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Assigned Blog #8- African country of Somalia

Somalia is located in the far east of Africa with it pointing at Yemen and Saudi Arabia. As of 2012 there is an estimated population of 10,085,638 and their capital, Mogadishu, has a population of 2,855,800.

          Somalia has a Federal Government

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Assigned Blog #8- Planes during the 1920s

The use of airplanes increased during and after WWI. The oldest planes were made of wood, but eventually were made completely of metal. Pilots showed their flying skills to small towns all over the country. Many of these pilots were pilots that flew

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The Harlem Renaissance were around the 20’s and 30’s! It at the time was known as the “New Negro Movement” named after Alain Locke in 1925. It was placed in Harlem, in New York City! Although many French-speaking black writers from African and the Ca

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African event Blog post

The lord resistance army began in the 1980 as the Holy Spirit movement with their leader Alice Lakwena who said that the Holy Spirit had told her to overthrow the Ugandan government which was supposedly treating the Alcholi people unfairly. The idea

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Uganda has been suffering from civil unrest since the 1980’s, and have been having a civil war for about 20 years. At the height of the crisis, almost 1.8 million people lived in Internally Displaced Persons Camps, or IDP Camps. The conflict has been

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Assinged Blog #8 Jazz Age: 1920's

In the 1920's Jazz was a huge part of life. In fact it was also known as the Jazz Age. The Jazz Age started after the Great Depression was over, many people would get all dressed up and go out dancing. Because the Jazz music was the hit of the centur

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My topic was the music in the 1920's. The 1920's was known as the Jazz Age, and rightfully so. It was those ten years where the Jazz genre boomed! African Americans brought the genre to America. Event though it was later acceptable for whites to play

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December 10, 2012

The Immigration act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed into the United States. This Act was also called Johnson-- Reed Act or the Asian Exclusion Act. It limited the annual number of immigrants allowed into the United States. It was use

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12/10/12

Accomplishments of the Song Dynasty

When

    The song dynasty began in 960 and ended in 1279

    The founders of the song dynasty reunified china that had been in political turmoil since the fall of the tang dynasty

    The empire ended in 1279 as a resu

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Calvin Coolidge ~ Assigned Blog #8

     Are you able to name every president that ever held office? Do you know their given names? As in their full name? Maybe you can't. That's alright. Let me clue you in. Calvin Coolidge. What was his first name? Do you know? What can you tell me ab

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Assigned Blog #8- Harlem Renaissance

For my assigned Blog #8- I got the topic of Harlem Renaissance.                

                Harlem Renaissance is after the Civil War, the African - Americans wanted more freedom, better schooling, and jobs. So all the African – Americans move to

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Assigned Blog #8 Prohibition

Prohibition is the banning of the production and distribution of alcohol. Prohibition was made possible in the United States by the passing of the 18th amendment(January 16th 1920), after being presented to congress several times by many women's orga

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Gangs of the 1920's: The Chicago Outfit

            During the late 1910’s and early 20’s organized crime in Chicago became a lot more organized with the arrival of Jim Colosimo from Italy. Colosimio brought all gangs, big and small, from around Chicago together forming the Chicago Outfit.

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1920's assigned blog

250px-Louis_Armstrong_restored.jpg03a144557af4a88ef8c931262039e.jpg1218298290146_f.jpgIn the 1920’s there was a big influence of jazz music.  Jazz music originated in New Orleans and over the years moved to Chicago, New York, and Kansas City, then eventually all over the country.

Some of the greatest musicians of the time were King Oli

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Assingned Blog #8 - Fashion in the '20s

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Women's Fashion

The "roaring 20's" was a bright and beautiful time. Most of the time the girls wore dresses. The dresses were lighter, brighter and shorter than ever before. At the begin of the decade hemlines were high then at the end of the decade t

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Assigned Blog - Fashion of the 20s

     My assigned blog topic was fashion of the 1920s. The 1920s were the post-WW1 era. Fashion really started to change during this time. During this time, women's fashion became more comfortable, instead of having the tight clothing such as the cors

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The Red Scare was a nationwide fear of communists, socialists, anarchists in 1919 because of a series of anarchist bombings. Innocent people were sent to jail for giving their views. Americans feared that a Bolshevik-style revolution was going to tak

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Assigned Blog #8 - Fashion!

In the 20's was when fashion entered the modern era as some would call it. People started wearing more comfortable clothes. New styles were made in the 20’s; the suits many men wear today were started in the late 20's. Women also continued to wear dr

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