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  • African American History

    African American History

    African American History I INTRODUCTION African American History or Black American History, a history of black people in the United States from their arrival in the Americas in the 15th century until the present day. In 1996, 33.9 million Americans, about one out of every eight people in the United States, were black. Although blacks from the West Indies and other areas have migrated to the United States in the 20th century, most African

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    Submitted: March 16, 2011
  • The Real American History

    The Real American History

    A Brief History of Theatre When watching the television show "Gilligan's Island" there are some features that are reminiscent of the Greek and Roman theatre. For example, the opening credits on "Gilligan's Island" explain the story of what events took place before the action of the show starts to kind of catch the audience up to speed and give them a little background to help them understand what the situation is when the episode begins.

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    Essay Length: 680 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 16, 2011
  • History Of Photography

    History Of Photography

    The History of, and Impact of, Photography on our World Photography is a process frequently used in areas of media, art, and science as well as practical everyday use. It is used to inform society of different issues, used to document a wide range of things and is used to capture everyday memories for the years to come. It is used everywhere in today's society and through technology has advanced tremendously since its beginnings. The

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    Submitted: March 17, 2011
  • History Of Baseball

    History Of Baseball

    History Of Baseball Baseball is a game of ball between two nine-player teams played usually for nine innings on a field that has as a focal point a diamond-shaped infield with a home plate and three other bases, 90 ft. (27 m) apart, forming a circuit that must be completed by a base runner in order to score, the central offensive action entailing hitting of a pitched ball with a wooden or metal bat and

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    Essay Length: 973 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 18, 2011
  • Art History

    Art History

    Art History | Web Museum | Web Gallery of Art | The Artchive | I. Religious and Mythological Up until the Renaissance, most art had to do with religion. Architecture, sculpture, music and painting all centered around the scenes from the Bible, the lives of the saints, and portraits of Madonna and the Christ Child. But this changed as the Renaissance progressed. Greek and Roman gods reappeared everywhere. Sculptures imitated those of ancient Greece. ROMEO

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    Submitted: March 18, 2011
  • American History New Deal

    American History New Deal

    The catastrophic stock market crash on October 24th, 1929 brought about widespread panic and the onset of incomparable consequences for America. From this crash, the Great Depression arose which was a long period of increased unemployment, poverty and deflation. The onset of the Depression left society blaming the government and seeking relief from the increased levels of poverty. Due to society being worried and troubled, the government, in which Republican Herbert Hoover was president, took

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    Submitted: March 18, 2011
  • History Coursework

    History Coursework

    During the period of 1880 to the present day, there were many different groups of people from all over the world that decided to migrate to Britain. There were a few main groups of people that migrated, these are: Jews, West Indians (Caribbean’s) and South Asians. Their reasons for migration were a mixture of push and pull factors. Firstly, Jews have been migrating to Britain as early as 1730 but in the past 150 years

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    Essay Length: 598 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 18, 2011
  • Company History Of Hp

    Company History Of Hp

    The 30s Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard finished their studies as electrical engineersin the Stanford University in 1934. They became close friend and in 1939 they decided to start a business "and make a run for it" themselves. Hewlett-Packard Company is founded January 1939.Bill and Dave begin part-time work in a garage with $538 in working capital. Bill's study of negative feedback results in HP's first product the resistance-capacitance audio oscillator (HP 200A), an electronic

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    Essay Length: 1,808 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: March 19, 2011
  • Ap Us History: After Math 1812 -Ghent Treaty

    Ap Us History: After Math 1812 -Ghent Treaty

    was the Ghent Treaty a Failure or a Success in the views of Americans? How Did it affect the country ? Ghent Treaty: Success or Failure? The War of 1812 was fought between the new and fragile United States against the British Empire, Canadian Provinces and a few Woodland Indian Tribes. The War of 1812 was an attempt by the Americans to establish their dominance in North America by conquest of the British owned Canadian

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    Submitted: March 19, 2011
  • Philippine History Of Jose Rizal

    Philippine History Of Jose Rizal

    A Filipino Critique of Spanish Colonialism The Spanish rule in the Philippines lasted for nearly 300 years during which time held the native population to a caste system where they had different rights than the Spanish colonist. The Spanish colonizers brought with their new government the Roman Catholic Church which was supported heavily by Spain. The conversion of the native people to Catholicism did not meet much resistance, and appealed to most of the population

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    Submitted: March 19, 2011
  • History

    History

    de of Germany -The allies maintained the naval blockade of Germany that had began during the war. -The continuation of the blockade tormented the Germans making them even more angry. -The blockade was lifted in late June 1919 when the Treaty of Versailles was signed. Treaty of Versailles -After the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919 officially ended the war. -Included in the 450 articles

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    Submitted: March 19, 2011
  • Mayan History

    Mayan History

    The Mayas. The Mayas population was so large because they had older people from the classic period. The Maya culture was the importance of urban centers and the religious life of the Mayas. The Mayas were never a true urban culture therfore the decline of the urban centers after 900 AD and it did not involve a social change or a religious change. The classic began a period of new creativity to the Mayan. Much

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    Essay Length: 432 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 19, 2011
  • Indian Frq For Ap Us History

    Indian Frq For Ap Us History

    In the 1830's the Plains Indians were sent to the Great American Deserts in the west because the white men did not think they deserved the land. Afterwards, they were able to live peacefully, and to follow their traditions and customs, but when the white men found out the land they were on were still good for agricultural, or even for railroad land they took it back. Thus, the white man movement westward quickly begun.

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    Essay Length: 905 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 19, 2011
  • History Of Educational Reform

    History Of Educational Reform

    History of Educational Reform Today new school reforms have been formulated. These reforms are created to form individuals into becoming financially advanced and globally competitive persons. The very means to gauge the progress of the new reform is through test scores. Standardized tests and the test scores are now tantamount to accountability, transforming the educational system into a dehumanized market institution. The school is seen as a capital investment and is now measured according

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    Submitted: March 20, 2011
  • History East &South Africa

    History East &South Africa

    The Effects of Long Distance Trade in East Africa. By Deborah of Uganda 7th May 2008 Long Distance Trade was the trade between the East African coast and other interior states of Africa in the early 19th Century. In involved movement over long distances, the major participants were the Swahili speaking peoples of East Africa and the Arabs. The interior people included the Nyamwezi, the Kamba, the Yao tribes. They moved in caravans of 100

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    Submitted: March 20, 2011
  • Black History

    Black History

    Through out all of history there has been racism, terrorism, and discrimination. The African American society had went through the unfortunate racial discrimination in the United States in the 1800's. In total the many horrible stories about slavery including the emancipation proclamation, the fugitive state law, and the thirteenth amendment. Also the KKK and what they did to the coloured "un superior race." Then the uprising of many good parts to this race as in

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    Essay Length: 1,219 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 20, 2011
  • Nike History

    Nike History

    Almost every person of the world has heard the NIKE echo throughout sports. The name is in or on every stadium, arena, field, court, or atmosphere where athletic competition takes place. NIKE has altered athletics in almost everywhere possible. While it has had an amazing rise to fame, it has been the people who have made the rise possible. The journey began with Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight. Bowerman a track and field star also

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    Submitted: March 20, 2011
  • History Of The Cmsaf

    History Of The Cmsaf

    Air Force Magazine Online вЂ" September 1997 Vol 80 No 9 In 1966, the Air Force launched a search for "the best qualified and most impressive individual" in the service to fill a new position, that of Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. It said that candidates had to have at least 22 years of active-duty service and two years as a chief master sergeant. Each had to have "the highest standards of integrity

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    Submitted: March 21, 2011
  • A Brief History Of European Integration

    A Brief History Of European Integration

    NATO and European Union A BRIEF HISTORY OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION Until it crystallized into a political concept and became the long-term goal of the Member States of the European Community, the European idea was unknown to all but philosophers and visionaries. The notion of a United States of Europe was part of a humanistic-pacifistic dream which was shattered by the conflicts which brought so much destruction to the European continent in the first half of

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    Submitted: March 21, 2011
  • My Family History (Culture Diversity Course)

    My Family History (Culture Diversity Course)

    I was born on the Indian Reservation in North Carolina in 1967 to the Cherokee Tribe of Native American Indians. My parents were both full-blooded Cherokee and I was being raised to speak both my native tongue of Cherokee and English. Tsalagi (Tsa-la-gi) is an Iroquoian language and is spoken by 22,000 Cherokee people. The Tsalagi language in North America is at a great risk of becoming extinct. There are some government policies that were

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    Submitted: March 21, 2011
  • Strings Of History

    Strings Of History

    "Um...son...what are you doing?" Crouching, I twisted my body to face my mother, who was standing above me in the doorway. I held a huge roll of string in one hand and a thick roll of duct tape in the other. I had cleared the floor of my room by squishing all the furniture uncomfortably against the far wall. On the newly barren, wooden floor lay rows and rows of the string I was holding.

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    Essay Length: 525 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 22, 2011
  • History Essay

    History Essay

    The earliest encounter between Europeans and Natives in Canada can be dated back the 1500’s. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453 to the Ottoman Empire, European powers like England, France, and Spain were forced to find different routes to Asia. All these countries had their own obstacles, between Europe and Asia was present day North and South America. But they soon realized that these continents had more than an obstacle but an opportunity. The

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    Submitted: March 22, 2011
  • Philanthropy History

    Philanthropy History

    PHILANTHROPY HISTORY Philanthropy began to formalise in Victorian England with the rise of industrialisation in the early 1800's. Along with this came not only the change in the economy due to the shift from agrarian to capitalist production, but also a re-evaluation of what it was that constituted helping people. Industrialisation caused a great increase in poverty as individuals struggled to keep up with the constant demand to change with the economy. Farmers were continually

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    Submitted: March 22, 2011
  • Black History Month

    Black History Month

    Many people view Black History Month as a celebration of African-American achievements, but is it necessary? The agenda of this observation fails to improve any of the oppression placed on Black life. There are no other ethnicities or races that have a special month for themselves. Also, if Black History was implemented in all history textbooks the need for the month would be void. The celebration was proposed by Carter G. Woodson, as "Negro History

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    Submitted: March 22, 2011
  • Coca Cola Brief History

    Coca Cola Brief History

    HISTORY: There are some major events in the life of the Coca-Cola Company that have an impact on the company today, these include: * 1886: Coca-Cola, the beverage, was first produced by John Pemberton. It was sold at fountains at a Jacobs's pharmacy, a local pharmacy in Atlanta, for 5 cents a glass. Frank Robinson named the drink Coca-Cola and wrote it in his own unique script, to this day Coca-Cola is written in the

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    Submitted: March 22, 2011