
Donna Harrison
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Answered a Question in History
Martin Luther became a heretic according to the Catholic Church when he posted his Ninety-Five Theses on the church doors at Wittenberg. It was a common practice to post an academic... -
Answered a Question in History
Almost 325 years ago, i.e., in February,1692, the Salem Witch Trials racked fear and hysteria in the small Massachusetts Bay settlement. Since then, extreme fear and hysteria have been synonymous... -
Answered a Question in Sam Patch, the Famous Jumper
Sam Patch was a daredevil/stuntman who grew up in extreme poverty, working as a child in a textile mill alongside other family members and friends. Many textile factories in the early 1800s used... -
Answered a Question in History
In the early 19th century, many settlers in North America thought the Native Americans, especially the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole, were standing in the way of western... -
Answered a Question in The Oz Principle
THE OZ PRINCIPLE: Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability, written by Roger Connors,Tom Smith, and Craig Hickman, uses the Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum as an analogy... -
Answered a Question in History
In the first part of the statement you want to assess, it is true that the Virginia’s General Assembly passed laws designed to regulate the contract terms, behavior, and treatment of indentured... -
Answered a Question in History
A mixed government is indeed possible. It also may be called a mixed constitution or a balanced government. Nevertheless, by definition, mixed government combines elements of democracy,... -
Answered a Question in American History
The setting in Cofer’s story "American History" is November 22, 1963, the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Thus it is appropriate to say the story would have been completely... -
Answered a Question in A People's History of the United States
Your first paragraph can begin by introducing Zinn and his quest to revise traditional histories to look at the people's, rather than the state's, point of view. Zinn’s Marxist ideology, dislike of... -
Answered a Question in The Outsiders
The quick answer to this question is Ponyboy’s statement Things gotta get better, I figured. They couldn’t get worse. I was wrong. The words “I was wrong” make the reader think, “oh boy,...