deadliest incident for firefighters and law enforcement officers in the history of the United States‚ with 343 and 72 killed respectively. The United States responded by launching the War on Terror and invading Afghanistan to depose the Taliban‚ which had harbored al-Qaeda. Many countries strengthened their anti-terrorism legislation and expanded law enforcement powers. Having evaded capture for almost a decade‚ bin Laden was located and killed by U.S. forces in May 2011. Numerous memorials have been
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French and Indian War DBQ Revise. In the course of years through 1754-1763 the British were engaged in a war with their rival French. The conflict was known as the French and Indian War. It started when the colonies could not shift west‚ and the British trying to settle in the Ohio Valley and the French did not want them to expand. It was played entirely in North America with the colonials on the British side. The conflicts between French and the British would cause a drastic change in the colonial-British
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The word terrorism seems as though it would be easy to define. It is a word nearly everyone is familiar with‚ and yet it is difficult to grasp a clear definition of what the term entails. Terrorism‚ as used in today’s media covers a wide range of violent acts. It can be synonymous with violence‚ radicalism and extremism‚ but this was not always true. The meaning of the term has changed multiple times throughout history. This is one of the reasons it is difficult to have a firm definition of ‘terrorism’
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DBQ Before 1754‚ both the French and British had huge masses of land in America. Also sharing the land‚ was the natives‚ who were exceedingly nervous about the Englishmen taking away their land. This conflict eventually led to the French and Indian war‚ also known as the Seven Years war (1754-1763). The French and Indian war altered the political‚ economic‚ and ideological relations Britain and it’s American colonies in many ways where it ultimately led to the American Revolution because of
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Iran-Iraq War The Iran-Iraq war started in the 1980s and continued till 1988 making it the longest conventional war after the second Sino-Japanese War(1). It officially began on Sept. 22‚ 1980‚ with an Iraqi land and air invasion of western Iran(1). The Iran-Iraq War was multifaceted and included religious schisms‚ border disputes‚ and political differences. The war broke hostilities ranging from conflicts between the religious pacts of Sunni-verses-Shia and Arab-verses-Persians‚ to a personal
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2011 Terrorism either international or domestic is an act to gain attention for a cause and to get a point across at the expense of innocent people. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (2011) proclaims that “Throughout its more than 100-year history‚ the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has protected the American people from threats to our way of life. As some of our greatest threats—gangsters‚ public corruption‚ hate crimes‚ cyber attacks‚ white-collar fraud‚ and terrorism—have evolved
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The ancient history of Iraq begins in the 7th century. Iraq had numerous bright civilizations‚ mainly the Sumer‚ who developed one of the earliest writing systems known to man. The capital around this time was Baghdad and the city of Baghdad became a famous ground for learning and the arts. Then in the 16th century Mesopotamia wound up in the hands of the Ottoman Turks but not without resistance. And around the 19th century it began gaining great interest from other European nations such as the Germans
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Cold War DBQ Between 1945 and 1950‚ the tensions increased between the United States and the Soviet Union. Both superpowers‚ with varying standpoints on global affairs‚ were brought to the brink of war. As the United States pushed for the containment of communism‚ and the development of capitalist democracies‚ the Soviet Union continued to impose communist rule amongst itself and its satellite nations. Eventually‚ these conflicting views would lead to the start of the Cold War. Fueled by the disagreement
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A Questionable War: The Iraq Conflict “The image of America has changed. Around the globe‚ our friends mistrust us‚ our word is disputed‚ our intentions are questioned.” This quote from Senator Robert Byrd’s Arrogance of Power speech outlines the argument against the invasion of Iraq. The war raised question after question at home in the United States and beyond. So why did we go to war in Iraq? The Bush administration attempted to justify the invasion by stating and re-stating their objectives
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AP US 24 December 2014 DBQ 6: The War of 1812 After the American Revolution‚ the US is about to engage in another war. Britain was being more hostile to the US than ever before. Many conflicts have taken place between Britain and the US prior to the War of 1812. There were many forces that led to the Second War of Independence. British aggressions‚ land greed‚ and the War Hawks were all forces that led Americans to declare war on Britain in 1812. British aggressions were forces that led Americans
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