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The fight for womens rights was defined by two different movements: empowerment
through traditional values, as illustrated by the temperance movement, and empowerment
through the rejection of traditional values, as exemplified
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Self Reflection
First of all, I would like to say that I did not enjoy this paper. I do not understand what we
learned from it and I think as an assignment it was strictly unnecessary. Having said that, I would
also like to add
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Weathering the Blows
Since the beginning of human society and social structures, the woman has occupied the
home and the job of raising the children. The job of the man has been of breadwinner, of
representative for the family,
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Bibliography
Frost, Jennifer. "Why Did Colorado Suffragists Fail to Win the Right to Vote in 1877, but
Succeed in
1893?" Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000. Last modified 2002.
Accessed
January 10, 2013.
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Literature Review
My puzzle is intriguing to me because I found it slightly difficult to find a source that was
entirely relevant to the topicthat of the evolution of the suffrage movement as pertaining to its
conformity to soc
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Talking Points
Ideology
Argument:
Evidence
Source(s)
Democracy
The government
views
everybody
equally. This
means that
everybody is
represented to
an equal extent.
U.S. Pocket
Constitution
Capitalism
Everybody has
an equal
oppo
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Americas Adolescence
In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the young male protagonist is thrust into a new,
confusing environment in which he must discover who he is and who he wants to be. Mark
Twains classic is a fine exampl
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Thesis
American Reconstruction was not the radical legislative overhaul that it was speculated to be, but
rather a story of a multitude of cultural changes reacting to the catalyst of little to no change in
the law.
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Literary Gold
The Grapes of Wrath, which won a National Book Award, a Pulitzer Prize, and eventually
a Nobel Prize for its author, John Steinbeck, is a story about a failed quest for the American
dream. Several years later Arth
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Obamacare Discussion
Thesis: What has been the purpose/role of the American government from the 1930s to 2013?
The role of the federal government from the 1930s to 2013 has been to give every citizen
an equal opportunity to ach
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help?
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Foner Reading:
One of the central themes of the Foner reading was that American Reconstruction was a
time of
tact, flexibility, and sensitivity to the nuances of public opinion(83). The discussion of Johnson
and his motives was interestinghis support of v
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Research Question: What factors contributed to the meteoric rise of conductors such as Arturo
Toscanini and Serge Koussevitzky what was the effect of their popularity on American music and
culture?
Thesis: The popularity of Art
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Research Questions
1. During his lifetime and after it, what was the effect of Maestro Arturo Toscanini on the
success and popularity of classical music in America?
2. How did other classical music icons such as George Szell create the Am
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Bibliography
Copland, Aaron. "Serge Koussevitzky and the American Composer." The Musical
Quarterly 30, no. 3 (July 1944): 255-69.
Douglas, William C. "Arturo Toscanini, the Maestro of Us All." Music Educators Journal 54, no.
6
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Outline
Research Question: What was the legacy of Arturo Toscanini and Serge Koussevitzky
and how was it created?
Thesis: Through the widespread use of the radio and recordings, widely publicized
political inclinations, patrona
The Empire Symphony
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Dr. Cacace
February 15, 2013
The Empire Symphony
On September 7th, 2012, the United States only major professional chamber orchestra,
the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, went into lockout o
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On September 7th, 2012, the United States only major professional chamber orchestra,
the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, went into lockout over contract negotiations. At the end of the
same month, the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra
I have played the violin since I was three years old and since then I have been intensely
interested in classical music. In my nearly encyclopedic knowledge of standard concert
repertoire, I have done little research in American music other than the most
Bibliography
Copland, Aaron. "Serge Koussevitzky and the American Composer." The Musical Quarterly 30,
no. 3 (July 1944): 255-69.
Douglas, C. William. "Arturo Toscanini, the Maestro of Us All." Music Educators Journal 54,
no. 6 (February 1968): 69-71.
Hor
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Civic Literacy
How does your experience in civic literacy enrich your understanding of the content youve
learned in the past school year?
I enjoyed the second Civic Literacy experience more than the first, first of all because
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Civic Literacy
How does your experience in civic literacy enrich your understanding of the content
youve learned in the past school year?
My first impression upon entering the meeting was the size. To me it seemed like
