controlled much of northern China. Then in 1927‚ the KMT leader Chiang Kai-shek launched an anti-communist
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In addition‚ the Americans thought “it was crucial not to lose too much ground to the Soviets” (“Cold War”) and so in retaliation launched their first satellite‚ Explorer I. The battles in the Space Race were constantly being won by the Soviet. During April 1969‚ they launched the first man into space‚ years before the Americans. However‚ the Space Race was neatly won by the Americans as on July 20‚ 1969‚ Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the
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THE BLITZ Where and when did the Blitz start? At 4:56pm on 7 September 1940‚ the air raid sirens wailed as the luftwaffe (the German Air Force)‚ launched a massive attack on London. Around 350 bombers flew across the English Channel from France and dropped 300 tonnes of bombs on the docks and streets of London. Other places that were affected? Other important military and industrial centres‚ such as Aberdeen‚ Belfast‚ Birmingham‚ Cardiff‚ Exeter‚ Glasgow‚ Sheffield‚ Swansea‚ Liverpool
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“Unfortunately the warmth of the handshakes did not last” (berlin‚ kores and cuba: how did the us contain communism 389). The Cold War was a period of political and military tension between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ which lasted from the end of World War II until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The major goal of the United States during this time was to contain the spread of communism. The US contained communism during the Cold War‚ in many different ways including the Truman
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1. Describe the Lutheran Reformation and the English Reformation? How did they start? What were the causes? What were the results? How were they alike? How were they different? Does either of them seem to be more legitimate? Why or why not? Defend your answer. Lutheranism and especially Calvinism started very differently because their founders started with a theology‚ and church hierarchies‚ worship‚ etc. were made to conform to those points of their views. In many areas‚ these Protestant sects
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Did They Survive? They had escaped! The prison sounded like it was screaming‚ the cops finally decided to search the cells. The inmates were gone and they were running for their lives. They did not survive. The inmates had to dodge the guard post so they wouldn’t get caught and go back to jail but‚ they made it no farther than the San Francisco bay. The cold water‚ the bones found nine months later‚ and the evidence given by the Anglins nephews‚ prove they didn’t live another day. They
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INTRODUCTION 1. What change did Philippe Aries describe in his work Centuries in Childhood? 2. Why MIGHT it have occurred? Cite 2 reasons (p. 369) The First Big Changes: Culture and Commerce. 1450-1650 A New Spirit. 3. How did Petrarch’s writing in the early Renaissance differ from most writing from the Middle Ages? The Italian Renaissance. 4. The word “Renaissance” means “rebirth” and describes Europe‚ esp. Western Europe‚ from 1300 into the 17th and 18th centuries. Why did Western Europe need
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disorders from their main characters. Schizophrenia from A Beautiful Mind‚ and DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder) from Three Faces of Eve tell the story of a charcter living with the disorder. Although both disorders are commonly confused‚ DID and schizophrenia differentiate in symptoms and effects on daily life. Even medication effects can differ between the disorders. Schizophrenia‚ though more common than DID‚ has harsher effects short term. With schizophrenia a person frequents hallucinations
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Did the Holocaust really happen? Most of the world say yes but there are several groups of people who say no. Both of these sides are backed up with facts and information. People who believe that the Holocaust did not happen say‚ in general‚ that it is impossible for that many people to disappear and nobody do anything to stop it. But what if people did know what was happening and still did nothing to stop it. What then? There were international headlines discussing the disappearance of a race of
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Share one example of a goal you set for yourself in the past that you did not successfully accomplish. Explain why you feel you were not successful. A goal that I did not succesfully accomplish: "I wish I overcame the eating disorder someday." BUT I did NOT overcome the eating disorder for a week‚ a month‚ few month‚ several months‚ a year‚ few year..... Before I knew it‚ five years has passed. The reason why I could not succesfully accomplish‚ to overcome eating disorder someday is the following
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