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Chinese Exclusion Act of the late 1800's.

 


          The Chinese Exclusion Act was a law passed by Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882. This act restricted Chinese immigration to the U.S. It lasted for 10 years and only allowed non-laborer Chinese who ha

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Assigned blog #4 Electoral College

Our founding fathers created the electoral college so small states could have say in who they wanted as president and because many people could not read they did not have accurate information. In the electoral college there are some weaknesses. One o

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First off both my mom and dad are from Germany so that means I'm 100% German so im going to tell you some information about Germans.

The word German means a German ethnic Group. The number of people around the world that are Germans is around 60 and 1

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Family History Blog

          My family from my mom's side immigrated from Denmark in the 1800's, I do not currently know very much about my mom's side of the family other than that almost all of them were farmers.

          I do know a decent amount of history from my d

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10/4

Went over the South America map. Talked about the presidential debate. Watched some clips from the debate.

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Assigned Blog #4 Electoral College

The electoral college is a body of electors who are chosen by voters in each state. They elect the president and vice president of the United States. The candidate that wins the states popular vote gets that states electoral votes. The number of elec

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Assigned Blog #4 Family History!

For this assigned blog we are to tell about our family history.

The Sonderman Family. (Hanover Germany)

I will start with my mom’s family. My mom’s name is Chris Assmann. She is the daughter of Robert (Bob), and Diane Sonderman. Bobs family came from G

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Assigned Blog #4 German Immigrants

On my Mom's side of the family, we come from a German heritage like many people around here. But what many people don't know is why did our German ancestors come over to America? Well here are some answers.

In the 1800's, many Germans had already come

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Assigned blog #4 family history.

    On my dad's was a little trickier because my dad was adopted. He was brought into a family with all girls. He has 5 sisters, but one died shortly after birth, and one lives in Des Moines but doesn't have have anything to do with our family anymor

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Family History - Assigned Blog #4

     My family on both my father and mother's side is quite extensive. To me, family history is interesting. I can figure out how people are related to me. On my dad's side, his father was one of the younger kids in the family.  Which means that all

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Assigned Blog #4 Electoral College

               The Electoral College is a form of indirect election that consists of 538 electors who elect the President and Vice President of the United States. The number of electors is equal to the 435 Representatives, 100 Senators, and 3 elector

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Assigned Blog #4

Every four years we elect a president to preside over the United States of America. Because we are a democracy we as the people, vote to elect our president. In order to make sure that all have a fair share in voicing their presidential opinions we u

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Assigned Blog #4: Family Tree

My assigned blog this week was my family history. On the Chamberlain side of my family, the farthest back I know is my Great-Great-Great Grandpa Samuel-Sewell Chamberlain. He was born in 1837 in Augora, New York. On December 22, 1861, at the age of 2

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Assigned Blog #4, Electoral College

The Electoral College is a group of 538 electors who officially elect the President and Vice President of the United States. The number of electors is equal to the number of voting membership of the U.S. Congress. (435 Representatives, 100 Senators,

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