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13th, 14th & 15th Amendments  First amendments in 60 years 13th on slavery 14th protects them from injustice 15th voting rights  Reconstruction Acts  Created to restore peace but Abe Lincoln's wasn't implemented bc of his assassination  ended when the military troops from the north were withdrawn  Jim Crow Laws restricted the african americans extended to jails and marriage Plessy VS Ferguson  People were not allowed to sit in white public transport cars basically meant while people were equal they could be separated  Racial violence increases and the great migration occurs  because of discrimination african americans would begin to move the amount of people moving was huge  NAACP Helped to lower discrimination rates  and helped pass acts that would allow african americans to do things like vote WWII: Racial Segregation  hundreds of african american soldiers died because...

Author’s Note The Victorian era was a time where the world is making the transition into the technological age making it both easier and harder to write. That pulled me into writing about this. After reading Cassandra Clare’s book Clockwork Angel I was intrigued by the story of a girl that had been murdered by an occult society, like a young girl in that book was.  I got to thinking, what if this girl had once been poor? Wha t if she had once seen all the bad in the world? And what would happen if suddenly she was thrust into the life of the rich? What if the woman that took her in forced her to join a society? And what if she wanted to leave? The questions flitted around in my head for so long that I thought I might as well write on the idea thus the idea of Elizabeth Barnes was formed. Most Occult societies were very hush-hush, you gained entrance by knowing people and there are not many recorded societies although there are probably quite a few so researching about them ...

What can students learn from the examples set by the leaders and followers at Selma? Students can learn about how you don't ned to fight against the people trying to push them down with violence. They can learn about how hard it was for the African Americans to work towards a goal and how no matter what happened the people continued to peacefully march against them. It was a difficult journey for the people to go through trying to get the rights they were promised. The younger generation was trying hard to be able to live better lives than their parents. The Civil Rights movement was a huge movement and something that really impacted the whole country and students should learn about the people that changed the way things were for the african americans. They were bombed and they were shot at and they were tear gassed and they were sprayed with water from hoses and they still fought on and it's an important lesson for students to learn. One of the biggest lessons that student...

Addiction - the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance or activity  Types of Addiction   Behavioural Social Mental  Signs of Addiction  a need to use a substance  always using something  failing to stop using something personal relations falling apart due to something Constant need for more of something  when substance is not there experiences: anger, depression, tension, irritability, restlessness Coping Strategies  In order to get away from being addicted to something, you can start by lessening the time you spend using doing whatever you are addicted to. After lowering the time you can set days where you won't use or do the thing. Then you can pick up better activities as a way to replace the thing that you are trying to stop yourself from doing.      How Can Addiction Be Treated  It can be treated by acknowledging that you have a problem then seeking help in order t...