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    Age of Imperialism‚ which led to very invasive foreign policy in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Imperialism caused the US to have a paternalistic attitude‚ and a craving to expand- which shaped their selfish policy. The United States derived an overbearing feeling of paternalism from imperialism that bled on to their foreign policy during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The US felt that they were a superior nation and that they had a duty to better underdeveloped nations

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    The ‘great public schools’ also known as the ‘clarendon nine’ included the boarding schools of Winchester‚ Eton‚ Westminster‚ Charterhouse‚ Harrow‚ Rugby‚ Shrewbury and the two day schools which were not part of the original seven‚ St. Paul’s and Merchant Taylors’. The first of these schools to open was Winchester in 1382; the school was founded by William of Wykeham‚ a bishop‚ and it served as a model for the schools to come. The purpose behind the founding of Winchester was to provide poor scholars

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    RATS IN THE MUD War‚ a ferocious fight between man that not only physically but mentally damages everyone. Men who have families‚ wives ‚ kids are lucky enough to go back home with all their limbs and wit to them . It was said to be the war to end all wars‚ THE GREAT WAR OF WORLD but there was nothing great about it . I was a young man at the time of my enlistment into the army and had to leave my little town of Clarksville ‚Tennessee . I hugged my mother and father like it was the last time I

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    To What Extent Were Chemical Weapons Effective in World War II? Word Count: 1701 Table of Contents A. Plan of Investigation 3 B. Summery of Evidence 4-6 C. Evaluation of Sources 6-7 D. Analysis 8-9 E. Conclusion 9-10 F. Bibliography 11-12 To What Extent Were Chemical Weapons Effective in World War I? A. Plan of Investigation This investigation will assess the extent that chemical weapons were effective in World War I. In order to do so‚ this investigation will

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    What caused World War One? By Donya Bagherzadeh World War I was the result of leaders aggression towards other countries‚ which was supported by the rising nationalism of the European nations. Economic and imperial competition and fear of war prompted military alliances and an arms race‚ which further escalated the tension contributing to the outbreak of war. For Twenty years‚ the nations of Europe had been making alliances. It was thought the alliances would promote peace. Each country would

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    lifetimes. Enron was an American gas company that began as the Northern Natural Gas Company in 1931. Internorth‚ a holding company in headquartered in Omaha‚ Nebraska‚ purchased the Northern Natural Gas Company and reorganized it is 1979. Enron arose from the 1985 merger of Houston Natural Gas and Internorth. After building a large‚ new corporate headquarters in Omaha‚ the new Enron named former Houston Natural Gas CEO Kenneth Lay as CEO of the newly merged company‚ and soon moved Enron ’s headquarters

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    How far was the Provisional Government’s continued involvement in the First World War responsible for its collapse in October/November 1917? When Tsar Nicholas II abdicated in March 1917‚ it was entirely possible that the Provisional Government would survive. The Bolsheviks were only a tiny faction in Russian political life. Most of their leaders were in exile‚ and they had virtually no support among the Russian people. Moreover‚ according to orthodox Marxists (including many Bolsheviks)‚ the

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    Europe and Africa began as Europe aggressively initiated an era of exploration of Africa south of the great savanna. Europe’s curiosity‚ exploration and greed transformed the history of African people. In the study of the cultural history of Africa‚ much innovation has been attributed to outside origins and influences. Historians and archaeologists have learned a great deal about the developments that emerged from the European influence in Africa. The age of exploration commences as European powers began

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    and with what results‚ was the First World War not confined to Europe? There is not one apparent reason for the cause of the First World War. However‚ the First World War was initially started within Europe and surrounding areas around it. One can say that the war was not totally within it the boundaries. There were countries outside of Europe like Africa‚ Asia‚ Japan and the United States of America that made a major contribution to it as well. The countries outside of Europe were having battles

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    Paris‚ which ended the Revolutionary Wars and marked Great Britain’s recognition of the United States’ sovereignty‚ the animosity and strained relations between the two nations were once again brought to the surface. Trade became the lifeline of the United States’ economy‚ and this was established through favorable trading partnerships with former enemies‚ which included the French and the English. While the United States thrived‚ British resentment of it economic growth loomed on the horizon. This

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