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faced with a horrific tragedy. Yet, even in our darkest hours we are one, from Pearl Harbor to the assignation of JFK. On September 11, we were faced with the Attack on America. Planes were hijacked and many lives were lost, but with that we gained…

Mesopotamia and the Ancient Egypt were two provinces where archeology and history were very important. Scientists tried to discover and learn more about these lost civilizations but even the radiocarbon techniques cant improve their research. According…

the presidency, Gerald Ford promised a return to normalcy. "My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over," President Ford declared. But it was not. The Watergate scandal, and the remedies against future abuses of power, would have an enduring…

changed the way people perceived themselves and the state of nature around them. Unlike Classicism, which stood for order and established the foundation for architecture, literature, painting and music, Romanticism allowed people to get away from…

movement was undoubtedly among the most vile developments of the 20th century, it inspired works of art which have the ability to expose some of the best and worst that art can achieve. Because it involves such stark contrasts of good and evil, it offers…

effort to produce the first atomic bomb during World War II. Pressure for the project began in 1939, when two scientists in Berlin accomplished atomic fission in uranium. Believing that Germany might successfully develop the first atomic bomb, Albert…

is officially known as Taehan Min’guk (Republic of Korea). This country is in northeastern Asia and occupies the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. South Korea is bounded on the north by North Korea; on the east by the East Sea (Sea of Japan);…

started to be constructed to separate a nation. The United States needs to send a man to spread good will and build unity among America’s allies. Who is this man? Who could be such a diplomat? America sent their 35th President, John Fitzgerald…

the people they knew and their families perished. In 1955, many of the hibkusha came to the United States for plastic surgery. They were nicknamed the Hiroshima Maidens. These were the women who were severely disfigured by the atomic bomb. One lady wrote…

the Great Depression and World War II made up “The Greatest Generation” to date. I agree, but feel it important to analyze what makes up a Great Generation, to substantiate my opinion. To date, they have been the Greatest Generation because…