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    The American revolution fundamentally changed American society politically(colonies formed the federal government)‚ economically (more use of agriculture)‚ and socially (women used for labor and the fight for more religious freedom.) The American revolution fundamentally changed american society politically (docs c‚ e‚ I.) our founding fathers thought that the new country needed a better federal government. This is proved in doc I which is a piece from the federalist written by James Madison. This

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    Islam and the West: Conflict‚ Democracy‚ Identity Akeel Bilgrami‚ Columbia University This short essay analyzes the deception and self-deception in talk of ‘the clash of civilizations’ and proceeds to diagnose what is wrong in the standard understanding of Islam in the Western media today by looking to the abiding history of colonial relations with Islam down to this day and also looking to the relation between ideals of democracy and the formation of religious identities. The essay closes with some

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    “To what extent was the rise to power of Stalin due to personal appeal and ability”? Lenin died in January 1924 and Stalin emerged to power in 1929. Stalin has been described as a “grey blur” that rose to power. It’s quite hard to pin point the main reasons how Stalin got to power. Some historians may say that Stalin was lucky that he got to power and he benefited off events such as Lenin’s death and that his rival’s weaknesses such as Trotsky who was considered likely successor to Lenin‚ but Trotsky

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    Within the years 1865 and 1900‚ changes in farming allowed for the increased production of crops such as wheat‚ corn and cotton. Technology allowed the Great Plains to be opened to agriculture. Perhaps the most important advances were John Deere’s steel plow (which made it much easier to break the thick and heavy soil of the area) and barbed wire (which could keep livestock out of fields). Also‚ according to Document A‚ in 1870‚ the production of wheat was 254 million bushels‚ cotton had a production

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    you hear The Old West‚ however was that actually what happened? The movies portray the west as an action packed‚ good vs evil utopia of sorts. There’s always an antagonist‚ a protagonist‚ some love interest‚ and a gun fight of course. This just leaves me with a few questions: what is a myth and why are they important?‚ how has the old west myth affected our society?‚ and why was the west so popular? First off‚ what is a myth? Webster’s Dictionary defines a myth as: “a story that was told in an ancient

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    In the 1890’s the United States became more aggressive and expansionistic than it had been for the past few decades. There was apparently a hunger for foreign conquest. The conflict with Spain derived mainly from the American desire to help the beleaguered Cubans with their independence from Spain. Americans wanted the war‚ which could well have been avoided‚ but they had little understanding of what the reults of the war would be. I believe American entry into the Spanish-American war was not justified

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    Question: Analyze the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe from the Dreyfus affair in the 1890’s to 1939. Thesis: As Jews began to gain emancipation throughout Europe and later would assert their nationalism towards wanting a Jewish homeland‚ they became a scapegoat to the economic problems after WWI and the Dreyfus Affair‚ especially in the way that Hitler gained the support of the people through mass politics‚ and thus a wide array of actions were taken against in the Jews in Holocaust starting

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    Intro This essay will show how these two presidents tackled the problem of Civil rights of African Americans and it will demonstrate the extent of improvements and what remained the same. When one compares the extent of improvements which these two presidents make‚ the immediate reaction would be one praise towards President Kennedy because of his ultimate death while one would demonise President Johnson cause of Vietnam. This essay will show how little Kennedy actually accomplished as president

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    Between the 1860’s and 1890’s‚ the west of the United States got its name "the Old West" and a reputation of being violent. Now there are many movies‚ books‚ television shows‚ and many other things based on the Old West having: cowboys‚ gunfights‚ rough towns‚ and Indian attacks. Some people may believe that the Old West really was like this‚ but I think the west wasn’t any more violent than other areas of the United States at this time. Less people lived in the west at this time so one murder may

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    whether or not the Treaty of Versaille was ‘harsh and unfair’ too Germany. The treaty was set up to cripple Germany so it had no power anymore to start another war. In the conditions in the Treaty of versaille Germany had too accept all blame for the war‚ lost 10% of it’s land‚ had to pay £6600 million in reparations‚ had it’s army cut too just 100‚000 men and was not allowed into the league of nations until it could prove the country was peaceful. The treaty was signed on June 28th 1919. By the end

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