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King Louis Xvi Czar Nicholas Ii
478 words
The French Revolution was caused by a bad ruler
and a bad economy. King Louis XVI and his wife
Mary Antoinette taxed the poor people heavily and
paid no attention to the country. During the early
1780 s a big percent of annual budget went towards
King Louis Xvi's huge estate in Versailles. France
also had no central bank, no paper currency, no
ways of getting more money and an out dated tax
system which only taxed the poor which had no
money to begin with. The first signs of revolution
appeared ...
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James Monroe Foreign Minister
652 words
James Monroe was born in Westmoreland county
Virginia, on April 28 th, 1758. His father was
Spence Monroe. He came from a Scottish family, but
settled in Virginia in the mid sixteen hundreds.
James was the eldest of four boys and one girl. In
1786, Monroe married a seventeen-year-old girl
named Elizabeth Kort right on June 30, 1768.
Together they had two daughters named Eliza and
Maria, and a son but he died at the age of two.
James Monroe had a good education. He studied at
home with a tutor un...
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End The War President Eisenhower
577 words
Dwight Ike Eisenhower was the 34 th president of
the United States. He beat the Democrat candidate,
Asia Stevenson 33, 963, 234 popular votes to 27,
314, 992. Ike held 442 electoral votes to
Stevenson's 89. Eisenhower gained his popularity
in the Korean War, he was supreme commander of the
allied forces in Europe. And during his two terms
as president showed great composure and sternness.
When he was elected president Eisenhower vowed to
end the war in Korea, it took him seven months
before he h...
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World War Ii Equal Rights
675 words
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29 th,
1917 and died on November the 22 nd, 1963. He was
the thirty-fifth President of the United States,
and was assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee
Harvey Oswald as his limousine drove by the Texas
School Book Depository building and through Dealey
Plaza. He was in office from 1961 - 1963, he was
the youngest man elected President, and the
youngest to die in the office. Of Irish descent,
he was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. He
graduated from Harvard...
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Russian Revolution Middle Class
565 words
The Russian Revolution took place during difficult
time in Russia. These troubles began before World
War I and lasted up until 1930 s. Russias
population was made up of mostly poor, starving
peasants. A small working and middle class began
to rise to help industrialize Russia. But a
corrupt government made it difficult for Russia to
advance. This added to the turmoil. World War I
placed a serious hurt on Russia. Although at first
it raised national pride and enthusiasm, it
quickly drained resour...
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Pan Slavism Austro Hungarian
929 words
In the early nineteenth century, Slavic peoples
from multiple empires in eastern and southern
Europe began to pursue a movement to protect and
organize Slavic culture. In 1848, this movement
became more political. It gained a reputation and
an attempt was made to unify all Slavic peoples.
This movement became known as Pan-Slavism.
Pan-Slavism appealed to many Slavs who felt
nationalism towards their race. However among the
Slavs, there were many different opinions. Some
believed that there was a...
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Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini
714 words
Adolf Hitler is known throughout the world for the
terror he caused from 1933 to 1945. Virtually
every country that offers history to its students
covers this man and his path of destruction. There
are thousands of books and articles on the Hitler
and the Nazi party. Therefore, it is redundant to
try and restate what is already well known about
Hitler. However, one of the few aspects about
Hitler that is not well known is his relationship
with Benito Mussolini and how that friendship
caused Hitl...
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Ivan Denisovich Alexander Solzhenitsyn Hero
395 words
by Alexander Solzhenitsyn In Alexander
Solzhenitsyn's novel One Day in The Life Of Ivan
Denisovich Ivan Denisovich is portrayed as the
hero in the novel. The American Heritage
Dictionary Of the English Language High School
Edition states that a hero is "The principle male
character in a novel, poem, or dramatic
presentation. " The word hero is also suggested to
mean "Any male noted for feats of courage or
nobility of purpose; especially, one who has
risked of sacrificed his life. " Ivan Denisovi...
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Electromagnetic Waves Intelligence Gathering
805 words
This is the job of Multidisciplinary
Counterintelligence (MDCI). How does the
government know that lines are secure from signals
intelligence of foreign adversaries? One of the
main tasks of MDCI is the "communication line" of
the American Government. Radio waves can easily be
detected with the right equipment anywhere within
the area, and even microwaves can be detected with
a receiver in the right place. MDCI combats these
problems with encryption for messages and secure
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Kim Il Sung 38 Th Parallel
856 words
The Korean War For hundreds of years Korea was
dominated by the Chinese empire. After Japan was
defeated by the allies in WW II. , Korea became
occupied by the Russians in the North and the
Americans in the South. Both the U. S. and the
Soviets realized that Korea was a strategic
country. It was important to occupy because it lay
between China, Japan, and the Soviet Union. North
and South Korea were divided by the 38 th
parallel, it split the country into two regions.
Russia and America became p...
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Consumption Of Alcohol Alcohol Problem
1,228 words
One of the most dramatic and revolutionary changes
in Russian history is the restriction of the
consumption of alcohol. Mikhail Gorbachev
instituted his anti-alcohol campaign on May 16,
1985 in order to decrease alcohol consumption by
Soviet citizens and instead teach them the rewards
of moderation. Some such rewards were a better
life at home with their families, more advancement
in their jobs, and better overall health. Although
Gorbachev's anti-alcohol campaign was effective in
generating som...
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South Korea United Nations
563 words
Biography: During his few weeks as Vice President,
Harry S Truman scarcely saw President Roosevelt,
and received no briefing on the development of the
atomic bomb or the unfolding difficulties with
Soviet Russia. Suddenly these and a host of other
wartime problems became Truman's to solve when, on
April 12, 1945, he became President. He told
reporters, I felt like the moon, the stars, and
all the planets had fallen on me. Truman was born
in Lamar, Missouri, in 1884. He grew up in
Independence, a...
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World War Ii Atomic Bomb
939 words
World War II In this chapter it discusses the most
destructive war of all time, World War II. It was
the war of all the world part two. Although the
casualties were as much as the first war there was
more destruction and many new inventions were
started from the war. From the start of the war
the Americans weren t at all prepared. Ending
immigration was the beginning of what to come.
Americans were so scared of their Japanese
counterparts, that they put all the
Japanese-Americans into war camps ...
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Cuban Crisis Equal Rights Kennedy
530 words
John F. Kennedy graduated from Harvard in 1940,
and soon after he entered the Navy. In 1943, when
his PT boat was rammed and sunk by a Japanese
destroyer, Kennedy, despite serious injuries, led
the survivors through perilous waters to safety.
Back from the war, he became a Democratic
Congressman from the Boston area, advancing in
1953 to the Senate. He married Jacqueline Bouvier
on September 12, 1953. In 1955, while recuperating
from a back operation, he wrote Profiles in
Courage, which won the ...
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Secret Service Red Bull
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Kim gives aKim Kim Kim gives a vivid picture of
the complexities in India under British rule. It
shows the life of the bazaar mystics, of the
natives, of the British military. There is a great
deal of action and movement, for Kiplings vast
canvas painted in full detail. The dialogue in the
novel makes use of Indian phrases translated by
the author, they give the flavor of native speech
in India. They are also touches of the native
behavior and shrewdness. Setting: The time the
novel took place w...
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Jim Burden Father
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My My Antonia My Antonia My Antonia is an ideal
book to introduce one to because it deals with the
great variety of people from other countries who
were confronted simultaneously with the creation
of new lives and a new country. Willa Cather
focused on depicting ethnic values of the
different cultures of the various immigrants who
came to Nebraska. I was amazed at the hardships,
the plight, and the conditions of life on the
rural Nebraska prairie land of the late nineteenth
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Emperor Of France Napoleon Bonaparte
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The Fall Napoleon Essay Outline The Fall of
Napoleon I. Introduction: Napoleon Bonaparte was
one of the most powerful men ever to walk the face
of the earth. He was France s best general, and
overthrew the Directory in 1799 and monopolized
power. He ruled France until 1815. Some thought
him to be a great reformer. Others thought that he
was a monster. However, friend and foe alike could
both agree on one thing. By 1812 Napoleon had
expanded the territory of France all over Europe
including Spain...
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End The War President Eisenhower
588 words
Dwight? Ike? Eisenhower was the 34 th president of
the United States. He beat the Democrat candidate,
Asia Stevenson 33, 963, 234 popular votes to 27,
314, 992. ? Ike? held 442 electoral votes to
Stevenson? s 89. Eisenhower gained his popularity
in the Korean War, he was supreme commander of the
allied forces in Europe. And during his two terms
as president showed great composure and sternness.
When he was elected president Eisenhower vowed to
end the war in Korea, it took him seven months
befor...
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Great Deal Short Story
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Pushkin, the Father of Russian Short Story The
story, or novella, as a literary genre has a
relatively shorter history in Russian than in some
of the countries of the West, but within the short
span there is enough richness and variety to make
a representative selection rather difficult.
Historicallyspeaking, Aleksandr Pushkin s works
are justifiably pegged as the true starting point
ofthe short story in Russian literature. Pushkin
is, generally speaking, the fountainhead andthe
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Otto Frank Carol Ann
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Observer Review: The Hidden Life Of Otto Observer
Review: The Hidden Life Of Otto Frank By Carol Ann
Lee Answers from the attic The Hidden Life of Otto
Frank Carol Ann Lee Viking? 17. 99, pp 384 Until
the start of the Second World War, Otto Franks
life was as soothing and wrinkle-free as freshly
laundered linen. Born into an upper-middle-class
German family his were the kind of people who
called on their neighbours only at the correct
hour of the afternoon he worried about the same
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