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Reconstruction
Number of Words: 675 / Number of Pages: 3
... Confederacy. With its new stated purpose, the Civil War would now have huge societal repercussions.
The largest and most complex issue of was how to go about admitting the Confederate states back into the Union. President Lincoln’s plans were quite lenient, accepting the seceded states back into the Union even if by vote only a minority of a state’s white males took an oath of loyalty to the United States. However, John Wilkes Booth assassinated him before any of his plans could go into action. His replacement, vice president Andrew Johnson, a democrat, was left in a difficult predicament. Pub ...
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Kamicaze Pilots 2
Number of Words: 2095 / Number of Pages: 8
... Most of the pilots who volunteered for the suicide attacks were those who were born late in the Taisho period (1912-1926) or in the first two or three years of Showa. Therefore, they had gone through the brainwashing education, and were products of the militaristic Japan.
In 1944 the General Staff had considered mounting organized suicide attacks, (Ikuta 25) "suicide attacks" had been made since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (Shinbusha 266) Two types of suicide attacks had been made. The first was an organized attack which would, in 90% of the cases, result in the death of the soldiers. ...
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Colonies
Number of Words: 963 / Number of Pages: 4
... providence hath so disposed of the condition of mankind, in all times some must be rich, some poor, some high and eminent in power and dignity, other mean and in subjection. Yet we must be knit together in this work as one man."(John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity) This statement by John Winthrop, demonstrates importance of religion in the lives of the New England settlers. "We must delight in each other, make others' conditions our own, rejoice together, mourn together, labor and suffer together, always having before our eyes our commission and community in the work, our community as mem ...
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Reconstruction
Number of Words: 2010 / Number of Pages: 8
... developments of the era were not the highly publicized political contests but the slow, almost imperceptible changes that occurred in southern society. Blacks could now legally marry, and they set up conventional and usually stable family units; they quietly seceded from the white churches and formed their own religious organizations, which became a central point for the black community. Without land or money, most freedmen had to continue working for white masters; but they were now unwilling to labor in gangs or to live in the old slave quarters under the eye of the plantation owner. The go ...
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International Business Law, Go
Number of Words: 1803 / Number of Pages: 7
... Second is an independent line, which is when the vessel has their own rate schedules. Generally, independent lines have a lower rate than that of the conference discounted price. Finally the third aspect of common carrier is tramp vessels which are similar to independent lines by the fact that they have their own rate schedule, but they differ from both in that they don’t operate on established schedules.
The next topic is the bill of lading, which is an instrument issued by an ocean carrier to a shipper that serves as a receipt of the contract of carriage, and as a document of title for the g ...
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Back In My Day
Number of Words: 914 / Number of Pages: 4
... description of the battle scene:
“Now the son of Phyleus, the spear-famed, closing upon him
struck him with the sharp spear behind the head at the tendon,
and straight on through the teeth and under the tongue cut the bronze blade,
and he dropped in the dust gripping in his teeth the cold bronze.”
Examples of aggression and viciousness are also given in the Odyssey. In this, most say that Odysseus was justified in doing what he did, but it is still brutal fighting. The best example of viciousness is given when Odysseus finally returns home and has to defeat the suitors:
“Odysseu ...
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Alexander The Great
Number of Words: 317 / Number of Pages: 2
... Persia’s king, had assembled. Once again Alexander and his army broke the Persian line
and Darius was forced to flee. Eventually in 330 B.C.E., in a series of brilliant battles,
Alexander destroyed the power of Darius III and took his lands and titles for himself. He
might have stopped then, rich in glory and plunder. But his thirst for fame and his
questing sprit drove him on. For seven more years he fought his way up from mountain to
mountain, from city to city, from the steppes of Russia to the valley of Indus, as his troops
turned sullen and mutinous. In time he brought them b ...
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Essay And Opinion On The Way O
Number of Words: 5076 / Number of Pages: 19
... women to step up and take charge of their families while their men were away; this meant assuming all duties of the family not just those patterned around the household.
Kerber’s condensed statement is a general evaluation of how women were influenced during the revolution overall. And unknowingly it is practically an immediate parallel to Mary Fish’s life at that time as well. Mary’s capability to defeat a long span of severe depression due to being overwhelmed by a series of losses, such as the loss of her first child Rebecca, and many complications demonstrates strength that even innumerable peo ...
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The German-Great Britain Trade Rivalry In Comparison To The U.S.- Japan Trade Rivalry
Number of Words: 544 / Number of Pages: 2
... was able to catch up to the U.S. because the U.S. was large
and arrogant and refused to believe it could face competition from Japan. Like
Britain, U.S. industry believed that they could hold onto markets and would not
face competition. British and U.S. industry were startled by the fast rate of
growth and industrialization that allowed Germany and Japan to transform
themselves quickly into trading rivals. This fast rate of growth also caused
friction between both sets of countries. Relations between Germany and Great
Britain were damaged as they bickered over markets in particular colonies in
Africa ...
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The Discovery Of Central American By Columbus
Number of Words: 525 / Number of Pages: 2
... whose authority extended from the province of Chiapas in southern Mexico eastward to the province of Costa Rica. These borders remained intact until after 1821 when Ciapas and Soconusco were stripped away from Central America and annexed to Mexico. Panama, initially included in the Viceroyalty of Peru, came under the control of the Viceroyalty of New Granada in 1718 and ruled from Colombia.
As earl as the 16th century the Spanish were required to relocate and fortify Caribbean port settlements because of repeated attacks by English, French, and Dutch privateers. The English established holdings ...
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