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Papers on History
Truth Or Fiction: The J.F.K. Assassination
Number of words: 910 | Number of pages: 4.... a much larger neck wound than had been seen at Parkland. Apparently
someone had mangled the wound to make it appear as an exit wound. But who, and
why? Was it to support the Lone Gunman theory? If it was, it failed to do so.
Another startling piece of information was concerning Kennedys brain. When the
President was ordered out of Parkland without an autopsy, he still had a brain.
However, when it the body arrived in Bethsada, the brain had suddenly
disappeared! As if that was not mysterious enough, Dr. Crenshaw, the last person
to see Kennedys body before it was flown to Bethsada, said the body was put in a
coffin, bu .....
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The War In Vietnam
Number of words: 1698 | Number of pages: 7.... enemy of the United States. Drawing an analogy with the unsuccessful
appeasement of fascist dictators before World War II, the Truman administration
believed that any sign of communist aggression must be met quickly and
forcefully by the United States and its allies. This reactive policy was known
as containment.
In Vietnam the target of containment was Ho Chi Minh and the Vietminh
front he had created in 1941. Ho and his chief lieutenants were communists with
long-standing connections to the Soviet Union. They were also ardent Vietnamese
nationalists who fought first to rid their country of the Japanese and the .....
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The Titanic
Number of words: 956 | Number of pages: 4.... liner. Most upper
class people had dinner at a huge restaurant on deck D (Titanic, p.2). It
was 92 ft. wide and 114 ft. long. (Titanic, p.2) . The restaurant sat about
500 people (Titanic, p.2). There were a few other places to have dinner on
the boat, even a real French restuarant called, "Cafe Parisien" (Titanic,
p.2). During the day many rich people went to the Lounge at the Promenade
deck, the walls were similar to the ones at Versailles Castle near Paris,
it was truly magnificent. Next to this was the Georgian reading and
writing room for women and next to that was the Smoking room for men. The
Titanic had a sense of spac .....
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Capatilism
Number of words: 1250 | Number of pages: 5.... It must be remembered that the institution of private property, in the full, legal meaning of the term, was brought into existence only by capitalism. In the pre-capitalist eras, private property existed de facto but not de jure, i.e. by custom and sufferance, not by right or by law. In law and in principle all land belonged to the head of the tribe, the king, and was held only by permission, which could be revoked at any time. CAPITALISM, a term used to donate the economic systems that has been dominate in the western world since the breakup of feudalism. Fundamental to any system called capitalist are the relations betwee .....
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Life In Rome
Number of words: 517 | Number of pages: 2.... center in the empire. Most Romans didn’t own land. "The average Roman had little privacy and still less money." Most Romans who lived in the city were craftsmen, shopkeepers, or general laborers.
"Trade was always conducted on a small scale." This was because each merchant was responsible for himself. The large trading place was between the Forum and the Tiber. The tradesmen and the bankers worked together. The artisans and craftsmen had their own district. If people were in the same trade, they would join together to form a collegia.
When children were born, they were placed at the front of their father’s house, so th .....
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Cuban Revolution
Number of words: 434 | Number of pages: 2.... of inhabitants fed
up with oppressive rule. The men involved operated from bases located deep in the jungle, dense
forests, and high rocky elevations. Guerrillas depended on natives for food, shelter, and useful
information. While striking swiftly was a must, the bands of men were specialized in the undetected
raiding of enemy camps. They could ambush a patrol, kill the soldiers, and supply their entire company
in a matter of hours. Cutting communication between enemy lines became a prime target, once severed
from the army, a battalion could be attacked, disarmed, and their reserves used for the revolutionaries.
I .....
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Communism
Number of words: 2364 | Number of pages: 9.... originated in the West. Designed in France and Germany, it was
brought into Russia in the middle of the nineteenth century and
promptly attracted support among the country's educated, public-
minded elite, who at that time were called intelligentsia (Pipes,
21). After Revolution broke out over Europe in 1848 the modern
working class appeared on the scene as a major historical force.
However, Russia remained out of the changes that Europe was
experiencing. As a socialist movement and inclination, the
Russian Social-Democratic Party continued the traditions of all
the Russian Revolutions of the past, with the goal .....
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Standard Oil 1911
Number of words: 515 | Number of pages: 2.... or rent any territory that could be enjoyed by white citizens. Jones had sued Mayer because he refused to sell him a home because he was black. The Court decided for Jones saying the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery and gives to Congress to abolish the "badges of slavery." In the 1976 Runyan v. McCrary case, two black students had been refused admittance into two private schools in Virginia. The Court applied another 1866 law that stated all citizens of The United States had the right to make and enforce contracts as do white citizens. Since the schools went against their publicly advertised admissions contract the Co .....
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J.P. Morgan
Number of words: 4934 | Number of pages: 18.... Hartford, Connecticut. He helped to organize a canal company, steamboat lines and the new railroad that connected Hartford with Springfield. Finally he became one of the founders of the Aetna Fire Insurance Company. Joseph's first son was Junius Spencer Morgan, also destined for the life of a businessman. He spent a number of years as a dry-goods merchant before moving to Boston and into the foreign trade business. Junius was invited to join the firm of George Peabody & Co. in 1854. In 1864 Junius took over the Peabody Company and changed the name to J.S. Morgan & Co. John Pierpont Morgan was born on April 17, 1837 in Hartford, Co .....
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Industrial Revolution
Number of words: 951 | Number of pages: 4.... goods had grown up by the time of the . In country districts families produced most of the supplies that they used, while in the cities merchandise was made in shops, and manufacturing was strictly regulated by the guilds and by the government. The goods made in these shops were limited and costly. The merchants needed cheaper items, as well as larger quantities, for their growing trade. They had to establish another system of producing goods. The cottage or domestic industry filled in the gap for some time, because it gave the merchant a large supply of manufactured articles at a low price. It provided employment for every m .....
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