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Assigned blog #4

            My family history, hmm what a great topic for my 4th assigned blog. Lets start with my dads side. My dad's parents are Jan and Ray Kloewer. My grandpa died on May 4th, 2004. He is greatly missed but is in a better place now. As for my gra

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Assigned blog 3

The steam engine

the first steam engine in America was imported here from England in 1753 and was used in a mine in new jersey to pump out the water so hey could dig deeper. But much later American inventors found different uses for hem such  as saws

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Assigned blog 4

America has had the Electoral College system ever since 1788. It is when 538 representatives vote for the President and his VP. The 538 are split by all states. Depending on the states population the more reps. it has. Such as California has a big po

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Assinged Blog 4

Electoral College- this indirect election consists 538 electors who votes officially our president and vice president. the number of electors is equal to the total voting membership in Congress. The electors gets casts from the voters, which are pled

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Assigned Blog #4

The electoral college is a system that is used in the United States to indirectly elect the president and vice president of the states. Each state has a different number of electors based on how many people are in the senate and the house of represen

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Assignment #4 Electoral College

The electoral college, often confused as a place instead of a process. Theres two votes, the electoral vote and the popular vote. Roughly 200 million people in America vote which is the popular vote. 538 people in the electoral college vote, only 270

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Assigned Blog #3

America participated in the first Olympic Summer Games in 1896. The countries that participated were Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. We

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Assigned Blog #4

Family History:

My dad's side of the family orginated in Germany. My Great Great Great Grandpa Conrad Scheffler was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany in 1844. His future wife, Caroline Grobe, was born in Prussia in 1853. They came to the United States

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My father’s great grandmother and grandfather Redler, originated from Rastad Russia. They then migrated over to Germany, then to the United States. They lived in Nebraska and were farmers. They had children, including my great Grandfather Albert Redl

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Blog Post #4 Electral College

The Electoral College is a System of presidential electors, or a method of indirect popular election of the President of the United States. The founders who drew up the Constitution in 1787 were not willing to allow ordinary citizens to vote for thei

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Assigned Blog #4

The Electoral College consists of 538 people. In order to win the election, the candidate needs at least 270 votes (the majority). States get a certain number of people- based on the congressional delegation. They get one per member of the house of r

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Family History Blog

     My great great grandfather grew up to be 104. My great grandfather and great grandma came from Ireland in 1918 and settled in Pennsylvania and moved to New York. My great grandmother was one of four. And my great grandfather was an only child an

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Assigned Blog # 4

Family History

      Mom's side- Danish, German, and Irish. There isn't much that we could find about my mom's side of the family since the people that came over here aren't around anymore. We do know that my great grandpa Nels Nelsen came over here f

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Assigned Blog #4 - Family History

You might not think family history is to important, but i think it is. Because of these brave people this is  why we lived where we do and why we live the way we do.

My grandma Marcy who is my mom’s mom was a Sonderman. August was born in Westphalen C

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