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    peaceful protest was when Mahatma Gandhi demonstrated a hunger strike. This civil disobedience was effective because British officials would have much backlash had Gandhi died under their imprisonment. Thus Gandhi used his influence to make a huge push forward for Indian independence from Britain, as they could not endure the guilt of him fasting, only surviving off of…

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    across his horses and cattle, but he also finds a man shot by Charlie Prince, Wade’s right hand man, and decides to help him by taking him back to Bisbee. When they get back to Bisbee Dan hears that they are willing to pay anyone who will help catch Ben Wade. Desperate for cash to pay off the bankers Dan…

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    Langston Hughes Landlord

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    leak” and “These steps is broken down”, these are things the tenant is asking to be changed and he doesn’t mind paying his rent once these demands get fixed. It becomes sort of like a protest in which the tenant is like you fix the house and I will pay, but until then he’s not paying anything. This also relates to the time era in which they had a lot protesting going on, some were peaceful and some were violent. In this case it went from peacefully to a little aggressive when the tenant stated…

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    one society happens to every other society as well. In the article, " The Earth is Cruel", by Leonard Pitts, he goes on to discuss all of the horrible things that occur in Haiti, and how they are still able to stand back up on their feet and move forward with their lives. In this article, I believe that there is one central theme that sticks out to me. The theme in this article "Sometimes the Earth is Cruel", happens to be faith. He explains how basically faith is what helps them stand back up…

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    true whereabouts is not given until the end of the story. When it is revealed that Homer had been dead in Miss Emily’s upstairs room it creates another ambiguity. The final line of the story reads, “One of us lifted something from it, and leaning forward, that faint and invisible dust dry and acrid in the nostrils, we saw a long strand of iron-gray hair (827).” Again not clearly saying why it was there but leaving the reader to interpret…

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    created by congress in 1865, the first major federal relief agency in the united states. Document G, Freedman’s Bureau 1865-1872 supports that the era of reconstruction was a success because it gave the free slaves a lot of opportunities to keep forward. According to Document G, Freedman’s Bureau 1865-1872, “It issued food and clothing, operated hospitals……., promoted education, helped freedmen legalize marriages, provided employment….”. This supports the statement because the reconstruction…

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    rates improve if students are paid to attend school? 2.what will make graduation rates increase if students are paid to attend school? 3.what will make crime reduce if they paid students to attend school? The first reason public schools need to pay high school students to come to school is attendance and absence rates will improve. For example, the website debate.org states paying…

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    “One kind word can change someone's entire day” - The Golden Rule. The quote means one word that you can say to someone can change their whole day, Because you don’t know how someone's day has been that day. So today try and cheer up someone's day by saying a nice word or even helping them out and that is what I will share with you today about how some outside chores changed me for life. One rainy morning in July, A man by the name of Larry Neilson came up to my house from down the street to…

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    towards their future trips, sports, and school activities. Goals have been made for the better, and each of them are working hard to achieve it. “I am looking forward to the England Trip this October, but I must begin to grade papers faster.” Duncklee said. “I guess I would [be] looking forward to track and field,” Yamamoto said, “I also would pay more attention in Mr. Shiroma’s class. I used to watch twitch all last year during…

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    The First Wave Of Feminism

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    Elizabeth Stanton sparked the initial feminist movement in the United States in 1848 with the Seneca Falls Convention. However, the racial turmoil that approached the United States during the coming decades caused the tabling of gender inequality. The Progressive era of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries brought the resurgence of the Women 's Rights Movement. The organizations involved in the first wave of feminism focused on women 's suffrage and succeeded in 1920 with the ratification of…

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