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American Dream
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1173.... which the serfs lived on, was communally shared using an open field farming system. Each person had their crops in rows, intermingled with rows of their neighbors crops. All of the cows were grazed together in one place, and all of the sheep grazed together in another place. Each farmer had the right to cut hay from the community field to feed his stock for the winter. The tools that the people used, such as plows, belonged to the lord. In exchange for use of the lord's land and tools the serfs paid a tax, and maintained all of the lord's grounds. The amount of land yo .....
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Social Inequality In 1820s
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1366.... and the pursuit of Happiness. Although this statement has been argued about its actual meaning hundreds of times by students, philosophers, historians, etc., it still is relevant in discussing the true intentions of the new nation. If all men were created equal then why were there slaves? Why did the government deny the Indians of their rights? Why was there so much injustice? That phrase simply meant that all free citizens were politically equal. This did not apply to blacks or women under the eyes of the signers. As time went by, the meaning "All Men are created equal" took .....
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The Rebellion Against Victoria
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 908.... such as the Odd Women, featured a
fictional representation of "professional women". They were classified
in two categories, both an attack on the social institution of
marriage. The first of these new women were out only for fun. The
second was the concept of an asexual being who did not need a man.
These women owned their own flats and had various jobs usually
secretarial in nature.. The book expressed an uncomfortable period of
transformation. Working women were not completely accepted by English
society at this time. The book portrayed different lives and ho .....
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Chinese Communist Influences
Number of pages: 8 | Number of words: 1984.... of a common, although difficult, written language and a common set of
ethical and social values, known as Confucianism. Traditional china
had neither the knowledge nor the power that would have been necessary
to cope with the superior science, technology, economic organization,
and military force that expanding West brought to bear on it. The
general sense of national weakness and humiliation was rendered still
keener by a unique phenomenon, the modernization of Japan and its rise
to great power status. Japan's success threw China's failure into
sharp .....
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Life In Ancient Greece
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 826.... the sidewalls, if they still have nothing to eat they will queue for many hours in bread lines organised by the city charities.
This family will most likely live from their car or move into one of the Hoovervilles. In this Hooverville they will live like many other families, in a house made from packing cases and corrugated iron. Disease is rife here and few are able to get medical help. There is however no shortage of water. When it rains it comes under the walls and through the roof drenching everything inside. News travels slowly amongst the poor, most people hear what is .....
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The History Of Coca-Cola
Number of pages: 8 | Number of words: 2046.... penned the famous Coca-Cola logo in unique script. Dr. John Pemberton sold a portion of the Coca-Cola company to Asa Candler, after Pemberton's death the remainder was sold to Candler. Pemberton was forced to sell because he was in a state of poor health and was in debt. He had paid $76.96 for advertising, but he only made $50.00 in profits. Candler acquired the whole company for $2,300(Coca-Cola multiple pages).
Candler achieved a lot during his time as owner of the company. On January 31, 1893, the famous Coca-Cola formula was patented. He also opened the first syrup manu .....
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1472.... island, looking things over, Castro still has not identified himself as a Communist quite yet. In May of 1960, diplomatic relations between Russia and Cuba are established following Mikoyan’s visit to the island. One reason why Cuba has turned to Russia is because the US had cut off their oil supplies and imposed an economic embargo on the island because of the naturalization of US owned companies and citizens by the Cuban government. This calls for a massive oil shipment from the Soviets but unfortunately, Russia was unable to handle such a demand because of their limited ov .....
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Killer Angels Civil War Book
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 952.... study languages, Chamberlain
instead volunteered his military services to Maine's
governor. He was soon made lieutenant colonel of the 20th
Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
He is best remembered for two great events: the action
at Little Round Top, on the second day of Gettysburg (2 July
1863), when then-Colonel Chamberlain and the 20th Maine held
the extreme left flank of the Union line against a fierce
rebel attack, and the surrender of Lee's Army of Northern
Virginia at Appomattox, when Grant chose Chamberlain to
receive the formal surrender of weapons and colo .....
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