The 250 mile long road cut by Daniel Boone and 30 woodsmen over the

The creation, or invention, of a new system to fulfill a societal need?

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Innovation. refers to the creation, or invention of a new system to fulfill a societal need.

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Give one example of discrimination in the armed services during WWII?

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Before World War II (1939–1945) began, many African-Americans lived in the South. They eked out a living as tenant farmers or sharecroppers. As the nation prepared for war, better paying factory and manufacturing jobs became available in the North and on the coasts. Those opportunities encouraged many African-American men and women to relocate. Black Americans also moved to southern cities, such as Birmingham and Mobile, which grew into important military manufacturing centers. Those shifts from one part of the country to other parts led to other changes. People from different backgrounds came in contact with and worked with one another. Those experiences made black Americans determined to resist racial discrimination.
Although the U.S. government denounced Nazi racism overseas, white Americans maintained their own racist system of inequality and violence against black citizens. In many parts of the country, African-Americans were denied the right to vote. They attended segregated and inferior
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schools. They faced discrimination or exclusion from branches of the military and certain jobs. And for some black workers, high unemployment and low wages remained.
The contradiction angered African-Americans. They demanded that the nation live up to its highest ideals. The Pittsburgh Courier, a black weekly newspaper, launched a "Double V" campaign in 1942. It called for "victory over our enemies from without" — the Germans and the Japanese — and "victory over our enemies from within" — American racism. Black Americans took those words seriously. They strongly supported the war effort and they also engaged in protests against racial injustice at home.
A. Philip Randolph led the way. He was the president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, a black labor organization. For decades, Randolph had challenged racial inequality. In September 1940, Randolph was part of a delegation that met with President Franklin D. Roosevelt and demanded that the president end segregation in the armed forces. Roosevelt did not act.
In January 1941, Randolph decided to take a more forceful approach. He proposed a m

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Ahimsa in Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism. For the people in ancient India who made liberation their primary aim or for the enlightened minds who focused upon spiritual practices, the practice of nonviolence was not a mere theory. The Buddha practiced it and actively applied it to resolve differences among the rulers of his times and prevent wars.

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What did Kentucky and Virginia try to do?

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The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799 in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional.

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The people of the Bysantine Empire were extremely religious. They were Christians, and they expressed their faith through their

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The people of the Bysantine Empire were extremely religious. They were Christians, and they expressed their faith through their architecture, literature and art. One art form that flourished during the Byzantine Empire was the mosaic. Made from small tiles of ceramic or glass that sparkled or reflected light, mosaics typically depicted Christian scenes. When

mosaies or paintings were portraits of important Christian figures, such as Jesus or saints,

they were considered icons, Often painted with slighthy elongated faces against a gold

background, icons became very important in the Church. In Constantinople, it was

common to cover walls and ceilings with them. Many people in the empire considered icons

windows into heaven, and believed icons offered a direct connection to the person pictured. People who prayed to these images even claimed that they granted miracles.

Which of these is an example of an icon?

•poem about love written during the Byzantine Empire

•a big church in Constantinople

•a mosaic in a Byzantine church that showed Jesus

•a landscape of : meadow in Istanbul

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