Was Dunkirk a triumph or disaster? Using pages 158 – 161 in your textbook complete the chart below. Source Triumph or disaster Quote / description Reliability rating / 5 Explanation of score 2 triumph BLOODY MARVELLOUS 3 An article by the daily mirror should be reliable because they are a reallyq famous newspaper 3 Triumph A painting by Charles cundall who was sent to The battle scene to get a drawing of the war 3 This picture is drawn by Charles Cundall‚ and he saw they
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Comp. of 1850: The significance of this compromise was that it‚ like a number of other actions‚ was an attempt to refuse the tensions that were leading to the Civil War. It is also significant to write that the Compromise failed to do this to any great extent. The Compromise of 1850 was meant to be like the Missouri Compromise. It was meant to calm sectional tensions. However‚ it was not able to do this. It failed to calm the tensions largely because of the inclusion of the Fugitive Slave Act
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July 16th‚ 1945‚ a test bomb was successfully detonated at a test bomb site in Alamogordo‚ New Mexico. Months later‚ on August 6th‚ 1945‚ the first ever atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. On August 9th‚ 1945‚ a second atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. In my opinion‚ the dropping of the atomic bombs “Little Boy” and “Fat Man” on Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ was not justified. I believe it was not justified because of the effect it had on innocent civilians
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of the divorce his first wife‚ Catherine of Aragon. When Henry died his son‚ Edward I‚ was a strong protestant and reinforced the protestant faith in England. When Edward I died at the age of 15‚ his half sister Mary became Queen. She was a strong Catholic‚ and this resulted in England returning to the Catholic religion which resulted in the persecution of non-Catholics. She married King Phillip of Spain who was also a devout Catholic. When Mary died‚ her half sister Elizabeth I became Queen of England
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amphitheater ever built‚ whose appearance symbolizes the power and grandeur of the Roman Empire. The Colosseum was one of the most important and influential aspects to Ancient Rome. It displayed the Roman’s technology of engineering along with providing a form of entertainment for the Roman people. In 70 CE‚ under the emperor Vespasian‚ the Romans began the revolutionary construction of what was the greatest architectural achievement of its time. In order for the Romans to effectively and efficiently
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because there is substantial evidence given for each side. On many accounts historians have found evidence that could support the opinion that he in fact was a real person. The problem is that there’s always a maybe factor in each piece of evidence that is found‚ meaning that none of it can really be confirmed. One very common opinion is that Arthur was a fictional character based off of multiple heroes and warriors of his time. Multiple people have recorded stories on all of these different heroes
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and Brutus has these important characteristics. Brutus has the best characteristics of a ruler for the Roman Empire. Brutus was best known by being "the noblest of Romans". Not just anybody qetz to be known by a certain nickname as Brutus and people call him that because Brutus deserves it. Brutus is a very humble man not like arrogant Caesar. He was a loyal friend but mostly loyal to his Empire. Brutus did what
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French Revolution‚ various opinions have arisen about the French military and political leader Napoleon Bonaparte. On one hand some people believe that Napoleon was beneficial to France. On the other hand‚ others state that the Napoleon was not helpful to France because he made uneccesary modifications to France. I’ve found that Napoleon was certainly helpful to France because he made many useful reforms to his country. After the French Revolution‚ it takes matter further when the throne is empty since
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The purpose of slavery was to get free labor so that they didn’t need to pay workers.This is why it was often used in the South‚ because of farms and things like that. But‚ the actual % of slave owners around Civil War time was very low.They wanted the slaves to work in tobacco plantations and they did not pay them for their work. These Slaves had no life.The salves were there only to work giving their bosses free labor.The slaves were not treated like normal people they lived in huts.Their bed
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War was not necessary Donna Baker COM/172 Version 3 October 29‚ 2012 Donna Hooley The Vietnam War started in 1954 with the defeat of the French and ended in 1975 with the fall and withdrawal of Saigon. The United States’ (U.S.’s) involvement in the Vietnam War started in 1963 with support of weapons‚ military training‚ advisement‚ and supplies until 1965 when U.S. troops went into battle with the North Vietnamese (Szczepanski‚ n.d.). American troops did not pull out of the war until 1973. Was the
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