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A History of Ellis Island (1286 words, 3 pages)

Ellis Island served as an immigration station for the Port of New York from January 1, 1892 through November 19, 1954. The stations peak years of immigration were from 1892 through 1924. In these years more than half of the United States immigrants came to this country via Ellis Island. ... Read More

The American History X (2619 words, 4 pages)

Introduction To The Topic American History X is a great film that portrays prejudice, stereotyping and conformity. Prejudice is negative attitudes toward others based on their gender, religion, race, or membership in a particular group. Prejudice involves beliefs and emotions that can turn into hatred. Having an opinion or idea ... Read More

A History of World War II in Pearl Harbor (1653 words, 3 pages)

World War Two has often been described as a turning point in the battle for equality between men and women. From the beginning, women were always struggling to gain status, respect, and rights in their society. Prior to World War Two, a woman's role in society was seen as someone ... Read More

A History of Plastic Development (3740 words, 6 pages)

Plastics are made from petroleum and natural gas to provide the world with infinite uses from the very simple, such as food storage containers, to the very complex, as in artificial limbs. Plastics surround everyone at every moment of their day. Without them all every day items would cost more, ... Read More

A History of Cacti as Human Allies (1401 words, 5 pages)

HISTORY OF CACTI AS HUMAN ALLIES The white man goes into his church house and talks about Jesus,- The Indian goes into his tepee and talks to Jesus. " J. S. Slotkin The Indians once believed, and still do, that Peyote is a God, or at least a messenger of ... Read More

The Origin and History of the Passover (414 words, 1 pages)

Passover One of the major Jewish holidays is Passover. This holiday commemorates the Jews liberation from slavery in Egypt, which is told in the book of Exodus. The word Passover comes from the idea that God passed over the houses of the Israelites when the firstborn sons of the Egyptians ... Read More

The Origin and History of the Particle Cloud Chamber (1900 words, 3 pages)

Particle Cloud Chamber Abstract A particle cloud chamber is a device that makes visible to the human eye the presence of certain particles and cosmic rays. This paper will discuss the process in which a successful chamber prototype was developed. This paper will also discuss how the chamber utilizes the ... Read More

The Origins, History and Practice of Oriental Medicine (1406 words, 2 pages)

Oriental medicine has been around for thousands of years (the earliest Herbal, the Shennong, was completed around 200 BC), yet we still trust modern medicine and its dangerous side effects more. Western medications go through approximately a year of testing and can have unforeseen side effects, but Chinese medicine, even ... Read More

A History of the Origins of the Korean War (609 words, 1 pages)

What were the origins of the Korean War and what were the lessons learned or unlearned? Following World War II, tensions in the form of a Cold War between American and Democratic allies and the Soviet and Communist allies mounted. As part of the terms of the surrender of the ... Read More

A Brief History of the Olympic Games (465 words, 1 pages)

Research Assignment The Olympic Games. 1) Provide a brief history of the Olympic games, where it started and what was its intended purpose. The first Olympic games were part of a religious festival held in honour of Zeus. The Olympics was named so after Olympia where the first games were ... Read More

A Review of the History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (2574 words, 3 pages)

On Rasselas The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia is very much a book about philosophy. With all the various chapters, each dealing with some moral or another, it would appear at first to be a book primarily concerned with that aspect of philosophy known as ethics. However, what we ... Read More

A History of the Economic Recession in the United States of America (973 words, 3 pages)

Overview Nucor emerged from relative obscurity and near bankruptcy in 1966 to become one of the fastest growing steel companies in America and one of the worlds lowest-cost producers of steel products in 1990. Company revenues had increased from 21 million in 1966 to nearly 1.5 billion in 1990 and ... Read More

The History of Technology and Its Significance in an Organization (2004 words, 4 pages)

In the beginning...(Introduction) Technology within business has changed dramatically over the past few decades and through time. Advanced technologies increase the output and work efficiency and thus encouraging businesses to implement technological changes in the workplace. Technology was obviously not up to the standard it is at today, and technology ... Read More

A History and Features of SEALs (2545 words, 3 pages)

In the spring of 1943, a group of volunteers was selected from the Naval Construction Battalions . These units were tasked with reconnoitering and clearing beach obstacles for marines going ashore during amphibious landings. Today, the Navy SEALs can trace there beginnings to these underwater ?frogmen.? SEAL us actually an ... Read More

The Issue of Racism in America and Its History (2190 words, 3 pages)

Native Americans 500 years of Racism and Oppression "In fourteen-hundred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue." This little saying is something that I'm sure we all learned as children, to help us remember the year that Columbus discovered America. However, Columbus did not discover America, it has been here ... Read More

An Analysis of Nationalism in the History of Men (721 words, 1 pages)

By 1871, the separate states of Italy had finally become a unified country. Nationalism played a ver large part in this unification process. If it hadn't been for the people of this region having a strong sense of pride for their country, Italy would still be split up into many ... Read More

An History of the Jazz Era in the 1920’s and the Swing Era in the 1930’s (374 words, 2 pages)

Durring the nine-teen twentys and thirties the music scene was as popular as ever. There was the Jazz Era durring the twenties and the Swing Era durring the thirties. Merging into the early twenties a type of improvised music , called Dixieland Jazz was being recorded. Famous artists includeing Louis ... Read More

The Colonization History of Morocco (790 words, 2 pages)

Colonization history Ismail, the sultan of Morocco around 1700 died in 1727, and when he died he left 500 sons behind. This led to big conflicts about who was going to ascend to the throne after him. The whole nation Morocco fell because of this insecurity. The arab power was ... Read More

A History of the Moon Landing in 1969 (1021 words, 2 pages)

In 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. Or was he???? For the first time it is now, possible to present the compelling evidence that the Apollo 11 moon landing of July 20, 1969 was a hoax. There is plenty of evidence to support this ... Read More

An Analysis of Why Modern History Should Begin With 1815 (774 words, 1 pages)

It may be asked why modern history should begin with 1815. There is no spectacular date to signify the opening of modern times. Yet it is necessary to begin somewhere and 1815 is convenient, because it was in that year that Napoleon Bonaparte was finally defeated at Waterloo, and his ... Read More

The Origin and History of Microsoft (541 words, 1 pages)

Today, you could walk up to anyone and ask them what first pops up in their head when they hear the name "Microsoft". Some might mention Windows, which currently runs on about 97 of personal computers (excluding Macintosh models). Some might mention Office, one of Microsoft's powerful programs out. Some ... Read More

The Significance of the Meiji Restoration in the Japanese History (440 words, 1 pages)

The Meiji Restoration was period in Japan when massive changes in ancient Japan. The goal of the Meiji Restoration was summarized in their motto, A rich country, a strong military. In their quest to do so, the Meiji looked to the western civilizations. The Meiji sent young men to study ... Read More

The Origins and History of Judaism (1498 words, 3 pages)

Krista Allenby History 4110 March 2001 Medieval Times The people who started the movement around Jesus must have suffered a traumatic setback with his death. They were expecting the coming of the kingdom of God on earth, but it did not arrive immediately as they had expected. Something changed their ... Read More

The Basic History, Economy and Culture of the German State of Mecklenburf-Vorpommern (590 words, 1 pages)

This paper contains information about the German State of Mecklenburf-Vorpommern. It goes over the basic history, economy, four major cities, two famous people from the state, and basic cuisine. Mecklenburg, an area in northeast Germany, in was first settled by Germanic tribes in 500 A.D. One hundred years later, the ... Read More

An Essay on the Origin and History of McDonald’s (1679 words, 3 pages)

This is an exciting and interesting essay to write for a number of reasons. For one its an honour to make a research on one of the most profitable societies of the world, for second because the kindness of McDonalds employees and the precision of McDonalds Web site, are perfect ... Read More

A History of the Mayflower Compact Signed in 1620 (511 words, 1 pages)

Mayflower Compact In the name of God. Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign, Lord King James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, etchaving undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the ... Read More

A History of the Battle on the Wounded Knee Creek (1635 words, 3 pages)

Frozen corpses twisted into grotesque shapes. Women with little children strapped onto their backs. Mothers futilely protecting their babes in their arms. Young boys filled with bullets. This is how the Indians were found. Death and destruction reigned everywhere on the banks of Wounded Knee Creek. On December 29, 1890, ... Read More

A History of the Protestant Reformation (785 words, 1 pages)

The Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century produces many differing views on religion. The Catholic Church didn't change much until the Counter Reformation, which probably helped to encourage the Protestants. The Protestants not only disagreed with the Catholic Church about their religion, but they also disagreed amongst themselves. Two of ... Read More

A History of the Occupation of Manchuria by Japanese Soldiers (1000 words, 2 pages)

Japan's occupation of Manchuria was a major factor leading to World War II. Japan was running out of land, had few valuable natural resources, and was politically unstable. These factors, along with many others, led Japan to become more aggressive, in order to take more land, and to be more ... Read More

A History of LTCM and Its Characteristics (1051 words, 2 pages)

What is LTCM? Definition LTCM started with just over 1 billion in initial assets and focused on bond trading. The trading strategy of the fund was to make convergence trades, which involve taking advantage of arbitrage between securities that are incorrectly priced relative to each other. Due to the small ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013