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Papers On U.S. History (20th Century)
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Barbara Jordan
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This 5 page report discusses the life and
contributions of Barbara Jordan to the American political
system. In 1966, she was the first black person elected to the
Texas State Senate. She was young, determined and unabashedly
idealistic. Also renowned for her powerful oratorical skills
and her talent for consensus building, Jordan was elected in
1972 to Congress, where she served on the House Judiciary
Committee during the Watergate hearings. My faith in the
Constitution is whole, she declared at the time. It is
complete. It is total. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BWbordan.wps
Barry M. Goldwater
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( 9 pp.) What makes a conservative? Parents?
Upbringing? Past experiences, Or the ability to
put all of those things together, be aware of
history, and come to some personal conclusions?
In the case of Arizona Senator and basic maverick,
Barry M. Goldwater (1909 - 1998), we would have
to say all of the above. In his personal and
political memoirs, With No Apologies, published in
1979, Mr. Goldwater observed that his run for the
presidency in 1964"was like trying to stand up in
a hammock." He said he knew that his chances of
winning were slim and contended, that his fellow
Republicans cost him any chance he might have had
during the battle for the Republican nomination.
And in our description above did we mention,
Goldwater as a facilitator of tact? Bibliography
lists 7 sources - 1 visual. BBgldwtr.doc
Filename: BBgldwtr.doc
Bay of Pigs
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A 12 page overview of the Bay of Pigs. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: RAbyg.rtf
Bellamy's "Looking Backward" The Problem With Nineteenth-Century Industrialism
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5 pages in length. Edward Bellamy finds many things problematic about the rise of late nineteenth-century industrialism in Looking Backward: 2000-1887. The extent to which this rise of social progress served to economically stunt the masses while creating fortunes for a handful of savvy if not unscrupulous businessmen is both grand and far-reaching; that Bellamy's account points out this and many other social, political and economic inequities speaks to a time of American evolution that was not holistically beneficial as many believe. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TLCBellamy.rtf
Bernard's The Cajuns
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This 3 page book report provides information about this work, how it is ordered, whether it properly utilizes sources and so forth. Some quotes are provided. No additional sources cited.
Filename: SA512Cj.rtf
Bill Cosby & Carroll O'Connor
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The lives of these two American celebrities are compared and contrasted in a 5 page analysis. The obvious similarities involving the early and tragic deaths of their sons leads to a discussion on their family values. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: Cosocon.wps
Billy Sunday and Will Rogers: Thoughts on Prohibition
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5 pages in length. Billy Sunday, in one of his numerous sermons about alcohol being "God's Worst Enemy" preached that, although some argued personal liberty was at stake, in reality personal liberty simply meant that a man could "stand up at the bar and fill his hide so full of red liquor that he is transformed for the time being into an irresponsible, dangerous, evil-smelling brute." Rogers, on the other hand, predicted that "if it was repealed tomorrow, the lives and habits and morals of the whole country wouldn't be ruined." These interesting and opposing viewpoints are presented within this paper. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JGAprohb.wps
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