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Papers on History
East-timor-conflict
Number of words: 999 | Number of pages: 4.... the style of the 70s. Since shortly after the FRETILIN proclaimed the independence at the end of October the Indonesian military marched in East Timor and put down every form of resistance. During the first years after the invasion it got numerous armed struggles and the Indonesian military also take action against the civil population. Today the native population expresses their protest against the occupation of their country above all with political demonstrations.
On December 12th 1991 it came to the most serious incident of the young time. During a funeral obsequies in Dili the capital of East Timor Indonesian soldiers shot 27 .....
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The Bay Of Pigs Invasion
Number of words: 4282 | Number of pages: 16.... to defect to
the United States. The Cuban Revolutionary Council, the government in exile,
in New York City released a statement saying that the bombings in Cuba were
". . . carried out by 'Cubans inside Cuba' who were 'in contact with' the
top command of the Revolutionary Council . . . ." The New York Times
reporter covering the story alluded to something being wrong with the whole
situation when he wondered how the council knew the pilots were coming if
the pilots had only decided to leave Cuba on Thursday after " . . . a
suspected betrayal by a fellow pilot had precipitated a plot to strike . . .
." Whatever the case, the .....
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King Of The Seas
Number of words: 1924 | Number of pages: 7.... States history the major nations of the world, such as England, France and Germany, have ignored the United States in political matters but this invention and the ironclad to ironclad battle changed a large percentage of their attitudes toward the United States. It made America become feared and respected by large European nations and all the major nations looked at this invention with pure respect and awe. (Love,29) The invention of the ironclad has helped to push America higher on the ladder to becoming a major world power and to be included in major decisions of the world. The ironclads caused a long range of reaction in n .....
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Impeachment Of Andrew
Number of words: 685 | Number of pages: 3.... a single act. In February 1868, Johnson fired Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, who was sympathetic to the Radical Republicans and who was overseeing the military’s Reconstruction efforts. A year earlier, Congress had passed the Tenure of Office Act, which prohibited a president from dismissing any officer confirmed by the Senate without first getting its approval. With Stanton’s firing, the call for Johnson’s impeachment began.
“To say that they seized the opportunity was too strong,” says Michael Les Benedict, a history professor at Ohio State University and the author of The Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson. .....
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Confucius 2
Number of words: 646 | Number of pages: 3.... a growing class of impoverished descendants of aristocrats who made their careers by acquiring knowledge of feudal ritual and taking positions of influence serving the rulers of the many separate states of ancient China. Confucius devoted himself to learning. At the age of 30, however, when his short-lived official career floundered, he turned to teaching others. Confucius himself never wrote down his own philosophy, although tradition credits him with editing some of the historical classics that were used as texts in his school. He apparently made an enormous impact on the lives and attitudes of his disciples.
Confucianism .....
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Imigration And Discrimination In The 20`s
Number of words: 536 | Number of pages: 2.... the evils of Communism. He mainly
centered his attack on Russian immigrants. During the infamous Palmer
raids thousands of aliens were deported and even more were arrested on
little or no evidence. Their civil liberties were violated, they were not
told the reasons for their arrests, denied counsel, and not given fair
trials. What followed was an investigation of Palmer led by Louis Post
which overturned many of Palmer's actions. Palmer's cretability was
shattered after in a last minute attempt to gain the 1920 presidencial
nomination, he made predictions about a May Day radical uprising, the
nation perpared itself, but o .....
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Avarice In America
Number of words: 456 | Number of pages: 2.... the American working class. The Unions then persuaded the government to regulate the business giants and control the amount of money the companies could take in by disallowing monopolies and child labor. The "Kings of Capitalism" disregarded the impact their actions had on the lives of the working class men and their families. Many went hungry because of the lack of jobs available and were forced to go into debt to the companies that was impossible to be repaid. The Robber Barons would do almost anything to gain more money and more power even putting hard working people out of their houses.
It is often said that money is the .....
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Malcolm X
Number of words: 664 | Number of pages: 3.... real name that he never knew. After his release from prison he started preaching for the Nation of Islam (NOI). His preaching was known for its hatred overtone. He describes America as a house with a "bomb" inside and it is about to explode. Unless the white people want the house to explode and kill everyone inside, they should take the bomb out and give it a house of their own. His speeches were very popular among angry blacks and he was frequently on the front page of the newspaper. It was rumored that other Nation of Islam members were jealous about his popularity and worried about the power he was gaining. After the JFK as .....
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Christianity Vs. Islam
Number of words: 1500 | Number of pages: 6.... and sustainer of the universe. This God, Allah, is compassionate and just. Because He is compassionate, He calls all people to believe in Him and worship Him. Because He is also just, on the Last Day He will judge every person according to his deeds. On the Last Day, all the dead will be resurrected and either rewarded with heaven or punished with hell. In Christianity one of the Ten Commandments states that "I am the Lord you God...you shall have no other gods before me", also identical to Islam God is considered the creator of the universe, and he is also just. On the last day, or judgment day, the same holds true as i .....
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Atomic Bomb 4
Number of words: 834 | Number of pages: 4.... had decided to go ahead and test the bomb in New Mexico. After the test went well, Truman Had decided to drop the Bomb on Hiroshima. It was a good idea for dropping the atomic bomb because, that decision saved thousand of military lives. After the bomb was dropped, people did not have to worry about the Japan bombing us any more because we stopped the war. The decision that President Truman made was a good decision because Japan never had a chance to bomb the United States of America. There was one important man that agreed with Truman, Henry Stimson quotes " In the light of the alternatives which, on a fair estimate, were ope .....
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