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    self-propelled tractor helped along the way. These things saved labor and allowed there to be more production so products were cheaper. But since so much was being made and being sold for so little, farmers weren't making enough money so they were losing more than gaining. To add to the dilemma farmers were being tariffed…

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    There was a lot of conflict in Boston in 1777. The Boston Massacre had just happened, a British officer in charge Captain Thomas Preston was arrested for manslaughter, the British officials enforced the Townshend Act, and three people were shot and two died, including Crispus Attucks. Many frightened residents of Boston had to pick sides, loyalists, patriots, or just to remain neutral. It is impossible to know which side the American colonists favored, however, I favor the Patriots because I…

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    Morals have long been considered to be the basis and reasoning behind all actions and decisions people make every day. Whether it is simply to decide what to eat for lunch, or where to go next in life, all of these decisions are based on well-defined morals. But in many cases, the morals of others inadvertently ignore those that are wronged and forgotten. Rather than being able to control their own lives, these victims are unwantedly forced into bad situations. In John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of…

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    Antebellum Planter Class

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    The classes which existed in Antebellum South amongst the whites were the gentry or the planter class. This was considered to be most powerful, and they owned larg3 tracts of plantations, and also they had more than twenty slaves who worked on their farms. This class is made of individuals who are public officials, well to do professional men like the doctors and the business leaders. This made the small group of individuals in the government, but they were powerful to the point that they are…

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    Corey In Fences

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    Troy states that he grew up without a mother and with a very strict father who was a tenant farmer. Tenet farmers, “an agricultural system in which landowners contribute their land and a measure of operating capital and management while tenants contribute their laborer with various amounts of capital and management…” (Britannica). So, for the model he had as a father, the relationship between Cory and Troy is not…

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    Chilean Architecture

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    region in which the courtyards were established is in Los Lirios, Rancagua, Chile in 2006. This house, that appears to be a single structure making it look like two houses, serves to assimilate its design to the houses of tenant farmers in countryside of Chile. Since tenant farmers are quite common in Chile, Radic decided to familiarize the concept of his design to theirs. One can view this in the standing walnut trees that are left untouched and on the outside, which it is being blocked by…

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    Industrial Revolution Dbq

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    jobs to anybody willing to for them. Which lead to politicians winning because of criminal activity. As cities continued to grow transportation became an issue. With some factories not a quick walking distance from some residential areas and tenant buildings. To help with this carriage on rails that ran on railroad tracks, called horse cars were invented in 1832. It was later changed into the tram which runs on electrically powered rails. Then eventually some cities implemented subway,…

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    working class Irish citizens. The famine had an immense effect on Ireland’s economy and population. The increased death rates due to starvation and the decreased amount of food available to the lower class (more specifically the western coast tenant farmers) led to massive amounts of people migrating to areas like the United States and Australia. This has had a lasting effect on the economy and population of the country as it still has not recovered from the massive population decrease that…

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    The Great Depression affected the whole United States. Many Americans wrote to the President and the first lady during the Great Depression to describe what they needed. Also America was shifting from an economy built around heavy industry to a nation dependent on consumerism which was volatile. The stock market crash and Black Tuesday made the economy horrible, however president Franklin Roosevelt's New deal and the help of the Farm Security Administration things would change. Americans wrote…

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    There was a growth of railroads, tenant farming, and sharecropping. The growth of railroads was beneficial, as it expanded the nation and gave us access to places we may have never been. It also helped shipped much needed supplies and product to and from where needed be faster and efficiently. This was technically a one up in the economical department. Tenant farming and sharecropping was big in the south during reconstruction. Being that the Civil…

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