about God and the Church‚ which became a spotlight of attention. What effect was this having on the faith of the people? Many people believed that God was punishing them. Many performed acts of good‚ known as indulgences‚ in the hope that God would forgive them for their sins and end the punishment. With death so near‚ people performed indulgences so they would spend less time in Purgatory. Who was involved‚ and what did they do? Indulgences could be obtained for oneself or another‚ but some abused
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the presidency fearing impeachment by the House of Representatives. He was accused of corruption and trying to stop an investigation of that corruption‚ the case first came light through the work of two investigative reporters at the Washington post. Federalist looked at Watergate scandal as an example of the constitution working as it should be. The Watergate scandal began in 1972 during the Richard Nixon presidency and during his re-election campaign. Also to undermine the Democratic Party information’s
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job as a clerk. He was an engineer for most of his life. He was a manufacturer and produced sleeping cars for railroads. But later on‚ Pullman had treated his workers extremely poor. However‚ Pullman acted as if his workers would not direct their attention to their cut wages or longer work hours. To sum it up‚ Pullman was irresponsible and carless towards his workers and took advantage of them. In this cartoon‚ Pullman seems to be killing his worker with “low wages” and “high rent.” He had lowered their
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over 900‚000 Jewish people. He had thought that the humans were cargo and garbage. Not only did he thought that the Jewish people worthless humans‚ but he took so many lives away from so many people. Franz Stangl had done some vicious crimes and should have been punished greatly for his actions on account of many reasons. Franz Stangl
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How did Gandhi’s religious beliefs affect his work for social change? Many people associate the name Gandhi with the principles of peaceful protest that fought for the independence of India From Britain and promoted religious freedom. Although this is true‚ Gandhi was more than a protestor and achieved change through a deep understanding of justice and religion; he used this knowledge to great effect and achieved change in a unique way. Born in 1869 in India where he was raised‚ he found his way
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much in his lifetime. He added many new lands to his vast empire including Asia Minor‚ Syria‚ Egypt‚ Mesopotamia‚ Persia‚ Sogdiana‚ and part of India. He became the conqueror of the world he knew. Alexander the Great was the son of Princess Olympias of Epirus (Cinderella) and King Philip II of Macedonia (Popovic). His parents hated each other and had an unstable marriage (Cinderella). Philip’s relationship with Alexander was also poor. He once told his son that he should be embarrassed by his high-pitched
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hated fascism and Hitler also hated so they said Hitler would defend. This gave Hitler more chance to demand more. Many British believed Hitler’s policies so when he said he was going invade Czechoslovakia they didn’t do anything.Britain and France gave Germany a chance to invade other countries because they liked Hitler opinions and he could defend them. Germany was becoming the strongest country‚ and the appeasement of Britain related to this problem so much. Why? Because Britain didn’t (not couldn’t)
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Macintosh File System vs. BSD UNIX File System Macintosh File System vs. BSD UNIX File System. Why did Apple change? In order to find this answer I had first understand the two technologies and their background. Lets begin with Macintosh Operating System’s first file system named Hierarchical File System. Hierarchical File System was introduced in 1985 to support Apple’s first Macintosh model that contained a hard drive. The Hierarchical File System was created to overcome the performance issues
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Zeppelin While originally formulated in 1847‚ it wouldn’t be until 1895 that German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin would register his patent on the rigid‚ hydrogen cell powered aircraft‚ and until 1900 when the LZ1‚ the first working prototype‚ would take flight over Lake Constance. While it was damaged during its first landing‚ it would be repaired and fly for another 8 years‚ when it finally caught fire after crashing into a tree‚ leaving no one seriously injured. Used for both transport and for spotting
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suicide…or did he? One of the most popular conspiracy theories is that the Fuhrer and his new wife‚ Eva Braun‚ escaped to Argentina. FBI documents from September of 1945 admit that Hitler‚ like many other Nazi leaders‚ could be hiding in Argentina after arriving by submarine. There is evidence that Hitler escaped found in the remaining bone fragments that the Soviets claimed were Hitler’s. In 2009 it was found out that the skull piece and jawbone belonged to a woman between 20-40 years of age and
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