The Watergate scandal was known to be the most infamous political affair in United States history. The event leading up to this scandal was the break in on June 17‚ 1972 at the Watergate Hotel located in Washington D.C. It all happened when five burglars broke into the democratic building to help reelect the president by wire tapping the system. They needed information to tamper with the election‚ and allow Nixon to win. The first people to report were Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. Finally the
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The Decline of Sparta in 371BC Sparta has been famous since antiquity for her military strength; indeed‚ it was believed by most Greeks that if Sparta rose against Attica‚ Athens would not be able to hold out for more than three years before surrendering. So‚ if Sparta was considered one of the strongest players in the classical world‚ why would she fall? The numbers of Spartiates have long been suggested as the main contributing factor in her decline. According to Plutarch‚ at the Battle of Leuctra
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Otto von Bismarck’s government in Germany represented a new kind of conservatism in the nineteenth-century Europe that was willing to change traditional conservative beliefs to better lead modern society. Bismarck was a realpolitik‚ which means he chose political alliances that would boost Prussia and Germany significantly‚ rather than morally preferable ones. Bismarck was able to successfully unify and govern the German Empire because he believed in the application of modern-day tactics and the
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population had dropped to about 30‚000 (Coe). How could this have happened?
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Shakespeare’s “four great tragedies.” In the Renaissance‚ a novella (an Italian word that literally means “a little new thing”) was a short prose tale. In literature today‚ however‚ what is a novella? Who wrote the Italian novella that was Shakespeare’s main source for Othello? When did Shakespeare write Othello? What is the full title of this play? In what sense does the title contain an oxymoron or contradiction in terms? In Early Modern English‚ the word “Moor” could refer to either
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late 1800s‚ when the mass immigration began‚ there were no Italians in America. In point of fact‚ Italians were coming to these shores hundreds of years before the immigration depot at Ellis Island was built. The very name America is attributed to Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci‚ whose voyages to Brazil and the West Indies established the existence of a second super continent‚ the New World. As early as 1507‚ European mapmakers were beginning to call the continent America‚ the feminine derivation
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What is philosophy... and particularly political philosophy? Philosophy is a broad or specific study of areas concerned with existence‚ values‚ ethics‚ knowledge and reason. The word philosophy is rooted in the Greek word philosophia which literally meant ‘the love of knowledge’ So questioning human existence is one example: Does God really exists etc. Important as well are questions about what we know and what we can know; both constitute the area of philosophy known as epistemology (the theory
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The German invasion of Stalingrad started on 22 June 1941 which was the start of summer in Russia. The Germans assumed it would be a quick victory. (Yoder‚ 2003) However‚ the battle dragged on into the severe Russian winter‚ weather that the Germans were not prepared for. The German 6th Army was only given summer uniforms due to the battle starting towards in the summer. This lack of preparation for the Russian winter proved disastrous to the Germans as the summer uniforms could do little to prevent
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Richard Nixon did some scandalous things to the other party to ensure his reelection. This was known as the Watergate Scandal. President Nixon and his committee took an aggressive approach to their campaign. During his final months before the reelection was to take place‚ he felt threatened by the opposing democratic party. Richard Nixon and his committee came up with a scheme to cheat their way to winning the election. This scandal goes to show that people will lie and cheat to get what they want‚
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The Mayflower Compact was signed on November 11‚1620.The Mayflower carried not only the Pilgrims but a few other settlers as well. When it arrived at Cape Cod‚ several hundred miles north of its planned destination in Virginia owing to storms at sea‚ the passengers realized they were outside the bounds of the governmental authority they had contracted with in England.William Bradford‚ the Pilgrim leader‚ was alarmed to learn that some of the others felt no obligation to respect the rules of the Pilgrims
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