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history of the United States of America. Although his positive achievements are often overshadowed by his involvement in the Whitewater Scandal, I hope to shed some light on the true Richard Nixon. Richard Milhouse Nixon was born in California to…

not have to belong to a labor union to get or keep a job, and no person can be denied a job because he or she belongs to a labor union. Twenty-one states have such laws, these states are: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas…

dissatisfaction with the economic and political conditions (forced collectivization of agriculture, repression of private trade, supply gaps), an increasing number of people left the GDR. From January to the beginning of August 1961, about 160,000 refuge…

of Rome became a Republic in 509 BC. The Republic won an overseas empire beginning with the Punic Wars. The Second Punic War was both a defining moment and a turning point in Roman history much like the Second World War was for the United States.…

GROWTH OF PRUSSIA EARLY HISTORY OF PRUSSIA. The German Ducy of Brandenberg in north central Europe on the Baltic Sea was a part of the Holy Roman Empire. This was ruled by the Hohenzollern family, a line of rulers, called Electors. Since…

started enforcing the Monroe Doctrine in 1895, to assert its control over Latin America. America was just starting to build a navy that could compete with other world powers. It wouldn’t have the chance to show off these powers until the Spanish-Americ…

is Business,” a great man once said. The United States has heralded around the globe for its incredible economic system. The growth of the United States started off small with minor discoveries and inventions, such as oil and electricity, and with…

Scotland in the last thirty years? Political parties and the media increasingly invoke nationalism as a vehicle to increase support or deter voters from the attraction of another party, policy or culture. Since the 1950's Scotland has diverged from…

falling of the Berlin Wall, I will attempt to explain some of them in my following report. The person responsible for the rise of the Wall was Walter Ulbricht. He was a longtime member of the German Communist Party. After 1958 the German Democratic…

29, 1929, the market crashed and stocks lost almost half of their value , with dow jones falling from 452 to 58 in one day. A symbolic beginning for rough times ahead. A country’s main source of prosperity nearly vanished, as the automobile…