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The New Deal
Number of Words: 747 / Number of Pages: 3
... idea of socialism. Socialists prefer
the government ownership of industries that are
vital to a country's welfare. These include the
coal, oil, iron, and steel industries. The
basic idea favored by all Socialists is the
public ownership and use of property in order
to extend the benefits of wealth more equally.
Many economic, political, and social factor lead
up to the New Deal. When staggering statistics
such as 25% unemployment, and the fact that 20%
of NYC school children were underwieght and
malnourished (World Book, p.200) hit the
White House, the government knew someth ...
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Arab Crusades
Number of Words: 1019 / Number of Pages: 4
... planned their own ways to the Constantinople, where they would meet and regroup. They would attack the Turkish forces in Constantinople and hope to regain control of the city. The large Christian armies talked to Alexius I Comnenus, the Byzantium emperor, and agreed to return any of his old land that was recaptured. The armies were skeptical of this demand but agreed anyway. The first attack by the crusaders was on Anatolian, the Turkish capital. Meanwhile the Byzantians were also trying to recapture Anatolian, and later that year, the city surrendered to the Byzantians instead of the crusaders. Th ...
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Atomic Bomb
Number of Words: 1683 / Number of Pages: 7
... (Johnson 18). The next day, the 'sleeping giant' took action and declared war on Japan. As the war raged on, and as Germany eventually surrendered, the United States found itself essentially fighting alone against an implacable enemy in the Pacific. In an attempt to undermine the Japanese will to fight, the United States bombed most of its major cities including Tokyo which alone killed about 200,000 people in one week (Johnson 23). Without any sense of resistance from the Japanese forces, President Truman decided to take matters into his own hands. He realized the option of invading the i ...
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Ben Franklins Autobiography
Number of Words: 1667 / Number of Pages: 7
... descendant) may have a filial interest in the events of his ancestor's life; (2) Franklin has the time and ability to write a good memoir; (3) his moral posterity, desiring self-improvement, may want to imitate those actions, "suitable to their own Situations," that led to Franklin's successes; (4) composing his autobiography provides Franklin the pleasure of recollecting his successes; (5) recording his memories permits him to return continually to more pleasures of recollection in the future; (6) old men, as a rule, tend to repeatedly recount their lives; (7) Franklin aims to gratify his vanity; (8) ...
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Declaration Of Independce
Number of Words: 504 / Number of Pages: 2
... the pursuit of Happiness.” By eliminating the control of a monarchy, Jefferson envisioned a country where all men would have the opportunity to control their own destinies. Jefferson foresaw a government where individual rights would be recognized and the new government would represent the interests of all its citizens. In a democracy all these are possible to achieve.
By writing this document, Thomas Jefferson was trying to separate himself and the great country he lived in from the unfair and controlling British. He believed that it was time for America to break away from Britain’s rule and becom ...
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Ku Klux Klan 3
Number of Words: 2568 / Number of Pages: 10
... Klux Klan became known for their violence against people outside the white race and people who associated with them. Contrary to what most people believe, the Ku Klux Klan was started because of a few people wanted to have some innocent fun, not because they were intending to start a chain of violence on anyone outside the white race.(The Klan, p.2)
The Ku Klux Klan began in Pulaski, Tennessee, a small town south of Nashville. On the night of December 24, 1865 six ex-confederate soldiers were sitting around a fireplace it the law office of Judge Thomas M. Jones.(Invisible Empire, p.9) These six friend ...
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Diocletian
Number of Words: 1218 / Number of Pages: 5
... to the honorable Alban, until he believed in the true God, and
renounced heathenism, and became verily a Christian, and exceeding full of faith. Then the priest dwelt with the
honorable man until the magistrate who persecuted the Christians discovered him there, and with great wrath
commanded him to be fetched before him speedily.
Then came the messengers to Alban's house, but Alban went out unto the persecutors with the priest's cloak, as if
he were he, and would not betray him to the wicked persecutors. He was therefore bound, and brought
straightway to the impious judge, where he wa ...
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Who Should Be Blamed For The H
Number of Words: 428 / Number of Pages: 2
... follow their own path, which these men did not choose to do. For this, I believe the men should suffer.
For example, Amon Goeth was Commandant of Plaszow, a work camp for Jews and Poles. Although, not a death camp specifically, thousands of men and women were executed within its confines. As leader of the camp, with direct orders from Hitler, he was expected to take part in the systematic elimination of the inferior peoples. Although only doing his job, he deserved punishment for his wrongdoings, as did all the other “butchers” of the camps.
Doctors were also under order of Hitler. They were used ...
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The Holocaust: The Devaluing Of Human Life
Number of Words: 1223 / Number of Pages: 5
... they devalued their lives. Devalued in the sense, that the Jewish
people had no choice in the matter they had to go with the Soldiers or be
killed. And because they Nazis took everything that they were looking
forward away.
Another place that the Nazi Soldiers devalued the Jewish people's
lives is when they senselessly executed millions of Jewish people with out
any reason. First they killed the people that could no longer perform the
work that the soldiers have given them. These were generally the elderly
and the sick Jewish people. By committing this violent act the Nazi
Soldiers devalued the Je ...
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Immigration To America
Number of Words: 652 / Number of Pages: 3
... these immigrants. Uncertain of their future, several immigrants saw America has an adventure and a "beacon of hope."
Upon arriving at Ellis Island immigrants underwent questioning, medical examinations, and other upsetting ordeals. Each passenger had to answer a series of about 30 questions that were recorded on lists. These questions included name, age, sex, marital status, occupation, nationality, etc. Several immigrants didn't know how to write or spell their own names, so immigration inspectors created one for them. Passengers were inspected for contagious diseases such as small pox, yellow ...
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