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    in order to flee the persecution of king Herod (Mt. 2:13-15). He cites the words of another Pope, Pius XII, who in 1952 wrote “The family of Nazareth in exile, Jesus, Mary and Joseph, emigrants and taking refuge in Egypt to escape the fury of an evil king, are the model, the example and the support of all emigrants and pilgrims of every age and every country, of all refugees of any condition who, compelled by persecution and need, are forced to abandon their homeland, their beloved relatives,…

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    because the rail road tracks were beginning to become all wacky and deformed. It kind of makes me think of how hot these winds really were if they could mess up rail road tracks. Just imagining westward emigrants use of the land in the west makes me kind of feel bad for them. I say that because the emigrants wouldn't have a source of water with dry land, then animals eating food from when you do find a place to farm (by mountains), and also the different weather types experienced: hot winds and…

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    We have diversity of people in the United States, many of those being Immigrants from all around the word, not just Mexicans. For presidential candidate Donald Trump, He sees one main group as being immigrants and that is the Mexican immigrants. Trump has made comments on his rally, mentioning many bad things about Mexicans. The Americans voting for Trump, are all tied in with his manipulating lies. Their votes are the one’s who are supporting trumps vision for building the wall, even if they…

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    Fabulous Beard Fact Essay

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    Fabulous Beard Fact: Is it a possibility that John “Grizzly” Adams’ beard made him look tougher than the bears he trapped and trained, thereby contributing to his long standing legacy of masculinity. But John Adams did not start out as the epitome of Western mountain manliness. He was born in 1812 in Medway, Massachusetts, a member of the prominent Adams family of New England. He was a distant cousin of two presidents, John Adams and John Quincy Adams, as well as Revolutionary War patriot…

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    Through the years, Macedonia has been facing a serious problem of migration. Firstly the migration was from villages to cities then it continued from smaller to bigger cities and finally out of the borders of Macedonia. Years ago, uneducated people left Macedonia and went working abroad in search for a better life. Now the situation is changed. Young and educated people are leaving Macedonia. They change their address and come back to their fatherland once or a few times per year. If this…

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    The Huddled Masses

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    their environment. After a long journey immigrants who landed on Ellis Island have not finished their journey. The people go through a series of inspections. Including hands, eyes, and throats being thoroughly examined. Anything that could prevent an emigrant from being a productive worker was noted such as heart problems, mental disability, or any physical disability. All who failed to pass the initial test were herded. If improvement after a few days did not occur they would typically be kept…

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    living in the US contribute 13 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (par.12). Immigrants generating 927 billion dollars in consumer spending that benefits economic growth and businesses abilities to provide goods and services. In addition, emigrants affect the labor market not only as workers but as entrepreneurs as well, creating jobs for both fellow immigrants and native-born (Par.22). Since 2014 more than 50 percent of business have been owned by immigrants, 40 percent of which are…

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    Bleeding Kansas Analysis

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    750,000 died when Americans went through a war against one another.1 One of the events that led to the civil war was yet another “war” known as the border war, or bleeding Kansas. In what many historians believed is a war over slavery and freedom. Parke Pierson stated, “it can be argued that the Civil War actually began in 1854 when blood stained the prairie grass of the Kansas Territory.”2 Questions that arise from bleeding Kansas is how and why it happened, how bloody it was, and in what ways…

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    Thomas Paine was an emigrant from England who wrote a persuasive pamphlet in 1776, known as Common Sense. this was a political argument for American Independence, written to the colonists in hopes to get them on board with separation from Great Britain. Samuel Seabury was “a native of Connecticut” who wrote a series of pamphlets arguing against Independence, in 1775, to the colonists, to prove why they needed to stay joined with Great Britain. While some may think the two authors, Thomas Paine…

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    Brenna Berghoff Mrs. Davis Period 1 11/9/17 Research Paper Zygmunt Krasiński Zygmunt Krasiński was a romantic poet, playwrighter, and philosopher who was born in Paris. He was the son of a aristocratic family where he studied law at Warsaw University before studying in Geneva in 1829. Most of his life he traveled abroad and it was very important to him that he always published his work anonymously. Krasiński is most popular and recognized by his two tragic dramas. In one named Nieboska…

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