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Papers on History
Gideon Vs. Wainwright
Number of words: 666 | Number of pages: 3.... it had held, did not guarantee free counsel to all felony defendants that are unable to retain their own. Since1942, when Betts v. Brady was decided by a divided Court, the problem of defendant’s federal constitutional right to counsel in a state court has been a continuing source of controversy and litigation in both state and federal courts. Since Gideon was proceeding without funds, it gave the Justice a chance to think about the constitution. He appointed a counsel to represent him and requested both sides to discuss in their briefs and oral arguments. Should this Court’s holding in Betts v. Brady be reconside .....
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Walt Whitman
Number of words: 2307 | Number of pages: 9.... variety of his life was the mere reflection of the vitality and variety of the United States of America." Walter Whitman was born into a family of nine children and he had a rough childhood. The Whitman family first settled in the Huntington area by the middle of the seventeenth century. This helped him to write two of the world’s greatest literary works, "There was a Child Went Forth" and "Song to Myself." (Lowen, Nancy- page 6). "There was a Child Went Forth" was about his siblings and his childhood. Out of nine children, only four survived to live to old age. He spoke of how his siblings die .....
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Oscar Wilde
Number of words: 1110 | Number of pages: 5.... Greece and with Classics.
Wilde during school years
In 1871, he was awarded a Royal School Scholarship to Trinity College in Dublin and received many awards and earned the highest honor the college offered to an undergraduate, the Foundation Scholarship. In 1874, he also won the College’s Berkley Gold Medal for Greek and was awarded a Demyship to Magdalen College, Oxford. After graduating from Oxford, Oscar moved to London with his friend Frank Miles, a well-known portrait painter of the time. In 1878 his poem Ravenna was published, for which he won the Newdigate poetry prize. In 1881, he published his first collection of poetr .....
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The Decline Of The Plains Indians
Number of words: 435 | Number of pages: 2.... repeated attempts to surrender and killed men, women and children. This was the start of the many wars between Indians and the United States.
Although Plains Indians fought hundreds of battles from 1860 to 18890, their cause was doomed because they were dependent on the buffalo for food, clothing, fuel, and shelter. When the herds were wiped out, resistance became impossible. In spite of some victories and heroic deeds, such as the 1,500- mile march of Nez Perces under Chief Joseph in 1877 to avoid capture, the result was inevitable.
In 1887, Congress passed the Dawes Act, which broke up Indian nations, even on reservations. The .....
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Famous African Americans
Number of words: 2232 | Number of pages: 9.... the American Civil War she solicited gifts for black volunteer regiments, and President Abraham Lincoln received her in the White House in 1864; she later advocated a "Negro State" in the West. Sojourner Truth continued to stump the country on speaking tours until 1875. An illiterate all her life, she was nevertheless an effective speaker and was endowed with a charisma that often drew large crowds to her informal lectures.
Allen, Richard, American clergyman, born in Philadelphia. The son of a slave, Allen was freed after his master was converted to Methodism. He was ordained a minister in 1784 at the first conference of the .....
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The JFK Assassination: Conspiracy Or Single-Gunman?
Number of words: 1375 | Number of pages: 5.... days later, Oswald was killed by Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub
owner, while he was being moved from the city to the county jail.
At a glance, the above story sounds as if this should be an open-and-shut case.
After all, according to the facts above, Oswald must have killed Kennedy.
However, you must take a deeper look into this case. Many people who witnessed
the murder of John F. Kennedy dispute the facts above, saying that they heard
shots from places besides the book depository, and other things that may
contradict what is stated above. One of these witnesses, Abraham Zapruder,
captured the entire assassination on his Bell a .....
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Modern European History
Number of words: 889 | Number of pages: 4.... intellectuals began to doubt the Enlightenment and even the
future of Western civilization. This state of uncertainty and unpredictability
brought out many modern philosophers of that time. One of them was a French
poet and critic Paul Valery. He stated that "Europe was looking at its future
with dark foreboding." In his writings, he said that "The storm has died away,
and still we are restless, uneasy, as if the storm were about to break." The
storm in this case was the war. People were so terrified by it that they were
still in shock and unsure of its outcome and consequence and the possibility
that it might cause another war to .....
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Diane Arbus
Number of words: 999 | Number of pages: 4.... Corps photography school at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Each night when he returned home, he would teach Diane what he had learned in a makeshift darkroom set up in their bathroom. After the war and sampling other careers, they both worked in the fashion industry as photographers. Their first account was for Diane's father's store. They went on to become a successful photographic team for almost 20 years. They had two daughters together, Doon and Amy.
In 1957 she realized that there was more to life and photography than helping Allan do his thing. She began to understand that a woman could have her own photographic style a .....
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The Kent State University Tragedy
Number of words: 474 | Number of pages: 2.... campus headquarters of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). Sunday morning the governor came to Kent and in the city's firehouse held a press conference saying the University would remain open. After a Sunday of relative calm, an anti-war rally at noon on Monday brought 2,000 to 3,000 people to the University Commons area. When the Guard gave the order to disperse, some in the crowd responded with verbal epithets and stones. The Guard answered with tear gas, but when the spring winds altered its effect, the Guard attempted to enforce the Ohio Riot Act with raised bayonets, forcing demonstrators to retreat. The Guard .....
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The Korean War And The Damage
Number of words: 1338 | Number of pages: 5.... the 38th parallel, which marked the frontier
between the two republics, were swiftly overrun, and the Communist forces
drove southward. North Korea was aided during the war by personnel and
equipment from both China and the Soviet Union. The UN Security Council,
with the Soviet delegate voluntarily absent, invoked military sanctions
against North Korea on June 27, 1950 and called on member states to aid
the South Korea. Almost simultaneously U.S. President Harry S. Truman
ordered American Military Forces into action against the invaders.
American Forces, those of South Korea, and, ultimately, combat contingent
from Australia, Belg .....
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