Political ChangesFordey McCumber Tariff raised taxes on us imports up to 60%. Teapot Dome Scandal set aside land for the US navy. It was a huge scandal of the 1920s; it sold land for personal gain that was not to be sold. Graphed was corruption in th
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The Kellogg-Briand act was also called the pact of paris. it helped stop war. Frank B. Kellogg was the secretary of war from 1925-1929. Negotiations and redifications act was signed by many countries and said that americans could use self defence if
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Posted by 4Danielle on December 14, 2009 at 1:20pm
The harding presidency, political changes. AndreaWarren Harding was a president and he was part of the Hellogg Briand pact.He was called the pact of paris.It was made for the war beween france and the u.s.-it stopped war.Negotiations and ratification
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World war one was the first modern war. There were planes, machine guns, rifles, gas.Key to why Germany lost is because we were in it and they were fighting a two side war so they had to split their army. Reasons why there was war is nationalism Hitl
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It was durring the fall of 1918 when an all around epidemic started. It impacted the economy greatly by mines shutting down to avoid conamination. Also, the telephone services were decreased. Factories and offices didn't work as much. Eventually, sin
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We continued to watch "Planet in Peril" today. Anderson Cooper continued to explore the issue of climate change, deforestation, and even poaching. They segued into a story about a nun who, trying simply to help the natives, was killed. She was effect
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Today we began the Anderson Cooper CNN special "Planet in Peril". He teamed with doctors and biologists to study the effects of Global Warming in the world today. He highlighted the loss of polar bears, of glacial ice, and how mass flooding could soo
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Today, through fatigue and headaches we began the movie Hotel Rwanda. Though I was incredibly tired, from what I could absorb in the cloud vastness that was my mind, its a very good film. I look forward to getting more in-depth with it.
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Today we talked about the WW1 still. We are almost done but we are still talking about it.Wilson had 14 point that he took with him when he signed the treaty of Paris.The treaty of Versailles.This treaty where land was taken from Germany.The military
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Today we talked about what the next few weeks are going to look like. We then went on to talked about the WW1 again.Anther part of the war was the home front. Its want ever people do to help out the war to win. Factories were made sure that they were
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Today we talked about the goals of WW1.France was after land from Germany and turkey. They wanted land from the losers. Great Brittan wanted land from A-H. Russia wanted land from turkey. A-H wanted to just self preserve. Germany wanted a part of Fra
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Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in Kansas. Her Grandma was dealing with a lot of family deaths and her husband's mental conditions getting worse so Amelia moved in with her. She was only 50 miles away from her parents so she could still go s
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Today is Pearl Harbor. The flag is at half staff showing respect to the ones who served and died.We then talked about the WW1. Mr. Bruns talked fast about the war and what went on. I learned that WW1 was like the domino effect. Principal killed the n
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Posted by 3JordanS on December 13, 2009 at 11:10pm
Imagine hearing gunshots firing around you. Laying on the ground, crawling to just get away from all the violence and bloodshed. Bodies are freshly slain right in front of you. Cries of agony and footsteps get closer behind you. Scared and startled,
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The war in Darfur all started when the Sudan Liberation Army and the Justice and Equality Movement accused the Sudanese government of favoring Arabs over blacks, although the government denies this. On one side you have the rebel groups like the SLA
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In February of 2003, a conflict arose. The gov't of Sudan was accused of favoring Arabs over black Africans. The gov't denied favoring the Arabs, but they were supplying a militia called Janjaweed, which was made up of Arabs. The gov't was also accus
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