internment camps during World War II. She was able to successfully challenge Japanese American internment camps‚ with the supreme court ruling in her favor it secured a victory for civil rights. Mitsuye Endo is an important part of civil rights history. She was able to challenge a broken system successfully‚ and showed how unconstitutional it was‚ detaining American citizens without reason. Her victory led to the closure of all the internment camps that are still as important even during war. Japanese American
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The first possibility of a world in 2050 is a third world war breaking out‚ which leads to the destruction of countries and the death of a quarter of the global population. The borders of the world would change drastically‚ and poorer and technologically backward countries would suffer the most. The superpowers that lead a war would eventually suffer the same fate. A global conflict would devastate their economy‚ causing massive debt. It would also impact diplomatic relations and global power dynamics
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World War II was a global war that took place from 1939 to 1945. There were two main factions: the Allies‚ led by Britain‚ France‚ and later by America‚ and the Axis‚ consisted of German‚ Japan and Italy. It was considered the deadliest war in history‚ involving more than 100 million people from over 30 countries‚ and reached‚ according to Axelrod and Alan (2011)‚ an estimated of 50 million to 85 million deaths. American was the last country to join the conflict and gained most profit from it. At
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Back in the Marveloso Valley‚ our team was provided with money to excavate up to three sites. In sector 4‚ the group decided to further pursue the following sites: MARV-61‚ MARV-69‚ and MARV-75. One of the reasons we decided on these particular sites is that all three come from the La Plata phase. The La Plata phase occurred between the years of 1000 to 1450 AD. During this time‚ the Wari Empire collapsed and the valley segmented into local kingdoms in some coast and highland areas. Since sector
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them lived in the South‚ 40% in the North‚ and 10% in the West (Benson). This amount of population changes has highly impacted the country. The Great Depression and World War II were two major events that impacted the Great Migration. “Although the Great Migration slowed during the Great Depression‚ it surged again after World War II‚ when rates of migration were high for several decades” (Great Migration from Britannica). Because of these two events‚ African Americans couldn’t migrate because of
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Select three events from the list of five given below - one showing isolationism‚ one showing intervention‚ and one showing imperialism. Using complete sentences‚ write one paragraph describing the event and explaining whether it should be categorized as isolationism‚ intervention‚ or imperialism. In a second paragraph‚ explain the reason for the U.S course of action in each event. * The United States annexes Hawaii in 1900. This is a example of imperialism because Hawaii was nothing but
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After the December 7 1941‚ Japanese attack on the American naval fleet at Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii‚ the United States was thrust into World War II -1939-45‚ and everyday life across the country was dramatically altered. Gas and clothing were rationed. Communities conducted scrap metal drives. To help build the armaments necessary to win the war‚ women found employment as electricians‚ welders and riveters in defense plants. Japanese Americans had their rights as citizens stripped from them. People in
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Causes of World War One The First World War was one of the most immense conflicts of European History. As Woodrow Wilson said‚ World War 1 would be "the war to end all wars." "Between 1914 - 1918‚ over 100 countries from Africa‚ America‚ Asia‚ Australasia and Europe were part of the conflict." (Wilde) The reasons for the declaration of war were varied and related back to the uprising of different ideologies before 1914. Some historians‚ like Joachim Remak‚ say that WW1 was simply "the Third Balkan
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The effects of World War II on Northern & Southern Ireland; 1939-1945 Daniel McCarthy (Visiting Student) Student Identification Number: 08102474 The Two Ireland’s in the 20th Century 0809-HI 208.E John Cunningham Word Count: 2‚990 13 March 2009 Daniel McCarthy 1 Throughout the time period of 1939-1945‚ the two countries of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland found themselves in two different positions in regards to participating in World War II. Northern Ireland‚ which was
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Schomaker 1 What do two totally different groups of people have in common? During the time between 1939 and 1945 World War II took place. During this war there was an event known as the holocaust. And a huge attack at the American Naval Base‚ Pearl Harbor that took place in 1941. During the war‚ many Japanese-Americans were relocated to internment camps in the western part of the United States. Hitler tried to make as many people hate Jews as possible. The Nazis made ads that stated that Jews
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