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Papers on History
United States Enter War!
Number of words: 356 | Number of pages: 2.... these two countries. This is due to a recent cartoon that was included when the American newspaper published the German foreign minister, Arthur Zimmermann. The British had gotten the note and passed it on here, to the Americans. This telegram included Zimmermann proposing a deal with Mexico. It was understood that Zimmermann had propose a deal that stated if Mexico would join Germany in the Great War, Mexico would receive a few states. These states included New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona, but this was only after a German victory.
That same month Germans sank four of our merchant ships. Thirty-six lives were lost. This was .....
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The Tuskegee Airmen
Number of words: 1495 | Number of pages: 6.... faced them with borders and barriers of racism and discrimination. Although these men were discriminated against by their own countrymen because of the color of their skin, they nonetheless displayed valor and courage, revealing that they were in fact Americans who ironically fought for freedom regardless of the color of their skin, ultimately paving the way towards an integrated Armed Air Forces.
A history textbooks shows that as a result of the constant pressure brought about by groups such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and by the black society in general towards President Roosevelt, .....
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The Downfall Of The Middle Ages
Number of words: 612 | Number of pages: 3.... that contributed to their loss of power was the
enforcement of Common Law, which applied throughout the kingdom.
The effects of the Hundred Years' War hastened the decline of the feudal
system. The use of the longbow and firearms made the feudal methods of fighting
obsolete. Monarchs replaced feudal soldiers with national armies made up of
hired soldiers. Finally, threats to the monarchy decreased as a result of the
large number of nobles killed in the war.
Another major factor that contributed to the end of the Middle Ages was
the declination of the Church's power over the nation-states. Conflicts between
the papacy and .....
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The Spanish-American War
Number of words: 1165 | Number of pages: 5.... in the war lasted four months, from April 25 to August 12, 1898. Most of the fighting occurred in or near the Spanish colonial possessions of Cuba and the Philippines, nearly halfway around the world form each other. In both battlegrounds, the decisive military event was the complete destruction of a Spanish naval squadron by a vastly superior U.S. fleet. These victories, after brief resistance, brought about the surrender of the Spanish to U.S. military forces as indicated by a peace treaty signed between the two countries on December 10, 1898, in Paris, France. In the end, the Americans had minimal casualties, while the Spa .....
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Causes Of The Civil War
Number of words: 759 | Number of pages: 3.... of a slave as a family atmosphere. They said that "Immigrants were underpaid and over worked" and "often working conditions were unsafe and unhealthy."
States rights also played a role in the start of the Civil War. The first state to secede from the Union was South Carolina. In their declaration of secession they stated that they were leaving the Union on two defining factors: "the right of a State to govern itself; and the right of a people to abolish a Government when it becomes destructive of the ends for which it was instituted." Southerners believed that it should be up to the state to become a free or slave state an .....
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Mercantilism
Number of words: 1877 | Number of pages: 7.... mainly to prevent the Frenchmen and Dutch from receiving American goods. The acts limited American shipping to be via Britain. The British had to receive all American goods and them their merchants would sell the goods to other countries, but America could not. Any goods that were to be imported to the colonies had to be passed through British middlemen, where a tax was added so that Britain would profit. America was also forbidden to produce goods or grow crops for profit. If they were to do that then they would be competing with British industries. The colonies were supposed to also buy more than they sold, so that their currency .....
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Jazz 3
Number of words: 1093 | Number of pages: 4.... them into flat poster-like patterns with precise outlines and sharply contrasting colors.
He later went on to pure abstract patterns, into which he often introduced lettering, suggestions of advertisements, and posters. The zest and dynamism of such works as Swing Landscape reflect his interest in jazz, which Davis considered to be the counterpart to abstract art. Davis is often considered to be the outstanding American artist to work in a cubism idiom. He made witty and original use of it and created a distinctive American style, for however abstract his works became he always claimed that every image he used had its source in o .....
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Black History
Number of words: 1090 | Number of pages: 4.... "petty theft with a prior conviction," possession of small amounts of drugs, receiving stolen property, or being caught in possession of a handgun. Here are some of its provisions:
The three strikes rule: People convicted of a third felony, after two previous convictions for "serious or violent" felonies, are given mandatory sentences of at least 25 years to life. In California, burglary is considered a "serious felony." And, the third strike itself does not have to be a serious or violent felony.
The second strike rule: If you are convicted of any felony and have a previous "violent or serious felony" (as defined by the la .....
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The Protector Of The Scots And The Hammer Of The Scots
Number of words: 2128 | Number of pages: 8.... II King of Norway in 1281, this of course was an attempt to create a bond with Norway, Unfortunately he was informed that his daughter had died and quickly realized he had no heir to the throne. King Alexander III had to get married and quickly! The King does marry a Counts daughter in 1284 however this is a little too late for the throne of Scotland. Shortly after his second marriage, the King is drinking one ill-fated evening with his nobles. He gets the notion to go and pay his new bride a visit, unfortunately this is a dark and stormy evening. His nobles try to persuade the King not to go out in this bad weather, however .....
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Civil Rights 2
Number of words: 1367 | Number of pages: 5.... wanted them. These civil rights workers, for example, showed that they really did care by joining various civil rights organizations and engaging in Freedom Marches. These Freedom marches were very organized, and they occurred all over the United States, which proved that black people wanted the same rights as the white people had. Anne Moody, and many other young people, joined the civil rights movement because they felt a change was needed and that it was their duty to fight for equal rights.
Anne Moody had thought about joining the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), but she never did until .....
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