The Plague‚ or “Black Death‚” during the 14th century brought mortality rates the world had not seen before. With death coming as quickly as three days for some of the victims‚ the plague not only brought sickness but fear as the result of unknown causes and lack of a cure that created additional victims from within the Jewish population that became scapegoats. During the 14th century‚ the origin of the plague was unknown and many theories arose in this absence. According to an account of the plague
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slave owners carry on slavery‚ by keeping their slaves uneducated and ignorant. During the antebellum Era‚ many believed that being a slaveholder was a natural and correct. Justice and human rights did not exist for those‚ whom were in slavery during the antebellum era. Many of us can learn about the treatment of slaves as property‚ freedom‚ and abuse of enslaved women in the lives of the slaves and slaveholders during this period. Slaveholders holders believed that slaves were incapable of being
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Playground Rules Two small children are playing in the sandbox together. One boy wants to dig in the sand while the other boy wants to play with the truck and pretend there is some sort of story related to the small‚ toy truck. Both boys are very stubborn‚ and being so small‚ they are each adamant in their decision and do not change their mind. They each go about playing their own game‚ hoping that the other will soon abandon their idea of playing in the sandbox and play with them. Soon the boy
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During the 1910’s was the start of a golden era for the U.S. but this was not the case for everyone conflict in Russia was starting to brew to a boil with the debate on whether Russia was going to be capitalist or communist. This led to the Russian Civil War 1917-1922. It was against The Red Army and The remnants of the Old Russian army. The Red army believed that communism is what was going to reunite Russia socially and economically‚ while the rebels believed that communism wasn’t the answer and
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Did you know that the Victorian Era can be very different and can even be very similar to current time? During the Victorian Era‚ from sports to even the social structure‚ it can be referred to as an important time in history. First of all‚ Men and Women enjoyed playing many sports as entertainment. Some of these activities were drinking‚ gambling‚ and billiards but mostly were mainly enjoyed by men. They also loved to play outdoor games such as tennis‚ shooting‚ cricket‚ and fishing. Some more games
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“Containment” referred to the strategy of the United States during the Cold War as a method to control Soviet expansion of physical territory and ideological control. It was defined as the application of counter force to pressures or actual physical military action. However‚ containment appears to be a strategy that ended up being at least in part‚ counter productive. In the way that it’s first proponent Kennan described it with the use asymmetrical response to Soviet aggression. This was later replaced
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the advancement of soviet state socialism. Reagan was too caught up in plans to militarize space and destroy Walter Mondale in the presidential election of 1984 to realize what was right in front of him. While the economy faced no long term collapse during his administration‚ his economic theory did not benefit America in the long run. The Iran Contra dealings‚ in which the U.S helped far-right militants the “contras” overthrow their government. This caused him to leave office in sheer disgrace but
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again be submissive to men. But even if submissive‚ they must be able to entertain men. In the Prince‚ 1513‚ Niccolo Machiavelli describes the appropriate behavior of learning how to be a ruler. Although the story is again about a common practices during the renaissance‚ in this context it is teaching men how to become successful leaders. For a ruler to succeed it was necessary to earn the respect of his followers‚ and one way to achieve respect should be with love‚ but it is not always possible‚
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make a whole nation of people support a war there needs to be an influence. That influence is propaganda. Psychological warfare‚ public enlightenment‚ misinformation‚ lies‚ economical dealing with the truth are all examples of propaganda used during WWII. Propaganda is a frequently used word but some people still don’t know what it really means. The dictionary defines propaganda as many things. One is information‚ rumors‚ etc. deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person‚ group‚ movement
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Many people don’t realize that after the Civil War‚ another war was fought during Reconstruction‚ a “Cold War” regarding the rights of the freedmen. Following the Civil War‚ the slaves were set free in a conflicted world where people couldn’t decide on their fate; they were caught in the crossfire between Congress and the civilians on the amount of rights they could have. The Congress‚ wishing to grant the freed slaves rights‚ failed to ensure the rights to the freedmen because of many reasons.
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