The Hunting Ground is a documentary that shows how two University of North Carolina rape victims, Annie Clark and Andrea Pino, join forces to seek proper justice for the treatment and neglect of rape cases on college campuses nationwide in the United States of America. Clark and Pino, instead of giving up on their rape cases that were handled improperly by the executive board of UNC continued to fight the way colleges dealt with rape victims and rape suspects by becoming advocates and educating themselves
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By Any Other Name is an example of how the colonizers attempted to persuade the natives to stray from their own heritage. The headmistress of an Anglo-Indian school was the first to interfere with the beliefs of two young Indian girls, Santha and Cynthia. The woman changed their names to English names for her own benefit because she thought it would be easier for her to remember. Throughout their time at the school, Santha and Cynthia noticed how differently the other Indian children dressed and
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set on Appomattox, it rose on the American West, beckoning millions with it’s seemingly endless potential. The final Frontier would blossom following the Civil War, as advents in technology would encouraged expansion on an unprecedented scale. This masse of hopefuls entering these untamed lands would shape the fabric of the west, and as a result define and promote the growth of multiple institutions. The expansion of the west proved vital for development in American culture, infrastructure, and resource
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What side were the Indians on? Why did they disobey Washington’s orders? o In simpler terms, they did not want to shoot first. When they encountered the French in the woods someone shot, but they did not know who. o The French had men injured and no Virginians were injured. The Tanaghrisson killed and scalped the injured soldiers, disobeying the command of Washington. In result the French retaliated. o The French brought in 600 soldiers and completely eliminated 1/3 of Washington’s
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The Cherokee Rose symbolizes a tough time that the Cherokee tribe went through. The white men had invaded their land and the Cherokee were forced to evacuate. Throughout their journey they faced many difficulties and setbacks. Children and adults were dying. They had no proper clothing or food. Many were in a state of bad health. Apart from all the problems, the Cherokee Rose was left behind as a mark of the great obstacles they had overcome. The year was 1898 and the white men were on
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Life as a Native American teenager was rough. We faced many dangers and feared for our lives all the while we lived. We were forced out of our home brutality and hurriedly. The American soldiers, or brutes as we called them, treated us poor, beat us, pushed us, and some were even responsible for the deaths of our family members. Many of the dangers we faced killed off our tribe and scattered our people. Disease, famine, disloyalty, racism, favoritism, and harsh treatment were only a few of the hardships
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Trip to Colorado for 8th grade LA Whats a place that you would like to go to escape? To get away from the city? Well for us, That’s are cabin in Colorado. It’s a place surrounded by trees and lakes, built in 1954 by my great grandfather to have a great place to stay in the summer. Well about a year ago I took a trip with my family for the first time in four years for a family gathering, Here’s how it went. So we wake up that morning, of course earlier than usual to pack what seemed like billions
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The American Southwest has not always been peaceful since the newcomers had come. Especially for the Navajo people who already occupy what is now the Four Corners? The struggle the two people had between each other and, having to live with one another. The new world had many goods that the natives have never seen before and also the Spaniards saw many new goods that the natives had as well. Also the good and bad things between these two people when they came in contact with one another. From the
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well-mannered. Many of these qualities track back to the early history of each area. Still, as a whole, Americans began to gain a unique essence which many historians have been studying to credit its origins. For example, Frederick Jackson Turner ascribed these qualities to the westward expansion and frontier settlement of the United States. Turner explained his theory of the “making of the American Man” by showing the West’s large role in history. He states that
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the French. English generals Jeffrey Amherst and James Wolfe took control of Fort Louisbourg. The French would later sign the Treaty of Paris in 1763 in defeat. Similarly, the French were not only short with men, but the French began to lose Native American
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