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  • American Pie

    American Pie

    The movie American Pie is about four high schoolers, close to graduating, determined not to carry their virginity's with them to college and so they make a pact to lose their virginity by prom night. The movie is directed by Paul Weitz and stars Jason Biggs, Chris Klein and Tara Reids and takes place around Michigan's East Great Falls High. The movie opens with student Jim (Jason Biggs) being caught by his parents pleasuring

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Native Americans Vs. Early Europeans

    Native Americans Vs. Early Europeans

    The English settlers developed a selection of stereotypes against the Native Americans, ranking them as uncivilized and thus making it easier on themselves to lead the culture into their impossible situation, where the Natives have no choice but to either fight and lose or sit and do nothing, however if assimilation could have occurred through education or social structure the final outcome could have been mutually just for the two civilizations. The early European influences,

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Edward
  • African American Folktales

    African American Folktales

    African American Folktales African American folktales were ways of experiencing ideas, emotions and stories. It was illegal for slaves to talk to each other so they used metaphorical characters to relate to themselves. The most common character was the rabbit that was thought to always be able to trick anyone bigger and stronger than its opponent. By writing these stories, formal slaves were able to give us a great amount of their history. African American

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Artur
  • American Imperialism

    American Imperialism

    American Imperialism American Imperialism has been a part of United States history ever since the American Revolution. Imperialism is practice by which powerful nations or people seek to expand and maintain control or influence over weaker nations or peoples. Throughout the years there has been many instances where the Americans have taken over other people countries, almost every time we go into we have taken over a new piece of land. The Americas first taste

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Development of American Popular Culture/electronic Media

    The Development of American Popular Culture/electronic Media

    The Development of American Popular Culture/Electronic Media Popular Culture is the arts, artifacts, entertainment, fads, beliefs and values that are shared by large segments of society in America. Knowing this we can see how the electronic medias have great influences over the American pop culture. Music, television, radio and movies have all been influences, sometimes, not good and sometimes they have. Before television, radio was the big link for current events being reported fast. It

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    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Kevin
  • American and French Revolution

    American and French Revolution

    There are many similarities and differences between the French Revolution and the American Revolution. To begin with kings and queens had ruled the country of France. This led to some bad and good things throughout the history of France, But in America there were presidents during the new beginnings of the country. The presidents were chosen by the people and debated about political issues that common people had problems with. There wasn t much room

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    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Jack
  • Influence of Interest Groups on the American Legislature

    Influence of Interest Groups on the American Legislature

    Influence of interest groups on the American legislature We elect politicians on the basis on the issues by which they stand, and these issues are either held up or weakened by the numerous interest groups that exist today. Interest groups target both major and minor issues, using all of their resources to sponsor or overpower the groups’ concern. Interest groups are composed of a limited range of the body of voters who have a great

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    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Insights About the African and African American According to Achebe and Douglass

    Insights About the African and African American According to Achebe and Douglass

    Insights about the African and African American according to Achebe and Douglass Throughout the years, the image of the African American culture has been portrayed in in a negative light. Many people look to African, and African American literature to gain knowledge about the African American culture. The true culture and image often goes unseen, or is tarnished because writers who have no true insight or experience, have proceeded to write about things in

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    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Vika
  • African American

    African American

    Abstract In this paper, we will attempt to examine some of the issues troubling African-American family. The areas examine were environmental issues, relationships, health matters and educational challenges. We will also explore possible solutions to each one of these topics. Intro There are many problems facing the African-American family in today's society. The topics that have been chosen are from our personal thoughts and experiences. This team believes that they are prevalent in the African-American

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Edward
  • American History X

    American History X

    American History X The movie American History X is designed to show a better understanding of the serious racism-taking place in America today. The graphic and somewhat upsetting film shows anger and dislike between a “ghetto” black community and a white neo-nazi gang. One of the main ideas in this movie is to show how someone whose whole life has been centered around racism and later he realizes that all races should be treated with

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Early American and African Tribes

    Early American and African Tribes

    Early American & African Tribes Though cultural features, including language, garb, and customs vary enormously from one tribe to another, there are certain elements which are encountered frequently and shared by many tribes. Early nomadic hunters forged stone weapons from around 10,000 years ago; as the age of metallurgy dawned, newer technologies were used and more efficient weapons produced. Prior to contact with Europeans, most tribes used similar weaponry. The most common implement were the

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Victor
  • Requiem for a Dream (2000)

    Requiem for a Dream (2000)

    Requiem For A Dream (2000) In life there are many choices, like any choice you make in life there is always the up or downside to it. For example if you buy a lottery ticket the up side you may win, the down side you may waste a lot of money. If you do drugs the downside you may lose everything you have including your life to get more drugs. Requiem for a Dream is

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Janna
  • Trace the Development of the Anglo-American Conflict. Could the Relationship Have Been Saved?

    Trace the Development of the Anglo-American Conflict. Could the Relationship Have Been Saved?

    Trace the development of the Anglo-American conflict. Could the relationship have been saved? Although American colonists always tried to negotiate the contentious policies which contradicted their principles with the British Parliament, the crown did not leave much room for the discussion fueling the Anglo-American debate with a stubborn constitutional position; with a ridiculous notion as virtual representation; with a large British army that limited the economic development of the country; with the unjust acts that

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Artur
  • Field of Dreams

    Field of Dreams

    Field of Dreams is a movie about second chances. With Ray, building the baseball field in his backyard it is Ray’s second chance to have a relationship with his father who, is dead and while alive did not have a good relationship with his son. It is Terrance Mann’s second chance to go see a ball game at Fenway Park. Shoeless Joe’s and the other Chicago White Sox who were kicked out of the game,

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Max
  • Causes of American Revolution Between 1860 and 1877

    Causes of American Revolution Between 1860 and 1877

    There are many ways that constitutional and social developments caused a revolution. There are a few important developments that will be mentioned. The first one is the secession of 1860, which was a constitutional development. Some other constitutional developments that caused conflict were the Emancipation Proclamation, three civil rights bills, and the reconstruction. Some social developments that caused conflict were the Freedmen’s Bureau, the Black Codes, and the Ku Klux Klan. One of the social

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Mike
  • Protecting American Agriculture While Facilitating Free Trade

    Protecting American Agriculture While Facilitating Free Trade

    Abstract Agriculture is a very valuable to the U.S. economically and socially. Due to the nature of biology, agriculture is highly susceptible to easily created biological weapons. It is the duty of U.S. inspectors to prevent these weapons from entering the country, but increasing pressure from economic globalization and foreign trade agreements has “captured” U.S. regulatory agencies. Using rational decision making models the U.S. has developed policies that allow both the facilitation of trade and

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Janna
  • Religion in the American Public School

    Religion in the American Public School

    Throughout history, religion has impacted the lives of millions whether at school, work, with friends, or by some tragedy. Religion can change the way people view their existence. Religion also plays a big role in the infiltration of values into the loves of many young people today. In a recent pole printed in the USA Weekend Paper, “34% of respondents [said] Religion plays a powerful role in their everyday lives.” These student respondents “cited

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Fatih
  • A Sad Fact in American Society

    A Sad Fact in American Society

    A sad fact in American society is that thousands of people search for the elusive dream of being thin. On any given day, one finds neighbors, friends, and relatives on some kind of diet. Dieters assume various disguises, but the noteworthy ones are the "bandwagoneer," the "promiser" and the "lethal loser." Everyone wants to lose weight quickly and effortlessly; therefore, any fad diet promising overnight results becomes the new "call" of the "bandwagoneer." She tries

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Mike
  • American Heritage

    American Heritage

    Tasha O’Hara 2/22/06 PSC 305 Professor Sundlun American Immigration After World War I ended, there was a great flush of immigration to the United States. The majority of my family members came over in this flush in hopes of finding new opportunities and better jobs. All moved to New England to find jobs in mills or on railroads. All four of my grandparents either are immigrants or have parents who emigrated from England, Ireland, or

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Native American Origin Myths

    Native American Origin Myths

    Prior to the Pilgrims arrival in the Americas in the 15th century, the Americas were inhabited by many Native American Tribes long before. It is estimated that their arrival in the Americas may “have been as recently as 12,000 years ago or as long ago as 70,000 years.”(2) Assuming the shorter estimate, the Native Americans would still “have been on the continent 30 times longer than the Europeans.”(2) During this time each Native American tribe

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Artur
  • The Best President in American History - Abraham Lincoln

    The Best President in American History - Abraham Lincoln

    What defines a great President and what do we mean when we say someone is “the greatest”? Firstly a great President must be viewed as person who has achieved success in the office they hold. That includes effective implementation of policies which are clearly expressed prior to election and that are in the interests of the people who elected them. This is the very foundation of Democracy within the United States and was defined by

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Compairson Between the Inca Government and American Government

    Compairson Between the Inca Government and American Government

    The ancient Inca government and the government of the United States of America have some things in common; while at the same time both very different. The powers possessed by the Inca monarch are similar to those of the U.S. government. However, Inca punishments for criminals are very different from American punishments for criminals. The Inca government had a very strong structure, which enabled it to last for hundreds of years. One major distinction between

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Mike
  • Influential American - Marin Luther King

    Influential American - Marin Luther King

    “I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places shall be made plain, and the crooked places shall be made straight and the glory of the Lord will be revealed and all flesh shall see it together…we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children--black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Catholics and Protestants--will be

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Wendy
  • American Egg Board

    American Egg Board

    Abstract Previous studies have suggested that the eggs were associated with high cholesterol levels, which contributed to heart disease, although this now has been proven to be false. The communication of the cholesterol information is one major reason for the continuing decline in US per capita egg consumption; from 402 in 1945 to 259 in 2003. Results show that cholesterol information is a deterrent in decisions about consumers' decisions to consume eggs and how much

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Schliefen Plan Doomed to Fail

    Schliefen Plan Doomed to Fail

    In the midst of a struggle to be recognized as a world power, Germany faces the horrors of a two front war. Seeing war as inevitably essential, Germany turns to the Schlieffen plan. The Schlieffen plan was a tactical war plan drafted by Graff Alfred Von Schlieffen to counter the two front war. Schlieffen was the Chief of the German General Staff from 1891-1905. With the well organized, world power, France on the west and

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: July