having to give it a thought. On August the 29th in the year of 1920 a baby was born to a family in Kansas City‚ Kansas. The child’s name was Charles Parker Jr. He was the newborn son of Adelaide (“Addie”) Bailey Parker‚ who was African-American-Choctaw‚ and Charles Parker‚ Sr.‚ an African-American. His mother migrated to Kansas City from Oklahoma where she met Charles Parker Sr. Charles Sr. had been in Mississippi and Tennessee and had come to Kansas to pursue a career as an entertainer. Charles
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The First Americans The settling of the Americas Descended from bands of hunters and fishers Crossed the Bering Strait via land Arrived by sea from Asia or pacific lands 15‚000 to 60‚000 years ago Early inhabitants spread to the tip of south America Food crisis Wooly mammoth and giant bison extinct due to climate warm Near East 9‚000 years ago agriculture developed; corn‚ squash‚ and beans modern day Mexico and Andes Western hemisphere; no agriculture possible because of absence
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Unit 4: Jackson and Antebellum Era Chapters 13-19 The chart must be typed following the format of the example (including numbering items). All definitions and examples must relate to this time period. Follow the format of the example; relevance must be numbered and separated by a line space. Historical Relevance means how an event it connected to other events that occur at the same time or how one event impacted or led to another event. How do events in history relate to one another
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Natural dyes are dyes or colorants derived from plants‚ invertebrates‚a or minerals. The majority of natural dyes are vegetable dyes from plant sources – roots‚ berries‚ bark‚ leaves‚ and wood — and other organic sources such as fungi and lichens. Archaeologists have found evidence of textile dyeing dating back to the Neolithic period. In China‚ dyeing with plants‚ barks and insects has been traced back more than 5‚000 years.[1] The essential process of dyeing changed little over time. Typically
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Review Essay of A People’s History of the Civil War In this book‚ the professor conveys major points throughout the Civil War that have been given scant attention‚ which America herself had previously tried to keep hidden. Professors name exposes the class warfare between rich planters and common folk or “plain folk”‚ and the economic injustice the planters forced upon the starving men and women on the home front and war front (14). Women fought for their families’ survival‚ equal rights‚ and
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Great Depression causes Stock Market crash 1929 – crashed on Tuesday‚ Oct. 29; two months after the crash stockholders lots over $40 billion Bank failures – Over 90‚000 banks failed during 1930s; bank deposits uninsured so people lost their savings when banks failed; surviving banks concerned for their own survival so weren’t as willing to make new loans; exacerbated situation because fewer expenditures Reduction in purchasing – led to a reduction in items produced and therefore reduction in workforce;
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Author: Ben Nichols Student ID: 394990 Course Name: CMM10 Screen History and Research Assessment 2: Comparative Essay Description: Compare two Western films made at least twenty years apart on the basis of the three of the five frameworks studied in the first block of the unit‚ and the elements of the western genre studied in the second block of the unit. Films selected: The Great Train Robbery (1903) v True Grit (2010) Introduction: When Thomas Edison asked Edwin S.Porter to make The
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The meeting of cultures • North America first discovered when nomads crossed the Bering Strait(into alaska) • Migrations began 14000-16000 years ago‚ possibly earlier • Resulted from tools‚ spears‚ hunting supplies that made it easier to hunt large animals‚ that crossed between the two continents‚ drawing people into unsettled territories • Mongolian descent (present day Siberia) • Southern Tip of South America discovered around 8000 BC • By 1500 (Europeans coming)‚ there were more people in the
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Introduction to How Gas Prices Work Image Gallery: Hybrid Cars Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images High gas prices can make you stop and think about your commute. See hybrid car pictures to see models that save you money.In May 2008‚ average gas prices in the United States approached‚ and in some places passed‚ $4.00 a gallon‚ shattering records. But this was nothing new to American consumers. May was a month of records that broke one after another‚ and that came on the heels of months of
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Chapter 13 – The Rise of a Mass Democracy The so-called Era of Good Feelings was never entirely tranquil‚ but the illusion of national consensus was shattered by the panic of 1819 and the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Vigorous political conflict‚ once feared‚ came to be celebrated as necessary for the health of democracy. The American political landscape of 1824 was similar‚ in its broad outlines‚ to that of 1796. By 1840 it would be almost unrecognizable. The nonexistent party organizations
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