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    trying to stimulate “America” to another level, a level of accepting African Americans as “Americans”. This was the reason for the march on Washington. In the summer of 1963, President John F. Kennedy was president. Although he wanted the march to occur, he was hesitant because he thought a massive civil rights march on the national capital might provoke violence. The march on Washington was Dr. Martin Luther King’s idea, he wanted to call attention to the problem of poverty. “Rioting and…

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    Erin Brockovich (2000) - Photos with Julia Roberts. [Online] Available at: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4070742272/tt0195685?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_13 [Accessed 06 March 2016]. V Play PK, 2001. Watch Erin Brockovich Full Movie. [Online] Available at: http://vplay.pk/video.php?id=x2d6i9f_watch-erin-brockovich-full-movie-vplay [Accessed 05 March 2016]. WEBSITES Mograbi, k., 2013. Synopsis for Erin Brockovich. [Online] Available at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195685/synopsis?ref_=tt_stry_pl…

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    On March 11, 2011 after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, a 15-metre tsunami disabled the power supply and cooling of three Fukushima Daiichi reactors and within the first three days all three cores largely melted (World Nuclear Association 2016). The tsunami flooded…

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    References O’Brien, P., & Marshall, A. C. (2014, July 22). Tetralogy of Fallot. Retrieved March 16, 2017, from http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/130/4/e26 Parker, SE, Mai, CT, & Canfield, MA, et al; (2016, March 04). Facts about Tetralogy of Fallot. Retrieved March 16, 2017, from https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/heartdefects/tetralogyoffallot.html Tetralogy of Fallot. (2013, July 11). Retrieved March 16, 2017, from…

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    Treaty. After some talking, John wrote to his father, supporting the treaty, because he thought that America should stay out of European affairs; according to Historian Paul Nagel, Washington used parts of this letter to draft his “farewell address”4. During his trips from The Hague to London, Adams met and proposed to his future wife Louisa Catharine Johnson. After his term as Minister to the Netherlands, Adams wanted to resign but was assigned the position “Minister to Portugal” in 1796.…

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    The women began a reform movement before the outbreak of the Civil War to abolish slavery, specifically in the meeting Seneca Falls, New York in 1848 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The first state to grant women the right to vote Wyoming In 1869. Leaders in the western states and territories argued that granting female suffrage would pull new residents to the West. There was a split in the women's rights until the founding of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) in 1890. It…

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    In Civil Disobedience, Henry Thoreau questioned whether a citizen should “resign his conscience to the legislator” and stated that “the only obligation which [one has] a right to assume is to do at any time what [one thinks] right”.[1] Moreover, he advocated for a “right of revolution”, which should always be exercised when we disagree with the law.[2] These two ideas are at the core of what is known as civil disobedience, or the belief that we should peacefully disagree with the regime if its…

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    Introduction Police storefront operations are a vital effort that can deter crime in a society. In every community or city exit some types of situations people require assistance from law enforcement. In the past few years, it has become essential for police enforcement to start storefront operations. Some Americans believe that police storefront operations are all needed to repress crimes in cities or communities. Moreover, with the presence of cameras, many incidents (crimes) would…

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    Hoover was the 31st president of the United States of America. He was born August 10, 1874. Herbert Hoover died at the age of 90 on October 20, 1964. Hoover was the middle child. Hoover only did one term as president, Herbert served from March 4, 1929 to March 4, 1933. ”("What Were President Herbert Clark Hoover Accomplishments?" What Were President Herbert Clark Hoover Accomplishments? N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Nov. 2015.) Hoover took office in 1929 that was the year of the great depression. Everyone…

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    old as the scripture and as clear as the American Constitution”(Civil Rights Address, 5). In the “Speech at the March on Washington” Josephine Baker creates a much more effective speech than “Civil Rights Address” by John F. Kennedy for the reason of the reason of using personal anecdote, and appealing to ethos to persuade the audience to speak out. Baker was chosen to speak at the March on Washington because her experience of freedom in France and the racism in the U.S. On the other hand,…

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