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    justification of the bombing. The United States was justified due to the surprise attack and bombing of Pearl Harbor which occurred three years before the bombing of Hiroshima. Therefore‚ it was necessary to stop the war because it saved thousands of American lives. Until then‚ the fight had never been on United States soil. Innocent civilians did not have to worry about being killed on their land until the infamous day: December 7‚ 1941‚ the attack of Pearl Harbor. On that day‚ the Japanese arrived in

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    1. In the last quarter of the nineteenth century American farmers: *a. Suffered from the collapse of cotton and wheat prices b. Benefited from agricultural production in Russia‚ Canada‚ and Australia c. Were delighted about the "short haul‚" "long-haul" policies of railroads d. Benefited from the "rebate" practices of railroads e. Saw a sharp decrease in farm tenancy 2. The Grange: a. Avoided all social and educational activities and focused

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    Week 5 Ind. 1 Tabitha Brown Everest University Heather Geisler 6-29-13 “Beginning in the 1950s‚ maintaining a non-Communist South Vietnam became crucial in American efforts to contain communism” Goldfield (2010). “Communism is a very attractive theory‚ particularly for the poor masses of a developing country” Kallie Szczepanski (2010). “Communism is a system of government‚ like democracy or dictatorship. “The main point about it is that (in theory) everyone is equal; there is no single person

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    Scarcity -Basic Economic problem - unlimited wants‚ but limited resources The question is: How do we allocate these limited resources? 3 questions that any economic system must answer: - What should be produced - How should we produce it? - Who gets it? Command Economy - You have heavy state involvement - State of ownership of resources and control of production - What should be produced - the state decides - How to produce it - the state decides - Who gets it - the state decides Market

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    Tigana Chapter Notes

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    TIGANA Chapter 1 · A man is talking to some people at a bar proclaiming what will soon happen in the future and making bets on what is to happen · The death of the exiled Duke of Astibar becomes known and a heated conversation about an invader who has taken control of their province‚ Alberico of Barbadior‚ breaks out. · Brandin of Ygrath is also introduced as the other invader of the Palm‚ the country where the story takes place. · "Men began shouting fiercely to be heard over the din they themselves

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    Chapter 5: The First Arab-Israeli War and the 1956 Suez Crisis The war of 1947-49 Following Israel’s declaration of statehood the Arab armies attacked along all the borders of the Jewish state. Egyptian forces attacked from the south; Syria‚ Lebanon and Iraq attacked from the north and north-east. By 28 May 1948‚ the Jordanian Arab Legion had occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank. After initial setbacks‚ however‚ the Israelis successful drove the Arab armies out of the north‚ regained

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    GCSE History – Medicine Through Time Revision Notes TOPIC 1 – PREHISTORY Prehistory is the time before written records! Background Information     Prehistoric man lived in nomadic lives They were hunter-gathers‚ they didn’t grow crops They left no written records‚ historians rely on archaeological evidence which may be hard to interpret One way round the problem of evidence for prehistoric medicine is to study people who‚ until very recently‚ lived in a similar way to prehistoric man. For

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    Chapter 2 Notes

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    Chapter 2: Aid for investment -What is the financing gap? Gap between required investment and domestic saving -Explain the Harold-Domar approach and its failings? GDP growth will be proportional to the share of investment spending in GDP. Its failings are that this model applied more to the short-run business cycle in rich countries. Also‚ he was writing in the aftermath of the Great Depression‚ thus taking high unemployment as given. -True or False. There is no relationship between aid and

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    Chapter 13 Notes Juvenile Court & its Jurisdiction • Juvenile Court- Act in best interest of child & public • Family Court- broader jurisdiction personal & household problems (ex. Child support‚ custody‚ paternity) Court Case Flow: • Cases referred to juvenile court declined as of ’05 9% from ‘97 • 73% processed were males People in Juvenile Courtroom: • Defense attorney- o Juveniles have right to counsel; must be provided if facing incarceration

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    7th of October 2013 Chapter 4 It is Saturday night and all the men have gone out Crooks and Lennie and Candy have been left behind. Description of Crooks’ room. Pg 98 Crooks is more permanent as the boss also uses him when he gets angry he plays a specific part. Crooks’ bed is made of straw‚ with just blankets covering the straw. Crooks has a separate to everyone else‚ he is attached to the bunk house. Crooks is good at fixing things. He has medicine bottles for himself and the horses

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