1. How do experts define slavery? According to Kevin Bales‚ slavery is “the status or condition of a person over whom any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised”. “History on the net” describes a slave as “someone who is owned by another person”. In addition‚ they state that when one thinks of slavery today‚ he or she thinks of the black Africans who were apprehended‚ sold into slavery and taken to the Americas to work on the plantations there. 2. How do you define
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In my opinion‚ the containment was a success. Containment meant to fight a number of small wars and staying on guard against Soviet moves‚ and continuing the arms race which eventually became too costly for the Soviets and bankrupted them. When a victorious conclusion to the war with Germany seemed inevitable‚ Roosevelt‚ Stalin‚ and Churchill met at the Yalta Conference in February 1945. They made strategic plans to defeat Germany and began discussing crucial postwar issues. Stalin agreed that the
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poor with little to no education prior to entering America. However‚ the “new” immigrants did have various cultures‚ beliefs‚ and languages which were carried over into America. Immigrants traveled to America to fulfil the American dream‚ despite the hardships and nativism they received‚ they helped contribute and transform American society. There were many push factors that led the European immigrants to travel to America. Unemployment
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Germany is completely responsible for the outbreak of world war I. They are responsible because of three reasons one of the reasons is the Blank Check‚ the ultimatum‚ and the Schiefflen plan. Therefore it is completely valid to claim that Germany is responsible for the outbreak of world war I. The Blank Check was a sympathy card given to Austria Hungary from Germany. Germany gave unconditional support to Austria Hungary. Germany gave the support to Austria Hungary because of the assassination
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The text under analysis is entitled “How we kept Mother’s Day”. It is written by Stephen Leacock‚ a famous Canadian writer of the 20th century. This is the first story of this author I have read. The story describes one day of author’s family life. The subject of the story is the celebration of Mother’s Day. The passage deals with problems of family life. It is the author’s narration. The story is told from the point of view of one of the characters. The text can be divided into several
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that he fought because he disciplined his men with strict rules. He did not tolerate any misbehavior among his ranks. When he came upon the responsibility of promoting men to officers‚ he guaranteed his men were being led well by following a strict list of criteria. In studying both the warlords of history and his enemies‚ Napoleon was able to make strategies and decide which one would be best against his enemies. Napoleon was a great strategic leader in all of his conquests because he paid attention
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How far was Britain a democracy by 1918 Britain was partially becoming a democracy by 1918‚ this was from more people gaining the vote from the new reform acts and representation of the Peoples Act. The British population also had more choice when voting from the emergence of the 3 party system which included Labour‚ Liberals and Conservative parties. Access to information was another reason why Britain was becoming more of a democracy as the growth of the railways meant that newspapers were more
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Fenland Celery: The Winter Asparagus We could all be forgiven by thinking that celery is celery‚ but in fact the main crop of celery in the UK stops being grown around October depending on the (currently very unseasonal) weather. The frosts would destroy a normal crop grown by normal methods. So how does Fenland Celery manage to be grown right up until the end of the year? Indeed this year it could be until mid-January. We’ve taken a look at this heritage crop‚ which sees its origins at Christmas
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The Age of Exploration was a time from the 15th to the 17th century when Europeans began to explore their world to find new trade routes with the East‚ and spread Christianity. Two of the rival superpowers during this time were Spain and Portugal. They competed to find new trade routes and resources. Ferdinand Magellan was born in 1480 in Portugal‚ and was raised in a noble family. He served King Manuel I by establishing Portugal’s influence in India‚ but they had a falling out so he went to
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How far was Britain’s policy of Appeasement the result of popular opinion? Britain’s policy of appeasement was partly due to popular opinion. The British people did not want to enter another war after losing 722‚000 lives and having 1‚676‚000 people wounded. There was a widespread feeling that death and destruction should never be allowed to happen on such a scale again. However public opinion was not the only reason Britain followed a policy of appeasement to Hitler. There were other factors such
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