The Bay of Pigs. Like his predecessors‚ Truman and Eisenhower‚ Kennedy made a fundamental mistake in Cuba; he did not bother to learn about the people‚ culture‚ or language of the area he planned to invade. If he had‚ he would have been made aware of Fidel Castro’s overwhelming support throughout Cuba‚ and perhaps the entire mission would have been withdrawn before it had the chance to become the military and political fiasco that it was. Even so‚ the decisions that The United States had previously
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preceded to build up his nation’s army. Acording to History.com “He established the Royal Naval Air Service‚ modernized the British fleet and invented one of the earliest tanks.” (history.com) Despite Churchill trying to prepare England for war he efforts did not work and WWI became a stalemate. In an attempt to gain a foothold Churchill devised a massive attack on the Turks hoping that they would leave the war. His campaign was an unter fall after nine months he had to pull out and suffered many casualties
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The “War for Independence” better known as the American Revolution‚ took place between 1775 and 1783 and still after two centuries later‚ has left large attributes in the way society operates today. The American Revolution specifically brought radical change to the economic and social climate of the United States of America. After the Revolutionary War‚ individuals with moderate incomes increasingly represented their constituents in state legislatures. Through the evidence based off of the document
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however‚ Elmer Irey was giving an opportunity to document Capone’s income when Capone bought a house (Palm Island estate) that he started to renovate in a very luxurious manor. Although Capone bought everything with cash‚ the one thing that Capone did not account for was the tangible assets of the Palm Island estate‚ which concluded that Capone had to have made a huge income in order to have an estate such as the Palm Island
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In Rome women and children had more rights. In Athens they had a lottery system for election and anybody could be picked no matter how unqualified you are. Rome had a larger population then Athens so they were more lenient with their rules. Overall Rome had a better system of citizenship. Women and children had more rights in Rome. Women and children could become citizens‚ in Athens they could not. This benefitted Rome because they had more people to make their colony more powerful. In document
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Hades was the god of the underworld. He had two brothers‚ Zeus and Poseidon. They divided the world between the three of them. Zeus got the heavens and was god of all gods and humans‚ Poseidon got the oceans‚ and Hades got the underworld. There are many things people don’t know about Hades like what kind of god he was‚ who he really was‚ and how he stole his wife Persephone. In the first place Hades was‚ as stated above the god of the underworld‚ but what kind of god was he? Hades was known to
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Carthage became almost the equal of Rome in not a few ways. Carthage‚ the North African city-state founded by the Phoenicians had become a strong sea power. It controlled large areas in the western Mediterranean‚ including parts of Spain‚ North Africa‚ and many islands. Rome‚ on the other hand‚ became a military power. Its excellent soldiers were farmer themselves who were loyal and strong enough to march thirty miles a day carrying sixty pounds of armour‚ weapons and supplies. Rome considered Carthage
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other to decide who was better. Ares and Aphrodite danced for hours while Demi watched and finally just as Ares and Aphrodite were about to give up Demi decided that the whole competition was unnecessary and that both gods were awesome at what they did. Ares was set on beating Aphrodite so he
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On January 3‚ 1933‚ Adolf Hitler is selected to be Chancellor of Germany. At the time Germany had a Jewish population of 566‚000. Before Hitler was elected‚ the Nazi party was becoming extremely popular‚ claiming Jews were the reason Germany was defeated in WWI. Because of this‚ considering the fact Germans took their war defeat very seriously‚ people believed the claim and were influenced by it. Adolf Hitler believed in the Aryan Race-strong built‚ tall‚ blue eyes‚ blonde hair- should be shared
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Research Paper The World ’s Largest Gypsum Crystals A mile below one of Mexico ’s most important lead and silver mines‚ and a few miles above the earth ’s magma lies a magnificent Geological Wonder. It Is Known As “The Cave Of Crystals." It contains the largest gypsum crystals known in the world to date. The cave was discovered in 2000 by two brothers drilling 1000 feet below the ground while working for Penoles mining company (Garcia-Ruiz et al.). Man and mining have had a negative impact
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