... were causing chromosome damage. In fact newborns had a 56 percent chance of some sort of birth defect. All residents were ordered to evacuate after Congress appropriated 15 million dollars to buy out the residents. Over 900 families lost their homes while many others lost their life's from diseases that they had gotten from the exposure. The cleanup was massive. In all ... residents. Canal chemicals were also found in some nearby yards and homes. Most of the families moved away from the Canal area as state and federal funds were provided to buy their homes. Homes on both sides of the tw...

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... colony. The Company knew that this was a problem and black slaves were sought to fill in this role. The slaves had the freedom to farm land, keep their profits, and buy their freedom, or the freedom of a wife. Before the British took over in 1664, blacks made up 20% of the population. A dozen slaves petitioned for their freedom and received land ... they didn't have to live inside the city. Within the city, the best and most used mode of transportation was the street railways. Health problems arose in the 1800's from animals in the streets and people dumping their garbage in the streets...

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... of five, he moved to Gospic, another city in Croatia. In Gospic, he felt alone because he had moved away from the country and all of his friends and farm animals. One day, though, everything changed. The town had just bought a new fire truck. There was a public display in which the water was supposed to be turned on and sprayed from ... , however, was not enough. Edison paid children in the neighborhood to bring pets and alley cats to him. He then electrocuted the animals in public using AC. Edison's biggest attempt was when he sent one of his assistants to buy a license to use AC from W...

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... , the HOLC refinanced mortgages of middle-income homeowners. The AAA tried to raise farm prices. It used proceeds from a new tax to pay farmers not to raise specific crops and animals. Lower production would, in turn, increase prices. k. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) (May 1993) The TVA helped farmers and created jobs in one of America s least modernized areas. l. Works Progress Administration ... the plants. It could not take the risk, that after the war was over, they would be left with no orders or too much product left and no one to buy it. So the government, through the Reconstruc...

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... Wood's Gym and became a very good boxer, later to become the second best light weight boxer at Harvard remembered for his skill and good sportsmanship. He developed a great interest in animals at the age of seven when he saw a dead seal being sold. He said of the seal, "That seal, filled me with every possible feeling of romance and adventure." At ... build the canal in Nicaragua; however, a canal had already been started by the French Canal company in Panama and Nicaragua had many active volcanoes. Roosevelt chose Panama because he could buy the French's failed canal company. In order ...

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