Thomas’s questioners could get nothing out of him. However frustrating it might be‚ if he did not speak treason‚ he could not be convicted. So‚ since he would
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The Vietnam War is different when compared to other wars that the U.S has been involved in. It is different because it was not widely supported across the nation‚ it was physically different war‚ it was also lost because of government policies. One reason why the Vietnam War was different compared to other past wars is because it was not widely supported by the nation. There are many reasons why it was not supported‚ one of them being that the war was considered the first ‘television war’. The
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death in 1924‚ Joseph Stalin came to power that had control throughout World War II until his death in 1953. After the war the Soviet Union became a global power and seemingly stayed strong until its fall on December 25th‚ 1991. There have been many different opinions on why the once powerful Soviet Union fell including a stagnant economy‚ new reform policies‚ or general dismissal of communist ideology. Many of the issues that were either unresolved or worsened stem from Mikhail Gorbachev reign as General
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killing the Rwandan president because the government was run by the Hutu and were being unfair to the Tutsi. The next person in line ordered a attack later that day to kill any Tutsi they saw. Hutu killed the Tutsis people left and right. In a span of one hundred days the Tutsi people had an estimated 800‚000 casualties. That proves the Tutsis were not protected with weapons and were exposed and easy
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eralWhy did the Liberals introduce reforms? There are many reasons why the Liberals introduced reforms. My first and in my opinion‚ most important reason why the Liberals introduced reforms was the politically motivated‚ political rivalries. Winston Churchill’s former party the Conservatives had already brought in some reforms‚ which showed the first signals for the Liberals to do so too. However‚ it was the newly formed Labour party which were the big competitors for the Liberals. They begun
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Armenian intellectuals—political leaders‚ writer‚ educators‚ and religious leader in Constantinople—were violently taken from their homes‚ tortured‚ then hung or shot. The death marches lasted months‚ covered hundreds of miles‚ and killed roughly one million Armenians. In order to keep the caravans away from Turkish villages and prolong marches‚ indirect routes were deliberately chosen. In the wake of the disappearance of the Armenian population‚ Muslim Turks took ownership
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Climate was the biggest reason leading The Dust Bowl occurred‚ the climate of The Great Plain’s region consists of an average of less than 20 inches of precipitation per year and winds normally reach the speed of 60 miles per hour. Scientists believed that the drought that caused the Dust Bowl Era between 1930 and 1937 occurred because of a La Niña event in the Pacific Ocean. Where cool ocean surface temperatures reduced the amount of moisture entering the jet stream and directed it south to the
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Ethical businesses have a greater probability of being more profitable than unethical ones (Defend) Introduction The way I see it is‚ if you are running a business‚ let’s say a fortune 500 company‚ you probably employ thousands of people. If your daily operations include unethical practices then you are most definitely getting some sort of negative feedback. What I mean is‚ someone‚ somewhere is feeling like they are not being treated properly. It may be with your employees‚ your suppliers
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Mercer commits suicide because technology managed to find him even though he tried his best to live as isolated as possible. I believe that Mae was justified because she did not believe that Mercer would go through such drastic measures. I agree with Bailey in which “ there he was‚ alone in a cabin. Of course he’s going to get depressed‚ and work himself into a state of madness and paranoia” (468). I think Mercer was possibly suffering from Madness and depression and that it was not Mae’s fault that
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which is still being discussed today. It is necessary to examine the many reasons why it started and how. While the why of what happened is still being argued‚ the what is fairly clear. The beginning of the Cold War was a basis of deep ideological differences as well as a series of misunderstandings or actions taken during WWII. The two immense powers USA and the USSR were showing some extreme behavior against each other. The conflict of Communism vs. Capitalism soon became grew importance. The beginning
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