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Earthquake San Francisco- 1906
Words: 400 - Pages: 2.... The buildings were made out of unreined forced brick or wood which
couldn't withstand a earthquake of that magnitude.
After the earthquake, they noticed that the San Andreas Fault
shifted a 250-mile long section witch tore roads and fences. Rivers,
roads and power lines were severed and not aligned with its surroundings.
A road across the fault ended up 21 feet north of the road to the east
same with the rivers and creeks.
The earthquake's most damage were in Los Bonas 30km east of the
fault yet there was little damage along towns to the east side of San
Francisco Bay such as Berkely, 25km east of the fault. And the capital of
Cali .....
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Capatilism
Words: 1250 - Pages: 5.... their sciences as the study of management or direction or organization or manipulation of “community’s” or nations resources. The author goes on to say that the European culture regarded material productions as work that should be done by slaves or serfs but not first class citizens. It must be remembered that the institution of private property, in the full, legal meaning of the term, was brought into existence only by capitalism. In the pre-capitalist eras, private property existed de facto but not de jure, i.e. by custom and sufferance, not by right or by law. In law and in principle all land belonged to the head of .....
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Civil War 2
Words: 2149 - Pages: 8.... arguments and reasons for going to war. Let’s start at the beginning, when the South was first showing animosity for the North, which eventually led to sessionist ideas by the South. The Compromise of 1850 was drafted in response to the threat of a Southern Convention, because of Zachary Taylors decision to carve out two huge territories in the Far West and to admit them in the union as free states. Henry Clay drafted the compromise, which includes eight parts. “The first pair would admit California as a State and organize the remainder of the Mexican cession without “any restriction or condition on the subject of slavery”. The secon .....
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Modern Music
Words: 1590 - Pages: 6.... to where I want to dance. Rap lets me get into a better mood where I can forget the problem or what I was mad at before.” He continues, “No other music affects me as much as rap does because rappers put everything they have into their songs, but that is only my opinion.” Kyle has listened to rap since he was 13, and he actually got me interested into it. I never liked rap until I started to hang out with him, and I am now starting to enjoy it because of its’ diversity that is involved in making the music. Each rapper has their own version of the world, and they express it through their music.
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Not all rap music is good according .....
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History Of The Courts
Words: 1246 - Pages: 5.... than the days of the British North America Act and the Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms. It is depicted that in Ancient Times there were three major influences of western civilization: Biblical Israel, classical Athens, and republican Rome. Each endured their own culture and ways of life; thus, imposing a diverse effect on our society. There is also a notion that, for 200,000 years, archaic humans had been living in hunting and gathering small-scale societies.
Israel's Holy Bible renders a rich ancestry of history, theology, and philosophy which has had a recurring influence over modern man. Israel changed from a nomadic ord .....
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Monarchical Power In England
Words: 1271 - Pages: 5.... of monarchical influence and how far this influence resulted in actual power. Aswell as a consideration of how the characteristics of the Kings and their most notable justiciars effected monarchical power, specific areas to be looked at will be legal affairs including the dispensation of justice and jurisdiction; the Exchequer and the systems of collecting revenue and taxes; feudal lords and their reaction to increased Kingly power; and also the clergy whose capabilities were restricted. This new era of officialdom whereby 'a regular staff was appointed to execute specific administrative tasks and thus to carry out the rulers political i .....
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African Americans In The Civil War
Words: 1125 - Pages: 5.... actions by the Black man that gained him the respect of becoming a soldier. The two are different in that it was to President Lincoln’s benefit to enlist Blacks as soldiers as he did. Whereas the later was the Black Man’s will to fight for his freedom and prove himself as equal as any White man. However, because the Black population was stopped from entering the army under a 1792 law, the Black Man becoming a soldier was not officially noticed until late 1862. 1
“There was strong anti-black prejudice among most people in the free states, and in the loyal slave states the idea of arming the Black Man was anthema”. 2This statement .....
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The New Deal
Words: 592 - Pages: 3.... inflation. He also had to show the people that banks were safe to put money into. To do this he passed the Emergency Banking Act or the “Banking Holiday”, which temporarily closed banks so that they could be examined and reopened, if fit to do so, with a Treasury Department license. Another way that he took charge was by cutting federal workers’ salaries, and veterans’ pensions and benefits, and anything else that would reduce spending. Roosevelt then created the Civilian Conservation Corps, which gave jobs to young Americans, and also diverted their anger at the government. Another major act was the Federal Emergency .....
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Herman Melville
Words: 1675 - Pages: 7.... spending more than he was earning. “It is my conclusion that Maria Melville never committed herself emotionally to her husband, but remained primarily attached to the well off Gansevoort family.” (Humford 23) Allan Melville was also attached financially to the Gansevoorts for support. There is a lot of evidence concerning Melville’s relation to his mother Maria Melville. “Apparently the older son Gansevoort who carried the mother's maiden name was distinctly her favorite.” (Edinger 7) This was a sense of alienation the felt from his mother. This was one of the first symbolists to the Biblical Ishamel.
In 1837 he shipped to L .....
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Grant Hill
Words: 402 - Pages: 2.... able to be on a team.
3. After playing on the AAU team, Grant entered South Lakes High School. He was looking forward to playing on the freshmen team with his boyhood friends.
4. Grant soon decided to try out for the varsity team. As a freshman he played power forward and was averaging 14 points and 7 rebounds per game. At a fourteen -and- under national tournament in Seattle Washington where he ranked most valuable player.
5. The Sea Hawks (Grant's team) depended on Grant this last ten seconds. The captain of the team Jerome Scot said, "get the ball to Grant ". The team was very uncooperative and did not listen until there was one .....
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