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    The Killer Angels

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    Unfortunately‚ Lee overestimates his troops and orders a final charge toward Union lines‚ ending in disaster. LTG James Longstreet: Being second-in-command of the Confederate Army‚ forty-two year old Longstreet is the most vital general to Lee since “Stonewall” Jackson. Longstreet is well aware of modern warfare‚ involving new technology‚ and sees the need for improvement in traditional combat strategies. Though Longstreet stubbornly pushes for defensive warfare‚ he ends up following Lee’s command to charge

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    The Civil War is a dark mark on America’s History‚ that helped define who we are today. Brothers fighting brothers‚ fathers fighting sons‚ and families devastated over a fear of change and compromise. Change‚ compromise‚ and leadership are all needed for a nation to succeed‚ but is bloodshed necessary to achieve success. Our land is stained with fathers and sons who believed that bloodshed was necessary to achieve greatness. The Civil War is a blemish on the history of the United States of America

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    | |Tutorial Time: 9:00am – 9:50am |Venue: Clinical 2 G16_1.16 | |Case Name or Exercise Name: Unions fear Qantas won’t negotiate‚ but will ‘stonewall’ until there is compulsory arbitration. | |Answer |Corrections/refinement during tutorial discussion | |Q1. What are the Unions in this case trying to

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    Vicksburg This battle occurred in May and June on 1863. This battle was the culmination of one of the most brilliant military campaigns of the war. Once Pemberton’s army was lost‚ the Confederacy war nearly split in half. Ulysses Grant’s success boosted his reputation and lead to his appointment as General-in-Chief of the Union army Battles of Fort Wagner These battles were fought on July 11th and 18th‚ 1863. General Quincy Gillmore sought to capture the Confederate fortifications on James

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    Gay Marriage: How Jonathan Rauch Offers it as a Common Good The marriage-rights movement headed by gay rights activists has been a relevant issue on the American socio-political docket since 1970 following the Stonewall riots in New York City‚ New York in June of 1969. The riots sparked an initiative for gay people to join the movement of other marginalized groups in a quest to counteract widespread alienation to obtain the equal treatment and recognition they deserved.  Today those activists

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    Your Blue's Aint Like Mine

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    Honorable Men of Hopewell are in charge of making all of the important economic decisions. “We’re deciding the future of this great state‚ and that’s your future too‚ son (Campbell: 108).” This comment was said by Stonewall Pinochet‚ the leader of this powerful group of men. Stonewall was one of the wealthiest men in the state of Mississippi and had a major reputation to uphold. He was the leader of the legacy. The Honorable Men of Hopewell were not voted in but merely selected because of their

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    “The Mayor of Castro Street” The Legacy of Harvey Milk The Mayor of Castro Street‚ The Life and Times of Harvey Milk was the perfect biography to choose for this project. It not only tells the story of his life and short‚ radical political career‚ it also tells of the aftermath of his death‚ and what it meant to so many people. The most noted gay movement before the 1970’s and 80’s U.S. movement was in pre-World War II Germany. H. Lucas Ginn states that there were more gay bars and periodicals

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    Deviance is a behavior that does not conform to social norms‚ therefore is socially created. Since most people in the United States believe that homosexuality is wrong‚ society has created homosexuality to be a deviance. Since deviance is relative and not absolute to a society‚ homosexuality is not a universal form of sexual deviance. There are many cultures that accept forms of homosexuality. The Western society is not accepting of it though‚ and many times this non-accepting view cause discrimination

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    HOMOSEXUALITY: A MENTAL DISORDER? A Term Paper Presented to Trexie O. Alawi College of Arts and Sciences SURIGAO DEL SUR STATE UNIVERSITY Tandag City‚ Surigao del Sur In Partial Fulfilment Of the Requirements of the Course English 102 (Writing in the Discipline): TTH 7:30 – 9:00 a.m. 2nd Semester‚ AY 2013-2014 By Bruce Franklyn G. Aliguay February 2014 Homosexuality: a mental disorder? Thesis Statement: People should know

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    History: Modern America

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    * Primary Source- a document or artifact that was produced at the moment that an even happened (ex. Newspaper‚ note‚ etc.) * Secondary Source- a book or article that was produced after the event (ex. Textbooks‚ etc.) * 5 Step Process To Analyzing A Source: * read the source for basic info (5 w’s) * put the source into context (ask what do you know) * do a close reading (take notes) * corroborate/compare w. another source * analyze & write a story about

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