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did not have a good life. They were violently oppressed by their government, and their lives were practically dictated to them. They lived in a so called democracy but they couldn't vote for whom they wanted, and they couldn't openly oppose their…

United States Navy has developed, over the years into one of the world’s most powerful forces. The nuclear submarine is one of the major components responsible for achieving this status. The nuclear submarine has evolved over time, in design,…

Indian tribe in the American Northwest in 1871, Joseph led his people in an unsuccessful resistance to white settlers who were confiscating land. The tribe was ordered to move. Joseph agreed, but when three of his tribe killed a group of settlers, he…

President Richard M. Nixon was being charged of trying to cover up the Watergate incident. Watergate was and still is the headquarters for the Democratic Party. Some of Nixon’s men broke into the complex and tried to wire tap the telephones. However,…

acre plot of land just outside of Greensboro, North Carolina. Knowingly, they purchased the land, which was located only one-third of a mile from a municipal airport and began to raise chickens as a means of income. All was well until the spring…

means? In Shakespeare’s tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, Homer’s epic, The Iliad, and Remarque’s novel, All Quiet On the Western Front, questions the belief that war is never justified. The Capulets and Montagues ignorance of what began the feuding eventuall…

Two. For my research, I will explore some of the many ways in which courageous women served in the armed forces. I will investigate the following questions: how they were recruited; what types of obstacles, barriers and/or prejudice they encountered;…

descent continues despite significant advances made during the 1950's and 1960's. Since then, African Americans have acquired equality and desegregation. But these rights have not come easily as there was much hatred and mistreatment by many whites.…

the world, from The United States of America to Australia and others. The definition of democracy is government by popular representation. This means by the people for the people. In the colonial times though democracy was unknown to the rest of the…

broadly based reform movement that reached its height early in the 20th century. In the decades following the Civil War rapid industrialization transformed the United States. A national rail system was completed; agriculture was mechanized; the factory…