... States until the time of Thomas A. Edison. People still quote from Franklin's Sayings of Poor Richard and read his Autobiography. Franklin helped establish Pennsylvania's first university and America's first city hospital. Franklin's fame extended to Europe as well as America. Thomas Jefferson hailed him as "the ... to govern themselves and wanted to keep the government simple and free of waste. Jefferson loved liberty in every form, and he worked for freedom of speech, press, religion, and other civil liberties. Jefferson strongly supported the addition of the Bill of Rights to the Con...

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... early and mid-part of the century, typically in the form of police entrapment and brutality. Simply admitting to living a homosexual lifestyle was cause for a person to lose their job and be ostracized by families and communities. By executive order of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, homosexuality became a & ... time where most churches would not even allow membership, much less leadership. Even today, the Metropolitan Community Church is the largest religious organizations for homosexuals in the country. (Ford) Even with all the steps taken to help ensure the safety and wellbeing of Amer...

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... - Inflation- The Spanish drove prices up because of their wasteful spending. - Unemployment- There were not enough jobs in England and debtor prisoner were becoming overcrowded. - Businessman looking for investments, raw materials, and new markets. - Mercantilism- an economic system where a nations power is measured ... his share New York. John Berkeley and George Carteret received New Jersey and sold part of it, which later became Delaware. VIII. Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania was a proprietary colony started by William Penn, who had a very rich father. - Penn joined The Society of Friends...

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... of slave duties, the evidence is clear that between slaves being owned by Spaniards and their final journey to America, conditions, treatment, and jobs all declined drastically. Once slaves encountered Anglo owners, their lives during the time of trade became total nightmares. About 9,391,000 slaves began new ... look at slavery from a male point of view and an inside explanation of slavery. As a fugitive slave, I feel Doglass is an authentic source for the truth about slavery. However, others (some Anglos) find it hard to believe that such an intelligent and articulate man could have be...

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... decided that denial of God, pre meditated murder, sodomy, kidnapping, perjury, and hitting ones parents were all punishable to death. Two states that never jumped aboard where South Jersey and Pennsylvania. These two states stated that there was no crime possible that should be punished by death. The list goes on and on, these were a few of the founding states that ... to find convictions due to the fact that the death penalty was mandatory and did not require a guilty verdict. Quickly after his statement was heard, Pennsylvania Legislature completely done away with the death penalty, e...

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... go out to work to help give to the family, and of course with being busy with school (if still attended) and than their jobs, teenagers were not able to enjoy the same pastimes or social life they were able to enjoy later on. Teens had little spending power and influence ... money given to them by their parents to buy records in sufficient quantities to influence the market. In my youth, if I asked my father for fourty-five cents to buy a record, he"d have me committed." Teens newfound control and influence on the music market in particular, reflected their new ... insisted that the cam...

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... British Columbia, where she attended local primary and secondary schools. Mrs. Martin supported her family by renovating and selling old houses, and throughout her youth Agnes Martin took various jobs with mining and logging companies to supplement the family income. Moving to the United States in 1932, she took classes at Western Washington College in Bellingham from 1935 to 1938 ... she progressed, she began, in the early 1950s, to paint biomorphic abstractions with a line that became progressively lighter and more fluid. Within a few years, however, she abandoned figurative imagery for...

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... gov't. 3. William Penn, an Englishman was drawn to the Quaker cause. 1681- Penn secured a grant from the king, as payment for debt's owed to his deceased father. 4. With effective advertising, Penn attracted many immigrants. P. Quaker Pennsylvania and Its Neighbors 1. 1681- Pennsylvania is launched. Penn had a very good relationship with the local Indians, as some were even hired to as baby-sitters. However ... more immigrants, not all shared the Quaker's kind take on the Indians. 2. Pennsylvania was very liberal, had a representative assembly elected by landowners and had no tax-support...

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... , and finally the Woodstock festival. The electric subcurrent of the fifties was, above all, rock"n"roll, the live wire that linked bedazzled teenagers around the nation, and quickly around the world, into the common enterprise of being young. Rock was rough, raw, insistent, especially by ... taboo. As a result, single mothers were forced into the labor market, and with these jobs came independence. The 50's and all its political, and social change, was only the breeding ground for the free thinking generation that was to follow. In America, a group of militant blacks ... attacked the ch...

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... vestiges of the Industrial Revolution were gaining a foothold with England in the forefront. Nations friendly to England thought a war with America would be a relatively quick and easy triumph for the British. The most conservative elements within the British government were enthusiastic supporters of British superiority, unabashed, fervently loyal subjects of their King, George III. They believed they were ... disturbed by Cornwallis's campaigns without lasting results, ordered Cornwallis to establish a post at a deep-water port in the Chesapeake, and return the majority of his troops to...

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... Police enforced rules to the max of their ability, maintaining public order. Every neighborhood had different rules to follow. Disorderly conduct was not permitted in any circumstances. For instance Panhandlers were arrested; if teenagers were too noisy they would be ask to leave the area. Vagrancy and loitering was not allowed. The community began to feel comfort in the fact that police ... article, "On Subway Graffiti in New York, " arguing that graffitists, other disorderly persons, and criminals "who rob, rape, assault, and murder passengers . . . are part of one world of uncontrolla...

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... on both sides arrived at similar conclusions about the outcome of the election. They concluded that, except for uncertain Rhode Island, the New England states would be Federalist; however, they were unsure whether support would go to Adams or Pinckney. New York would be Republican; Pennsylvania would probably not cast a vote; Delaware would be Federalist; New Jersey would be close. Maryland was ... very uncertain (Weisberger, 256). Burr predicted in July that if Pennsylvania did not vote Jefferson would have 63 votes and a majority of 2. Hamilton never gave an exact prediction but concl...

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... land and helped reduce over-populated areas, many were nervous about this sudden exodus. Catholic and pro-nationalist newspapers blamed the British government for it while the anti-nationalists blamed the economic problems of the country. Conservative Protestant papers described the phenomenon as "...a flight from the " ... unskilled, but they could read and write and fluently express themselves in English" (B p. 73). With these tools they could improve their chances for upward mobility, both economically and socially. This change in the education level was a result of growing British co...

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... Americans, especially the young, were now ready to forget the 'dark days'. The candle was beginning to 'burn at both ends'. The desire for excitement, for joy and laughter was contagious. Every sector of the white society became addicted to Jazz, (Prohibition) alcohol, the automobile, entertainment, and the idea ... freedom never experienced before. The younger generation saw the car as an escape from over bearing chaperones whom had previously dominated their social lives. Groups of teenagers were able to travel together on their own. Youths saw this as a blessing, but parents had a qui...

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... spoke in Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, Indiana, Scotland, England, Ohio, Maine, Canada, Connecticut, and mostly in New York and Pennsylvania, for that was where he could reach the largest liberal audiences. In 1855, talk of his speeches aroused the nation. As word spread, everyone ... from the extreme prejudice that was still the norm. Douglass" speeches became even more passionate at this time. He continued to work for civil rights for his fellow black Americans. He said that the Emancipation Proclamation "presented many puzzles. It was a puzzle that men could resem...

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... of that profit. It becomes obvious why violence is often the result of disputes over the best sale areas and why the opportunity of jobs paying minimum wage do not sound appealing to an individual involved in such a money making enterprise. Since joining a gang gives direct access ... Forty percent of their waking time is "discretionary," and a form of positive self-expression for these teens is vital. PSD, which is an after school community based program, provides artistic alternatives to teenagers who have problems with school, their families or the community. Participants use music, ar...

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... a big man (yes I am) and I have a big gun; got me a --------- and I like to have fun; held against your forehead. I'll make ---------, just for the --------- I'm every inch a man, and I'll show somehow; me and my ------ gun; nothing can stop me now; shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot- (Nine Inch ... aggressiveness is acceptable behavior; and unless government officials decide to make a change, gangsta" rap will continue to influence the behavior of adolescents for the worst. In the 1970's the young residents of the Bronx in New York introduced us to a new style of music called ... explaini...

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... lives of many of these stars. Susan Buttross, MD, FAAP, chief of child development and the University of Mississippi Medical Center and spokeswoman for the American Academy of Pediatrics (as cited by Kirchheimer)says that with any type of repeated media exposure a desensitization can occur that makes ... to these stars and try to be just like them, sometimes imitating their behavior and repeating the ideas portrayed in the songs. Many young teenagers and minority groups view rappers as their spokesmen because of their ability to speak in street language and bluntly express their frustrat...

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... , you have just handed your mind over too a conspiracy theorist, because that's exactly what they feed on. Conspiracies have practically woven themselves into society; thus, making them somewhat vital for diversity in our society. It seems as though on a certain psychological level, we need them. According to Jeffrey Bale, a writer who examines conspiracies, he believes "Giving misery and ... injustice an identity makes life more bearable. Conspiracy theories account for current crises and upheavals and explain why bad things are happening to good people or vice versa" (Parsons 1). They ...

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... -six years old. Roberts had a multi-million dollar trust fund, a degree at the University of Pennsylvania, and a lieutenant's commission in the army. Needless to say, Roberts supplied the money for the festival. Joel Rosenman was twenty-four years old. He was the son of a Long Island orthodontist ... . John Roberts and Joel Rosenman wanted to create a male version of I Love Lucy. Michael Lang and Artie Kornfield had two ideas, one was for a "cultural exposition/rock extravaganza", and the second was a recording studio in the woods one hundred miles from Manhattan in a town called Woodstoc...

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... to watch live debates between the political candidates. However, the most important topic, from socio-cultural standpoint of view, was the awarding of jobs for political purposes. "Political Parties used state, local and federal jobs to reward voters for their support- (Roark and Johnson 711). This takes us back to the issue of "more honest and efficient government- and the civil service ... reform. Since government jobs were given as a reward, numerous positions were filled with unqualified people, which created somewhat unstable and corrupt government. The demographic ... permanent ...

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... study of the Negro and race relations even undertaken. The year 1896 was the dawn of a new era for DuBois. With his doctorate degree and two undistinguished years at Wilberforce behind him, he readily accepted a special fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania to conduct a research project in Philadelphia's seventh ward slums. This responsibility afforded him the opportunity to study Blacks ... as a social system. DuBois plunged eagerly into his research. He was certain that the race problem was one of ignorance. And he was determined to unearth as much knowledge as he could, thereb...

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... -six years old. Roberts had a multi-million dollar trust fund, a degree at the University of Pennsylvania, and a lieutenant's commission in the army. Needless to say, Roberts supplied the money for the festival. Joel Rosenman was twenty-four years old. He was the son of a Long Island orthodontist ... . John Roberts and Joel Rosenman wanted to create a male version of I Love Lucy. Michael Lang and Artie Kornfield had two ideas, one was for a "cultural exposition/rock extravaganza", and the second was a recording studio in the woods one hundred miles from Manhattan in a town called Woodstoc...

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... a 2 percent federal tax on every transaction in the country. Not only would the plan allow many older people to retire, it would open up jobs for the young. By giving the elderly greatly increased purchasing power, it would help get the economy going again. The elderly loved the plan and started circulating petitions and sending them ... wearing long pants, "T" shirts and jeans became a mainstay of American boyhood, short hair styles became popular for boys. D. Blacks were given access to the war jobs, for many it was the first decent paying jobs they ever held. E. Military programs li...

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... doing research on the effect of stadiums on communities, the pair found that rather than creating a new entertainment options, stadiums are simply substitutes for previously existing ones. When writing on their work Sullivan wrote "Baade and Sanderson's work shows that stadiums actually can have a negative economic effect ... with the argument of a money diversion scheme, economists have pointed out that jobs created by a new stadium is not necessarily what the public is expecting. Author Aaron Graham describes these jobs as, "Most of the jobs created by stadium-building projects are eit...

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