Absent... still sick. I can't seem to get a break this month! first the wisdom teeth, now this! I probably won't be at school tomorrow either.
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Well, the first thing we did was invade Iraq. The main idea of the whole invasion was to "shock and awe" the opposing Iraqi forces. The stategy combines direct air attacks to enemy ground troops while ground troops simultaneosly overwhelm the bombed
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James Butler Hickok was born on May 27, 1837 in Troy Grove, Illinios. His family were baptists who had very high expectations of James. His parents helped smuggle slaves out of the south in the Underground Railroad. This is how Jame's obsession with
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Oliver Kelly Hudson started this group that later became known as the Grange. They wanted to help fight for the farmers and common peoples rights.The Grange's focus switched to the railroads and fighting them. They had to deal with them taking over t
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Chapter 5 Section 1George Armstrong Custer is known today for The Batte Of Little Big Horn. He was a United States Army Officer and commander in the American Civil War and Indian Wars. In 1858 George attended West Point and graduated at the bottom of
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Some say the main reason that we went ot war in iraq in 2003 was to kid rid of Saddam Hussein. It was thought that he was making nucular weapons and going to use them aginst the US, but weapons have still not yet been displayed. The thought that the
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Angel island is an island which is located on the San Francisco Bay. Today, Angel Island is part of a State Park called Angel Island State Park, but within its history, Angel Island has been used for a variety of things, such as a military fort, and
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Orville (right) and Wilbur (left) Wright.Orville and Wilbur Wright were the men who first came up with the glider, then later many other forms of airplanes. In the early 20th century, the Wright brothers were bicycles manufacturers in
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7-2What problems did cities fact due to the rapid increase in population?overpopulation, not very much waterWhat did some people do to try to help the bad situation in the citieswaterworks, sprinklers in buildings, buildings built out of brick, settl
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7-1 the new immigrantsToday April started to present. Immigrants started coming over to America during the late 19th centry and earyl 20th century. 30 million immigrated to America. Most immigrants were coming from Europe. In 1907 1 million arrived f
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6-3 business and laborToday Joseph started his presentation. Andrew Carnegie was the first person to make a fortune buying stock. Created Carnegie Steel Company in 1899. He was an immigrant from Scotland and started very poor. When he sold his busine
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Today we discussed our blogs. Nathan did his on John Deere. John Deere was born in Rutland, Vermont and he was not very wealthy growing up. He had little education so noboday wanted to apprentice him. So he first apprenitced for his mother in 1821. I
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Well, I'm not sure if this is what I'm supposed to be doing since I have been gone all week from school. But, I did why we went to war in 1990. The Gulf War was fought between Iraq and allies of Kuwait. Iraq invaded Kuwait. It started on January 16th
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Why did cities grow so quickly in the late 1800's and early 1900's?7-2What problems did cities fact due to the rapid increase in population?there were thieves, there were alot of big fires because the buildings were made of wood so the fires were spr
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