... things."(Swimme, Kids and consumerism) Money is now the source in, which gets people to strive. "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams," said Eleanor Roosevelt. (Spark quotes) So what has happened to the dreamers, the risk takes, Page 4 the thought? Where has the purity of Americans dreams gone? A nation once thrived on the power of mans ability to think abstractly and dream ... of the impossible. A country was developed on the ambition of the dreamers. Yet money has invaded the purity of dreams filling ... ...

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... added to this fear when he announced that the United States had been sold out by the "traitorous actions of those who have been treated so well by the nation". McCarthy launched an offensive against the emotional hangover and temporary moral lapse which follows every war. (McCarthy: 1) He claims that the morals of the American people only need a spark to return them back to normal. McCarthy used ... the Secretary of State as an example of that spark that would result in a moral uprising, which would not ... cease until Communists are swept form the national scene. This would be require...

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... not be taken away due to race. The backlash created by this amendment triggered much change and helped spark the "Gilded Age." The government was acknowledging black freedmen as citizens of the United States, erasing the line that divided black and white citizens. Without black workers in the field how could the agricultural industry prevail? As this was debated, alternatives to the customary plantation production process needed to be ... reformed, making way for the industrial revolution. Another important amendment that helped spark change in the United States ... ...

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... their music got them on the top of the world. The Beatles were not just writing mindless rock tunes, they were writing classics. (Goldman David) There is no way that the Beatles could have done what they did without the amazing talent and spark that they had in their music. The Beatles sound was raw talent and the fans loved it. The Beatles were the most newsworthy subject for every ... media form throughout the world and they conquered it with musical talent. (Pawlowski, Garoth) In any ... band there must be certain things that must happen before one becomes famous. You must have all ...

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... to occur between 1848 and 1861. 2. The decision by the Republicans to nominate Abraham Lincoln instead of William Seward as their presidential nominee in 1860. Lincoln would go on to win because of it, and the South would secede because of this. Because it was the spark that lit the fuse that blew America into the Civil War, Lincoln's nomination was the second-most important event to occur ... that led up to the Civil War. 1. The most important event to happen leading up to the Civil War was undoubtedly the secession of South Carolina in December of 1860 ... . South Carolina forged the ...

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... would be to declare their own confederation, that would tolerate the slave driven economy (although the civil war was more about state rights than it was slavery, slavery was the spark that ignited the powder). The South claimed that the Union states were infringing the South's constitutional rights, and seceded from the United States, thus beginning the American Civil War. Although the American civil war was a tenacious and especially atrocious one ... , the United States as we know would not be the same without it. Under the early federalist system of government, the South simply could...

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... boy shot and killed his girlfriend and her best friend while they were exiting a Mississippi school leaving six others wounded (Liesen, Owens). The spontaneity of young children and guns are a lethal combination as illustrated in these two examples. In a study made across high schools in ... the mass shooting in Tasmania, Australia triggered immediate effects in strengthening further the very strict existing gun control laws in their respective countries ("America and Guns" 16). Governments in other western countries usually make adjustments to their gun laws in direct relationship to v...

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... law. California reacted with Proposition 14, which moved to block the fair housing components of the Civil Rights Act. This, and other acts, created a feeling of injustice and despair in the inner cities. On August 11, 1965, a routine traffic stop in South Central Los Angeles provided the spark that lit the fire of those feelings. The riots lasted for six days, leaving 34 dead, over a ... thousand people injured, nearly 4,000 arrested, and hundreds of buildings destroyed. After the riots, then Governor Pat Brown named John McCone ... to head a commission to study the riots. The report ...

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... social and political structures as well as our collective psyche. It appears that the confluence of planetary influences, combined with a rebellious open-minded generation, a range of innovative ideas, new powerful psychedelic chemicals, and increasing social pressures to conform, succeed, and fight an unwinnable war served to spark individually and collectively a far reaching transformation, unlike any seen before." Hippy Philosophy ... and the Hippy Dream "Hippies are the most open-minded folks when it comes to religion. We study many of the world's religions and take what makes sense...

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... no societal purpose. Rather it diverts important police man power and resources from truly serious crime to arresting someone for smoking a joint. The arrests of these otherwise law-abiding citizens has a terribly destructive impact on their lives with regard to family, career, and social ... the pattern that public interest followed in the drug issue mirrored that of other emerging issues, the drug issue was subject to unusually strong public information campaigns from the National Institute on Drug Abuse along with the exploitation of the issue by many politicians who were up for natio...

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... the bar in social capital. By educating people in the events and happening of society it seems obvious that people will be drawn into the social and moral dilemmas of the world. Problems like poverty, AIDS, child abuse and alcoholism will tug on the heartstrings of the members of society and in turn spark ... a social movement to better society. This seems obvious that being socially aware will in turn spark people to want ... to make a difference and work for social change. Engaging students in the effort to heighten and ... . Students have mind sets that seem to be incredibly open an...

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... rap music. I own 20 rap CD's. I became concerned about rap lyrics bad influence when Tupac Shakur and Notorious BIG were murdered in the middle of the 1990's. Will Smith is also my favorite rap artist, because he does not use profanity and violence in his lyrics. According to Smith, ... watched their fellow Americans struggle through hardships and lose their lives, many were compelled to become involved; all were forced to question the justness of the world. Through the use of television, many changes were made in America. This new means of being informed was a major breakthrough for A...

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... was at Lexington where the British troops fired first shots. This spark-plugged the first fighting at Concord. The King's troops advanced on Concord Massachusetts marking the unofficial beginning of the colonies' war for Independence. The following May the colonies again sent delegates to the Second Continental Congress. Though the British General Howe was defeated near Boston, initially the Americans were in trouble. The Independence For almost a year the Congress tried to work ... , Native Indians; Negros, African slaves. Each socio-ethnic group had different rights and duties. The pri...

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... who never settles down for more than a few weeks, but keeps moving throughout cities by means of walking and hitch hiking. The one category that people assume all homeless fall into is the undeserving homeless, or "bums". Many homeless people live on eating scraps of food from trash cans, and possible meals from shelters ... if they were forced to. They make up a very small group in fact, about 4% of all homeless. There are some people who still have a spark of interest in finding jobs. They look for places to work, and they try to establish an address and connections. If a homeless pers...

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... , I really missed my home town and missed all my friends there. I had no friends here, and when you are in your teen days, friends are the most important thing in your life. I was completely lost, and felt pathetic in this new world with no friends around me. This was completely a new different ... world than I knew what it used to be back home. I had to get to know the new culture, and talk to people in a completely different language. I was a very jovial person back home, but when I came here I was a different person. I ... past, and nobody would be there to taunt me and make fun of me...

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... of it. New America needed a way to produce weapon at a fast pace. This fast-pace mentality was a spark for the fire of the Industrial Revolutions. Before the Revolution skilled craftsmen handcrafted every manufactured good. This procedure was not only timely but also costly. The U.S. Government needed a fast-pace economy to run efficiently. So they looked for someone or something to help that cause ... , that someone or something was inventor Eli Whitney. In 1798 Whitney acquired a contract with the government to manufacture 10,000 muskets in two years. Nearly 30 years ago this was unhea...

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... and working his way south. It was his presence and revivalism spirit that helped set flame to the "Great Awakening" in America, which lasted for about 20 years. One can say that he helped spark the first truly national event in America (4). Whitefield attracted thousands upon thousands of people wherever he went, there were often riots due to people flocking to try and ... here him. He brought something to religion that people hadn't had for awhile, enthusiasm and life back into religion. He was such a great orator that so many people converted on the spot ... after hearing him speak a...

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... psychology as a major philosophical perspective occurred in the late 60's and early 70's. Questioning psychology's representation of women was very much a part of the more general questioning of women's place encouraged and led by women's liberation activists" The amount of biases against women and feminism was the "spark plug" that began the Association for women in psychology (AWP). The association's main goal is to focus on a good ... illustration of what it means to study the psychology of women from a feminist perspective. By this, they also expect to end assumptions about essentia...

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... some of todays most common and deadliest diseases. First of all, human cloning technology would allow humans to go further into the field of studying genetic diseases so that humans could test for them and perhaps find a cure someday. The advancements in testing for genetic diseases could spark cures for diseases such as cancer, Tay-sachs, and leukemia. Using cloning technology to ensure ... the sex of a baby could prevent Tay-sachs disease, because it is a sex related disease. Also according to "Why Clone Human Embryos?" "Onocologists ... believe that embryonic study will advance unde...

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... though. President Reagan and Bush dropped public housing funds from 30 billion dollars to 6.7 billion, a net loss of 37,800 houses per year. By the beginning of the 1990s, over one million people were on waiting lists for homes. Homeless people can be categorized into four basic categories, families, lone, transient, or bums ... For a week they lived on ketchup and mustard. Within three days of the condiments disappearing the boy had both his feet amputated due to frostbite. This was in New York. There are some people who still have a spark of interest in finding jobs. They look for pla...

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... than 12,000 students in public and private high schools in the United States shows that the increased risk of violence is similar among male and female adolescents. Alcohol consumption indeed can show that alcohol is one factor that can spark violent behavior in youth. In today's society, domestic violence is ... witnessed more in the home. Spousal abuse in the home is a serious problem and needs to be stopped. No one deserves to be ... or can get a gun easily. Guns only tell the person that is using the gun that they have all the control and the other person doesn't because the person...

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... . Letting American be what she intended to be, is the spirit Hughes is trying to convey. We need to revive "the dream that's almost dead." Without the dream we once had, our country would not be what she is today. The spark of hope that things will get better always kept the "blue-collared" crew of America going. The "sweat and blood" and "faith and pain" held ... our country by the threads. Through the rain and snow, our country was built ... from the bottom up, by the workers of America. The workers of America, who never had the "American dream" come to a reality knows ... ...

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... American citizens have taken the wrong precautions.The Columbine high school massacre took place at 11:21 a.m. The news programs that covered it began at noon and already had stocked up on plenty of media propaganda to spark up plenty of stories for years to come. The media pointed their fingers ... mostly at video games and music. Since the two boys who had committed the crimes were ... fans of not-so positive hero's this was easy.Marilyn Manson, a Goth-metal "freak" took the blunt of the criticism, people actually blamed him for the ... been completely responsible for their murders a...

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... . Some of Hardens points seem important and actual, and agree with my beliefs. I agree that America had not had much patriotism before the terrorist attacks against the United States. After it happened, Americans realized that they needed to pull together and act almost as a family. They needed to put ... relate to his article. I myself have seen many teenagers and people in their early twenties, who have painted the United States flag in the windows of their vehicles and houses. They suddenly believe the U.S. should be a family and citizens should take pride in their country. My questi...

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... "outsiders" to come to southern towns to spark confrontations over civil rights? In what case is a watcher worse than an oppressor? Have you ever been guilty of this? Equality and true fulfillment of the Constitution of the United States of America was very recent. Just four decades ago, lynching was prevalent. Only forty years ago that the now shunned Ku Klux Klan was feared ... it and those for oppression were guilty of being for it. Was I ever guilty of this? Of course! In fact, everyday after school there are dozens of students who violate the law by smoking and yet haven't done any...

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