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    Saad AljabburAlsuba October/ 5/ 2016 Lillie-Dunn My country (Saudi Arabia) Saudi Arabia officially known as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ( KSA ), and it is an Arab state in Western Asia. We have a large land, which is about 2,150,000 km, and (830,000 sq miles). In fact, Saudi Arabia is the fifth largest state in Asia and second largest state in Arab world. The Saudi Arabia is a basically a monarchical state in south-western Asia, possesses the…

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    This made her realize the revolution was the little things as much as, if not more than, the big things. With this, she ditched Most and studied the writings of Peter Kropotkin. In 1892, steel workers for Andrew Carnegie in Homestead, Pennsylvania went on strike. The interim executive (Carnegie was in Europe), Henry Clay Frick, had fired the workers, evicted them from their homes, and said the only way to get both back was to apply individually. He would no longer deal with labor unions.…

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    1. Life can change quite quickly for those in a time of great technological advancement. Perhaps, in no time was this more apparent than during the Technological Revolution. From 1870 to 1920, the miles of rail line increased by seven and a half times in the US.This massive increase railroad mileage made a national market, and thus corporate entities, possible for the first time. We see this in the fact that though land used for farming grew from around 4,219 square miles to roughly 10,000,…

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    death of the businessman indicates the solution. What was happening in reality wasn’t much different in that citizens were participating in violent demonstrations to solve many of the economic and laboral challenges. An example of this is the Homestead Strike, one of the most serious labor disputes in American history that was was very violent and led to the death of…

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    The Civil War is the focal point in America 's verifiable cognizance. While the Revolution of 1776-1783 made the United States, the Civil War of 1861-1865 figured out what sort of country it would be. The war determined two key inquiries left uncertain by the upheaval: whether the United States was to be a weak union of separate states or a powerful country with a unified government; and whether this country, conceived of an assertion that all men were made with an equivalent right to freedom,…

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    relationships, media, team identification, servicing multiple teams at once, and self care of the psychologist himself. About a year before the olympic games, travel time for the sports psychologists kick into overdrive, they are almost never in their homestead. Travel time includes attending and observing the team practice, sitting in on coaching sessions, facilitating team meetings, sharing a hotel room and meals with the team, and meeting individually with each athlete and coach to mentally…

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    Of the recorded subjects to browse, I picked four points that I feel should be addressed. The points I picked are: Federal policy towards Native and African Americans, Failures and successes of Reconstruction, The Progressive Movement in the United States, lastly The Labor Movement in the United States. In the first, I will examine the government’s approach towards Native and African Americans. I will clarify what was going on with Native and African Americans after the Civil War and what their…

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    the men and their families came as sojourners and they found their place in agriculture, mining, railroads, construction, and steel mill factories. The White/Anglo segregated them and “enacted laws aimed at Mexicans.” The Mexicans decided to go on a strike to demand for an increase in wages.…

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    Bush or Obama?). In addition to 9/11, the War on Terrorism impacted many. However, many soldiers join the war to repay Al Qaeda for their damage. By fighting Al Qaeda, the US tried to prevent the spread of terrorism and not allow terrorist groups to strike again. However, one of the biggest focus points of the US was Al Qaeda…

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    Women's Suffrage In Canada

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    act of Canada stated that “no woman, idiot, lunatic, or criminal shall vote”. Women could not be elected into federal or provincial government. The woman was supposed to keep house for her husband and children. In the west, women could not claim homestead. Girls could rarely get a post-secondary education. Most professions were closed to women. It was believed that women could not perform the jobs of doctors, lawyers or church ministers. Women were seen as too emotional, weak of heart and…

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