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  • World War 1

    World War 1

    When people are talking of war, they seem to always want to know what started it. There are many things that can cause a war. For example, World War One was started because of many things: nationalism, building of arms, entangling of alliances, and imperialism. When the World War I broke out in 1914, with Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia. America’s first reaction was to stay out of the conflict. President Wilson, in his speech

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    Submitted: December 30, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Csr in War-Torn Africa: Benetton Leads the Way

    Csr in War-Torn Africa: Benetton Leads the Way

    CSR in war-torn Africa: Benetton leads the way Benetton chose Senegal's capital, Dakar, to launch its new global advertising campaign called 'Africa works'. It is centered around a micro-credit programme-Birima, spearheaded by Senegalese singer Youssan N' Dour. The 2 billion euro Italian fashion brand Benetton was making its brand socially relevant in a war-torn west African country last week. Social marketing is the new trend to look out for amongst brands. Grammy Award winning Senegalese

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    Submitted: December 30, 2009 By: Fatih
  • The Kingdom of Ahhiyawa and the Dispersed Kernels of Truth Which Have Cumulatively Been Recorded by Homer as the Trojan War

    The Kingdom of Ahhiyawa and the Dispersed Kernels of Truth Which Have Cumulatively Been Recorded by Homer as the Trojan War

    The Kingdom of Ahhiyawa and the Dispersed Kernels of Truth Which Have Cumulatively Been Recorded by Homer as the Trojan War Any historical or archaeological investigation of the Trojan War will most likely begin with a close reading of Homer's Iliad which unfortunately only records a few days of the colossal clash said to have lasted for ten years . This conflict involved a coalition of Greek states sailing to Asia Minor to lay siege

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    Submitted: December 30, 2009 By: Andrew
  • The Role of African Americans in the Revolutionary War

    The Role of African Americans in the Revolutionary War

    The Role of African Americans in the Revolutionary War An estimated 100,000 African Americans escaped, died or were killed during the American Revolution(Mount). Roughly 95% of African Americans in the United States were slaves, and because of their status, the use of them during the revolution was inevitable(Mount). This led many Americans, especially those from the North, to believe that the South's economy would collapse without slavery due to the use of slaves on the

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    Submitted: December 30, 2009 By: Mike
  • Millвђ™s Power Elite Model on the War Profiteers:

    Millвђ™s Power Elite Model on the War Profiteers:

    Between the years of 2001 to present-day, the Power Elite Model has been put to the test within the War in Iraq. Filmmaker and political activist, Robert Greenwald, released a video in 2006 called “Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers.” This video exposed to the public as to what was truly happening between the government’s high powered officials and the large corporations and their control over them. These billion dollar corporations are mostly operated by

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    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Bred
  • War - Cruelty

    War - Cruelty

    A Separate Peace - Cruelty There have been many novels written about war and the viciousness of men concerning what happens, why it happens and why it should stop. What makes A Separate Peace unique is that in protesting war John Knowles never overtly refers to the blood and gore of war. Knowles brings up the theme that during hard times man's inhumanity to other man is very apparent. Knowles explains through the life of

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    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: July
  • The War of 1812

    The War of 1812

    The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and England. Ending in 1815 with the Treaty of Ghent, the war did not accomplish any of the issues it was being fought over. For the US, the War of 1812 seemed to just be one failure after another. Although the military suffered great failure during the war, these were the direct consequence of the failure of the citizens to unite for the causes of

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    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Mike
  • Civil Rights Movement

    Civil Rights Movement

    The Civil Rights Movement started with the The Montgomery Bus Boycott. The Boycott officially started on December 1, 1955. Rosa Parks Was a Educated women she attended the laboratory school at Alabama State College. Even with that kind of education she decided to become a seamstress because of the fact that she could not find a job to suit her skills. Rosa Parks was arrested December 1955. Rosa Parks Entered a bus with three other

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    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Bred
  • Cold War

    Cold War

    Singin' in the Rain pictures Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for budget of $2.54 million, released April 10, 1952 by MGM and grossed $3.6 million, Technicolor 35mm negative, 1.37:1 screen aspect ratio, mono sound, 103 mins.; Laserdisc released 1991; restored theatrical print from original 3-strip Technicolor negatives released 1992; DVD released 1997 with remastered Dolby digital sound Production: Directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly Written by Betty Comden, Adolph Green Produced by Arthur Freed Original music

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    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • War from the Cold War to Present

    War from the Cold War to Present

    2 SEP 2002 WAR FROM THE COLD WAR TO PRESENT The end of World War II was the spawn of a new war that would continue for over fifty years: The Cold War. Technically this war was not a fifty-year physical confrontation between two countries but more of a political confrontation between the world's two remaining super-powers. The dropping of the atomic bomb in 1945 on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the beginning of a new

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    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Mike
  • Analysis of War Poems

    Analysis of War Poems

    In this day and age, we are subjected to warfare. Terror and destruction I do not agree with the concept of war, but I understand the necessity of it, sometimes. Who am I to disagree with the beliefs of someone else? Most wars are fought because of a fundamental truth - beliefs. Whether it is religious, territorial, economical, it all begins with believing that it is right and just and being prepared to risk your

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    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Bred
  • Communications Between Races : The Civil Rights Movement

    Communications Between Races : The Civil Rights Movement

    Process Paper What is the key to understanding? Is it knowing what our predecessors were thinking? Or is simply just trying to put ourselves in their places. Whatever the case may be, understanding our history is vital in the progression of civilization. In an era when color was everything, understanding our history is what makes life in America today-so beautiful. During the time of the Civil Rights Movement, the blacks wanted to be free, but

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Mike
  • Rush to War

    Rush to War

    A critique of “It takes family” by Rick Santorum Dealing with the current issues of marriage and family people are being to determine their own views of what they consider a traditional or nuclear family to. In this critique “It Takes Family: Conservatism and the Common Good” Rick Santorum is a graduate of the university of Pittsburg, and was elected into US house of representatives of the Senate at the age of 32. He is

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Janna
  • Germany Must Bear Responsibility for Starting the First World War, to a Large Extent. Do You Agree with This Statement? Explain Your Answer Using Your Own Knowledge of the Factors Causing the First Ww.

    Germany Must Bear Responsibility for Starting the First World War, to a Large Extent. Do You Agree with This Statement? Explain Your Answer Using Your Own Knowledge of the Factors Causing the First Ww.

    I agree that Germany must bear responsibility for starting the First WW, to a large extent. There are three reasons why I say this. First, in the early 1870s, the German Chancellor Bismarck was the first to start the alliance system which was one cause of the First World War. Other nations only followed him. Second, the extreme nationalism (Pan-Germanism) in Germany made her desire to unite with the Germans in Austria-Hungary to become a

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Top
  • Star Wars

    Star Wars

    BACKGROUND George Lucas is the creator, writer, and obviously director of Star Wars. He originally planned to make three movies (a trilogy) and they were released in the seventies and early eighties. The first movie was titled, “A New Hope,” the second “Empire Strikes Back,” and the third and last “Return of the Jedi.” These movies centered on the future universe where evil reigns and a rebellion against evil is lead by the only remaining

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Mike
  • Media Affects of the Vietnam War

    Media Affects of the Vietnam War

    Media Affects of the Vietnam War War is truly a horrific event that unfortunately occurs in our world frequently. There are a variety of ethical questions surrounding war, such as how much should citizens know about the fighting? When it comes to reporting the news, it is the goal of the network to report the news first. The benefit to this is people will turn to them first when it comes to breaking stories. However

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Tasha
  • War World 2

    War World 2

    Pre WWII Questions Ideology-a set of ideas reflecting the social needs and aspirations of an individual, group, class, or system Blitzkrieg-a swift sudden military offensive, usually by combined air and mobile land forces Citizenry-Citizens considered as a group Subversive- One who advocates or is regarded as advocating subversion Insulate-To cause to be in a detached or isolated position Isolationism-A national policy of abstaining from political or economic relations with other countries Beleaguered-To surround with troops,

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Jessica
  • The War on Drugs

    The War on Drugs

    Throughout U.S governmental history, policies have been known to affect the way of life and every aspect. The topic it choose to research is about “The War on Drugs”, the impact policies have on society and if it does help the public or tend to extent social inequality. This topic is very important to me in the sense that, I look at the community I live and see how drugs have affected people lifes, broken

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: regina
  • War: Death, Suffering and Destruction

    War: Death, Suffering and Destruction

    War: Death, Suffering and Destruction War. A common term heard nowadays. But what is the true mening of war? Is it the correction of what someone thinks is evil? Is it the submission to someone else’s point of view? Is it the autodestructioin of human kind? There are a lot of meanings to war. It is up to each person to give the term war a meaning. Many people are forced to leave their homes,

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: regina
  • Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

    Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

    Civil Liberties (And how they differ from civil rights) “If the fires of freedom and civil liberties burn low in other lands, they must be made brighter in our own. If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free. If in other lands the eternal truths of the past are threatened by intolerance, we must provide a safe

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    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Anna
  • Overcrowded Prisons and the War on Drugs

    Overcrowded Prisons and the War on Drugs

    The War on Drugs One must wonder if the "war on drugs" helps or hinders our American Criminal Justice System when you look at the overwhelming impact it has had on crowding issues within our prisons. At the present time there are over 1.5 million people in prison, 59.6 % for drug offenses alone. The "war on drugs" started over 100 years ago in San Francisco, California when the first law against drugs was enacted

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    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Mike
  • The American Home Front During World War 1

    The American Home Front During World War 1

    (Just as a side note, I had pictures of the posters in the original paper but couldn't transfer them to here. The first link in the bibliography has tons of WW1 propaganda posters you can use.) World War I changed America greatly. It had an obvious effect on the way we handle business on the home front. Propaganda, rationing, and political views all played a part on American citizens in World War I. “Propaganda was

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    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Anna
  • Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

    Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

    What are the civil liberties and civil rights afforded immigrants to the United States, both legal and illegal? How have these liberties and rights evolved overtime? While it is true that this country declare in its Fourteenth Amendment that no state "deny any person equal protection of the laws," (The Origins and the Limits of American Rights by Jay A. Sigler) it does not protect all the population as a whole. We are faced with

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    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: David
  • A Brief Overview of the Cold War 1945-60

    A Brief Overview of the Cold War 1945-60

    As soon as World War II ended, the old war alliances crumpled as the United States and Soviet Union rose as superpowers. It was a battle between democracy and communism. By 1947, the communist threat had grown so much that Winston Churchill described it as "an iron curtain" dividing the European continent. By the end of the 1940s, the Soviet Union tested their first nuclear weapon and the arms race was on. New alliances formed

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    Submitted: January 3, 2010 By: David
  • Victory of Greece in the Greco-Persian Wars

    Victory of Greece in the Greco-Persian Wars

    The Ancient Greek city-states of the 5th century BCE took on one of the most powerful and dangerous empires of the ancient world in a struggle to maintain independence from the Persians. The Persians represented the opposite in ideals of everything that is Greek and threatened the end of political sovereignty, higher thinking, and innovation. Overcoming the Persians was a critical accomplishment by the Greeks in the Greco-Persian wars of the 5th century and can

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    Submitted: January 3, 2010 By: Wendy