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Holocaust Rememberance Day
Number of words: 385 - Number of pages: 2

.... Holocaust; these included homosexuals, gypsies, disabled, Jehova’s witnesses and Polish people, the list goes on and on. Asides from all the deaths, Nazis are famous for notorious experiments that they performed on “lower” races in and outside of their concentration camps. They tore apart families, often making parents watch their children being escorted to the gas chambers. 11 million people fled during the Holocaust, imagine how many lost their families. On May 2nd you will see black tablecloths and burning candles on them. You can also see some movies and statistics. .....

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Julius Ceasar
Number of words: 2036 - Number of pages: 8

.... Cinna was killed the year that Caesar had married Cinna’s daughter Cornelia. The second attack upon the city was carried our by Marius’ enemy Sulla, leader of the optimates, in 82 BC on the latter’s return from the East. On each occasion the massacre of political opponents was followed by the confiscation of their property. The proscriptions of Sulla, which preceded the reactionary political legislation enacted during his dictatorship left a particularly bitter memory that long survived. (2),(3) Caesar left Rome for the province of Asia on the condition that he .....

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Andrew Jackson From A Biddle P
Number of words: 977 - Number of pages: 4

.... he had abused the power and used it for his own causes. Previous to Andrew Jackson, the presidential veto power had only been used nine times, and only when questioning the constitutionality of something. Andrew Jackson was scared of the bank. He had told me before that ever since he had heard about the South Sea Bubble (18th century British economic crash driven by speculation and uncontrolled banking), he had been afraid of the bank. He argued that the bank was a danger to our national independence, which it certainly was not, because it had financial support from foreign investors. I .....

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First Crusade
Number of words: 1297 - Number of pages: 5

.... they were bored. c) Some went to find out what opportunity there were in the East. d) Some went to wash away their sins and ensure a place in heaven. e) Some went for adventure. f) Some wanted a chance to gain some of the riches of the east. g) Some here forced to go by their feudal lords. The Crusaders continued an older tradition of the pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Now, however, they assumed two roles as pilgrims and warriors. Such an armed pilgrimage was regarded as a justifiable war, because it was fought to recapture the places sacred to that of the Christians. Jerusalem h .....

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Jacksonian Democracy
Number of words: 729 - Number of pages: 3

.... of the “Factory System” to America, and Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin, the United States’ speed in manufacturing textiles increased rapidly. In 1837, however, America experienced a tremendous financial depression. Bad land speculation, and the fall of the Federal Bank (due to Jackson’s failure to recharter the Bank in 1832) were the two main factors that caused the financial crisis. Consequently, along with the inflation of the nation’s economy, working environments drastically changed. Quaint “master and apprentice shops” were quickly overtaken by .....

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Attica
Number of words: 2487 - Number of pages: 10

.... of ’s prisoners were Black and Latino. Working conditions in State Prison were unbearable, prisoners were political, poor and maltreated. Hygienic conditions were very bad and medical care was practically non-existent. Prisoners average pay was 40 cents a day for manufacturing mattresses, shoes and license plates, prisoners never saw a lawyer, were prevented from defending themselves, were isolated, raped, harassed and murdered. They decided to go on strike April 9, 1971, which is considered a direct defiance against the authority of the state. September 9, 1971, 1,500 men i .....

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Assimilation Or Accommodation
Number of words: 701 - Number of pages: 3

.... Catholic churches to be resurrected but promoted the religion of the British, by increasing the amount of Protestant churches built. Another sign of assimilation of the French is the Court of Kings Bench. An English court, by whom the King sentences foreigners that have no defense and can not even speak the English language. The French no longer had control of the fur trade, they lost their market to the English and could no longer compete to the full extent as the English. Above all, the French out number the British, resulting in the constant fear of a French revolution. In .....

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Race In The New England And Southern Colonies
Number of words: 978 - Number of pages: 4

.... and the rebels of England (Pilgrims), made up the New England and southern colonies. "God Almighty in his most holy and wise providence hath so disposed of the condition of mankind, in all times some must be rich, some poor, some high and eminent in power and dignity, other mean and in subjection. Yet we must be knit together in this work as one man."(John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity) This statement by John Winthrop, demonstrates importance of religion in the lives of the New England settlers. "We must delight in each other, make others’ conditions our own, rejoic .....

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Causes Of The French Revolutio
Number of words: 520 - Number of pages: 2

.... of France’s population. The third estate was divided into three groups; the middle class, known as the bourgeoisie, the urban lower classes, and the peasant farmers. The third estate lost about half their income in taxes. They paid feudal dues, royal taxes, and also owed the corvee, a form of tax paid with work (Krieger 484). A second underlying cause was the raising of taxes. The third estate was already being taxed enough, and the nobles refusal to pay taxes only worsened the problem. The third underlying cause was the American Revolution. The French had incurred an enormous debt by .....

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Life During The Civil War
Number of words: 1345 - Number of pages: 5

.... eat, talk and laugh with the enemies dead lying all about us as though they were so many logs(Brown, 115).” The soldier would march threw battlefields where dead men, horses, and smashed artillery were scattered about in utter confusion; the Blue and the Gray mixed-their bodies so bloated, distorted, and discolored from decomposition, that they were basically unrecognizable(Mohr, 326). There was also the duties of the officers. “Often when a detachment was on scout, there were no men left in camp to release the pickets, and they had to remain on post for seventy-two hours at a stretc .....

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