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    Although the women reflect “foolishness” on the outside‚ The Great Gatsby provides several examples in which women empower themselves despite their inferior status. Although Fitzgerald may have viewed women as a weaker sex‚ several females in the novel demonstrate an underlying power through their relationships‚ and display some admirable qualities. Although they are not able to achieve the same amounts of success as men in the society; by attaching themselves to a suitable mate allows them to share

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    During the sixteenth and seventeenth century‚ Europe was plagued with long years of different religious wars that would affect the course of history thereafter. The Thirty Years’ War‚ the last and final religious war of its time period‚ came to be one of the most devastating conflicts in Europe. Religiously and politically‚ the Thirty Years’ War reconstructed European life and was a significant turning point in history‚ as many religions and countries fought each other in a struggle for both power

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    The end of World War I and every one is all smiles. People are making loads of money and spending it on automobiles and radios. Women have the right to vote and their creativity is flowing. The fashion is changing dramatically for the men and women. Everyone is in good spirits and enjoying life. That was the vibe of the 20’s. It’s end of World War I and every one is all smiles. During the 1920s people were spending money left and right on new automobiles and radios. The ‘new free flowing‚ creative

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    How did Japan benefit from the first World War? Japan wasn’t always a nationalist or militarist country before becoming a major power during World War I‚ Japan was a growing power in Asia and was becoming a major threat as a whole. As an impact‚ this started the Sino-Japanese War in 1894‚ which called for Japan to give up the Liaodong peninsula‚ Shandong Province‚ and the with the seizures Great Britain and France were able to take advantage of a weakened China and take hold of port cities. After

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    underneath the war ridden wasteland it is commonly viewed as today. The land is plentiful with natural resources and fertile soil‚ but war is destroying the country and its population. Not only is the Iraq war extremely devastating to the individual country‚ but the opposing terrorist groups‚ (especially ISIS)‚ have created a new type of psychological warfare for the world in the form of extreme and constant terror in other countries. Iraq’s intense foreign influence and their recent history of war have brought

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    national interest. As groups of countries form these alliances to grow in strength‚ they can lead to ultranationalism and hostility between each other. This hostility grows into situations where war is nearly unavoidable. The source shows how this happened with the conflict between Serbia and Austria‚ turning a small battle between countries into a massive world war. In the political cartoon‚ people representing Serbia and Austria are at the front having an argument on the brink of becoming physical

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    How Did Ww1 Affect America

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    When World War I was over the world had several devastating effects on Europe. The Great War affected all areas of life in America‚ and continued to experience its effect for many years to perform. As a result of the USA joining the war in 1916‚ industrial production in America flourished. Producers had to keep production up to the tempo needed to support the war. In order to produce more material in a small amount of time‚ new technologies was developed to help manufacturers take on the needs of

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    England was locked in a long and bitter war with France and an attempt that was made was to cut off US supplies from reaching other countries that they had traded with. In 1807 British parliament passed the Orders in Council which required the US to gain a license to trade with France or French colonies. The American colonies were upset with Britain at their practice of Impressment. Impressment was when they would remove American sailors and force them into service on British warships. In 1809 the

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    Women made up 49.83% of the nation’s 132 million jobs in June of 2009; for the first time in American history‚ “Women are on the verge of outnumbering men in the workforce for the first time‚ a historic reversal caused by long-term changes in women’s roles and massive job losses for men during this recession” (Cauchon). Just as the current recession has impacted the way that women exist in the workforce‚ so too did past national events influence women’s roles in the workplace. In the early twentieth

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    Reconstruction. The 13th‚ 14th‚ 15th amendment was to help African Americans and this dream come true. However‚ in the early 1870’s‚ the tide shifted. Southern states began to elect governments dedicated to whites-only rule. When Rutherford B. Hayes agreed to remove For a while‚ it seemed that the dream of federal soldiers‚ he was simply putting an end to an already dying effort. Between the North and the South which sides ended rebuilding the economy of South Carolina. The north killed reconstruction by terror

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