So we will start at the beginning, which was long before the war began to see if the exact cause can be defined. ... Two of which were that the people of the country were poor and hungry. ... They also agreed that the National Government should be stronger than before. ... The South was eventually allowed the Three Fifths Compromise in which they were allowed to count five slaves as three free men. "[ ] slavery, though never specifically mentioned, was well protected within the body of the constitution (qtd in Ferris 9)". ... We had fought the Revolutionary War to be free of the English,...

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The country's probably most well-known motto "In God We Trust" can be found on every dollar bill2. ... The very language of the Constitution and Bill of Rights suggest that, though created with Christian morals in the back of their minds, the framers of the Constitution intended America to be a nation free from any one religious authority. ... However, to say that the colonies were free from religious persecution is far from truth. ... In 1689, Great Britain had passed a religious Act of Toleration, but this meant little for American colonies.4 In his Notes on the State of Virginia, ...

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It is then sadly revealed, as that single hypothetical question forces us to reflect, that the untroubled and malicious-free life of teenagers is falling apart. ... Their messages were simple: freedom, tolerance, love, and of course, peace. ... Sex, Love & Hippies "The concept of Free Love as expressed by hippies meant you were free to love whomever you pleased, whenever you pleased, however you pleased. ... Hippies did a lot of radical things before, and people thought that they were the next funniest thing to the Three Stooges. ... One of the things that they are most remembered ...

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To many in the 19th century, blacks were not considered men or women; instead, they were simply tools of trade used to make whites richer. ... Slaves were not seen as equals, just regular workers that had common jobs. ... About 9,391,000 slaves began new lives in a place where they were not welcomed as people; they were used for work, and beaten on a daily basis. ... Many times, we as a people see what a popular Black politician claims as their political party and we automatically think that it (the party) is right for us also. ... We as Blacks in America should understand the struggle that ou...

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America has always prided itself on being the land of the free. ... Handguns aren't the only type of firearm that the courts believe we have a legal right to own. ... We are actually fairly late to the gun registration party. ... Instead of supporting it, Americans should understand the consequences of gun registration, and put an end to it before it's too late. ... Fortunately, former Police Chief Jeanne Assam drew her firearm and wounded the gunman before he could kill anyone else. ...

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Lincoln won all electoral votes of every free state except New Jersey, which awarded him four of its seven votes. ... Before the 1860 presidential election, Southern leaders had urged that the South secede from the Union if Lincoln should win. ... We have sown the wind, only to reap the whirlwind. ... We have hated and persecuted the Negro we have scourged him out of the temple of justice by the Dred Scott decision we have shot and hanged his friends at Harper's Ferry we have enacted laws for his further degradation, and even to expel him from the borders of some of our States we have joi...

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I feel that greedy people who's only interest is to make money exploit us from things that were given to us for free, like water. ... However, I have been to a place that actually has free drinking water, which I feel is just as good as the bottled water. ... But so long as we have got this inequality, so long we are thieving. ... How many times will we grab something to eat and then throw it away, because we do not "feel hungry" anymore, yet we were "starving" just minutes ago. ... If we take these thoughts by Gandhi, we can probably make a dramatic impact on poverty in the world. ...

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The delegates were unhappy with England, but were not yet ready to declare war. ... The following day copies of the Declaration were distributed. ... In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms. ... A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. Nor have We been wantin...

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"2 His words were a far cry from a "Lincolnian" rhetoric depicting America as "the last best hope of man on earth.... The Constitution's Involvement in Exceptionalism However before I can analyse the role played by exceptionalism in the early part of the Cold War, I must first look at the root of the idea and how much prevalence it had in the minds of the American people. For this we may start all the way back at the founding of the nation. ... Contained within this unique document defined the conditions for free people with free rights, not from the government but fr...

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The experiences in our past lives shape the way we live today. ... Economies were reduced to rubble, as was most of Europe. ... There were strings attached, which was no surprise. ... "I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed majorities or by outside pressures. The free peoples of the world look to us for support in maintaining those freedoms. ...

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Before the shootings Carneal had been teased about his sexual preference and was called names like "fag" and "gay" (Torr 15). ... The day before he had been arrested and released for bringing a gun to school. ... So then we must ask how any sane person could let this child back into his parent's custody and free to roam the streets after he had brought a gun to school the day before. ... Shootings had happened before but not two hours away from where I lived. ... Shootings had been scary before and it was a worry but this shooting was the worst and from that day on I lived in fear. ...

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Between Wars (WW I and WW II) Twenty-one years before World War II began World War I ended. ... That was the beginning of what we call isolationism. ... For many years before World War II Japan had been using imperialistic and militaristic ways to acquire land. ... Before Pearl Harbor was attacked, America was very scared that Japan might attack the US because of all the neighboring islands in the Pacific that were assaulted. ... "When can we go to war and win?...

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Many workers during this time period were from countries such as Ireland and these workers often were treated just as bad, if not worse, than African-American slaves. The Irish migrant workers that did manage to be free workers rather than indentured slaves were pigeonholed into working the least desirable of jobs for a low pay. ... Before delving into the specifics and the legalities of the mistreatment of temporary workers in America, it is imperative to understand a bit of the history behind this issue. ... Americans were spoiled, and had little to no way to get a first-hand look at the p...

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This issue screams to be addressed by the government and abolished in American society if we truly desire our country to be "The Land of the Free," that we all know and love. ... All the while, white drivers receive far less police attention, affording the drug dealers among this group of people to go free. ... Wilkens, and his family were traveling from a funeral in a rented Cadillac when he was stopped for speeding. ... There were no drugs to be found, "We 5 were completely humiliated," says Wilkens. ... For instance, 77 percent of motorists searched on the New Jersey turnpike we...

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Cultivated for at least 5,000 years and serving as one of the oldest crops not grown for food, the marijuana plant began its life in China where the tissues of the hemp stalk were used to weave clothing, rope, and paper; seeds were pressed to make oil for paints and varnish; and dried seeds were used as food for canaries and other songbirds. ... What few people fail to realize is that this and other drugs were banned by the fault of racial intolerance. ... Rumors were often spread that these immigrants would lure white women into their opium dens. ... Long before marijuana was even known to mo...

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Emerging in the 1950's were the Black Muslims and the visionary Malcolm X. ... "Who were the militants?" ... Still, we have more young black men in prison than we do in college. The culture of incarceration has transcended prison walls, transforming the free world into a shadow of the penitentiary. ... When Davis began fighting to free political prisoners in the late 1960s, she and other activists thought incarceration rates had reached critical levels. ...

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If it wasn't for communication, we probably wouldn't have been involved in WW2. ... People today are communicating faster than ever before. ... All large trucks are searched before crossing over designated bridges. ... If something like that were to occur, there are emergency teams set up all across the nation. ... At this point President Bush wants to make sure the threat in the Middle East is finished before our army takes the pressure off those who are involved in terrorism. ...

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Many of the workers were immigrants ignorant of the language and ways of their new country were the most vulnerable members of this class.immigrants.gates of the packing houses were There has been a representative of several nationalities in this class First were the Germans, next the Irish, then the Poles. ... In addition, them there were a number of canning factories. ... All of the men of he same rank were pitted against each other. ... Although this book was written at the turn of the century, it still reflects the times in which we live. ... Therefore, for these reasons and many more undo...

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In America we see a culture that has a focus on materialism. ... One lady born in 1936 said that before TV their family always ate together around the table, but after the TV entered the house it became the table. ... So many others were absorbed by the growing cultural industry that was birthing through the TV and commercialism. The term cultural industry needs defining before trying to understand culture. ... So in the above situation both men were black skinned but one chose to identify with a particular ethnic term and the other did not. ...

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It was nearly impossible for a black to live free in America, and it was even more difficult for a black to find a job. ... Not only were blacks free, they were becoming accepted as people in our society. They were even becoming accepted in the workplace. Many employers were no longer bothered by giving a job to an African-American. ... This is not possible, however, if we are to conserve racial equality in this country. ...

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The IRS will not let this go on for long before they end up seizing the home. ... " Isabel is basically saying that we need to spend our money more wisely and save it, so then we won't get into debt. ... Controlling your spending isn't that easy with all the necessities we have. ... Bank of America made a statement as well: "We have been assessing our existing processes. ... I found a couple articles about the event, discovering that the event was a "free mortgage help event" at the Convention Center. ...

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I live everyday making sure I am doing what he called to me to do and my choices always are determined by if I think God would want me to do that because I want to someday go to heaven and rejoice with my family members that have passed away before me. ... I used to be a courtesy clerk at a grocery store and my manager never treated us employees as if we were less then him and it made everyone respect him and enjoy working for him way more. ... There is another movie I watched a while ago where a bunch of people were in this experiment. All the people were kept in a prison for a certain amount...

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Glory is a great movie about the 54th Regiment, which is composed of free black men. ... This movie puts a positive twist to war in that the blacks took up arms too to support a cause, which is something they had never done before. ... They argued that the slaves were better cared for then the free factory workers in the North. ... The Northerners goals were free public education, better salaries and working conditions for workers, rights for women, and better treatment for criminals. ... Northerners said that slavery revoked the human right of being a free person. ...

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This can be difficult because man is born free, but everywhere in chains' (- Jean-Jaques Rousseau). ... Liberalism believes that each person should be free to act as they wish, it also believes that each individual deserves respect no matter of race, religion, sexual preference, or social status. ... However before the late 19th century, social attitudes were not challenged in mass. ... Degrees were still not allowed to be taken. ... In 1850 11,000 women were in institutes of higher learning. 1/3 of enrolees in colleges were wome...

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There is evidence of this when we see that "racial thought was used to explain differences between economic and social classes, especially between the peasantry and the nobility" during the Middle Ages.# From the passage it is evident that racial thought was around even before American colonization. ... "# Carl Degler would argue that Negro discrimination began before colonization saying, "that discrimination against the Negro existed before slavery, [and] existed indeed from the very beginning of settlement... This story not only gives insight on other races but of the African race the on...

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