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The Role of the Underground Railroad in the Start of the Amerian Civil War (291 words, 1 pages)

The Underground Railroad was a loose network of antislavery northerners-mostly black, which illegally helped fugitive slaves reach safety in the free states or Canada in the period before the American Civil War. It was also called the Liberty line. It was once thought that more than 60,000 slaves gained the ... Read More

The Events That Led to the Cold War (1982 words, 4 pages)

"Cold War"The drive behind American Policy during the Cold War was concerned with National Security, Ideological concerns focusing on democracy, and economical structure of American capitalism and World economy. During the final days of World War II these would take on separate degrees of importance to American policy."When Truman assumed ... Read More

The Depiction of the Horrors of War Through the Rape of Nanking (1497 words, 3 pages)

The Rape of NankingThe more one tries to accurately understand the general events of a vast subject, like the second world war, the further one must back up from individual incidences and focus on a largerpicture. The acts of depravity committed by soldiers during war do not give a complete ... Read More

An Evaluation of the U.S and Japan Conflict During World War II (972 words, 6 pages)

U.S. vs. Japan in WWIIOn August 6, 1945 the atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The Enola Gay, piloted by Colonel Tibbetts, was chosen to make the mission. The mission was recorded as successful by Capt. William S. Parson at 920 A.M. This was an extremely ... Read More

The Many Reasons Why Reasons Why Civil War Poets Wrote About the War (1927 words, 3 pages)

There were many reasons why Civil War poets wrote about the war. Some used the war to express their ideas concerning society, religion, and mans place in the world. While others aspired to capture the effects of the war and its impact on the soldiers and their families. Few of ... Read More

A Biography of the Life and Times of Tupac Amaru Shakur (4146 words, 15 pages)

Tupac Amaru Shakur(1971-1996) was a man who rose from growing up in dismal surroundings to living in (some say ruling) his own rap kingdom, during which all his struggles in accomplishing this triumph were publicly seen and known. This same environment which he helped establish probably doomed him to his ... Read More

The Major Problems That Germany Faced After the End of World War I (922 words, 2 pages)

Germany, after the loss in World War I, was characterized by terribly difficult times a depression that lasts until the rise of Adolf Hitler. The idea of the great Fuhrer, the name Hitler gave to himself, came into common language when Hitler gained complete control over Germany. The fearless leader ... Read More

An Analysis of Turning Points World War II (1722 words, 4 pages)

Turning Points of World War IIDuring World War II one of the threats of America, Britain, and Russia were the Germans because of the power that they had and they had gotten Japan on their side. Although the Germans were very powerful so was the U.S, but they couldn t ... Read More

The Early Life and Music Successes of Rapper Tupac Amaru Shakur (720 words, 2 pages)

Tupac ShakurTupac Shakur, in my thoughts, is the best rapper there is. Tupac Amaru Shakur was born on June 16, 1971. He was born in New York. Tupac Amaru are Inca words. Tupac Amaru means a "shining serpent." Shakur means "thankful to God," and that came from the Arabic language.When ... Read More

The Journey to the End of World War I and Signing of the Treaty of Versailles (547 words, 1 pages)

The Treat of Versailles was what ended WWI. The treaty was harsh on the Germans and placed all blame for the start of WWI on Germany. It forced the Germans to give up a large percentage of its land and its population. The Germans were also forced to pay the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Conflict of World War I (1071 words, 2 pages)

World War I was a military conflict that lasted from 1914 to 1918. It was a modern war with airplanes, machine guns, and tanks. However, the commanders often fought World War I as if it were a 19th Century war. They would march their troops across open land into the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Trends of Life in the U.S. Between 1865-1900 (441 words, 1 pages)

Trends of Life in US between 1865-1900During the years 1865-1900 the USA experienced unprecedented growth and change which transformed the nation from a minor agricultural-based country to the number one industrial power in the world. No area of American life escaped the impact of the massive change and some areas ... Read More

An Argument That the Vietnam War Was Tragic for the Americans (967 words, 2 pages)

Tragedy in VietnamWhen many Americans think of the Vietnam War they think of the American lives that were lost as a result of this terrible tragedy. Americans tend to think of the 58,000 American lives lost and fail to realize that the Vietnamese people lost somewhere between three and four ... Read More

A Creative Fictional Story Set During the World War Two (2714 words, 4 pages)

"Shit !" A well known sound to Gregory made it hurt in his ears. The alarm rang. Somehow the guards must have observed the hole in the electric fence and figured out what it meant... an intruder had broken into the station. A red light was blinking and the alarm ... Read More

The Life and Inventions of Thomas Edison (657 words, 2 pages)

Thomas Edison made more than a thousand inventions, including the incandescent electric lamp, the phonograph, the carbon telephone transmitter, and the motion-picture projector. He also created the world's first industrial research laboratory. He was born in Milan, Ohio. By the time he was ten he had set up a small ... Read More

A Biography of the Early Life and Times of Tolstroy (1148 words, 2 pages)

Tolstoy, the son of a nobleman landowner, was born on September 9, 1828, at Yasnaya Polyana, the family estate south of Moscow. He was orphaned at the age of nine, then raised by relatives and educated by French and German tutors. At the age of 16, Tolstoy enrolled at Kazan' ... Read More

A Biography of the Life and Times of Thurgood Marshall (396 words, 2 pages)

Thurgood LeaderThurgood Marshall is a famous African-American lawyer who fought for our civil rights. He is a hero to African Americans and may be an outlaw to others. He was born July 2, 1908 in Baltimore Maryland. His parents are William and Norma Marshall. In 1909 when Thurgood was a ... Read More

The Life and Influence of Historian Thucydides (2462 words, 5 pages)

Thucydides and BeyondThucydides is to my taste the first true model of an historian. He reports the facts without judging them, but he omits none of the circumstances proper to make us judge them for ourselves. He puts all he recounts before the reader s eyes. Far from putting himself ... Read More

A Biography of the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacob’s (1020 words, 4 pages)

Biography and History Harriet Jacob's The Life of a Slave Girl To be a good writer, you must posess a careful balance between detachmentand association, a delicate waltz where you are not so wrapped up in the eventsof a story that it alienates the reader, and yet not so far ... Read More

The Early Life of Thomas and Journey to Presidency (417 words, 1 pages)

Thomas Jefferson was born in Virginia in an upper class family with considerable wealth. The title The Aristocrat as Democrat reflects his blue-collar background along with his political views. The title itself is a contradiction in a sense that Aristocrat meaning a government in which power is vested in a ... Read More

The Early Life, Inventions and Influence of Alexander Graham Bell (555 words, 1 pages)

Inventor born in Milan, Ohio, Raised in Ohio and Michigan, he was taken out of school at age seven after only three months in the classroom his constant questioning led some teachers to consider him retardedb1and was educated by his mother. He showed an early curiosity for explanations of how ... Read More

The Relation of Franz Kafka’s Life to His Novel the Metamorphosis (624 words, 1 pages)

Franz Kafka was a German writer. In his life, he had many experiences in his personal life that influenced his writing. One of his works in which he reflected his personal experiences was "Metamorphosis." "Metamorphosis" is about struggling to be accepted by others, as Kafka did in his life. "Metamorphosis" ... Read More

An Overview of the “Thirty Years” War in Europe in the 17th Century (812 words, 2 pages)

The Thirty Years' War was a defining moment in the 17th century of Europe. The dynastic ambitions of many countries resulted in war over certain land. Religion also played a similar factor in the Thirty Years' War. When the war was being fought at first it began as a religious ... Read More

An Analysis of Vietnam War in the Novel The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien (1520 words, 5 pages)

Critical Review Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carriedis not a novel about the Vietnam War. It is a story about the soldiers and their experiences andemotions that are brought about from the war. O'Brien makes several statements about warthrough these dynamic characters. He shows ... Read More

The Devastation in the Land of Europe During World War II (1868 words, 3 pages)

During World War II, much of Europe was devastated by military forces on land and from the air. Dresden, Germany, for example, was firebombed almost out of existence by British bombers. So were other German cities. After American troops landed in Normandy on June 4, 1944 French villages suffered greatly. ... Read More

What Went Wrong for the Americans During the Vietnam War (5082 words, 9 pages)

According to a 1939 U.S. Army Field Manual, the ultimate objective of all military operations is the destruction of the enemy's armed forces in battle. Decisive defeat in battle breaks the enemy's will to continue fighting and forces him to sue for peace.1 This doctrine served the U.S. well in ... Read More

The Life and Military Successes of British General Barry St. Leger (614 words, 1 pages)

Who The British general, Barry St. Leger. Not much is known about him. The American General was Nicholas Herkimer. He was born in a German settlement near Herkimer, New York. After serving in the French and Indian War he was appointed a brigadier general in the New York militia. The ... Read More

Exploring the Main Themes in Timothy Findley’s Novel “The Wars” (1289 words, 3 pages)

If you took a sensitive caring person and set them in the midst of a chaotic area, what do you think would, happen? Would these person adapt to this area, and live like everyone else, or would they become a mental mess unable to cope with what is going on ... Read More

The Question of Whether It Was Necessary for America to Go to War with Britain in the past (507 words, 1 pages)

Was it really necessary to go to war with Britain.....again? Many people in America pondered this powerful question and eventually they agreed to defend their country with the consent of the President. Today, we know that the war might not have accomplished much, but back then, your choice would have ... Read More

An Argument That the War of 1812 Was One of the Most Unusual Wars of All Time (867 words, 2 pages)

To many, the War of 1812 is considered the second war for independence. To me, it is the one of the most unusual wars of all time.During a time period between 1803-1812 British sailors had been tormenting American ships on the high seas. British captains would eventually take over and ... Read More

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Published: Friday 25th of January 2013