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    First off, the official language is Portuguese which makes up almost 100 percent of the population. Brazilians have a strong national ideology that their land is a “racial democracy”. As far as the Brazilian class system goes, people with darker skin tend to be economically and socially disadvantaged. Class is determined by economic status and skin color. Women make up forty percent of the workforce but are found with lower paying jobs than males such as teaching, nursing, and jobs with clerical…

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    views towards them they somehow managed to have enough time to stand up for their rights also. Americas view on women drastically changed from needing women to help take a role in making materials for World War 1, to women being the stay at home nurturing…

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    economic problems, and the human rights issues. The escalation of the Iraqi Civil War since the U.S. withdrawal in 2011 has fueled civil unrest. This includes the ongoing violence against the central government and the sectarian violence among religious groups. The economy in Iraq is directly tied to oil prices, with oil being 90% of Iraq’s economy according to Index Mundi. Amnesty International says “Iraq is the world 's third most prolific executioner, with hundreds of prisoners on death…

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    Born January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the only child of James and Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt, a very wealthy couple. In his early days of education, FDR 's parents and private tutors taught him. In the eighth grade, he went to Groton School, a boarding school in Massachusetts. In 1900, Roosevelt went to Harvard and received a degree in history in only three years. He next studied law at Columbia University and passed the board exam in 1907. During his time at…

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    Life before and after World War II drastically changed for women. Women gained experiences during the war time that has impacted themselves still today. The men who were eligible were sent off to fight leaving women responsible for filling their shoes and maintaining home life simultaneously. This left the door open for women like Constance Bowman and Clara Marie Allen to gain the opportunities to work in jobs previously only assigned to men. Bowman and Allen give real life accounts in the book…

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    As Chief of State, the president it required to inspire and symbolize the American nation.Wilson did not only convert the minds of Americans when he needed troops to fight in World War I. In fact during the election of 1912, many people saw Wilson as a remote like administrative mouthpiece, in comparison to the outgoing Theodore Roosevelt, because of his straight forward intellect. Nonetheless, he still managed to sway the minds…

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    similarities between the novella and the German genocide, and because other survivors share the same story. Before discussing the argument, there are a few key facts that need to be spread out on the table. The Holocaust was the start of the Second World War and the largest…

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    Nazi Germany camouflaged its merciless and evil vendetta with the face of a harmless recovering nation. However, the outside world wasn’t the only one fooled by the deceitful Nazis. The German people were also sold lies – embezzled futures were promised without the intention of fulfilling their word. The 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and heavy propaganda before World War II served an important role in winning over the majority of the German people and created a worldwide positive perspective…

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    created an oil painting during the period of surrealism. Surrealism is the movement when artist made art to represent their unconscious thoughts and dreams. Hide and seek was created by Tchelitchew sometime between June 1940-1942 in Vermont during world war 2, again during the period of surrealism. Pavel believed his art to be “a kind of metamorphism as a magic which can transform any visible object into a whole series of objects.” The painting is displayed in the MoMA currently on the 4th floor…

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    manage stress, enhance memory, and alleviate pain. The profession of music therapy started during World War I and World War II. It was used when soldiers were in the hospital and the nurses needed to distract the soldiers from their traumatic injuries. Soldiers would engage in activities that…

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