... the finest gardens in America. Jefferson did not consider himself a professional politician. Instead, he regarded himself as a public-spirited citizen and a broad-minded, practical thinker. He preferred his family, his books, and his farms to public life. But he spent most of his career in public office and made his greatest contribution to his country in the field of politics. The tall ... homes for slaves who had escaped from the South to Washington. In the 1870's, she tried to persuade the federal government to set aside undeveloped lands in the West as farms for blacks. But her plan...

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... concerned with topics that fall within the scope of human society. Sociologists examine the ways in which social structures and institutions such as class, family, community, power and social problems such as crime and abuse influence society. Race: The concept of race which is a group with inherited ... an immigrant and ethnic community. Their sense of belonging may center on nation of origin, distinctive foods, dress, language, music, religion or family names and relationships. People often confuse the terms race and ethnicity. Members of ethnic groups tend to manipulate their ethnic...

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... ages 15 - 35 (B p. 62). Many were women who had heard of a great demand for servants in larger cities. They left their small farms or work as agricultural laborers in the hopes of escaping the poverty that awaited them when they fully matured. They probably thought they were going to ... . Katie was an assistant tailor, and a good one too. She earned a dollar a day, most of which was saved or sent back to her family. In 1870, with a total of nearly one million Irish-born immigrants in America, over 47% were general laborers like Katie, 14% were classified as ... a free Ireland would inc...

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... of war, learning from the past while studying the most recent thoughts on strategy and tactics. Military careers required great sacrifice, keeping them away from family, threatened continually with losing their lives. A career in the military, if survived, was a virtual assurance of achieving success in life and societal ... had great faith in Charles, Earl Cornwallis. Charles was the eldest son of the first Earl Cornwallis, and heralded from an aristocratic British family. He was educated at Eton College, and though he attended Cambridge for a short time, he realized his aptitude lay in...

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... simple pleasure. Historians feel this was in part due to the post-Industrial Revolution lifestyle that pushed people into cities and away from family farms, where societal models such as religious devotions and arranged marriage were not as common as they once were. Trying to understand and ... , they were victorious in a case for a dead homosexual man's ashes to be released to his partner at the opposition of the man's family. This paved the way for GLAD to work towards death benefits for homosexual partners. In 1992, they co-authored the first domestic partnership ordinance ... first ...

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... England. 5. 1604-England and Spain sign peace treaty. C. England on the Eve of Empire 1. England's population exploded in growth between 16th and 17th centuries. Enclosure Movement forced many peasants off farms. Economic depression hit textile industry in late 1500s, many became beggars. 2. Laws of primogeniture stated that only the eldest sons were eligible to inherit landed estates. Younger sons had to ... being persecuted by Protestants. 2. Lord Baltimore and his Catholic relatives owned large estates, surrounded by resentful Protestant farmers. Rebellion flared out near the end of ...

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