I was sick today.I got notes from people in the classCh. 7-2Why did cities grow so quickly in the late 1800's and early 1900's?-Immigration and farmersWhat problems did cities face due to the rapid increase in population?-Fires because buildings were
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The typewriter was first issued on June 23, 1868. It was invented by Christopher Latham Sholes. He was born February 14, 1819 in Mooresburg, Pennsylvania. He died February 17, 1890 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was an American.
Today in class Mr. Bruns brought donuts because he promised us that if the Dow Jones went past 10,000 he would bring some kinda of treat.Today in class we are taking oral test and if we are not taking the test we have to study for the oral test, do a
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It’s strange how people can be so blinded by their immediate discomfort that they fail to see the illogical nonsense in their actions and words. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, immigrants faced both great new opportunities and hope crushin
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Today I did half of my presentation. On Tuesday I will finish up with my presentation and get the load off of my shoulders. I didn't learn anything new because I was presenting the stuff that I already know.
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From 1866 to the mid 1870's cowboys had to drive cattle from Texas to cow towns which were located on railroads. This could take up to 2 months. But, eventually when ranchers set up along the great plains this was taken down to 35 days.This trips wer
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Ch. 6.3: Continued-What was Social Darwinism and how did it apply to business? Charles Darwin was a biologist who created the theory of evolution. He came up with the study of survival of the fittest. This is where the stronger animal, plant, or forc
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George Armstrong Custer was born on December 5th, 1839 in New Rumley, Ohio. He was a United States Army Officer and Calvary Commander during the American Civil War of 1861–1865 and the Indian Wars. He pledged allegiance to the United States of Americ
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Saddam Hussein was the 5th president of Iraq, from July 16th, 1979 to April 9th, 2003, and a strong leader of the Ba'ath Party. He was born in the town of Al-Awja on the 28th of April, 1937, and died on December 30th, 2006 (by execution in the US). H
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Today we began the oral testing in CWI. Because I am forever cursed with a last name beginning with the letter B, I had to go today. It honestly wasn't that bad; better than the last one, I think. Though I did miss a question because my brain refused
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Today in CWI, besides studying for the Europe Map test, we went over again the Democratic/ Republican slide show to prepare for the oral tests. I'll be taking it tomorrow, and hopefully getting an a?I also studied a little in class today, looking ove
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Saddam Hussein was born in Al-Awja, Iraq on April 29, 1937. His name, Saddam, means “one who confronts. Saddam had a troubled childhood. His father disappeared before he was born, and his brother died of cancer shortly after Saddam was born. As an in
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Today in CWI we continued to study the Europe map. Brie and I have begun to search for interactive maps to study with because the pressure if this test is massive.We also finished discussing Somalia, and the clan systems that eventually led to the do
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The duty of my assigned blog this week is to explain the results and consequences of the Persian Gulf War (1990-1991). I would first like to very briefly touch upon the history of this war of many names (also Desert Storm, First Persian Gulf War, and
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Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was born in the town of Al-Awja, close to a town named Tirkit. He was born in 1937 to a family of sheephearders. His mother named him because his name meants, "one who confronts". This is funny because he confro
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Many people or Democrats did not agree with President Bush when he went to war with Iraq on March 19, 2003. Some things that Bush wanted to accomplish why they were over there were, to remove any nuclear weapons or (WMD). They also wanted to capture
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Angel Island is an island in San Francisco Bay, California. During a 30 year span (1910-1940), Angel Island allowed nearly 1 million Asian Immigrants to enter the country. The Department of War gave land, so that the immigration center could be built
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Weeeell, my topic was "what role did the UN and other countries play in the war with Iraq". I didn't type that all out for the title because it's ridiculously long. ;)Okay, we've basically got China, France, Arabia, Iraq, the UN, and US. China, Franc
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