the education system was not the best. Many of these neighborhoods were shared with other groups such as African Americans‚ but segregation
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What would you do if one country’s dominance over your country changed your life for the worse? This is what was occurring to the lithuanians. During Stalin’s rule‚ There were many things he did to ensure soviet dominance. Stalin had a five year plan. This five year plan was to gain complete soviet dominance through the secret deportation of Lithuanians to siberia. The lithuanians faced many hardships not only in Siberia but on the way there as well. The first part of the plan was to deport them
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The Age of Exploration was a period starting in the early 15th century during which European ships‚ mostly belonging to Spain‚ France‚ and England‚ traveled around the world in search of new trading routes leading to India. All three countries set out to explore and possibly colonize‚ all expecting to find what they each set out for. While searching for what they came for‚ they established relationships‚ some friendly and some hostile‚ with indigenous Americans. Spain’s most prominent reasons for
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for their large empire that stretched across Eurasia. They were brutal and violent‚ but somehow it worked out and they obtained one of the largest empires in the world and what is now known as the second greatest empire to ever exist (after the Roman Empire of course). The most important aspect of the Mongolian Empire’s legacy was the strength of the military organization‚ along with their superior archery skills and their tactics. The Mongols had many important aspects‚ but their strength lay in
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The nineteenth century was a period of awareness to American letters. The influence of European Romanticism yielded the way to a transcendent character. This period saw the emergence of a movement called Transcendentalism‚ which was born as a form of rejection of strict Puritan religious attitudes from New England‚ where the movement originated. The Transcendentalists were influenced by Romanticism‚ especially in areas such as self- examination‚ the exaltation of individualism‚ and the beauties of
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which America defined who they were‚ and it played a huge part in shaping America. People from all sorts of different social‚ and racial groups took a stand for what kind of reforms they believed in‚ and once their following grew big enough‚ they were able to be heard. All the historians that I read on each have their own perspective of what they believed to have dominated the progressive era‚ big business‚ feminist movement‚ urban working class‚ and middle class‚ all of which are represented. But
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Pursuing Criminal Justice Paper Maria Torres CJA/483 July 28‚ 2011 Sean Adams Pursuing Criminal Justice Paper Justice to me is that each person is treated fairly no matter the age‚ gender‚ and race. No person is above the law who ever commits a crime should be pay the consequences for his or her action. Punishment should be fair and sentencing should depend on the criminal conduct as judged by the law. Justice in law enforcement officers during and off hour should treat individual and offenders
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Louisiana Purchase was the greatest land purchase in US History. It nearly doubled the Nation’s size and it would bring much wealth to the nation. For example‚ in time gold would be discovered in the west and farming would be used on the land. This territory had been owned by different nations as a result of the French Indian war. However‚ in the end‚ it was sold to the US by the French. Jefferson had a plan for this land‚ although not everyone agreed with him buying the land. The treaty was still signed
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hundreds of years when conquistados first forced the Mexican folk into missions making them leave their cultures and beliefs of they would face death. This Chicano history and movement has begun from the great turning point is American history which was World War II to this present day. The history of these two significant Movements have paved the way for a better life for the following youths and continues to do so till this day. The culture and history
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The goal of the Crusade was to win Jerusalem back from the Muslims. The Crusaders knew it would be impossible to control and take over the city surrounded by the Muslims who thought the city was sacred to them and belonged to them. “To conquer and have the power over Jerusalem‚ the Crusaders had to attack and control the surrounding territories in Syria‚ Lebanon‚ and Palestine‚ including the important cities‚ Edessa‚ Antioch and Acre”. At first‚ the crusaders were successful. They captured land around
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