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    purchase of the Louisiana territory by explaining that it was important because it secured access to the mouth of the Mississippi River. Another example could be the dispute that the Native Americans had with Andrew Jackson over the Indian Removal Act. The Indian Removal Act was passed by Andrew Jackson in 1830 due to the dispute between the Cherokee nation and Georgia. Whites believed that the Indians were not using their land properly and they believed that they could make…

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    After taking the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) on www.16personalities.com a multiple of times, my constant result were the four letters ISFJ. Each letter stands for introvert, sensing, feeling, and judging. Personally, to greatly understand an ISFJ, the website Truity.com describes us as, “… characteristically [being] humble and unassuming, and rarely call attention to themselves. They can often be found offering assistance to others in a modest, understated way. They are loyal and…

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    political faction and then a political party in the parliaments of England, Scotland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. The Democratic Party of the United States is the oldest voter-based political party in the world. Democrats first presidents were Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, James K. Polk. While the leaders of the Whigs consisted of Robert Walpole, Henry Clan and Daniel Webster. With the death of Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, it left the Whigs weak and they fell apart in the 1850’s.…

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    Case of Eileen Foster v. BofA and Countrywide The story starts March 7, 2007. Eileen Foster was promoted to Executive Vice President, Fraud Risk Management while she was working for the Countrywide Financial Corp. This role requires our whistleblower to supervise and monitor internal bank processes and mortgage fraud investigations, if needed, organize and send conclusion in the form of suspicious activity report to the U.S. Treasury as well as the board of directors. During her time, she…

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    Most bullets, while life changing, only directly impact a select few. Yet one would alter the fate of a country whose values were already being tested. Thousands shed their blood for two different visions of a better tomorrow, and just when the clouds had began to subside, bringing on a single shining ray, one more would suffer the transition between life and death. Despite this, his duties were not yet done, and there is still a wrenching hole that his works could have saved. For the parishes…

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    Topdog Underdog Suzan-Lori Parks’ play, Topdog Underdog, includes many imagery, symbolism, and metaphors. She uses symbolism in the names she assigns for both actors. Imagery is used to show the type of lives that both characters live in. The characters’ name of Booth and Lincoln symbolizes the President Abraham Lincoln, who fought for African American rights. The final scene, where Booth kills his brother is set up as a metaphor. John Wilkes Booth is Lincoln’s assassin, and was a racist man who…

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    was a law that was passed that allowed the president to make treaties with the native americans and try to offer them money and land somewhere else for there land. Andrew jackson got a lot of the tribes to sign the treaties but the ones that did not were pushed out by force anyway. This led to the Trail of tears which was when Andrew Jackson pushed out all of the Cherokee Nation with force and caused over 4000 native americans to lose their lives. The checks and balances system did not work as…

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    In the "Younger sky that has wept tears of compassion" by Chief Seattle, Seattle uses comparison to Red Indian and white people. At that time, white people came to the land once was the land of Indians people and now called America. White came and took over the land, where the Indians people have lived their memories. Seattle wrote this story that untold to people in 1854. The purpose of writing this story was to let people know how white people treated red indians and their land. After white…

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    Winston is an everyday man, a blue-collar worker, who works for the government like so many other men of his age and social status. However there is one significant difference that makes Winston special. He, unlike most other people, has a deep hatred for Big Brother and is not blinded by the propaganda that surrounds everyone at all times. He has decided that this life cannot go on, living in constant fear of “Big Brother” and the “Thought Police”. His first diary entry marks the beginning of…

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    We were forced out of our old house, not because of something terrible happened but rather for a better life in this area. The landowner asked us to move out because the government wanted this area for public buildings. We moved out of our house and moved to another state. We were in an urban area but the new house we are moving to is in rural area but not really, it’s between rural and urban. My parents like these areas more than the urban area where we stayed because there’s not many people…

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