigarettes have been known to cause cancer, emphysema, and other horrible illnesses. The deaths of over 420,000 Americans this year will be attributable to cigarettes. With some of the other causes of preventable deaths such as, alcohol, illegal drugs, AIDS, suicide, transportation accidents, fires, and guns, cigarettes still account for more preventable deaths than those do combined, as stated by Lonnie Bristow M.D. of the American Medical Association at her speech to Indiana University

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    Analyzing Satire and Parody in Blazing Saddles "No one is born a racist bigot. In other words, racial bigotry or racial prejudice is not genetically or biologically determined... Therefore, if most people spoke out about racism, it would be the first step towards a revolutionary change." -Dr. Charles Quist-Adade Mel Brooks’ Blazing Saddles, sheds light to the cultural problems of the Western era through satire with elements of parody within. John Vogel describes Blazing Saddles as “The Ultimate

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    Traditional Country Music

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    wanted to put on a concert where people would want to come back again. As most things in life country music changes over time. When country started to get a new little twang called outlaw country, people began to engage in the festivities differently. Willie along with Waylon Jennings, “were at the forefront of this “outlaw” movement…” (“Country Music” 3). They became know as the rebels of country music. This music changed concerts in many ways. It made people want to get up and dance. Many people would

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    Analyse the representation of a race, class, gender (or other roles in society) in two feature films or television dramas you have studied. In the movies The Searchers by John Ford in 1956 and Cowboys and Alien by Jon Favreau in 2011 there is a large variation of how race and gender are represented in the movie. Even though these movies are 50 years apart there is are obvious links and differences in how race and gender are portrayed in these two movies. Race in The Searchers is portrayed by marginalising

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    The motherhood penalty: A review of literature For over 150 years, women have been fighting back against patriarchy for the rights to our own bodies, careers and lives in general. The women’s movement has a accomplished great strides for humankind; however, women remain bound and suffocated by constructions patriarchy in both the private and public spheres. For many women, private and public spheres intersect and create a tension constructed by society that suggests that women must choose between

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