The Columbian Exposition of 1893 In 1890, Congress approved a World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America. During the second half of the 19th century there were fairs and expositions held in London, Paris, and other great cities throughout the world. The ... Read More
The speculative fiction, "Brave New world", written by Aldous Huxley in 1931. Tells of a future overwhelmed by technology and state control where people have no dignity, values, morals and emotions, a loss of humanity. Readers can recognize certain elements of their own world, as the world state in the ... Read More
Zimmermann Note Before the United States had entered World War I, Nationalism, Imperialism, Militarism, and the Alliance System were factors of the First World War. France, Great Britain, and Russia were known as the Triple Entente, Allies. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire were called the Triple Alliance, also known ... Read More
World War I Battle Sites The casualties suffered in the First World War were of a scale never before seen. Great Britain and its Empire lost over 1,000,000 combatants France, 1,300,000 Russia, 1,700,000 Germany and its allies, 3,500,000. Losses in life per day of the war exceeded 5,500. Although each ... Read More
The 1917 revolution in Russia was a true display of the peoples anger. For years, the oppression that they suffered at the hands of the out-dated autocracy had left them with lots of energy to release, but with very little room to free it. The start of World War One ... Read More
Probably the most dramatic difference between World War II and Vietnam is the way America felt about the wars after they were both over. At the end of World War, most Americans came out from the war convinced that they had won the Good War. (The American Promise pg.701) However, ... Read More
Before and during the course of World War II, there were many appeasements, concessions and alliances that were made between countries in Europe, which put great stress on France and Great Britain. As members of the League of Nations, they were forced to make tedious decisions that were vital to ... Read More
Participating in some type of organized sports has become a rite of childhood for most children living in the United States. You would be hard pressed to find an American youth not participating in some type of sport. Many of todays youth participate in many different sports and remain active ... Read More
There are a lot of similarities and differences between the World War 1 and World War 2. A main factor, however, is that the events in the first world war basically caused most of the events to happen in the second world war. The two wars are very closely tied ... Read More
Important Weapons and Stratagies of World War 1 World war was was indeed unlike any other war. Unique stratagies and new technology made this war what it was, a slow moving advancement and retreat for a period of 4 years. Important tactics and sweeps such as the Schliefen Plan, Plan ... Read More
INTRODUCTION The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the sole international organization dealing with multilaterally agreed rules on trade among its member countries. Through WTO agreement, which spell out rights and obligations, member countries operate a nondiscriminatory multilateral trading system that has allowed world trade to grow. The goal is to ... Read More
World War I It was "The War To End All Wars,"- a senseless slaughter that set the stage for the bloodiest century in human history. Yet, it was more than just a war between nations. It was a war between what was and what was to be. The "old world" ... Read More
"Historians agree that World War II changed life for American women in the 20th century. The Civil War had just as great an impact on the lives of American women in the 19th century." (httpwww.defenselink.mil) Staying at home, women could help the war effort by running businesses, making clothes, and ... Read More
World War II When war broke out, there was no way the world could possibly know the severity of this guerre. Fortunately one country saw and understood that Germany and its allies would have to be stopped. Americas Involvement in World War II not only contributed in the eventual downfall ... Read More
A Biography of William Shakespeare Shakespeare was a great writer of plays in the Elizabethan Times. He was born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden on April 23rd 1564, in Stratford-Upon-Avon. He was the only child and the only boy his parents had. Mary and John had two children (girls) ... Read More
This was my first essay in the University. Why Study Religion? It seems as if there has never been a time known to man when there has never been a religion in some guise or another. Nor has there been a race of people who have never tried to practice ... Read More
Throughout the past century in high schools across the nation, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, written by the renown author Samuel Clemens (known primarily as Mark Twain), has been read by teenagers such as myself. This novel is a part of American literature and should always be included in a ... Read More
Introduction In the business world today, borders are blending and multi-national mergers are causing many company nationalities to become indistinct. As the globalization of markets rapidly increases, many companies are finding international expansion a necessity of competition. The world is greatly affected by this movement towards a global market, and ... Read More
"At eleven o'clock this morning came to an end the cruellest and most terrible war that has ever scourged mankind. I hope that we may say that thus, this fateful morning, came to an end all wars." David Lloyd George (1863 - 1945) House of Commons, 11th November 1918 In ... Read More
Why Religion is Difficult to Discuss With so many different belief systems in our world, its no wonder why religion is such a touchy subject in our society. It is not to be discussed in schools or any other non-church related activity because some one there might be offended. I ... Read More
Arthur C Clarke once said "It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God, but to create him." This quote seems to summarize the many aspects of religion in that all the aspects seem to point to one fact Man created "God". Many of the ... Read More
Religious and Scientific Interpretations of the Origins of the Universe Valencia Scafe A common understanding of the relationship between religion and science is that they stand in opposition to each other. On the one hand you have religious belief with its foundational premise that God is the reason why the ... Read More
By the middle of the 20th Century, the United States had emerged as a world power. It accomplished this through its leadership in defeating Germany and Japan in World War II. These two countries' main objective was to enslave the world and destroy political, religious, and economic freedom. In Germany ... Read More
"You don't seriously believe you can stop me, or even delay me for half an hour, do you?" 2 Adolph Hitler shouted at Chancellor Schuschnigg of Austria in February 1938, at the start of his big plan to take over Europe. Although people generally tend to believe that WWII was ... Read More
Definition Rossi and Freeman (1993) define evaluation as "the systematic application of social research procedures for assessing the conceptualization, design, implementation, and utility of ... programs." There are many other similar definitions and explanations of "what evaluation is" in the literature. Our view is that, although each definition, and in ... Read More
World War I was a result of the economic and political tensions and ambitions of the Great Powers of Europe at the beginning of 20th century. In the period between 1871 and 1914 the war between these countries was avoided only by the help of diplomacy and concessions. However, in ... Read More
We can learn many things when looking at primal religions. Primal religions were the first religions of man and few remnants can be seen in religions of today. They show us that the major historical religions of today aren't the only way things have been done. These "modes of religiosity" ... Read More
There are two opinions that histories have, when dealing with this question. Some historians say that the appeasement wasn't justified and that Chamberlain was a weak person while of the other hand some say that Chamberlain didn't have any other chose. There are a number of reasons that support both ... Read More
The First World War was a devastating war that effected many places and also very many lives. Because of the effects of the war people were determined to search for the country that was to blame for all the disaster created. The outbreak was contingent on a determining number of ... Read More
Throughout history, the loser had always been the ultimate evil, especially in a world war, in Germanys case. However, it is true that Germany did have voluminous responsibilities of starting the war, although she was not the one who sparked off the initial dispute. She was taking part in the ... Read More