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    During the 1870s to 1930, California agriculture had become a most diverse region of the United States. Its wheat, meat, and crop farming, such as grapes, walnuts, almonds, tomatoes, potatoes, watermelons, plums, etc., became the California’s major export industry, as well as nation’s leading producer. According to The Elusive Eden by Richard B. Rice, William A. Bullough, and Richard J. Orsi, the number of farm in 1925 had grown to more than 136,400 farms, worth than $708 million. Besides the enormous

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    Rosy Acosta Mr. Gehring 2nd Period AM History II Honors Unlocking Indiscreet Darkness: The AIDS Epidemic in the U.S HIV originated in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo around 1920, when HIV crossed species from chimpanzees to humans. HIV stands for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, if you are infected with HIV, your body will try to fight the infection with special molecules called “antibodies.” Being HIV-positive is not the same as having AIDS, stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency

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    seizures or epilepsy. Medical Marijuana was legalized in 1996. People have used this plant for many different medical reasons, how and why do people use it? What are cannabinoids? Why should we legalize it? How do people use medical marijuana and why? There are many ways of using medical marijuana. Some people smoke it, some people take pills, and some even vaporize it. “Since 1992, Donald

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    blond hair. Maya and her brother, Bailey, were dropped off in Stamps by their parents to live with their grandmother, Momma. Momma is the lady one would pictures when they think of an old, black, southern,Christian mother. Momma was one of the richest people in the black community because she owned the local convenience store, and she was respected by all because she was stern and fair at the same time. The only person Maya loved above Momma was Bailey, who she would consider her closest comrade and partner

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    Choi 3 Danny Choi GOVT 2305-76427 Prof. Sharifian July 13, 17 Birthright citizenship Birth tourism is when people who are originally from other countries travel to different country and give birth. When the babies are born, they automatically become citizens of that country and this has become the one of the social issues in the United States. In San Francisco of California, the Chinese population is about 200,000 and that’s 20% of total Chinese population in the nation. Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan

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    Djing Persuasive Essay

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    event is successful and enjoyable. The aspect will make it memorable in the minds of all the people in attendance. In the modern society, many DJs have created an impressive reputation. Therefore, clubs, private companies, celebrities, media personalities, and other people invite them in their occasions regularly. Once you hire a renowned DJ to play music in your event, it will attract thousands of people from Las Vegas and the surrounding regions. For instance, if you hire a famous nightclub DJ for

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    Maya Angelou: From Beginning to End From forming friendships with some of the world’s most influential people to becoming influential in her own right. Maya Angelou shared her life through music, the spoken word, and her writing. Using her hard and prosperous life experiences to promote self-examination, equality, and friendship ‘til her death. Though her stories still inspire though who read them. Her childhood, young adulthood, and her adult career life and beliefs all shaped her voice. Maya

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    Julia Morgan Equality

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    and treated equally as men are. They have had many opportunities that were taken away from them because of the simple fact that they were women. Women didn’t have the opportunities and the rights that could’ve given to them. By noticing this problem, people have been standing up for what people knew what was right. It’s a basic human right to be equal to other people without hesitation. With artists around, do people think women can be artists too? Can they be equal as men? With so much history of

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    history of San Diego by not only bringing in money, people, and importance into it, but also using San Diego's heritage, and building upon it. It became the Naval Training Center in 1944, and filled 435 acres in 1955. However, just 40 odd years later, the city of San Diego began leasing a number of the buildings. Eventually it closed in 1997. (Globalsecurity.org) The desire that San Diego had for a naval base came from as far back as 1893, as stated by Justin Ruhge. This gave San Diego a deep

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    until today, the California water crisis has been an issue that is yet to be resolved. As one of the largest states with a population of over thirty million (Class Discussion); water consumption is in high demand. "From the very beginning, California was a state with tremendous agricultural potential"(Chan, S., and Olin, S. Pg 136). A similarity from both the California of the early 1800 's and today is that water is an expensive and important resource being sourced primarily from the Sierra Nevada

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