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Using Primary And Secondary Sources To Understand The Past
Understanding the past relies heavily on the careful examination of historical sources. These sources are catagorized into two types: primary and secondary. Both types offer valuable insights, but they differ significantly in their origin, purpose, and the perspective they provide on events and individuals of the past.…
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Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is an annual, 15 day festival held in China and around the world, specifically in places with Chinese communities. Beginning with a new moon sometime between January 21 and February 20, the festivities last until the following new moon. Origin The origins of the…
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First Transcontinental Railroad In United States
In the early part of the 1800s, some people felt that California and Oregon were too far from the East to become states. However the coming of the railroad changed people’s minds. Gradually railroads were improved. People began to dream of a railroad that would connect the…
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Calcite
Mined all across the world, calcite is a common carbonate mineral, and a major component of both limestone and marble. Calcite is known for its rhombohedral cleavage, meaning it breaks along planes that intersect at angles other than 90 degrees, forming diamond-shaped faces. Color Calcite is typically white,…
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La Tomatina
La Tomatina is a Spanish festival held annually in Buñol. Participants engage in a massive food fight, thowing overripe tomatoes at each other, turning the streets into a red squishy mess. Origins La Tomatina, the largest food fight in the world, is said to have started in…
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Aqueducts In Ancient Rome
While the concept of transporting water existed before the Romans, they perfected it by building aquaducts, which were systems of channals and bridges that carried water over long distances to far away cities and towns. Purpose Of Aqueducts With Rome’s particularily harsh climate and dry weather, there…
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Huckleberries
Grown on bushes across North America, the Andes mountins, and some other mountins in South America, huckleberries are edible fruits which resemble blueberries, to which they are closely related. They come in various colors, including blue, red, and purple, and are widly known for their sweet or…
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Flint Sit-Down Strike
Author Lowell, a worker at General Motors, remembers spending several weeks inside a cold General Motors plant. There were several things Lowell and the other were fighting for, but most of all, they wanted respect. “It was a slave house, he says”. Nobody can imagine if they…
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Branches Of Government
In the United States, there are three distinct branches, or parts of government. They are called the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. All of them have different jobs to do, ensuring that no branch can do the work of other branches. This system is called “separation of…
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Composition Of Jade
Jade is the term given to an array of decorative rocks that are made up of the minerals Jadeite and Nephrite. Jadeite is often green or white, but can sometimes come in the black, brown, orange, and yellow. It is extremely tough, with an average hardness of…