incredibly powerful‚ wealthy‚ and was the main power in the Ancient world. Not only was the Athenian empire strong in its culture and money making‚ its Navy was its strongest than any other power at the time. It was truly‚ incomparable at its golden age. Sadly‚ all golden ages end and the Athenian Empire fell. And boy did it fall hard. Athens rose to power with the help of trading‚ cultivation‚ raising animals‚ and mining. The geographical placement of Athens was
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The Watergate Scandal was a scandal made by President Nixon for the fact that he wanted to get information about the presidential election and it ended up making Nixon seem untrustworthy‚ which made many people lose trust for their nation. When this happened the people who were working for Nixon ended up getting in trouble because of the illegal action they were trying to pull off. When the whole investigation started to end President Nixon resigned in order for him not to face more charges. This
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are so big that if they collapsed they would have taken the U.S economy down with them. In the late 70’s the “big three” were failing as a result of the gas crisis. The demand for the big‚ heavy‚ and expensive gas-guzzlers of the past all but disappeared. American’s wanted small‚ efficient‚ and cheap cars. The Japanese automakers had already
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Representatives. He was accused of corruption and trying to stop an investigation of that corruption‚ the case first came light through the work of two investigative reporters at the Washington post. Federalist looked at Watergate scandal as an example of the constitution working as it should be. The Watergate scandal began in 1972 during the Richard Nixon presidency and during his re-election campaign. Also to undermine the Democratic Party information’s. The checks and balances was a system created
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Assessment Item Two: Minor Assignment Chosen Question: (1) Compare the two articles and comment on how the Cold War impacted upon African Americans during the 1950s. Historically‚ the treatment of African Americans was atrocious: unfair and dehumanising. Throughout the 1950s‚ this racial discrimination was noisily protested against and the recognition from governments allowed the African American voice to reach its zenith. The Cold War and the intense ideological disputes between the United
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due to their exposure. One of the historic events apart from the black American slavery is the Watergate scandal. Watergate scandal is a major event that occurred in the history of the United States that led to the resignation of Richard Nixon who was the then US president. Watergate is considered to be the greatest political scandal in the American history because no other US president has ever resigned apart from Richard Nixon. The scandal broke out of the release of information that had earlier
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Odysseus Odysseus was a son of a king called Laertes who wanted Odysseus to fall in love with the daughter of Tynclareus but Odysseus fall in love with Penelope and as the year went by Odysseus and Penelope had a son. Then Odysseus left to start his adventure; so first he made it to troy island that where there was a war and Odysseus with his men’s fought against the other men’s in war for about 10 years but then Odysseus and men’s thought of a plan to final win the war;so what they did was they build
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On the morning of June 17th‚ 1972‚ burglars charged with attempted robbery and attempting to bug phone lines were arrested in the offices of the Democratic National Committee. This robbery began one of the most infamous scandals‚ later to be named “The Watergate Scandal”‚ in American history‚ and put the president himself under the microscope of the law. The Supreme Court tried the case against President Nixon and his seven aides who helped him cover up the conspiracy. After Nixon’s refusal to give
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Throughout the history in United States there have been many social changes that have occurred and The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s was one of the most significant‚ which give equality to all the people/race. African American didn’t have as many rights as White people. African Americans had to sit in the back of the buses on their specific place‚ drink from a different fountain and eat at a different place than white. African American people weren’t treated with the same respect and rights
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century was a time of change and Europe and Spain made the effort to move to the American lands. Spain and Europe did not know what to expect when it came to traveling to the new world. Soon came of Chistoforo Columbo or Cristobal Colon‚ born in 1446. Columbus as he is known after his death in 1506 changed the world for Europe‚ Spain and the New World. In the time of Europe many difficulties came across. The trade to the new word became a trade boom in the 15th century. There was import demand
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