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Salem Witch Trials World War Ii
1,901 wordsIn The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, the madness of the Salem witch trials is explored in great detail. There is more to the play than the witch trials, though. The Crucible was composed during a time when a similar hysteria was sweeping through America. A virtually unkown senator by the name of Joseph McCarthy was propelled into infamy when while at a speaking engagement at thee Republican Womens Club of Wheeling, West Virginia he charged 205 persons in the U. S. State Department of being...
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Second World War Attempt To Show
1,688 wordsA countrys foreign policy is only partly the result of decisions made by its government: it is mainly imposed by circumstances. Australia, during the last fifty years, has been a country unsure of its place in the world. She has been bouncing from ally to ally, begging for a place under their umbrella of protection, ignoring and denying her place in the Asian region, and struggling to find a foreign policy that is in the best interest of her welfare and security. Australia truly finds herself, p...
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Lee Harvey Oswald John F Kennedy
1,939 wordsMany people wonder why the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy is still questionable. For those who have not closed the books on this mystery, there are many reasons why. Those who were alive on November 22, 1963 still remember exactly where they were and what they were doing. It seems as if the whole country froze the day the President was assassinated, and this is why people still talk about it, and will continue to do so. There are many questions that have yet to be answered, fi...
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Female Desert Tortoise U S Department Tortoises
1,147 wordsVulnerable to the harsh desert conditions, the desert tortoise spends almost all of its time waiting out extreme temperatures in its underground burrow. There, this armored, terrestrial turtle conserves its energy and stays relatively cool during summer months, and relatively warm during winter months. This turtle, California's official state reptile, carries a high-domed tan to dark brown carapace (shell), which protects them from most predators. Yet even those shells are unable to shield the d...
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Holy Roman Emperor Charles Viii
1,772 wordsThe Italian Wars 1494 - 1559: - Introduction: The key issues over which the Italian Wars were fought were primarily financial incentives for Charles VIII of France. He declared that he intended to use Naples as a base to drive the Ottomans out of Europe and liberate Constantinople. In actual truth his main motivation was self-glory and the mouth-watering prospect of acquiring some exquisite prizes of war. On the way he would acquire rich cities and portable pieces of art. It seems that this inva...
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Great Britain And France Millions Of Dollars
1,594 words... e slaughter in Hungary, but that is no reason for destroying the nucleus of international cooperation. This was the foundation of the brutal confrontation of the now infamous water polo semi-finals between the Soviets and Hungary. Hungary was leading 4 to nil with two minutes left. In a loose-ball struggle, a Russian hit a Hungarian, blood poured over the Hungarians eye. The Russians exited the pool before the match even ended. Wally Wolf, a veteran polo player from America claimed They were...
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Fugitive Slave Law Dred Scott Case
1,426 wordsThe seeds of secession had been sown early in American history; quite literally with the fundamental differences in agriculture and resultant adoption of slavery in the South. From early days, the thirteen states had grown up separately, and each had their own culture and beliefs, which were often incompatible with those held in other states. The geographical and cultural differences between north and south would manifest themselves at regular and alarming intervals throughout the hundred years ...
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Roman Citizenship Long Term
1,590 wordsWhen Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus sought to establish the liberty of the common people and expose the crimes of the oligarchs, the guilty nobles took fright and opposed their proceedings by every means at their disposal Cicero. The Gracchi brothers were clearly well intentioned men who had the interests of Rome at heart, instead of their own, which was a common attitude amongst the other senators. The reforms of the Gracchi were long over-due and their programs were genuine attempts to deal with ...
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Chief Of Staff Austria Hungary
1,870 wordsThe instability in the Balkans was the weak link in the complex relationships that had developed in Europe. A little Balkan war was swamped in a struggle of European powers and there became a general upheaval in Europe, which destroyed its stable civilization. The clash with Serbia in July 1914 affected an issue of such magnitude, it is not surprising all the powers soon became involved; all of them had interests at stake. The underlying conflict of interest of particularly Russia and Austria-Hu...
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Catherine The Great Ruling Classes
475 wordsThe Enlightenment movement and its goals failed due to the efforts of the ruling classes. The ruling classes knew that if they were to remain in power, they would need to destroy any ideas that threatened their power. These ideas came in the form of the Enlightenment. In Austria, Emperor Joseph II was a truly enlightened Monarch. When Joseph II came to power, he sought to destroy serfdom and establish religious tolerance for the masses. When Joseph accomplished these reforms, it separated the no...
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Expansion Of Slavery Abraham Lincoln
391 wordsCauses of the Civil War Although some historians feel that the Civil War was a result of political blunders and that the issue of slavery did not cause the conflict, they ignore the two main causes. The expansion of slavery, and its entrance into the political scene. The North didnt care about slavery as long as it stayed in the South. South Carolina seceded, because Abraham Lincoln, a Republican, was voted into office. The Republican party threatened the Souths expansion and so Southerners felt...
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Child Abuse Sexual Abuse
1,556 wordsPsychology: Child Abuse March 28, 1998 People have many different opinions and definitions concerning child abuse. Some people see using reasonable force to discipline a child as acceptable. Other people see using any amount of physical force against a child as wrong and do not agree with it. In its broadest sense the term refers to any harm physically or emotionally done to a child. In the U. S the Child abuse Prevention and Treatment Act defines child abuse as Physical or mental injury, sexual...
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Played An Important Role French And English
1,127 wordsComing to the New World was a major advancement in the lives of many Spanish, French, and English people between the years of 1942 - 1629. The migration effected the lives dramatically. They will come to see that in the coming years almost everything will change from religion to their types of settlement. The role of religion was very important, for it had an immense power over the European society. Christianity converted all of Europe including the Spanish, French, and English. Christian doctri...
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Guilt Or Innocence Part Of Sexual Harassment Oleanna
390 wordsCritical Analysis The most straight forward gender conflict in the movie Oleanna is that between the Professor and the student. She accuses him of sexual harassment. He denies it and they go before the Tenure Committee who find him guilty. The question at hand is what is sexual harassment? Must the harasser intend to harass? When a student would ask Socrates to answer a question, Socrates would ask them to define their terms. He would continue to ask the student to clarify until finally the stud...
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Cuban Missile Crisis U S S R
1,258 wordsCuban Missile Crisis When given the opportunity to write a research paper on any conflict or battle during recent American History, one has a number of options: World War Two, the War in Vietnam, and the Korean conflict to name but a few. However, I have chosen a brief period of two weeks during which the very existence of the United States was seriously threatened. To most of my generation the Cuban missile crisis is nonexistent. No one tends to look at non-physical actions as ones of any impor...
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Tropical Rain Forest Plants And Animals
1,722 wordsA decade ago the rain forests seldom came up in every day conversation. Today the tropical woodland is the theme and setting for popular movies such as the Medicine Man, and Arachnophobia. In addition there is an International restaurant chain called the Rain Forest Caf, the caf has a rain forest theme, and is located in such countries as the United States, England, and Australia. The Rain Forest Cafe actually donates a percentage of their profits toward rain forest conservation. Rain forests ar...
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Fathers Death Phone Calls
1,373 wordsThe theme of the book, Eye of the Beholder, by Jayne Ann Krentz, is to stop and take a breath before jumping to conclusions. Twelve years ago, Trask's father was killed in a car accident. He had driven his car off Avalon Point. Because of the sharp curve, this was not unusual. Everyone in town just believed that Trask's father was another fatality. Trask knew it was more. He believed his fathers death was murder. Trask believed Kenyon had killed his father because of a business deal gone bad. Tr...
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Fathers Death Phone Calls
1,372 wordsA Wrongful Death The theme of the book, Eye of the Beholder, by Jayne Ann Krentz, is to stop and take a breath before jumping to conclusions. Twelve years ago, Trask's father was killed in a car accident. He had driven his car off Avalon Point. Because of the sharp curve, this was not unusual. Everyone in town just believed that Trask's father was another fatality. Trask knew it was more. He believed his fathers death was murder. Trask believed Kenyon had killed his father because of a business ...
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Men And Women Facial Expression
1,974 wordsIn Gender 3 1. 0 History: In the last thirty years, there has been considerable changes in the way men and womens regard each others roles and their image. The sixties, with the liberation of the pill and unisex fashion, it meant that men and women started to present themselves in very similar ways. Men adopted feminine styles of long hair, floral patterns and paisley. Women wore boyish clothes and gamine haircuts. In the seventies, women started to power dress, wearing clothes that sometimes ma...
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Joan Of Arc University Of Paris
2,740 wordsIn my town they called me Jeannette, and since I came to France I have been called Joan, as she said herself. To most people though she is better known as Joan of Arc or the Maid of France. Joan led a life that started with her hearing voices from her counsel, to her battles in France to expel the English, to crowning the dauphin, King Charles VII, to her trial, and then finally to her execution. Many revered Joan as being insane despite her heroism, and not until 1920 was she declared a holy ma...
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