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  • The Civil War

    The Civil War

    Chanel Ninan December 5, 2005 Mrs. Siiss Per. 5 The Civil War The civil war was the greatest war in American History. Three million people fought in it and out of them six hundred thousand died. It was the only war fought on American soil by Americans. The compromise of 1850 was one compromise that tried to avoid a war. The fugitive slave act was one of the events of the 1850's that led to

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    Submitted: January 5, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Cold War

    Cold War

    In the post World War II era, a war arose between the Soviet Union and the United States, but in reality there was never really any documented fighting between the two nations, thus spawning the catch phrase "Cold War." Even though both countries were ready to go to war at the blink of an eye and almost did, the powers-that-be never got the nerve to authorize a nuclear war that would have made World War

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    Submitted: January 6, 2010 By: Wendy
  • United States View on War on Terror

    United States View on War on Terror

    The delegate of the United States of America is well aware of tribulations and dangers concerning the War on Terrorism in the Middle East. Many international soldiers have been threatened and in jeopardy in Afghanistan. However, to prevent the Taliban from taking control over the country again, troops have to be present to control the situation. The United States of America has several forces and troops currently at hand in the Middle Eastern country, and

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    Submitted: January 6, 2010 By: Jack
  • The Wars

    The Wars

    1. Page 18..."Robert looked to one side from under the peak of his cap, hoping that no one had seen him flinch from the steam or stepping back from the fire. He was wishing that they would leave. His shoulders hurt. His arm was sore. There were bruises on his back. He ached. He wanted all the others who had got off the train to depart the station before him." This simply conveys the physical

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    Submitted: January 6, 2010 By: Artur
  • What Might Have Happened in North America If the Confederacy Had Won the "war Between the States"?

    What Might Have Happened in North America If the Confederacy Had Won the "war Between the States"?

    What might have happened in North America if the confederacy had won the "War between the states"? Before I start revealing my thoughts on this point I would like to recollect some facts about the Civil War in the United States of America known also as the “War between the states”. The Civil War took place on the territory of the USA from 1861 to 1865 as a result of sharp differences between the Southern

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    Submitted: January 6, 2010 By: Bred
  • Brave New World

    Brave New World

    Summary: Chapter 1 The novel opens in the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre. The year is a.f. 632 (632 years “after Ford”). The Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning is giving a group of students a tour of a factory that produces human beings and conditions them for their predestined roles in the World State. He explains to the boys that human beings no longer produce living offspring. Instead, surgically removed ovaries produce ova that

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    Submitted: January 6, 2010 By: Yan
  • The "real" World of Photography

    The "real" World of Photography

    Photography can help us see objects in different and unusual ways, evoke a multitude of emotions, and offer us a way to capture and preserve the past. Susan Sontag said that “a photograph is not only an image, it is also a trace, something directly stenciled off the real.” Although we cannot possess reality, we can imprison it. We can capture life and force it to stand still by taking a photograph. Essentially, photographs are

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    Submitted: January 6, 2010 By: Anna
  • The Wars

    The Wars

    Sigmund Freud once argued that "our species has a volcanic potential to erupt in aggression . . . [and] that we harbour not only positive survival instincts but also a self-destructive 'death instinct', which we usually displace towards others in aggression" (Myers 666). Timothy Findley, born in 1930 in Toronto, Canada, explores our human predilection towards violence in his third novel, The Wars. It is human brutality that initiates the horrors of World War I,

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    Submitted: January 6, 2010 By: Yan
  • The Machine That Won the War

    The Machine That Won the War

    In the next couple of paragraph’s, I am going to be explaining the themes of irony and conflict in the short story, The Machine That Won the War, by Isaac Asimov. The setting of The Machine That Won the War is the future of the earth, and a great war had just been won against the enemy race. Two men, Swift and Henderson, are the main characters, and are debating over who really won

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    Submitted: January 6, 2010 By: Monika
  • After the Glory: the Struggles of Black Civil War Veterans

    After the Glory: the Struggles of Black Civil War Veterans

    Behind the current Clinton scandal stands the specter of Watergate. That it should be there is understandable. The bungled burglary at the Democratic Party national headquarters occurred twenty-six years ago this past summer. Next August will see the twenty-fifth anniversary of Richard Nixon's resignation as President of the United States. Watergate then is still very much a part of living memory, and living memory is the type of history most relevant to the general public

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    Submitted: January 7, 2010 By: Andrew
  • A World Lit only by Fire

    A World Lit only by Fire

    Antigone Antigone was the daughter of Oedipus. She had two brothers, Polyneices and Eteocles, and a sister Ismene. Oedipus had been the King of Thebes. However, he had killed his father and married his mother not knowing they were his parents. Oedipus was disgraced and had left the kingdom. His two sons were too young to rule, so Creon, their uncle served as ruler of Thebes. When Polyneices and Eteocles grew older they allowed their

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    Submitted: January 7, 2010 By: Bred
  • The Civil War Was a National Tragedy That Could Not Have Been Avoided

    The Civil War Was a National Tragedy That Could Not Have Been Avoided

    “The Civil War was a national tragedy that could not have been avoided.” In the time leading up to the Civil War, the United States was struggling to stay united and strong. The leaders were weak, individuals were going public with the truths of cruelty to slaves, and conflicting rebellious acts were occurring. This national tragedy could have in no way been avoided. Franklin Pierce was an indecisive, inconspicuous man whose not so stellar attributes

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    Submitted: January 7, 2010 By: Yan
  • Who Was Right in the Civil War

    Who Was Right in the Civil War

    When the Confederate States of America seceded from the Union, Abraham Lincoln was correct in holding Fort Sumter, while Jefferson Davis was wrong in attacking Fort Sumter. When South Carolina seceded from the Union 1860 President Buchanan ruled that secession was illegal, although nothing could be done. Since secession was illegal that meant that the United States of America did not view the Confederate States as a sovereign nation, that made Fort Sumter and American

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    Submitted: January 7, 2010 By: July
  • The End of the Cold War

    The End of the Cold War

    It's early morning. Everybody is waking up getting ready for work and kids are going to school. Today, one would usually hear casual chatter about how the day is going to be or something funny a child saw on television. Now, imagine waking up and being afraid, the same question running over and over through your head," Is my family going to perish in a nuclear explosion, are we going to war with America today?"

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    Submitted: January 7, 2010 By: Artur
  • How Well Do We Know the World Around Us?

    How Well Do We Know the World Around Us?

    How Well Do We Know The World Around Us? to Protocol, the treaty has not been ratified by the U.S. senate. There is a Centuries have gone by and our population has become more and more oblivious to our surroundings. The glaciers, oceans, and land geography have immensely changed over the years. We are now able to depict the obvious changes in our natural structures and it has even caused a trickling effect on the

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    Submitted: January 7, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Did Britain Really Win the War?

    Did Britain Really Win the War?

    Did Britain Really Win the War? The French and Indian War affected North America. The war started in 1689 and did not end until 1763. Now the main question is “Did Britain really win?” There were many factors ranging from political to economical that prevented Britain from experiencing full success of winning the war. In addition, this war is what ultimately started the separation of the colonies from Britain. Britain faced many political problems

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    Submitted: January 7, 2010 By: Jon
  • The Imf and the World Bank, a Social and Economical Perspective

    The Imf and the World Bank, a Social and Economical Perspective

    Introduction It is claimed that the mission of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is to “fight poverty and improve the living standards of people of the developing world … promote growth to create jobs and to empower poor people to take advantage of these opportunities.” The annual gathering of the directors of the World Bank and IMF reconfirms the World Bank’s and IMF’s vision of fighting poverty and promoting growth in

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    Submitted: January 7, 2010 By: Vika
  • The American Civil War

    The American Civil War

    The American Civil War This war was a war of epic proportion. Never before and not since have so many Americans died in battle. The American Civil War was truly tragic in terms of human life. In this document, I will speak mainly around those involved on the battlefield in the closing days of the conflict. Also, reference will be made to the leading men behind the Union and Confederate forces. The war was

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    Submitted: January 7, 2010 By: Fatih
  • 1984 Vs Brave New World

    1984 Vs Brave New World

    1984 vs. Brave New World 1984 and Brave New World, written by George Orwell and Aldous Huxley, respectively, are both books that reflect the authors vision of how society would end up at the course it was going at the time of the writing of the book. Both books were written more than fifty years ago, but far enough apart that society was going in a totally different direction at the time. There are many

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    Submitted: January 7, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Iraq War

    Iraq War

    The war waged on Iraq by the United States has been the cause of heated debate all over the world. Many people have opposed the United States attack on Iraq for many viable reasons. Some of these reasons include that it is not in the best interests for the reputation of the United States with the other nations of the global community, it poses an increased threat to United States homeland security, and it

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    Submitted: January 7, 2010 By: Vika
  • The Realities of the Gulf War

    The Realities of the Gulf War

    The Realities of the Gulf War This movie kicks off at the very end of the Gulf War while America is liberating Kuwait. While searching through people on the grounds of the war some men come across a map which they believe will lead them to a stash of gold hidden by Saddam Hussein. The only problem is that these three men want to find their treasure without having everyone find out. This could be

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    Submitted: January 8, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • The Vietnam War

    The Vietnam War

    The Vietnam War 1. Introduction. I have chose to write about the Vietnam War because it is very exciting, and it have a lot of political and military questions that haven’t been cleared out. I would like find out why the US wanted to join the war, and why did they lose the war, and what did the people in the US say about the war. 2. The story of Vietnam Within the war the

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    Submitted: January 8, 2010 By: Victor
  • Bombs Away: Different Reactions to the Vietnam War in Across the Universe

    Bombs Away: Different Reactions to the Vietnam War in Across the Universe

    Bombs Away: Different Reactions to the Vietnam War in Across the Universe In the 1960s and 1970s, the Vietnam War claimed approximately 60,000 lives and sparked intense division of Americans who either supported or opposed the war. Others were indifferent but no one went un-affected by the conflict. Julie Taymor’s 2007 film Across the Universe demonstrates the reactions of two Vietnam-era characters and the distress it caused within their relationship and their lives. These two

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    Submitted: January 8, 2010 By: Andrew
  • To What Extent Did the Political and Economic Effects of the Seven Years War in North America Help Cause the American War of Independence?

    To What Extent Did the Political and Economic Effects of the Seven Years War in North America Help Cause the American War of Independence?

    To what extent did the political and economic effects of the Seven Years War in North America help cause the American War of Independence? The American Revolutionary War, also known as the American War of Independence, was a conflict that erupted between Great Britain, and its American colonies from 17 to 1783. In 17 British soldiers invaded America with the intention to rule the country. The American War of Independence lasted for eight years and

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    Submitted: January 8, 2010 By: Jon
  • War for Oil

    War for Oil

    Problems arising around gas prices and control for the oil market are increasing every day, and are only leading to more losses for all consumers in today’s global gas market. This being an issue we all face most firsthand, we chose to research the changes of the oil market and their implications on the prices of gasoline as we head into the 21st century. Gas prices have skyrocketed over the past 30 years increasing at

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    Submitted: January 8, 2010 By: regina

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