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    Spanish American War

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    The Spanish-American War was a four-month conflict between Spain and the United States‚ provoked by word of Spanish colonial brutality in Cuba. Although the war was largely brought about by the efforts of U.S. expansionists‚ many Americans supported the idea of freeing an oppressed people controlled by the Spanish. At war’s end‚ America emerged victorious with newly acknowledged respect as a world power. Reasoning for war Until the 1890s‚ ambivalence about overseas possessions had restrained

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    aircraft and 5000 heavy artillery pieces. This would have made the war totally impossible to carry on. The allies instead of providing a peace settlement based on the 14 point plan as Germany had though instead made the treaty very humiliating with the aim of keeping the Germans down. The key points of the treaty that contributed to the conditions in Germany that lead to the rise of National Socialism are; 1. The war guilt clause 2. £6‚600mil to be paid in reparations 3. Disarmament

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    International Involvement

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    International Involvement International Involvement Before the Civil War‚ America developed a Manifest Destiny that‚ in part‚ meant the expansion of the original thirteen colonies into a great nation. This meant expanding from the original borders past the Mississippi River toward the Pacific Ocean. As that Manifest Destiny was being fulfilled after the Civil War ended‚ a new Manifest Destiny had been conceived by the U.S. Congress. This new Manifest Destiny began a new period of expansion

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    Spanish American War

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    Spanish American War The Spanish American war of 1898 was as the turning point for the United States becoming a world power. This war was caused by the conflict between Spain and the United States over Cuba. The United States first began its interest in purchasing Cuba before the start of the war. Because of this‚ the Americans bought some sugar lands in Cuba and invested in other products for trade. Conflict grew between Spain and the United States when General Valeriano Weyler began the policy

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    World War Two

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    The respective roles of Germany and Japan in the initiation and escalation of World War II seem similar on the surface—a combination of economic ambition and racist ideology. However‚ the countries’ root motivations and the ways in which they were expressed were fundamentally different. Both Germany and Japan engaged in large-scale territorial conquests in the years leading up to World War II. Hitler and other Nazi officials in Germany advocated the concept of lebensraum‚ the natural “living space”

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    the American Revolution‚ but instead to the effects of the American frontier. In a sentence‚ his argument is that the frontier was the chief determinant in American history. This is not to say that Turner did not write about the war; he did. Even in his seminal work‚ The Frontier in American History‚ there are discussions of the frontier’’s effect on the coming of the revolution. It is worth noting‚ before exploring Turner’s arguments‚ that the frontier in this period was only about one hundred

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    Is there a possible World War 3? Such question can be increasingly heard from radio speakers and be read on the pages of political magazines. Such assumptions relate primarily to the war in Syria and the Ukrainian tense political situation in which experts see a possible cause for conflict of interests of other countries that may lead to a new world war. Since March 2011‚ unrest in Syria have not cease and managed to develop into a fierce religious war and‚ according to some‚ has already claimed

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    summary of one day war

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    ONE DAY WAR BY JUDITH SOLOWAY KAY The narrative is set in the USA in 2065. It is a momentous time for the American public as it is the bicentenary of the American Civil War. The celebrations have already been the centre of attention for a long while. The celebration is held on the ninth of April‚ the time when the American Civil War ended. The weather is clear and beautiful. It seems perfectly fit for celebrations in a festive atmosphere. The bicentennial celebration is broadcast by an American

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    a family. But it turned out to be a story of a hospital made to help soldiers overcome the fears and mental pains from the war. The soldiers who were depressed‚ timid‚ afraid‚ and hopeless later transferred to a normal‚ happy human beings. Several things shocked me throughout the documentary. First‚ I was shocked on how brittle the soldier’s mental mind was right after the war. Their emotions were full of sorrow‚ fear and sadness‚ and just looking at the attitudes of the soldiers‚ despondent‚ anxiety

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    Essay- War of the Worlds

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    How does the director Steven Spielberg‚ use film techniques to convey one or more themes in his film‚ War of the Worlds? Steven Spielberg utilizes many techniques‚ in his film‚ War of the Worlds‚ including camera work‚ actors and sound effects to convey various themes such as family relationships. An initial scene‚ ‘Eve of the War’‚ establishes the relationships amongst the family especially around the central character Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise) which are built upon in ‘Coming of the Invaders’. ‘Worst

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