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The Evolution Of The Monroe Doctrine
Number of Words: 3043 / Number of Pages: 12
... colonies, and Russia was attempting to colonize in the northwest corner of the North America. As result England wanted to join in an alliance with the United States in return for British aid in protecting the hemisphere from foreign colonization. However, the United States decided it wanted to maintain its independence won from England and to have no alliances with any other nations. The Monroe Doctrine was the dogma that told the world that the United States was ready to be completely independent from all other nations.
James Monroe, the nation’s fifth president was one of the nation’s most useful ...
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La Amistad
Number of Words: 1521 / Number of Pages: 6
... skills to guide them home, the Africans are forced to rely on the two surviving members of the crew. But they are tricked. After two months on a ragged course up the eastern seaboard, an American naval ship off the coast of Connecticut captures the Amistad and the Africans were charged with murder and piracy.
In the beginning, the Africans are championed by abolitionists Theodore Joadson (played by Morgan Freeman) and Lewis Tappan (played by Stellan Skarsgard), and a young real estate attorney named Roger Baldwin (played by Matthew McConaughey). However, as the case becomes the symbol of a nation di ...
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Art Values
Number of Words: 625 / Number of Pages: 3
... since they believed that rectangles were the epitome of perfection, the “golden section” if you will. Greek art was a portrayal of their ideals, which is why most people call this period the idealistic stage in Art history.
The Romans were very much like their Greek counter parts. Romans, as a whole, loved Greek art. They enjoyed looking at it and even the style it was used in. Thus, they copied the style, but with subtle differences. First, they were clothed, the most IMPORTANT fact. They also believed in realism instead of idealism. They portrayed their art the way it looked, rather than the ...
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Vietnam Veteran
Number of Words: 1798 / Number of Pages: 7
... is just one of the thousands of stories which is condemned to the small circle of s and the few that talk to or read the stories they so painfully tell. Never would you find a personal account of this magnitude and detail in your general history text or even find any quotes from the thousands of GI's stationed in Vietnam. In fact most Americans haven't and never will hear these detailed, factual, and straightforward tales that depict what over 400,000 American soldiers and Vietnamese have personally witnessed, felt, and encountered in a country so far away. In the American curriculum, studen ...
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Aaron Burr And Alexander Hamilton's Duel
Number of Words: 585 / Number of Pages: 3
... with the dispatch, a replica of the article enclosing the annotations. Burr demanded “a prompt and unqualified acknowledgment or denial” of the “despicable opinion” credited to Hamilton. The code for gentlemen at the time demanded that Hamilton respond to Burr if he wanted people to acknowledge his remarks. If Hamilton wanted to break away from conflict, he would have to openly testify that Burr was a gentleman, and no rogue.
In an attempt to escape the duel, Hamilton declared that he had never set eyes on the piece before getting Burr’s note. Aggravated, Burr wrote back to Hamilton, condemning ...
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Major Personalities Behind The Secularization Of Music
Number of Words: 1744 / Number of Pages: 7
... Greece was one of the first cultures to emerge in the west outside of the Fertile Crescent. It was certainly the first to leave clues as to how the culture thought. Greek scholars like Aristotle, believed that music should be grouped up as to its purpose. There was the solemn, disciplined and restrained music, Apollonian, and the wild, emotional, unrestrained music, the Dianysian. The Apollonian was usually reserved for the serious moments where wild displays of raw emotions were looked down upon. That included prayers, religious services and funerals. The Dianysian was the music used for dancing ...
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The Battle At Chancellorsville
Number of Words: 813 / Number of Pages: 3
... 29, Hooker's cavalry and three army corps crossed Kelly's
Ford. His columns split, with the cavalry pushing to the west while the
army corps secured Getmanna and Ely's fords. The next day these columns
reunited at Chancellorsville. Lee reacted to the news of the Federals in
the Wilderness by sending General Richard H. Anderson's division to
investigate. Finding the Northerners massing in the woods around
Chancellorsville; Anderson commenced the construction of earthworks at Zoan
Church. Confederate reinforcements under Stonewall Jackson marched to help
block the Federal advance, but did not arrive ...
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The War Between The US/NATO And Yugoslavia
Number of Words: 450 / Number of Pages: 2
... these people can differentiate between NATO and the United States. They view the air strikes over Kosovo as a horrific act, which has done little if anything to help the Albanian situation. The media in this area has managed to emphasize the killing of innocent civilians by NATO forces, while de-emphasizing the massive campaign of ethnic cleansing. Their leader Milosevic is seen as a great leader, while in America he is viewed as a Hitler-like fascist.
The main question we must ask ourselves is why. Why has NATO/America decided to join this fight? There have been numerous areas around the world ...
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The Boston Massacre
Number of Words: 1633 / Number of Pages: 6
... was in some ways a turning point in the minds of the American colonists in their thoughts on the British. But why was such a turning point for the Colonists? To answer this question one must look at the events that lead to to fully understand the state of mind that the colonists were in.
Since the end of the Seven Years War against the French, the British had gone into a great burden of debt. England finally confronted the matter when it appointed George Greenville to Prime Minister in 1763. Facing a debt that had nearly doubled since 1754, from 73 million pounds to 137 million pounds, Greenvill ...
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The Cold War
Number of Words: 2538 / Number of Pages: 10
... understanding these agencies today I will show you how these agencies came about, discuss past and present operations, and talk about some of their tools of the trade.
Origin of the CIA and KGB
The CIA was a direct result of American intelligence operations during World War II. President Franklin D. Roosevelt recognized the need to coordinate intelligence to protect the interests of the United States. In 1941, he appointed William J. Donovan to the head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) with headquarters in London. Four departments made up the OSS: Support, Secretariat, Planning, and Overseas M ...
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