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    Confirmed to have been completed sometime between June 16-18 (Whitney 356), the artist’s mental state could also have contributed to the creativity of the piece. The nature of this painting is slightly unusual for Van Gogh’s previous works because this one “did not paint on the spot; instead, the artist aggrandized and melded together a variety of seen motifs to create an ecstatic visioin” (Sund 672). This idea was confirmed by Charles A Whitney in his article, “The Skies of Van Gogh” where he…

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    styles gave the play a more realistic touch. The costume crew was amazing, some character’s outfit went well with their part such as Margaret, Big Daddy, and Big Mama. Brick costumes could have been a little more 1950’s. The light board operator, Whitney Joseph and the sound board operator Grace Stroger did amazing when the lighting played outside on the…

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    The most important cause of the Civil War as the disagreement of slavery between the and south. Some other important causes include states’ rights, election of 1860, and the Missouri compromise. The North and South had always had disagreements about slavery due to the South being pro-slavery while the North was not. As more states began to join there would be many issues of what states would partake in slavery and which states would not, this is where popular sovereignty came into place. The…

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    The Heckscher building was designed by architects named Warren and Wetmore. Warren and Wetmore is an architecture company in New York City shared by Whitney Warren and Charles Wetmore. The company has one of the most extensive practices of our time and is known for designing large hotels.The building is twenty six stories (416 feet) tall. The Heckscher Building is a great look on the part of the Heckscher…

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    Other military invention and inventor that continuo working with guns like Eli Whitney with the muskets, it was Samuel Colt, he starts the experiments with firearms in 1830’s, and he finish creating the colt revolver, this arm could consider one of the most changed inventions for the industrial revolution. This gun impacts the social era of 1830’s because it was the first commercial available firearm and actually everyone were buying it. Colt most thought it was use his inventions in the…

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    cash crops. Though tobacco was the main cash crop in the south in the late 1700s and early 1800s, Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin increased cotton production, further increasing the south’s reliance on slavery. At about the same time, Whitney invented the concept of interchangeable parts, which made the North’s growing industrialization far more efficient. This industrial growth lowered the need for slaves to make a profit. The Fugitive Slave Act which empowered slave catchers in…

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    their native lands down the trail of tears to the West of the Mississippi. That led to more land being open for white settlers and more plantations producing raw goods for Northern textile manufacturers. 2) The Invention of the Cotton Gin by Eli Whitney. The invention of the Cotton Gin made a drastic increase in the production of cotton. Markets expanded with more and more technology that would help with the production of cotton, leading to a drastic increase in slave labor. 3) The Invention…

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    With what little wisdom and perspective I have at twenty-one years of age, one thing about which I am certain is the harshness and deep-felt pain of the hole left behind when a loved one dies. If I know nothing else to be true, it is the ache and sometimes-unbearable sadness my family and I are experiencing at the loss of our beloved wife, mother, and grandmother. But just as much as that sorrow is real, so, too, is the welcome relief of laughter and love we exchange as we remember the wonderful…

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    horses at the wild gallop" (Foreman 293). If he wanted to run away from Miller, their would be nowhere to go. In The Most Dangerous Game, Rainsford in on an island with no where to run. "'Off there to the right-- somewhere-- is a large island,' said Whitney. 'It's rather a mystery--'" (Connell). The setting would be less of an impact if they were in the city; they would just be able to run…

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    pick the cotton. As a matter of fact, the cotton gin produced an opposite affect. The cotton gin made cotton farming so profitable, that farmers greatly increased their demand for both land and slave labor. The cotton gin was invented in 1793 by Eli Whitney. This innovative yet simple invention had a rather large impact on the history of the United States by revolutionizing the cotton industry. What took an entire day to accomplish, the cotton gin completed within minutes. The cotton gin was…

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