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Holocaust
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... and the Jews have been persecuted throughout much of history. However, the may be considered unique for two main reasons: 1) unlike their policies toward other groups, the Nazis sought to murder every Jew everywhere, regardless of age, gender, beliefs, or actions, and they invoked a modern government bureaucracy to accomplish their goal; and 2) the Nazi leadership held that ridding the world of the Jewish presence would be beneficial to the German people and all mankind, although in reality the Jews posed no threat. Grounded in a spurious racist ideology that considered the Jews "the destructive ...
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Rise Of Superpowers After WWII
Number of Words: 1287 / Number of Pages: 5
... from the wide and prevalent domestic desire to remain neutral in any international conflicts. It commonly widely believed that Americans entered the first World War simply in order to save industry's capitalist investments in Europe. Whether this is the case or not, Roosevelt was forced to work with an inherently isolationist Congress, only expanding its horizons after the bombing of Pearl Harbour. He signed the Neutrality Act of 1935, making it illegal for the United States to ship arms to the belligerents of any conflict. The act also stated that belligerents could buy only non-armaments ...
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Discuss Some Of The Main Ideas
Number of Words: 1740 / Number of Pages: 7
... behaviour.
It was Freud who drew our attention to the unconscious mind. If we liken the mind to an iceberg, the nine tenths below the surface is the unconscious in which there are many mental processes going on that we have little control of. Our conscious mind is above the surface; it is what we are fully aware of and contains our perception, thought and memory. Freud also spoke of the preconscious which might include material put out of our conscious mind but which may be retrievable.
Freudian psychoanalytical theory states that there are three agencies of the human personality. Below the surface is ...
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The Constitution
Number of Words: 2246 / Number of Pages: 9
... the Articles of Confederacy. wasn’t formed yet and it was already a flawed document. Because not all states were represented when the articles required it, was an illegal document. The delegates working on new that they needed a stronger document, because the articles proved too weak, but it still needed to please all of the states. This was impossible. So what ended up happening was the new ducocument became more and more vague. The only way to create a document that would pass was to make a document which didn’t really solve any problems but make each state believe that there problems would be fix ...
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The Battle Of The Spanish Armada
Number of Words: 4046 / Number of Pages: 15
... motives behind the actions and
ambitions of Spain. Philip's father, Emperor Charles V, had established himself
as the guardian of Christendom. He also had the dream of uniting all of the
Christian European nations against the Turks and the Moors, who had been
terrorizing Catholicism from one end of the Mediterranean to the other. However,
his dreams were hindered with the coming of the Protestant Reformation, which
split Christendom into two parts.(Marx 22-25)
Philip II continued in his father's footsteps as the defender of
Catholicism. After the Turks were defeated in a decisive sea bat ...
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Australia In The Vietnam War
Number of Words: 677 / Number of Pages: 3
... conscription and Australia’s involvement in the war. Much of the protesting was done by students and the younger generations, there was still support for the war effort. This was reflected in the November 1966 elections, when there was a landslide victory for the Liberals. Conscription did have an effect on the Liberal governments popularity, a few months after a complete troop withdrawal in 1972 from Vietnam, the Whitlam Labour government replaced the McMahon Liberal government. Historically, one of the influencing factors of the Liberal’s election loss was the Governments choice to get i ...
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Middle Ages Economy
Number of Words: 645 / Number of Pages: 3
... of frontier lands that again became
marginal or were abandoned entirely. The decreased agricultural output could no longer support
the same level of economic activity and, as early as the middle of the thirteenth century, the
economy was beginning to weaken. By early in the fourteenth century and continuing well into
that century, a declining population, shrinking markets, a decrease in arable land and a general
mood of pessimism were evidence of deteriorating economic conditions. This trend was far from
universal and it was certainly less severe in northern Italy. Also, north of the ...
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ARAB-ISRAELI WARS
Number of Words: 1610 / Number of Pages: 6
... Jaffa, and Jerusalem. British
military forces withdrew to Haifa; although officially neutral, some
commanders assisted one side or the other.
After the British had departed and the state of Israel had been
established on May 15, 1948, under the premiership of David BEN-GURION, the
Palestine Arab forces and foreign volunteers were joined by regular armies
of Transjordan (now the kingdom of JORDAN), IRAQ, LEBANON, and SYRIA, with
token support from SAUDI ARABIA. Efforts by the UN to halt the fighting
were unsuccessful until June 11, when a 4-week truce was declared. When the
Arab states refused ...
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Countess Elizabeth Bathory Out
Number of Words: 451 / Number of Pages: 2
... the ways of torture and witchcraft.
C. Her servants could say nothing about the battering (legally) because they were of lower class than their mistress.
III. After years at the castle, she began to realize the one thing she counted on the most, her beauty, began to wane.
A. One day as a servant was addressing her mistress’ headdress, she pulled the hair too hard and Elizabeth slapped her. Blood spurted onto her hand. As she wiped it away, wrinkles seemed to disappear.
B. Turning to witchcraft once again, Darvulia explained the only way to regain lost youth was to bathe in virgin blood.
C. As ...
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Ap Us History How Effective Th
Number of Words: 449 / Number of Pages: 2
... were established, Britain put stricter restrictions on United States commerce. United States foodstuffs, lumber, and tobacco were all welcomed in Britain, but only if it arrived in British ships. The United States ships lost all privileges to trade their merchandise to the West Indies and were forced to pay high custom fees for landing their cargo in Britain. As a result of one-half of United States exports going to Great Britain or the West Indian Colonies, British shippers were able to increase their share of Atlantic trade at American expense. This trade loss was especially difficult c ...
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