1. Why did Reconstruction end? Reconstruction is where the government try to reunite the Union states and Confederate states as one and help rebuild the Southern states. Lincoln proposed the ten percent plan where only ten percent of the population in the Southern states only had to take the oath to the Union‚ but the government rejected the plan and went the Congress’s plan. Their plans was over fifty percent of the population to take the oath‚ but Lincoln vetoed it. After Lincoln’s assassination
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CW History Mr. Rioux 06.05.11 Was it right to drop two atomic bombs? “If you have to deal with a beast you have to treat him as a beast”1‚ said President Harry Truman to justify the use of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But isn’t this the exact opposite of what is preached in the bible? “If someone slaps you on one cheek‚ offer the other also” (Luke 6:29)‚ it does not say that we should slap back to even the score. So was dropping the bombs the wrong decision‚ or was it the only
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existed for nearly 1‚000 years. Beginning in the 6th century BCE‚ Rome began to take root. Over the next several hundred years‚ it spread its boarders and influence throughout the rim of the Mediterranean and Western Europe. However‚ the empire collapsed in 476 CE. How did this happen? Why did such an influential giant fall? Well‚ despite Rome’s great power‚ it had several internal faults that‚ when combined‚ lead to its eventual collapse. The first reason for Rome’s fall was the instability of the Roman
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“Or maybe I would let go and give up” these were the words Hannah Baker lived her final days by (Asher 126). In the novel Thirteen Reasons Why written by Jay Asher‚ a young girl named Hannah ended her life. The story of why Hannah ended her life is explained on a set of seven cassette tapes‚ each one having a part A and a part B. Days after her death these tapes were sent out to the thirteen different people‚ who Hannah blames for forcing her to end her own life. The story flips back and forth between
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the Caribbean colonies to Europe came to be in their sugar production."¹ After the European explorers realised that the Caribbean was not naturally rich in gold and other precious metals; they were desperate to find other ways in which they could use these islands to benefit themselves. After several failed attempts to grow crops such as tobacco and cotton (on a large scale)‚ the Europeans realised that sugar had a greater potential to be sold in Europe than any other crop‚
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tradition of interest in science: my grandmother was college professor in chemistry and physics‚ and both my parents were trained as mechanical engineers in college. When I was a kid‚ my mom showed me a box full of extremely tiny gears — those that table clocks are made out of — and told me what each part was for. And I remember thinking "this is the coolest tiling I’ve ever seen!’ I have been interested in mechanical structures and the inner working of human-made and natural things ever since. My
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I believe Socrates would agree with what President Clinton stated in his speech‚ if these people where so disgusted and disturbed by the government why did they not leave? This was an idea that Socrates expressed in the Crito. They had the freedom to live anywhere else‚ and yet they still decided to live in a country in which they believed was being suppressed by the government. Not only that‚ but they wrongly splattered the word patriot to justify their actions‚ which according to Socrates completely
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In the sixteenth century‚ peasants and the poor rose against the German states and their lords. To show their unhappiness‚ the peasants and poor would perform rebellious actions and created the grievances in word in hope to make a change with their lords’ control over them. The probable main cause for the rebellion and uprisings was due to the hatred on the lords oppressions. Responses varied‚ considering that lords and theologians such as Martin Luther did not agree with the choice of the peasants
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robbers are arrested in the office of Democratic National Committee where the Watergate building is located. This act was not accepted and ordinary ‚ because thieves were in relation with the President Nixon and his reelection campaign . They have been arrested while stealing secret documents and wiretap phones. But ‚ Historians did not ensure that Nixon knew about this . After ‚ Nixon tried to hide the truth by raising money for burglars and trying to stop the Federal Bureau of investigation from
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that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others‚” and “(2)Discrimination
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