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American History Essays and Term Papers
BeethovenThe rise of Ludwig van into the rank of history�s greatest composers was paralleled by and in some ways a consequence of his own personal tragedy and despair (Internet--pg. 1).
�s family was of the Flemish origin. His mother, Maria Magdalena, died after a long illness when was only 17. He was ...
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The Chicago Fire Of 1871The summer of 1871 had been an unusually dry one in Chicago. Between
July and October, only 5 inches of rain fell. In addition to twenty-seven
fires in the first week of October, on Saturday night, October 7, a blaze broke
out in a planning mill on the West Side and destroyed almost every ...
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Sociology Of Movie" I shall tell you of William Wallace, historians from England will say I am a liar, but history was written from those who have hanged hero's�"
William Wallace was born in Scotland around 1280 BC during times of great instability. The entire country was in chaos and conflict because of an evil ...
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Woodstock 2The largest rock concert ever was comeing to town. Threedays not hours of music. Threedays not hours of music. Campingout under the stas. This was going to be a serious party.Woodstock was the greatest rock concert ever to take place in the United States.
Four very different very young people ...
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Imigration And Discrimination In The 20`sBeginning in the early nineteenth century there were massive waves
of immigration. These "new" immigants were largely from Italy, Russia, and
Ireland. There was a mixed reaction to these incomming foreigners. While
they provided industries with a cheap source of labor, Americans were both
afraid ...
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The USA Becoming Less Democratic Prior To The RevolutionWas what is now the United States of America becoming more or less democratic just prior to the American revolution? Evidence found in a series of documents from Weathersfield, Connecticut during that time supports both sides of the argument, but the strongest case can be made to say that ...
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The Declaration Of Independence"America, land of the free, home of the brave," that is a statement that we all have grown up with and truly believe, but why do we, our parents, our grandparents and those before them believe it to be so? In looking at the history of the colonial period of the United States it is clear to see ...
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The 60s And FreedomMost of the time, when thinking back to the sixties, people remember
hearing about things such as sex, drugs, and racism. However, what they
often tend to overlook is the large emphasis "freedoms" had on the era.
This does not just refer to the freedoms already possessed by every
American of the ...
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Conflicts During The 1920sThe contrast between the new and changing attitudes and traditional
values was unmistakably present during the 1920's. This clash between the old
and the new had many roots and was inevitable. A new sense of awareness washed
over minorities in our nation, especially blacks who began to realize ...
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Assimilation Of The Native Americans�By the end of the Victorian period hardly a people remained on the
face of the earth whose social structure, culture, and basic way of
life had not been more or less violently disrupted.�
-Cell, �Imperial Conscience�
When the first explorers reported that they had reached the Pacific coast, ...
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World War I PropagandaThe United States used propaganda to control what people thought and to create positive feelings towards World War I. The newspaper was used to release information that had sometimes been altered to glorify the war. Music and motion pictures were used to try to help the people understand why ...
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BladerunnerThe Fallen Angel: Analysis of the Final Scenes of Blade Runner.
Director Ridley Scott's Postmodern reply to the modern consists of recognizing that the past, since it cannot be destroyed, because it's destruction leads to silence, must be revisited. So memories and emotions are meaningless without ...
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And The Band Played OnThe movie, , discusses the origin of the AIDS virus and how it spontaneously spread across the world. It used the Ebola disease to foreshadow the forth coming of another serious disease. The world was not prepared to handle such a contagious plague. Doctors around the world assumed that the ...
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Rap Vs PoetryWhat is hip hop? What are some of the common stereotypes and generalizations by which hip hop is conceived? Is it a music that is for only one group of people? Does hip hop promote violence and negativity? Many people claim that it is a disgraceful, mea
ngless din. Antagonists often claim that hip ...
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The Bay Of Pigs InvasionThe story of the failed invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs is one of mismanagement, overconfidence, and lack of security. The blame for the failure of the operation falls directly in the lap of the Central Intelligence Agency and a young president and his advisors. The fall out from the ...
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Farmers' Discontent In The 1800sThe period between 1880 and 1900 was a boom time for American
politics. The country was for once free of the threat of war, and many of
its citizens were living comfortably. However, as these two decades went
by, the American farmer found it harder and harder to live comfortably.
Crops such as ...
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Chinese Music, the body of vocal and instrumental music composed and played by the Chinese people. For several thousand years Chinese culture was dominated by the teachings of the philosopher Confucius, who conceived of music in the highest sense as a means of calming the passions and of dispelling unrest and ...
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Fiddler On The Roofwas made in to a musical by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick in 1964. It was the fourth of their musicals to be produced by Harold Prince. Although the musical had no pretty scenery, no exotic costumes, average looking girls and no happy ending, the musical sends a clear message to the world. The ...
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History Of The GuitarThe guitar is a fretted, stringed instrument, and is a member of the lute family. It originated in Persia and reached Spain during the twelth-century, where it�s versatility as both a solo and accompanying instrument were established. The theory of the guitar was discovered in the early ...
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Schindler�s List 2The paper I decided to do was on �Schindler�s List�. I have seen this movie four times and yet had not really noticed the many ways in which the director, Steven Spielberg, used the camera to emphasis a �million words�. It was interesting, when watching this film from this stand point, how I was ...
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Labor In AmericaThe Industrial Revolution was dawning in the United States. At Lowell, Massachusetts, the construction of a big cotton mill began in 1821. It was the first of several that would be built there in the next 10 years. The machinery to spin and weave cotton into cloth would be driven by water ...
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Stompis a wonderful array of percussion and rhythmically talented people. A group usually consists of approximately 15 people. At a concert, you might see a matchbox symphony, a pot and pan orchestra, or maybe even a broomstick band. Whatever it is you desire in percussion, probably has it. ...
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Kiss The HypeWhat is hype? Hype is defined as promotional publicity of an extravagant or contrived kind. It is used to lure the consumer to a certain product or an event of some kind. The competition for the consumer's attention is intense and even desperate at times. Throughout the 1970's, there was a vast ...
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The Movie BugsyBenjamin Segal was an infamous mobster during the World War II era, a time when America was experiencing national unity. The world war was in the back of everyone�s mind. In the middle of all this madness the daily trials of being American were harder than the easier times of today. Benjamin ...
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ReconstuctionThe reconstruction period was a time of recovery for the country as a whole. To heal the deep wounds of the civil war. The loss of cities, towns, homes, and family members. Whole cities were burned level, and widows were left scattered all over the country with a small pile of smoking rubble left ...
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