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U S C Fifty Fourth
1,682 words
The Fifty-fourth Massachusetts was organized in
early 1863 by Robert Gould Shaw, twenty-six year
old member of a prominent Boston abolitionist
family. Shaw had earlier served in the Seventh New
York National Guard and the Second Massachusetts
Infantry, and was appointed colonel of the
Fifty-fourth in February 1863 by Massachusetts As
one of the first black units organized in the
northern states, the Fifty-fourth was the object
of great interest and curiosity, and its
performance would be conside...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Public School System
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From about 1825 until the outbreak of the civil
war in 1861, the atmosphere in the nation was one
of reform (Boardman, 122). There were five major
reform movements present in 19 th century America.
There was the Utopianism/Communitarian Movement,
which established an ideal society away from
present politics. Educational reforms were
important in the fact of creating taxes to support
the public school system, higher education for
adults, and mandatory education and attendance.
The Temperance Move...
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War On Drugs Marijuana Laws
1,405 words
Activists hope ballot questions signal support for
marijuana bills By Steve Leblanc, Associated
Press, 12 / 5 / 2000 17: 05 BOSTON (AP) When
researchers launched the nation's most ambitious
heart study 50 years ago, they chose Framingham, a
middle-class town west of Boston and cross-section
of America. Now supporters of liberalized
marijuana laws are hoping voters in this
Massachusetts heartland are signaling a
fundamental shift in public attitudes about the
state's war on drugs. On Election Day...
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Franklin D Roosevelt Third Party Candidates
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... ifi cantly changes, thus causing some major
upsets. Wilson won because congress voted him in,
not because he was elected. If Roosevelt hadn't
formed his own party, Taft would have had a better
chance of becoming President of the United States.
1936 The candidates in the election of 1936 were,
Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat, Alfred M.
Landon, a Republican, and Norman Thomas, a
Socialist. Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882,
at Hyde Park, N. Y. , to James Roosevelt. He was
an average stu...
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Nitrous Oxide Birmingham Alabama
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... ed to have Morton's possessions taken because
he had taken out so many loans to make his
inhalers. Jackson even destroyed Morton's
dentistry business. Jackson made false claims that
Morton demanded immediate payments from his
patients, which at that time was a major offense.
After losing more and more patients to Jackson's
schemes, it was apparent that Morton had very slim
chances of escaping his debt. 39 As Morton's
problems grew, Horace Wells' problems seemed to
disappear. During his trip ...
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Domination Of New England Purpose Of The Domination Colonies
502 words
When the northern and middle colonies were
founded, England had a strong hold over the
colonies. They controlled development and the
government, among other things. But as the
colonies developed, they began to have an
ever-growing sense of independence that was a
threat to its English rulers. As a result of this
England went through much trouble in constantly
trying to regain full control of the colonies.
Early in the Development of Massachusetts and the
other New England colonies, the governmen...
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Man And A Woman Homosexual Couples
1,657 words
Question I First Article WHETHER THE COMMONWEALTH
OF MASSACHUSSETTS SHOULD RECOGNIZE GAY MARRIAGES?
We proceed thus to the First Article: - Objection
1. It seems that the Bible, Eastern Orthodox
Christians, Roman Catholics, the majority of
Protestants, and most major cultures are opposed
to gay marriages. Marriage, as defined by the Code
of Canon Law, is the matrimonial covenant, by
which a man and a woman establish between
themselves a partnership of the whole of life and
which is ordered by it...
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Resort Management Sunday River Ski
1,886 words
I. Executive Summary The following report
summarizes the effect of current macroeconomic
situation in the United States on the ski resort
industry in general, the findings of market
research of the Sunday River Ski Resort, strategic
recommendations for implementation the expansion
plan, possible risk factors and a feasibility
assessment of the strategic plan conducted by the
International Consulting Group. SWOT technique is
used to analyze the company. Our team evaluates
the strength, weaknesses...
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Massachusetts Bay Colony Theory Of Motivation
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One of the most hazardous tasks a historian
tackles is determining what motivated the actions
of a past society. Even for a present-day society,
this task is fraught with perils. Are a society's
motivations the sum of its adult participants? Do
we give special weight to the goals of its
leaders? Should we regard the society's stated
goals as accurate communications of motivation,
discard them as intentionally deceptive, or
dissect those statements as indications of deeper
desires that are too pa...
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Women And Children Governor Winthrop
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... sation dates from several months after the
war, it obviously did not play a part in
motivating the war. ) Who killed John Oldham? The
bulk of the evidence suggests what most of the
participants on the English side had claimed: the
Block Islanders, a tribe tributary to the
Narragansetts. The question may be legitimately
asked why punitive efforts were not made against
the Narragansetts for the killers of John Oldham,
similar to the actions taken against the Pequots
for the death of Stone. Chu...
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People Per Square Mile 000 Square Miles
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Thailand is a country in South East Asia. Its
neighboring countries are Cambodia on the east,
Burma (now called Myanmar) on the west, Laos on
the north, and Malaysia on the south. The main
river in Thailand is the Chao Phraya River which
flows south out of the Mae Nam River. The word nam
means water in Thai. Most of the rivers in
Thailand start with Mae Nam something. For
example: Mae Nam Ping, Mae Nam Yom, Mae Nam Wang,
Mae Nam Songkram, Mae Nam No, Mae Nam Tapi and
Many others. The Chao Phraya...
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Salem Witch Trials Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Salem Witch Trials There is a hint of winter in
the air. Dead leaves cover the ground. The wind
whistles through bare tree branches. The moon
shines with an unnatural brightness amid dark
clouds. Soon it will be Halloween -- the annual
holiday when sidewalks and streets fill with small
(and not so small) goblins, ghosts, and witches.
Witches are often figures of fantasy and
imagination today. But there was a time in this
country's history when witches and their craft
were seen as real threats to...
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Compton Mentally Ill
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Born Dorothea Dix Dorothea Dix Born in 1802,
Dorothea Dix played an important role in changing
the ways people thought about patients who were
mentally-ill and handicapped, originally cast-off
as? being punished by God, ? as well as the way
facilities handled and treated them. She believed
that that people of such standing would do better
by being treated with love and caring rather than
being put aside. As a social reformer,
philanthropist, teacher, writer, writer, nurse,
and humanitarian, Doro...
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Privately Owned Electric Utility
2,252 words
The roots of modern day regulation can be traced
all the way back to the late 1800 s and found in
the form of antitrust. By the beginning of the 20
th century, the U. S. government had formed the
interstate Commerce Commission to regulate the
railroad industry, and shortly thereafter, many
other regulatory commissions were founded in the
transportation, communication, and securities
fields. The main goal of these regulatory
commissions was to create a reasonable rate
structure that would be appe...
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U S C Fifty Fourth
1,690 words
The Fifty-fourth Massachusetts was organized in
early 1863 by Robert Gould Shaw, twenty-six year
old member of a prominent Boston abolitionist
family. Shaw had earlier served in the Seventh New
York National Guard and the Second Massachusetts
Infantry, and was appointed colonel of the
Fifty-fourth in February 1863 by Massachusetts
governor John A. Andrew. As one of the first black
units organized in the northern states, the
Fifty-fourth was the object of great interest and
curiosity, and its per...
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Artificial Intelligence Cambridge Massachusetts
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: HOW TO GET A COMPUTER TO
WRITE A TERM PAPER WITHOUT DOING ANY WORK ALEX
ZIMMERMAN, OSHKOSH NORTH HIGH SCHOOL Can computers
think? What is thinking, exactly, and how does one
recognize it? What is the correlation, if any,
between thinking and consciousness? Could a
computer be conscious? For years, science fiction
writers have used these questions as material for
their stories, from domestic robots who do all the
housework to automated spaceships colonizing and
mining the...
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Third Party Candidates Franklin D Roosevelt
3,374 words
1812 The election of 1812 consisted of a battle
between James Madison, and De Witt Clinton.
Madison had represented both Democratic and
Republican beliefs, while Clinton was a
Federalist. James Madison was born in Port Conway,
Va. , on March 16, 1751. A Princeton graduate, he
joined the struggle for independence on his return
to Virginia in 1771. He had been an active
politician in the 1770 s and 1780 s. He was
greatly know for championing the Jefferson reform
program, and in the Continental Con...
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Franklin D Roosevelt Third Party Candidates
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Important presidential elections Some of the most
important presidential elections 1812 The election
of 1812 consisted of a battle between James
Madison, and DeWitt Clinton. Madison had
represented both Democratic and Republican
beliefs, while Clinton was a Federalist. James
Madison was born in Port Conway, Va. , on March
16, 1751. A Princeton graduate, he joined the
struggle for independence on his return Virginia
in 1771. He had been an active politician in the
1770 s and 1780 s. He was greatl...
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John Quincy Adams Secretary Of State
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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS John Quincy Adams was born in
Braintree (Quincy), Massachusetts on July 11 th,
1767. His ancestry lineage was English. Adams?
religion was Unitarian. His father, John Adams,
was born in Braintree (Quincy), Massachusetts on
October 19 th, 1735. He died in Quincy,
Massachusetts on July 4 th, 1826. He had three
major occupations. He was a lawyer, a statesman,
and the President of the United States. His
mother, Abigail Smith Adams, was born in Weymouth
Massachusetts on November 11 ...
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Bill Of Rights Samuel Adams
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Ben Crack Samuel Adams (17221803 Samuel Adams,
American statesman, was born in Boston,
Massachusetts, on the 27 th of September 1722. He
was a second cousin to the John Adams. His father,
whose Christian name was also Samuel, was a
wealthy and prominent citizen of Boston, who took
an active part in the politics of the town, and
was a member of the Caucus (or Caulkers) Club,
with which the political term caucus is said to
have originated; his mother was Mary Field. Young
Adams graduated from Harv...
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