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Ida B Wells and her fight

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                                                                  Ida B Wells Ida B Wells was born in Holly Springs Mississippi. She was the oldest daughter of Lizzie and James Wells. In total she had 7 siblings. In no particular order, her  siblings were Eugenia, Annie, James, Lily, Stanley, and Eddie Wells. Wells was born in the middle of the civil war. Her parents were slaves at the time which means she was also a slave. When Wells was around the age of four her parents became politically active in Reconstruction Era politics. Her parents put their beliefs into Ida’s education. Wells wanted people of all skins to be treated equally. She wanted people to not give up their seats on trains or busses or any type of transportation, especially if you paid for it and had to move because of the color of your skin. Wells beli...

should we get rid of paper money?

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  should we get rid of paper money😲 Here are some reasons we should get rid of paper money. Have you ever had the problem when you're in line and you only have cash and it takes forever to pay? Wouldn’t it be easier without paper money? Paper money can get ripped very easily and then you can’t use it anymore. You have to take out the cash slowly or it easily can rip.   Another reason to get rid of paper money is you can’t really shop online with cash. You would have to shop credit or debit. For example, you have to buy are groceries during this time you are not really supposed to go out of the house and you would have to pay credit or debit, not cash. I have a few more reasons why we should get rid of paper money. You can't really use it at gas stations or at certain food stores anymore. I like this place called Tripoli because they have great food there but you can only use cash if it is 5 dollars and below. Therefore, if you only have cash you can not buy a lot of stuff....