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The Atomic Bomb
Number of Words: 2019 / Number of Pages: 8
... of nuclear threat. F.D.R needed to do something, and do something very fast. This is why the president called to order the “Manhattan Project.” Nothing happened until Vannevar Bush, coordinator of scientific activities for the war, took charge. The program was called the Manhattan Project. It came under United States Army control in 1942. The Manhattan Project is a code name for the United States efforts to complete the separation of uranium-235 out of the uranium238. The development of these compounds resulted in the impact of nuclear energy in the 20th century. President Roosevelt would later ...
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Fall Of The Roman Empire
Number of Words: 533 / Number of Pages: 2
... these political and military issues, the empire weakened, and so did the economics.
Economics of the empire hit an all time low with continued spending and high taxation to support the army. According to the excerpt by Herbert J. Meller, “while the empire was expanding, its prosperity was fed by plundered wealth and by new markets in the semi-barbaric provinces. When the empire ceased to expand, however, economic progress soon ceased.” Furthermore, the supply of gold was eroding as Rome was no longer bringing in new sources through expansion but still paying foreigners for goods. Emperors tried to ...
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General Sir Arthur Currie
Number of Words: 1935 / Number of Pages: 8
... out in August 1914, the highly regarded Currie was commanded of an infantry brigade. Currie fought with exceptional composure at Ypres in 1915 where his 2nd Brigade made a remarkable stand against the poison gas. Having impressed his superiors, Currie was promoted to command the “crack” 1st Canadian
Division. He led the “Red Patch” at Mount Sorrel, through the horror of the Somme in 1916 and at Vimy Ridge, Arleux, and Fresnoy in the spring of 1917. In June, Currie had been knighted and named commander of the Canadian Corps, now four divisions strong.
One of Currie’s most impressive and import ...
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All An Adventurer Must Know Ab
Number of Words: 4524 / Number of Pages: 17
... 3 distinct seasons – summer from March through May, rainy with plenty of sunshine from June to September and cool from October through February. The average annual temperature is 28°C (83°F), ranging, in Bangkok, for example, from 30°C in April to 25°C in December.
Government
A constitutional monarchy headed King Bhumibol Adulyadej, with 76 provinces, each sub-divided into umper, tambon and moobarn (as similar to district, county and village).
Health Regulations
No inoculations or vaccinations are required unless you are coming from or passing through contaminated areas, Yellow fever ...
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The Political And Religious Wi
Number of Words: 2219 / Number of Pages: 9
... a firm believer in divine right. During his reign he rarely asked for help, believing his decisions as those ordained by god (Kagan 451). As stated by Howard Tomlinson: “The most high and sacred order of kings is of divine right, being the ordinance of God himself, founded in the prime laws of nature, and clearly established by expressed texts both of old and new testaments” (4). During the reign of Charles I problems with parliament escalated to a point at which confusion erupted (Wright 187). Problems with money had plagued this monarchy for several centuries, though later it would see wealth co ...
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Gandhi
Number of Words: 471 / Number of Pages: 2
... the salt tax Indians
had to pay. He tried to a provoke violent a response from the colonial
government. Such a response would show him to the world as a victim and
not a tyrant. This approach would expose the British injustice and
would get the world’s public opinion on hGandhi’s side. As a result,
even the English people supported his independence movement.
Gandhi’s non-violent non cooperation required much more bravery and
devotion then violent techniques used by some other Indian independence
leaders. During a march on a salt plant organized by Gandhi, men stood
in line to approach the guards. ...
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Hee
Number of Words: 2027 / Number of Pages: 8
... go the store to buy a pack of cigarettes, and never returned. His fathers leaving had a big indirect impact on King’s life. In the autobiographical work Danse Macabre, Stephen King recalls how his family life was altered: “After my father took off, my mother, struggled, and then landed on her feet.” My brother and I didn’t see a great deal of her over the next nine years. She worked a succession of continuous low paying jobs.” Stephen’s first outlooks on life were influenced by his older brother and what he figured out on his own. While young Stephen and his family moved around the North Eastern and Ce ...
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Yalta
Number of Words: 1438 / Number of Pages: 6
... Stalin and Churchill agreed to the guidelines proposed. Because Churchill strongly wanted to have certain countries in the British commonwealth accepted into the UN, Roosevelt was unable to deny Stalin the admission of Soviet Ukrainian and Belorussian republics in the UN. Another very important matter on the table of discussions at was Poland. Since Poland was a very large country and situated between Germany and Russia. It was also a very will strategically placed country. So, at the conference it was discussed whether Poland would be allowed to have free elections. Stalin was greatly opposed to ha ...
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Atomic Bomb 4
Number of Words: 834 / Number of Pages: 4
... look more powerful then ever.
President Truman had decided to go ahead and test the bomb in New Mexico. After the test went well, Truman Had decided to drop the Bomb on Hiroshima. It was a good idea for dropping the atomic bomb because, that decision saved thousand of military lives. After the bomb was dropped, people did not have to worry about the Japan bombing us any more because we stopped the war. The decision that President Truman made was a good decision because Japan never had a chance to bomb the United States of America. There was one important man that agreed with Truman, Henry Stims ...
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Korean History
Number of Words: 741 / Number of Pages: 3
... Pack-Che was settled in Han river area in the years between 0 to 900. Pack-Che had a predominant culture and art. At one time, Pack-Che controlled some part of west sea of China and Ku-Shu area in Japan, but it was destroyed by China after 700 years they settled in Han river area but they tried reconstruction work. At that time some of Kings of Pack-Che moved to Ku-Shu area in Japan. And they imparted their own cultures and art to Japan.
Shilla became centralized after 1000 years of history with Ko-Gu-Ryo and Pack-Che. And the other side, Shilla tried to combine with others outside of their c ...
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