If The Towers Still Stood What if September 11, 2001 meant nothing? What happened during September, 11 2001 was a turning point in American history. What you were doing on that date would be nothing but another ordinary day. Many people wouldn’t have lost their lives on that date. Many People wouldn’t look at George Bush like they do now. There wouldn’t be so much hate against Muslims and Arabs. There is a chance Obama wouldn’t be president. Osama Bin Laden Wouldn’t be a well-known name to many
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During prohibition it was never illegal to drink alcohol you were just not allowed to drink it. Prohibition was a time were alcohol was banned by the 18 amendment and the volstead act said what you could and couldn't do with it. This period went on for 13 years during the 1920's and 1930's in America but was repealed in 1933. Why was prohibition repealed? I believe prohibition was repealed because of crime, weak law enforcement and the economy. The first reason prohibition was repealed was because
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establishment sold hard liquor during period of prohibition illegally sold alcohol estimated 25% of citizens involved in some sort of smuggling ladies would wear belts that could hold a bottle they would then be able to hide it under their dress Al Capone New York’s Gambino family many immigrants mostly Italians gave jobs to about 700 gunmen for organized crime born in Brooklyn, NY basically created organized crime in the US during Prohibition, was one of the most wealthiest people in the
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out that the reason there is so much suffering is because, the population keeps booming at a faster rate and this adds to the overuse of scarce depletable and environmentally hazardous resources. In line with that in his film, An Inconvenient Truth Al Gore also attributes the increase in global warming to population explosion, which he projected to reach over 9 billion by the year 2050. Rachel’s argues that our decision of having or not having children creates horizons of possibilities that have
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When thinking about the sinking of the Lusitania and the attack of 9/11, what comes to mind are the phases of disaster the victims may have experience. The victims will respond to a disaster often by move through the following four phases of disaster response. The phases are: The heroic phase, the honeymoon phase, the disillusionment phase, and the reconstruction (Adams, 1999) the heroic phase, the first of the four phases of disaster is the one most people experience heedlessly of the type of
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The Heart Chakra is the core essential to both our physical and spiritual bodies, much like the actual human heart. This Chakra collage somewhat darker than my previous pieces as I feel substantial dysfunction around the heart chakra. I have experienced significant emotional and bodily abuse through intimate relationships with others. The silhouette in the collage is shaded in ominous shades of blue and green. The posing of the silhouette is meant to illustrate a person reaching out for help after
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According to Crandall, W., Parnall, J. & Spillan, J. (2013), a major storm at the Indiana State Fair triggered a stage collapse. The accident happened in August of 2011. There were about 12,000 fans in the stands to see the band called Sugarland. The result of the accident was the death of seven people, and 58 injuries. The main cause of the collapse was high winds. There was a lot of confusion about who was responsible for the concert not being cancelled. In addition, temporary staging had
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It can be concluded after reading and analyzing the documents that the period from 1350 to 1750 was in fact marked by increasing openness to foreign ideas, culture, and peoples in some but not all countries or empires. It can also be concluded that the reason behind the foreign openness was not only for sharing ideas and cultures but also for benefitting from trade. For example, the countries of documents 2, 3, and 6 were not open to contact with other countries. They were entirely closed off. The
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The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, uses many events and many people from the 1920’s to entice his readers into reading a novel with an intriguing plot while learning bits from the past. Some of the references Fitzgerald makes in his novel are allusions. Allusions are references to other books, movies, historical events, or people that an author makes during the novel. The two most important allusions in The Great Gatsby are the references to prohibition and corruption in the 1920’s and
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The Patriot Act, the Two Arguments On September 11, 2001, the United States suffered its most devastating terrorist attack ever. Nearly 3000 lives were lost in the synchronized assaults on the Pentagon, New York City World Trade Center, and a downed plane in the fields of Pennsylvania. In response, Congress enacted The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, and signed into law by President George W. Bush on October
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