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    Causes of the War of 1812

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    Causes of the War of 1812 The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and Great Britain from June 1812 to the spring of 1815 (Findling, 15). When the war began, it was being fought by the Americans to address their grievances toward the British, though toward the end, the issues eventually were unjustified and reasons manipulated. There is no single cause for the War of 1812 but instead, several related causes, such the influence of the War Hawks, the impressments as well as the Embargo

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    Ronald Reagan and Economic Policies History 145 Jennifer Moore Ronald Reagan, President of the United States from 1981 through 1989, created economic policies throughout his presidency that aimed to pull the United States out of a recession. His policies, called Reaganomics, reduced government spending and reduced tax rates in order to foster economic growth. Reagan also appointed many conservative judges to the Supreme Court and federal courts in order to shift ideologies to the right. Because

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    Causes of the War of 1812 The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and Great Britain from June 1812 to the spring of 1815 (Findling, 15). When the war began, it was being fought by the Americans to address their grievances toward the British, though toward the end, the issues eventually were unjustified and reasons manipulated. There is no single cause for the War of 1812 but instead, several related causes, such the influence of the War Hawks, the impressments as well as the Embargo

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    standards to protect the women and some men from the violence abuse against their accusers. The Violence Against Women Act has been credited towards the decrease of domestic violence in the country by two-thirds for the past twenty years. The United States Senate has funded over 659 million over the past five years to many programs that provide grants to assist with the help of providing housing, legal assistance, law enforcement and abuse hotline to protection the victim. After many years of going

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    In the modern era, people of the United States of America have increasingly become more tolerant and accepting of differences in race, gender, sexual orientation, and religion. However, the new liberal mindset of people regarding characteristics such as race and sexual orientation would not be possible without the relentless protesters and dedicated activists who fought hard to make their views heard through a movement that would greatly impact and shape the future of this country. The gay rights

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    In May of 1990, Barbara Bush gave a speech that made waves throughout the United States. The First Lady was asked to give a commencement address to the graduating class of Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Her audience was filled with soon to be graduates and their families. As a public figure, her speech was also reproduced to be read and listened to by thousands of people. Being a commencement address, the speech was about life, the future, and the graduates’ time at Wellesley. She

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    John F. Kennedy In November 1960, at the age of 43, John F. Kennedy became the youngest man ever elected president of the United States. Theodore Roosevelt had become president at 42 when President William McKinley was assassinated, but he was not elected at that age. On Nov. 22, 1963, Kennedy was shot to death in Dallas, Tex., the fourth United States president to die by an assassin's bullet. Kennedy was the nation's first Roman Catholic president. He was inaugurated in January 1961, succeeding

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    African American women in American politics today, Maxine Waters yields respect from both her allies and adversaries. (Dowd 8/22/83) As a member of the House of Representatives, who holds great command, Ms. Waters has a obligation, one might say a calling, to truly serve her constituency, to fight their struggles, to raise consciousness regarding the state of American society today, and to lend her constituency hope. Ms. Waters represents the 35th district of California, a region of California that

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    Roberts was an American politician from the state of Oregon. Roberts served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly and was married to Barbara Roberts, Oregon’s first female governor. In 1987, Frank Roberts was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Behind skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer

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    We all know about what a weapon is, the manner by which it appeared, and the motivation behind its creation. It is trusted that the first firearm was made in China in the twelfth century and from that point they spread on to whatever remains of the world. Firearms have a lot of employments, however the primary reason for their creation was for self-preservation, so as to shield the group from assaults by interlopers. Other than that, firearms are additionally utilized for games, exchange, for verifiable

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