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German Forces Great Depression
657 words
During the twentieth century, Europe went through
many changes in politics and trends. On June 28,
1914, Serbian revolutionaries assassinated
Archduke Francis Ferdinand, the heir to the
Austrian and Hungarian thrones, and his wife,
Sophie. With Germany behind Austria-Hungary,
Austria attacked Serbia on July 28 th. The
following day, Russia ordered full mobilization
and in effect declared full all out war. Germany's
plan was to knock out France by going through
neutral Belgium and then taking out...
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Pearl Harbor Attack Aircraft Carriers
1,189 words
December 7 th, 1941, was the opening of World War
2, in the Pacific arena. In 1931, Japan invaded
China's northern parts and then in 1937, Japan
announced a full invasion of China. The United
States couldn't just stand by and let Japan take
over Asia's parts, so they moved their fleets to
Pearl Harbor. The strongest ships were the
battleships, which were named after the states of
the union. U. S. Arizona was made in 1915 and then
was Rebuilt and updated in 1930. The ship was
surrounded with over...
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Discrimination Against German And Irish Immigrants
1,478 words
The Declaration of Independence states, All men
are created equal, , but, taking a look at our
nations history, we can clearly see that this
statement is not valid. This was not accepted by
the thousands of slave owners based in the South
and the people who enforced oppression upon womens
rights as equals. The nation's relatively
newly-established independence, escalating
prejudices against blacks, differing viewpoints
regarding slavery, monetary inflation, and
antagonism to womens basic rights ...
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Southern Horrors And Other Writings
977 words
What is mob violence? Well, nowadays, mob violence
differs in comparison to mob violence in the
nineteenth century. In the years following the
Civil War, there was a lot of mistreatment of
African Americans. Ida B. Wells, a young African
American journalist, investigated and accounted
for the violence acted upon the African Americans
during the Post-Reconstruction period. Wells wrote
about her investigations because she belied it was
the "first step to tell the world the facts" and
to make lynch...
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British Troops British Army
619 words
The Battle of Brandywine: Part 1 of 10 The
British... Many of the 15, 000 British troops
spent the night in Kennett Square -- population 2,
000 -- unwinding and carousing, while a battle
General Howe's flanking strategy was devised two
days earlier: While General Knyphausen attacked at
Chadd's Ford, as Washington expected, Cornwallis
would stealthily move north, cross the Brandywine,
and flank Washington's right. [Map and a fuller
The Americans... By the night of September 10 th,
the American tr...
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North And South Rest Of The World
1,491 words
The American Dream can best be defined as a "city
upon a hill. " City upon a hill can be defined as
an ideology based on the premise that the
individual's loyalty and devotion to the
nation-state surpass other individual or group
interests, 1 or in simpler terms, being superior
over other nations. The Civil War, the
Imperialistic Race of the 19 th Century, the
Korean War, the Klux Klux Klan (KKK), and the Gulf
War are all examples of the "American Dream" of
superiority, and how it has played a m...
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Revolutionary War Nineteenth Century
1,169 words
One of the central myths that many Americans
entertain about the Revolutionary War is that
victory over the British redcoats was quick and
easy. A united, freedom-loving country rose up in
righteous anger at the King's tyrannical actions,
grabbed their trusty flintlocks, hid behind trees
and walls, defeated the dull British soldiers who
were sitting ducks in their scarlet uniforms, and
established the United States of America.
Throughout the story, there is a certain
inevitability about American...
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12 Th Century Genghis Khan
1,262 words
The most savage conquerors of history were the
Mongols. The Mongolian empire was the largest land
empire of its era and occupied land from the
yellow sea in Eastern Asia to the border of
Eastern Europe. The empire included land in China,
Korea, Mongolia, Persia as well as parts of
Thailand and Russia. The Mongols derived from
loosely organized nomadic tribes around Mongolia,
Siberia and Manchuria. They lived off their land
and the resources provided, and became great
warriors. It is believed tha...
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Martin Luther King Jr Civil Rights Movement
1,407 words
... saying that segregation was wrong, (later loss
of this support devastated the movement). In the
minds of the protestors this would be the answer
to their oppression, not realizing the depth of
their trouble. After the huge victory in
Birmingham, the SCLC wanted to next focus their
efforts on a voter rights bill. The SCLC was
getting deeper and deeper into the southern white
mans beliefs set forth on them by the Civil War
and slavery. They werent asking to ride next to
the white man, nor eat ...
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Soren Kierkegaard Hans Christian
939 words
Existentialism is a philosophical movement that
stresses on individual existence. Humans are
totally free and responsible for their own
actions. Man is not a detached observer of the
world, he "exists, " he is "in the world. " Only
man is in his own existence, nothing else can
share that existence. Man has no set rules to
follow nor are there a set number of choices he
has to make. Man follows a simple piece of
framework in which action and choice are to be
portrayed, implying a right and wrong ...
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Britain And France North Africa
1,049 words
The racist and fascist ideals of Nazism have long
claimed to be based on and supported by the
writings of the German philosopher Friedrich
Nietzsche. In actuality however, Nietzsche's ideas
could not be more opposed to those of the Nazis.
The blatant racism, oppression, and mass mentality
of the National Socialists in no way fits with
Nietzsche's writings or ideals. Knowing this, it
is difficult to understand how Adolf Hitler
managed to warp Nietzsche's individualistic,
anti-racist, and anti-Ger...
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Violence In Schools Acts Of Violence
1,526 words
There is excessive violence in society, and it is
escalating, as evidence by music, TV, movies,
videos, and in schools. How has music and society
made people more violent? Violence is everywhere,
and some people realize it. Teens are around
violence everyday. It's found in school, the music
they listen to and the movies they watch. After
kids come home from a school with violence in it,
then they go home and play video games with guys
chopping other peoples head off, which is very
violent. Paren...
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Wang Kahn And Temuchin Temuchin And Wang Kahn Battle
1,056 words
... elder cousins. Having under-rated the
abilities of Temuchin, Altan and Kuchar moved,
according to custom, to elect Temuchin Kahn. It is
not really correct to call Temuchin Genghis Kahn,
not until the conquest of the nomadic tribes was
complete. This election greatly angered Jamuka,
who wanted the Kahn ship himself. Jamuka used a
petty situation to spark the battle, a relative of
Jamuka had stolen several horses from one of the
tribes that was in Temuchin's camp. The owner of
the horses rode ...
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Military Base Cold War
1,041 words
Alas, Babylon, which was written by Pat Frank and
published in 1959, takes place in Fort Repose,
Florida. It is during the cold war with lots of
tension between Russia and the United States.
Randolph Rowzee Bragg, the main character lives in
Fort Repose. This is where most of the story takes
place. Randolph, also known as Randy, has an older
brother named Mark. Mark is a high-ranking officer
in Omaha where there is a giant underground
military base. I believe that the U. S. has
several undergrou...
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Power In Europe Balance Of Power
797 words
In 1914, there were many things that placed Europe
at the brink if war. Nationalism, militarism,
imperialism, social darwinism, and Jingoes where
five of the main forces that were pushing Europe
to the brink of war. Another main force was the
development of Alliance systems. These ideas and
systems threatened the balance of power which
could then cause a major war to break out. In
Europe at the time, there were many ideas which
were causing friction. Nationalism, which was the
desire for a count...
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Japanese Canadians Canadian Government
1,495 words
During World War II, Canada was at war with
Germany and Italy. Canada was fighting to protect
the lifestyle that its citizens had become
accustomed to. The soldiers in WW II gave their
lives for the good of their great nation. Canada
was also facing a major threat in the Pacific. The
threat was the powerful nation of Japan. To that
point in time Japan was the strongest military
force that the world had ever seen. The Japanese
government was strongly influenced by military
leaders who were in fav...
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Japan Vs United States
295 words
Japan had a goal of making an empire called the
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. This
empire would serve the economic needs of Japan.
This huge empire would stretch from Manchuria in
the north to Australia in the south. It was
similar to Hitler's dream of Europe filled with
the Aryan race. To start this plan, Japan took
over China's northeastern province, Manchuria. The
war between China and Japan went on for three
years. Japan's supply of oil, iron, rubber, and
tin were low. The only way...
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Britain And France Treaty Of Versailles
1,115 words
... m loans that could be withdrawn at any time.
The problem for Germany came with the Wall Street
Crash of October 1929... America; Thousands of
companies lost millions and there was a sudden
rush of people trying to withdraw their savings.
The banks, who couldn't cope with this, withdrew
their German loans which caused thousands of new
and vulnerable German businesses to go bankrupt,
30 % unemployment, poverty, homelessness and
starvation. In Germany's abysmal position, people
began to look fo...
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Constitutional Democracy Chinese Society
1,718 words
After Deng Xiaoping gained power in 1978, a new
political atmosphere was promised for the Chinese
people. A promise of a free land with a modern
economic state was made by Deng in order to gain
public support. During Deng's reign, a series of
economic reforms were made. These reforms had
major impacts on both the economy and the society
of China. Although it has been argued that Deng
was leading a totalitarian regime, historians tend
to overlook the idea that the Chinese have
different ideologie...
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Ho Chi Minh Involvement In Vietnam
967 words
During 1954 to 1965, America became more involved
for several important reasons, the most important
one is that America feared Vietnam would expand
communism all over Asia. Throughout these years
the USA could have retreat and stopped giving aid
to South Vietnam, but didn't, as the Presidents
wanted to maintain there stature of strength and
not let Russia think they were weaker. From 1946
ahead the Vietminh organisation set-up and was led
by, communist Ho Chi Minh. He fought seriously
with the F...
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