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    individuals with their own rights. Women faced many challenges throughout history with not being able to participate in politics nor receiving equality especially their voting rights. Although there wasn’t a federal amendment for women’s voting, many states did implement the rights to vote for women. In the 1870s, a few people pioneered for women’s rights to enter politics in California, demanding women’s suffrage. They based their demand on a fundamental principle: fathers and husbands should not vote

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    As Lambert points out, the seeds of the conflict between religion and politics that have blossomed in American society over the past fifty years were planted in 1776. All but one of the country’s leaders has been Christian, and it has been a unwritten ruling that the country is ran through the eyes of God. Because of their

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    United States are from these two parties. In history, we know that California was the 31st state of the United States and was admitted official on September 9, 1850. California is the most populated states in the United States which is located at the West Coast of the United States. Due to this, the politic in California has a big effect to the country. As we all know, California has the highest amount of electoral voters. As California is a huge state, there is a need to understand the state political

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    influenced his writing and set the stage for his socialist beliefs. Sinclair had a passion for education, was a prolific American novelist and a champion for socialism, health, worker rights, and many other social causes, and he made an impact in politics. Sinclair loved learning from

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    South-Western United States and specifically California that aiming to one big issue is really restrictive. For this paper water structures and infrastructure were selected as a focus point, however it must be stated that it there’s interconnection among other issues such as environment, politics, history and more. Studying the past it is easy to see how water availability made population explode in an area such as Southern California, where savvy marketing and great politics made it happen. Particularly, for

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    and policies as those on each side? A politician’s position on the political spectrum is determined by his or her beliefs and policies on several issues, including the government’s involvement in both social policies and the economy. In European politics, the political spectrum is rather a multi-dimensional space where positions vary based on the state’s or government’s involvement; an ideology ranges from authoritarian to individualistic and has

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    role in Manifest Destiny. For example, in California during the mid 1800’s, the gold rush came around. Once James Marshall saw a shiny piece of gold in the water, it would be the start of something that would mark a time that would stay in history forever. The gold rush brought thousands of men and women to the west, where they all thought they could strike rich going to California. Everyone who came to California spent all of their money to come to California, and the ones who did not have money, starved

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    Pubols’s well-written and carefully documented study of the de la Guerra family of Santa Bárbara, California, clearly demonstrate why she chose to title her book The Father of All. Spanish-born military officer José de la Guerra is the central figure in this history, and members of his large family play important supporting roles. He arrived in Alta California in 1801 and quickly established California roots with his marriage to María Antonia Carrillo y Lugo, daughter of his commanding officer. The

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    The Progressive Era was a political movement aimed towards eliminating the influence and corruption of corporations in politics, and making the California government more of a democracy. This took place at the beginning of the 20th century and started in the local government of big cities such as San Francisco and Los Angeles. At this time corporations held monopolies and these corporations, due to their size and power, were able to control much of the economic policy of the time. James Madison,

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    explode in an area such as Southern California, where savvy marketing and great politics made it happen. Particularly, for Los Angeles and for the purposes of public narrative, Marc Reisner’s Cadillac Desert does a great job at understanding and identifying the politics and key figures in getting water to Los Angeles. Great hydrologic structures were created using both manpower and water politics. It is important to state that there are connections between water, politics, environment, and geography when

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