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  • American Treatment of the Indian Tribes

    American Treatment of the Indian Tribes

    American Treatment of the Indian Tribes The American Indian lived a life being one with nature. In their way, they understood the ecological demands of the land and knew that if they took care of the land the land would take care of them. They possessed an untouched wisdom living in harmony with the environment. They hunted the land for buffalo, which provided food and clothing for the ages to come. In time they would

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    Essay Length: 491 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Cancer Incidence and Mortality of African Americans in Texas

    Cancer Incidence and Mortality of African Americans in Texas

    Cancer Incidence and Mortality of African Americans in Texas Cancer is a large classification of diseases characterized by uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells. Undetected and uncontrolled, it can ultimately result in death. Causes of cancer can be categorized into three factors: external (chemicals, tobacco smoke, radiation, viruses), internal (hormones, immune conditions, genetics) and lifestyle (tobacco and alcohol use, unprotected sun exposure, poor nutrition, physical inactivity). Many cancers can be cured if detected and

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    Essay Length: 909 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: July
  • Could the American Revolution Be Avoided?

    Could the American Revolution Be Avoided?

    In history, there are certain things that we study and come to learn that they could have, in no way, been avoided. However, after reading Ellis’s essay, The Collaborators, we can come to assume that this same idea is present toward the American Revolution. There are so many factors that are said to have caused it, that it’s hard to determine what never needed to happen. Because of the French and Indian War, the British

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    Essay Length: 433 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Vika
  • Violence in Video Games and Its Affects on Teens

    Violence in Video Games and Its Affects on Teens

    Violence in Video Games and Its Affects on Teens Ever since their conception, video games have contained violence; violence being to cause pain or death onto other beings. From early video games to the most advanced, violence plays an important role. Early games like Wonder Boy and Space Invaders contain violence. Space Invaders involves shooting and killing as many alien as possible. Wonder Boy has our hero killing monsters that vanish upon death. The hero

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    Essay Length: 465 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Steve
  • The American Government Effectively Uses the Media to Promote a War Time Effort

    The American Government Effectively Uses the Media to Promote a War Time Effort

    Thesis: The American government effectively uses the media to promote a war time effort. Throughout American history the media has played a key part in the perseverance through great struggles. The endorsement of the people that make up a nation helps to ensure the smooth flow of operations. America is no different from any other nation when it comes to this. A failure to keep popular opinion inline with the ways of the government stalls

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    Essay Length: 1,514 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Steve
  • Promotion of School Violence

    Promotion of School Violence

    I go to gross movies and listen to heavy metal and rap music and I haven't killed anybody, does that make me a potential killer?" These things provoke anger, temper, and crummy attitudes. Gross visuals and music dull sensitivities. They teach the wrong way to handle problems. Make no mistake about this. No matter what defenders of this junk may say, violent movies, video games, and gross music have consequences that include more arguing, hitting,

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    Essay Length: 576 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Bred
  • American Revolution

    American Revolution

    Bob Tayo November 15,2004 In our society today, conforming to what is popular and trendy is a common act by many people. Therefore, deviant acts, which are abnormal actions committed by an individual causing a negative response from society are not permitted. As a result, when an individual dares to challenge societies order others often look upon them as inadequate or bizarre. Society's perception of deviance varies on the situation. A prime example could be

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    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: July
  • American Dream?

    American Dream?

    American Dream? The American dream! What is the American dream? Who lives and considers their life the American dream? Does Bartleby live the American dream? What makes this story have anything to do with the American dream? Well in the next few pages I am going to try to relate my idea of the American dream to this story. The American dream to me is quite simple, happiness living in America. To strive for

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    Essay Length: 1,131 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Stenly
  • American Industrial Revolutin Dbq

    American Industrial Revolutin Dbq

    Prompt: Access the validity of the following statement: “Conditions in the United States were ripe for an industrial revolution in the early 1800’s.” “Reaping What You Sow”: The American Industrial Revolution “The economy of the United States before the War of 1812 was largely shaped by geography...” says Arnold S. Rice. Under Henry Clay’s American system, canals, railroads, and public education paramounted past internal improvements. (Doc B). The inventions oriented towards textile and locomotion sparked

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    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Bred
  • American History

    American History

    Situation Analysis and Problem Statement This paper will explain and give a specific overview on Global Communications during a time of transition within the company. Several variables will be taken into consideration during the company’s plan to continue to be a major player in today’s telecommunication industry. We will review each variable and how to create opportunities in the wake of change that may be perceived as negative for employees as well as customers. By

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    Essay Length: 1,383 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Mike
  • Media Effects the Way People Veiw Violence

    Media Effects the Way People Veiw Violence

    The Effects on Teens from the Media A 1982 report from the National Institute of Mental Health states "Violent programs on television lead to aggressive behavior by children and teenagers who watch those programs." (American Psychological Association.) Whenever I catch my little cousins play fighting, I always ask them why they were doing it. "Power Rangers to the rescue!" exclaims six year old Benjamin as he runs away. "D’oh." says twelve year old Joseph Scott.

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    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Jack
  • The Pivitol Effect of the French and Indian War on Great Britain and Its American Colonies

    The Pivitol Effect of the French and Indian War on Great Britain and Its American Colonies

    The French and Indian War helped to put an extensive strain on the relations of the powerful Great Britain and its loyal American Colonies. The war had put an exclusive strain greatly separating Britain and its colonies. The relations between Britain and its colonies deteriorated to a point of collapse. The French and Indian War had a significant history altering effect on Britain's political, economic, and ideological relationship with its American colonies. Starting, Parliament's massive

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    Essay Length: 820 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Jon
  • Violence and Conflict in Genesis and Antigone

    Violence and Conflict in Genesis and Antigone

    Violence and conflict have always been issues among animals and humans due to the instinct to survive and hack down whomever or whatever gets in the way. Violence and conflict are major themes in both Antigone and the book of Genesis. Antigone is laden with violent imagery; countless arguments causing conflict between Antigone and Creon as well as Creon and Haemon; and the blatant violence of the various murders and suicides present in the play.

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    Essay Length: 273 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Mikki
  • African American Cinema

    African American Cinema

    Black Cinema The subject of African-Americans in Motion Pictures provides some of the most interesting studies along with the many controversial interpretations of the roles as actors they played on screen. As far back as the silent films era, African-Americans have been featured in motion pictures playing roles depicting some aspect of acting and being purveyors of a black image. The messages or themes of these movies have over the years presented a mixture of

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    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Fatih
  • American Colonies

    American Colonies

    When settlers from England came to America, they envisioned a Utopia, where they would have a say in what the government can and cannot do. Before they could live in such a society they would have to take many small steps to break the hold England had on them. The settlers of America had to end a monarchy and start their own, unique, form of government. They also had to find a way that they

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    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Anne Bradstreet: American Poet

    Anne Bradstreet: American Poet

    Anne Bradstreet: American Poet Anne Bradstreet is seen as a true poetic writer for the seventeenth century. She exhibits a strong Puritan voice and is one of the first notable poets to write English verse in the American colonies. Bradstreet’s work symbolizes both her Puritan and feminine ideals and appeals to a wide audience of readers. American Puritan culture was basically unstable, with various inchoate formations of social, political, and religious powers competing publicly. Her

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    Essay Length: 766 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Yan
  • African American Culture

    African American Culture

    African American Culture Music Spirituals This is a religious song sung by the black people in the southern part of the US and are often influenced by African melodies. The spirituals are typical working songs and often content stories and persons from the Bible. Many of the slaves, in fact, thought of themselves as modern children of Israel who were looking for freedom. The songs first become well-known outside the southern states when the slaves

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    Essay Length: 1,168 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Janna
  • Native American a Cultural Diversity

    Native American a Cultural Diversity

    The American Indian is a very unique and integral part of Amreican history,with a very rich and beautiful cultural background.There are over 558 federally recognized tribes in America right now,and another 126 who have applied for federal recognition.At the time of first contact with Europeans, the United states was fully occupied by Indian Nations and some 300 Indian languages existed,approximately 106 of which are still spoken.The diversity and hetrogeneity of the American Indian community cannot

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    Essay Length: 1,363 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Jon
  • American Beauty - Dealing with Age

    American Beauty - Dealing with Age

    American Beauty As we get older, we tend to look for ways of making ourselves look and feel younger, whether it is a change in our day to day lives or maybe just making a new purchase. I believe that the film American Beauty is an example of what people may do to achieve this result. The film, American Beauty has won many awards for its magnificence. I have chosen to focus on this

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    Essay Length: 934 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Jon
  • Youth and Media Violence

    Youth and Media Violence

    The topic of media violence having an influence on the attitudes and behavior of the youth has been a topic of debate for the past decade. Critics say that violence on television, movies, and video games, desensitizes children to the actual effects that violence has on society and themselves. The problem is that children tend to act on the behavior which is seen on the television shows they watch and video games that they play

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    Essay Length: 1,198 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • American Dream

    American Dream

    The American Dream, yes everybody has one, it can be from living in a large house and having a million dollars to just having the privilege to live in America and try to make something better for themselves in this “new” life or “new” start they are trying to grasp. There are many traditions and dreams of every American today while some dreams are practical and some are not and most of all their

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    Essay Length: 1,544 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Mike
  • Spanish American War

    Spanish American War

    During the last years of the 19th century, the United States found itself involved in what John Jay, the American secretary of state, later referred to as a "splendid little war; begun with highest motives, carried on with magnificent intelligence and spirit, favored by that fortune which loves the brave." From an American standpoint, because there were few negative results, and so many significantly positive consequences, John Jay was correct in calling the Spanish-American War

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    Essay Length: 649 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: David
  • African-Americans Segregates Themselves

    African-Americans Segregates Themselves

    The argument that African-Americans segregates themselves from other groups is not a valid argument. It is not partly because of history, since municipal ordinance in the early 1900's determined where African-Americans could live, which are now considered ghettos. A reason why this ordinance was in existence is because Chicago is an older city that grew during a time when racial struggles were occurring. This history is what gives Chicago a high index of dissimilarity, which

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    Essay Length: 937 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Violence in Schools

    Violence in Schools

    Do you feel safe as you walk into this high school everyday? If you don't it wouldn't surprise me because in 1990 one in every twenty high school students have carried a gun to school. Recently in this year of November 24 a high school boy brought a gun to school and shot off 12 rounds at his classmates. Several students were injured and 1 student was killed. This event came from the result of

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    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Cultural Assessment of the American Red Cross

    Cultural Assessment of the American Red Cross

    Abstract A cultural assessment of the American Red Cross (ARC) is presented. Research was conducted via the World Wide Web, article review, site assessment, and interview of a key official within the organization. The ARC was found to have strong ethical values and a mission which incorporates resources across our great nation. The ARC takes pride in being “America’s most trusted charity.” The culture of the organization is strong while also being able to allow

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    Essay Length: 1,114 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Tasha

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