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Israeli Arab Conflict
Number of Words: 790 / Number of Pages: 3
... Jewish states" (Peretz). Not everyone liked this idea in fact the Jews loved it but the Arabs hated it some fighting broke out between the two groups. 1948 Israel became an independent Jewish state. All most exactly after the leaders of Israel announced that the Arab nation launched an attack hoping to overthrow Israel. The next year Israel beat the Arab nations and got some of Arab Palestine, some of those places include West Jerusalem and 'Akko. The Six Day War in 1967 proved to be a good win for Israel after that war Israel controlled The Gaza Strip, Sinai Peninsula, All of Jerusalem, The West ...
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History Of The French New Wave
Number of Words: 1635 / Number of Pages: 6
... World War much of Europe was in ruins. 35 million people had died and most European countries were hugely in debt. 1947s Marshall plan saw billions of American dollars poured into Europe in the form of aid to help Europe rebuild. Along with this vast amount of aid came American expectations of political allegiance. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) was born, a military alliance which committed members to oppose the USSR and Communism. This American influence extended into many aspects of society, including the Film industry. During the war years the flow of films from Hollywood into ...
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Communism
Number of Words: 2364 / Number of Pages: 9
... of which Marxism-Leninism is a takeoff,
originated in the West. Designed in France and Germany, it was
brought into Russia in the middle of the nineteenth century and
promptly attracted support among the country's educated, public-
minded elite, who at that time were called intelligentsia (Pipes,
21). After Revolution broke out over Europe in 1848 the modern
working class appeared on the scene as a major historical force.
However, Russia remained out of the changes that Europe was
experiencing. As a socialist movement and inclination, the
Russian Social-Democratic Party conti ...
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Immigrants 2
Number of Words: 1326 / Number of Pages: 5
... Until 1897, 90 percent of all overseas immigrants had come from Protestant northern and western Europe. But for the first time, Catholic and Jewish immigrants outnumbered Protestants, and still other arrivals were Muslims, Buddhists, or Greek or Russian Orthodox church members.
Fleeing such hardships as poverty, religious persecution, and political unrest in their homelands, immigrants journeyed to the United States in search of freedom and opportunity. The immigrants came partly because Europe seemed to be running out of room. The population of the Old World more than doubled in the nineteenth cen ...
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Early American Settlements
Number of Words: 535 / Number of Pages: 2
... to change.
By 1611 things were not good in Jamestown. Many more people had died than had survived the harsh east coast winters. People were still frolicking in the streets instead of working hard to ensure their survival. Then Sir Thomas Dale arrives in May of 1611.
He was sent to bring discipline among the disorganized colonist, and discipline he brought. He published a set of rules now known as "Dales Laws." Many of these rules called for harsh punishments for what today would be thought of as relatively minor wrong doings.
But where these rules too harsh? They did after all end up savin ...
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Early Colonial Areas
Number of Words: 391 / Number of Pages: 2
... here were the Quakers. They, alike the Puritans, were also very religious. They
also read the Bible. They also migrated to America for religious reasons, like
the Puritans. They valued self government, Manufacturing, and commerce. Their
preachers preached violently (in terms of speaking). They both, lived amicably
with the Indians and purchased plots of land off them. Quaker city of Philadelphia
became the unofficial colonial capitol in 1750. Twenty-six years later the
Declaration of Independence was sign ...
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Expansion Of Government Power
Number of Words: 750 / Number of Pages: 3
... Towards the end, the government began forcing almost every able man to enlist in the army. Men of ages 17-50 were drafted in the South (20-45 in the North); bodies were needed. And the government made sure that they got what they needed.
Along with drafts, the federal government also monitored elections in order to control who the people were voting for. Ballots only contained candidates which were appropriate according to the government, and various colored slips were associated with the different nominees. Everyone could see what color slip everyone else was holding, and people holding slips that ...
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Emperor Constantine I
Number of Words: 1752 / Number of Pages: 7
... Constantius, his father, was in charge of the Roman Province of Britannia. When Constantius died at York in 306 CE, Constantine, who was at his side, was immediately proclaimed emperor by the army. However, it took many years of political struggle and actual civil war before he could consolidate his power. Constantine finally became the sole ruler of the Roman Empire in 323 CE when he defeated the eastern Emperor Licinius.
Of Constantine’s major accomplishments, the most important was his recognition of the Christianity. In 311 CE, he ordered the end of the persecution of Christians. On Octob ...
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Black Panther Party
Number of Words: 2905 / Number of Pages: 11
... the Black freedom struggle as more widely known leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. A typical American history high school textbook not only neglects to mention Huey Newton but also disregards the existence of the Black Panthers altogether. Therefore, we must open this missed chapter in American history and discover the legacy and story of Huey P. Newton. Huey's experiences growing up were centered in his conception of the Black Panthers. Unlike King and many other civil rights leaders who were religious Southerners, from middle class and well-educated families, Huey P. Newton was a working class m ...
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Hiroshima 4
Number of Words: 589 / Number of Pages: 3
... speed of 330 M.P.H. The flight was going to take six and a half hours until they reached Hiroshima on the Honshu Island on Japan (U.S. National Archives “Hiroshima” 1999). Even though the crew knew their destination, Hiroshima, their target, the iota T-bridge, and that they were dropping a bomb, they didn’t know that it was an atomic bomb that would take out almost the entire city. (Peter Wyden “Day One” 1984)
The name of the Bomb was named the “Little Boy” and it weighed 10,000 lbs. 137.5 of that was pure Uranium. When the bomb detonated the Uranium split into two and it started a fission chain re ...
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