Europe 1815-1960 (1986) The fundamental significance of Versailles was emotional rather than rational. Allied statesmen‚ urged on by the pressure of public opinion‚ have made peace in spirit of revenge and not to guarantee national security. Lentin‚ Guilt At Versailles (1984) The Treaty of Versailles should have made the victors either to conciliate the enemy or destroy them. The Treaty of Versailles did neither. It did not pacify Germany‚ still less permanently weaken her‚ appearances notwithstanding
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During the American Industrial Revolution that occurred in the 1800s‚ new technology and inventions were created‚ revolutionizing America. America’s industrialization is referred to as a revolution because it’s development of transportation‚ mass production‚ and immigration revolutionized America both economically and socially. Amid the 1800s‚ the US government encouraged the production of a transcontinental railroad by granting land to railroad companies. By 1869 a message could be sent from
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The question over who really discovered America has probably been around since the beginning of finding America. It’s been dissected and argued over‚ probably resulting in a lot of tables flipped and broken noses. Honestly‚ I have no idea if tables have been flipped over this issue‚ but sometimes people take topics like this a little too seriously. If you haven’t put two and two together I’m discussing the issue over whether or not the Chinese found the Americas before Columbus. Gavin Menzies
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American Capitalism is not like the typical pure capitalist economy. It is actually a mixed economy. The economy is mixed with Socialism and Capitalism. The general meaning of Socialism is “a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production‚ distribution‚ and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.” Capitalism is “an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit
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Zinn article and the documentary "The Men Who Built America" are good sources of learning‚ but if a reader wants a good source of learning that isn’t biased or exaggerated he/she is better off reading the Zinn article. At first glance‚ the Zinn article is very long with over forty pages. The length of the article may cause a student to shy away from the reading. It may seem like a good idea‚ but the narrator of the documentary " The Men Who Built America" is very biased towards the characters by
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money from alleged crime-syndicate boss‚ Glenn Agliotti. The wife of South Africa’s minister of state security‚ Siyabonga Cwele has been arrested‚ charged with drug-trafficking. The Travelgate scandal‚ in which 40 members of parliament were found to have illegally used parliamentary travel vouchers worth R18 million for personal use. Julius Malema was convicted of hate speech on many counts as well as the more recent accusations of fraud‚ money laundering and racketeering; he still awaits trial aside
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The Either/Or Outlook Either/or Outlook – a claim that presents an artificially limited range of choices. An either/or fallacy occurs when a speaker makes a claim (usually a premise in an otherwise valid deductive argument) that presents an artificial range of choices. For instance‚ he may suggest that there are only two choices possible‚ when three or more really exist. Those who use an either/or fallacy try to force their audience to accept a conclusion by presenting only two possible options
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1.0 Introduction The automobile industry in Malaysia is closely linked to the history of Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Berhad (PROTON). It is the national car project whose brainchild was none other than the Prime Minister Dr Mahathir himself. Prior to the incorporation of PROTON on 7 May 1983‚ the industry comprises mainly of assemblers of foreign cars such as Tan Chong Motors‚ the assembler for completely knock down (CKD) Nissan cars and Kah Motors‚ the assembler for CKD Honda cars. Since
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of the United States rather than the camps of the Indians. That statement right there led me to believe that the government made a more selfish decision than they should have. The second document is all about ownership. Chief Justice John Marshall claims that the Indians were invited to be a part of the United States‚ but would have to be considered a state of the United States. The Indians refused‚ and said they would rather be a foreign state‚ referring to themselves as aliens. This document helps
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Civil Disobedience in America There are many traps one can fall into when beginning an essay on civil disobedience. From the quoting of Thoreau‚ “There will never be a really free and enlightened state until the state comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power‚ from which all its own power and authority are derived‚” to the Merriam Webster dictionary definition‚ “the refusal to obey governmental demands or commands especially as a nonviolent and usually collective means
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