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    Would you believe me if I told you my 50-year-old grandpa was in love with roller coasters? Every year since 2010, he's gotten my sister and I, along with both him and my grandma, passes to Six Flags Great America, except for the year 2014. That Christmas, my sister and I got a slip of paper saying we'd be going to Cedar Point on July 25th, 2015. That day came around faster than we thought, and we weren't completely ready for it. We were rushing through out the house to make sure we weren't forgetting

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    country. The war between America and Great Britain in 1812 had many impacts on America. However, in this paper, I will focus on the effects of the war on American nationalism. The war erupted due to several reasons. One, Great Britain had failed to honor a treaty of Paris they had signed with America after the Revolutionary War. Another cause was what was known as “impressment”. The American sea vessels would be stopped and the users were forced to join the Britain army. Great Britain had been providing

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    Michael Collins. In July of 1969, these were the first people to ever land on the moon and walk on the moon. Many people have taken their own opinion about what actually happened. Persuasive evidence was discovered and the people have doubted that America

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    were killed in the SCUD Missile attacks. She said that chemical exposure was a big threat to her troops and some still suffer from symptoms of disorders resulting from chemical exposure. Despite the risks she says the U.S. Navy helped her accomplish great things. “There is no limit to what woman can accomplish in the service.” said Daniel. As Webster Elementary School children lined up to sing My County Tis of Thee, other children from Our lady of Malibu, Juan Cabrillo, and Point Dume schools

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    20’s,” was a great time. Women gained the right to vote and the Economy flourished; however, these times contained some horrible travesties. The Immigration Act of 1924, for example, was passed to keep people from immigrating to America from areas of the world such as Eastern Europe and Russia. This act was passed largely because of the “Red Scare.” The Red Scare was America’s fear of communism and Russian or Communist sympathizers and the thought that they could overthrow America. The Red Scare

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    an impact on your culture. Culture often shared, it's a social construct. To learn a language, behavior, or even a tradition we must interact with other people, thus making culture shared. Culture is also sometimes based on symbols. We in America know that the flag, red, white, and blue is a symbol of the United States, this a part of our culture. Culture is integrated, it’s brought to wherever you may go in the world, it’s usually mixed with other cultures which make culture integrated. Culture is

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    are still young, lazy, impeded by circumstance, or secluded, tend to have shallow, verging on parched, wells. Before last summer, my well of experiences was leaning towards the latter, but spending time with my family and friends at Niagara Falls, Six Flags, and a Twenty One Pilots concert has deepened my spring considerably. I stood loosely, basking in the lukewarm air. There was a faint mist spraying from the falls, dampening the atmosphere around the motley gathering of tourists. Resting in my palms

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    lady inside course means Canada. As by what I see a Irishman man in the corner beating up a Chinese, and what it looks to be a French man pushing a Indian of the swings. I also see a man carrying a flag saying “Socialism” I feel that all the things I described means that the school yard means America. By saying that in 1893 U.S took over Queen Liliuokalani and offered themselves the annexation of the Hawaii islands. As is it was important for the U.S to annex the Hawaiian Islands as they wanted to

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    but it’s more than worth seeing just for the ceremonial raising of the first American flag at the film’s climax; Claudette Colbert’s reaction: “it’s a pretty flag, isn’t it?” 1940 saw the release of two more films by John Ford: The Grapes of Wrath and The Long Voyage Home. The Grapes of Wrath, adapted from the Steinbeck novel, follows the declining fortunes of a Midwestern family made homeless during the Great Depression. Yet another underdog tale, winning Ford his second

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    pushing them through battle after battle. The flags of both The Union and the Confederacy were great symbols of their countries that they did not want to let down. The Union’s flag still showed the unification America as a whole country. It had thirteen stripes, like our current flag, to represent the original thirteen colonies. There were flags made that got rid of stars to represent the states leaving to join the confederacy, but in the official Union flag, their stars remained, and in the beginning

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