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World War One
World War I (abbreviated WWI), also known as the First World War, the Great War and "The War to End All Wars" was a global military conflict that took place mostly in Europe between 1914 and 1918. It was a total war which left millions dead and helped to shape the modern world. The Allied Powers, led by France, Russia, the British Empire, and later Italy and the United States, defeated the Central Powers: Austria-Hungary,
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Franco- Winning The War
Franco was an excellent field commander and strategic leader. This is demonstrated in his incredibly fast rise in ranking so early in his life. Early on, he soon gained a reputation as a good officer, and became the youngest Brigadier-General in Europe. "He was also proposed unsuccessfully for Spain's highest honor for gallantry, the coveted Cruz Laureada de San Fernando," (Holguin 5) but refused it, trading it instead for an increase in ranking. In October
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Heroes Of The Trojan War
Heroes of the Trojan War: What is a hero really? Everyone has their own beliefs about what a hero is, but the beliefs greatly vary from each other. In the movie Troy for example, lots of people think that Achilles is a hero because he is such a great warrior. In reality though, someone needs to be a lot more than a great weapon-handler to be a hero. A hero is a man of distinguished
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African American Identity
African American Identity It was a hot August day as sweat beat down on Thomas Jefferson Brown. He had been working in the field 2 hours before the hot sun had made its presence known. He looked back over the drying field, hoping that this crop would provide for his family better than last years crop had. Thomas watched his oldest son, Nathan, who worked down one row of the field while staring intently at
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1983- Civil Rights
Liability of Individual Agents Under Section 1983 The most serious cause of action is the allegation that TransCor and its agents were deliberately indifferent to Mr. Irons' medical needs. In order to prove this cause of action, Mr. Irons-must prove that: 1. He had a serious medical need, in this case AIDS; 2. The denial of medical care was objectively serious or led to a serious result; 3. The individual defendants acted with a sufficiently
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Wing Pattern Evolution And The Origins Of Mimicry Of North American Admirals
Admiral butterflies (genus Limenitis) are a particularly appealing system to address questions regarding wing pattern evolution and speciation. This genus is unusual among other butterflies in that mimicry has evolved multiple times and hybridization is frequent between wing pattern forms. An interesting fact of wing pattern evolution within this genus is the apparent differences between the largely stereotypic Paleartic fauna and the highly variable Nearctic forms of butterflies. Palearctic and Nearctic forms regard to different
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Why Im Prooud To Be An American
Why I'm Proud To Be An American I'm proud to be an American for more reason that I can possibly think of. America is one of the olnly countries where we enjoy all of the freedoms other countries can only dream of such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, and the right to a fair and speedy trial. I'm proud to live in a country where I can practice my
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American History To 1887
Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum's Salem Possessed explores the pre-existing social and economic divisions within the Salem Village community, as an entry point to understand the accusations of witchcraft in 1692. According to Boyer and Nissenbaum, the village split into two factions: one interested in gaining more autonomy for Salem Village and led by the Putnam family, and the other, interested in the mercantile and political life of Salem Town and led by the Porter
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American Revolution
Overview Before and during the French and Indian War, from about 1650 to 1763, Britain essentially left its American colonies to run themselves in an age of salutary neglect. Given relative freedom to do as they pleased, the North American settlers turned to unique forms of government to match their developing new identity as Americans. They established representative legislatures and democratic town meetings. They also enjoyed such rights as local judiciaries and trials by jury
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Vietnam Memorial War Memoriabilia
The Vietnam Memorial Wall remains one of the most tentative and reserved memorials today not only Washington, DC, but the entirety of the United States. Created in order to remember the soldiers who lost their lives in the Vietnam War, the memorial is meant to symbolize their honor and spirit as passed Americans and combatants. As much as a statement the memorial makes by itself, it is the endless thought and emotion that can
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World War 2 Japan
World War II Japan committed what some would consider suicide, when their aircraft bombed Pearl Harbor.1 Pearl Harbor was the most important day of World War II. This was the first strike towards the US. making them enter the war. Even though the US. had been involved a little before this. The attack prompted full entrance of the US. into the war. Japan wanted to not depend on white imperialist nations, like Britain, France, Netherlands
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Indian Americans & Assimilation Into American Culture
This paper will focus on Indian Americans and their assimilation in to the United States and its culture. Being a second-generation Indian American, I believe that I can relate to this subject well. I and other second-generation Indians Americans face a unique set of entirely different social issues. I will focus on the main social institutions of family, education, religion, politics, and compare and contrast the experiences of first generation Indian Americans and second generation
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American Revolution
Everyone at one point in their life has been pressured into doing something they know is wrong, but its up to you to make the right or wrong choice. If you let other people influence and pressure you, you will end up somewhere and someone you don't want to be. A good example of this is the girls from the witch trials in Salem from the Crucible. They were influenced greatly by Abigail to
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The Establishment Of American Democracy
The United States of America has been a country unprecedented by any other in every way. This country has been founded on the principles of freedom, justice, and the equality of all people both in private affairs and in choosing the leaders of the country. The United States may not be the first country to claim democracy, but it is the first country to truly be a democracy and to succeed by firmly sticking
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African Americans Politics
The success of African Americans in politics, business and entertainment has been growing rapidly. There has been enough of affirmative action during the years. Affirmative action is a policy or a program of giving certain preferences to certain groups. This typically focuses on education, employment, government contracts, health care, or social welfare. Although Affirmative action isn't needed, reparation is. In my opinion reparation is needed for all the years our ancestors sacrificed and died
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American Indians
American Indians I. Origins of American Indians All human societies have versions of their own origins, and the American Indians are no different. Stories of natural or supernatural creation in the Americas or emergence from another world exist among all Indian tribes and, like the biblical narrative in Genesis, are regarded as matters of faith. Apart from them, and not competing with them, is what is known from the evidence of science and scholarship. Since
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In What Ways Was The Alliance System Responsible For The First World War?
World War 1 which was also known to many as the Great War seems to in many ways challenge its explanation of why it happened. What caused the war? Who was responsible? Many authors of books and articles that are written about the expositions of the First World War will be found to most frequently question the Ð''causations' and Ð''influences' in their writings. One of the many speculated causations which have been argued was that
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American Dream
Subsidies are payments, economic concessions, or privileges given by the government to favor businesses or consumers. In the 1930s, subsidies were designed to favor agriculture. John Steinbeck expressed his dislike of the farm subsidy system of the United States in his book, The Grapes of Wrath. In that book, the government gave money to farms so that they would grow and sell a certain amount of crops. As a result, Steinbeck argued, many people starved
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On Euripides And War: An Historical Analysis Of Hecuba, Trojan Women, And Iphegenia At Aulis
On Euripides and War: An Historical Analysis of Hecuba, Trojan Women, and Iphegenia at Aulis History is written. It did not happen. What did happen can only be described and recorded. Of the records that exist today society judges which are "fact," which are and which are "fictional." One striking feature that all records share is a preoccupation with war. This is not surprising, however, since a convolution of all records during a specific time
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How Did The Vietnam War Affect The Veterans And Their Families?
Just imagine you went to war, having killed people, seeing friends and enemies die, and living in fear of dying yourself. Think about how you must have felt if you had to sneak your way back into our country, with nothing said and you had to just pretend nothing happened and start all over. For many veterans, returning home has been a distressing and apprehensive experience. Even though the veterans were trained for the intensity
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American Revolution
Their were many religious, social and economic causes and effects that led to the American Revolution but the main cause was that the 13 colonies in North America were angered over a lack of representation in Parliament, and were perceived with over taxing. This resulted in a short period of protests and demonstrations, which continued until July 4, 1776, when the American Colonists finally declared their independence. This led to the American Revolution. The war
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American Colinization
Jazmin Pelayo 8/18/06 Period 6 American Colonization There were numerous reasons why the American Colonies were established. Most importantly, many colonies were founded for exclusive religious diversity, to establish a stable and progressive government, and as private corporate enterprises; however, many colonies came to be motivated in origin by economy. Many colonies were founded for religious purposes. While religion was involved with all of the colonies, Massachusetts, New Haven, Maryland, and Pennsylvania were established exclusively
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The Impact Of The Truman Doctrine And The Marshall Plan On The Cold War
I believe to partial extent that the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan caused the Cold War. Both documents made interference in Europe and other countries. The US wanted to support them financially and economically. They also believed in giving them choices, even though they may not have been the best. The real blame should have been partially on the Soviet Union. The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall plan had very little impact on the
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Mexican War
The Mexican war was fought in 1845-1848 mainly in U.S. interests, and due to the American belief of manifest Destiny; that expansion was the destiny of their growth. This war was viewed differently from Mexican point of view as an invasion; this showed that they little power and the U.S. had chosen the right time for attacking and using Manifest destiny to encourage people to expand their territory. Having James Polk as president the U.S.
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American Studies
American Studies Portfolio The declaration of independence is split into five sections, very similar to a modern day essay with an introduction, main body and conclusion. The introduction shows the principles of why independence is necessary. The next section is known as the preamble this try's t justify the revolution. The paragraph of this section was discussed a lot in the seminar. Many people including myself were very impressed with the use of language in
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