St. Valentine’s Day Massacre The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre was the climax of the Prohibition Era and lead to the decrease in gang involvement in chicago‚ because after that day there was an increase in police in the city. The great horror story of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre was the most gruesome murder that was never solved. The police and federal officers never found evidence to convict a single person for that appalling day. The Prohibition caused many gangs to involve in illegal trades
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Was there a massacre in Tiananmen Square? On June 4‚ 1989‚ a large group of students gathered in Tiananmen Square to protest for their right to freedom of speech and democracy. In retaliation‚ the Chinese government sent martial law to control them. A riot between the troops and the protestors was broadcast across the world and called the ‘Tiananmen Square Massacre’. The Chinese government denies this to be true and calls the event the ‘Tiananmen Square Incident’. BBC footage‚ witness accounts
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Source A: This cartoon shows a British colonialist sitting on a box of tea after the Boston Tea Party. The colonist‚ clearly in a position of weakness‚ says “make no mistake… I’m still in command of this vessel.” Despite the colonist’s words‚ the patriots had clearly “won this battle”‚ and had taken a huge step forward towards independence. The cartoon shows that this event‚ organised by the Boston Patriots‚ weakened the colonists‚ and helped the Americans in their fight for independence. Context
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The Boston Massacre was a crucial event that occurred on March 5th‚ 1770. At this point in history‚ tension was high between the British forces and angry colonists. People of the 13 colonies began to become outraged at Britain for passing unfair laws‚ such as taxes
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Roonam Dasa Mr. Cook CHY 4U1 14 January 2013 Bosnian Genocide Essay “History repeats itself” is a phrase commonly heard and used by many people. After World War I‚ The League of Nations was formed as an international organization to preserve world peace. However‚ after World War II it became evident that the League was ineffective in its prevention‚ so it was replaced by The United Nations in 1945
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Also‚ the large-scale of international sporting events creates an environment vulnerable to terrorist attacks. Therefore‚ the nations involved in the Olympics should act as a unified front against modern terrorism. The 1972 Munich Massacre illustrates the inseparability between sports and politics‚ and how this relationship led to the kidnapping and murders of innocent people. These Olympics exposed the need to restore the games back to a peaceful international community facilitated
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opened the door for corruption and disaster. The murder of eleven Israeli athletes by a group of Palestinians called Black September during the Olympics in Munich was a gruesome and horrid act that still has ramifications today. Indeed‚ the “Munich Massacre” proves that enmity has the power to demean any event and forever alter the future. During the Munich Olympic Games the
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Oct. 2nd be forgotten. She fearlessly attacked social and gendered inequality and fought for “la gente” demanding truth and justice. Her name is Elena Poniatowska and I will further detail the importance of her actions into investigating Oct 2nd Massacre. I will also discuss some other of her other socially important literary work as well as her contributions and influence to the country of Mexico as a whole and for women globally. Poniatowska was born in Paris to Prince Jean Joseph Evremont Sperry
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The Boston Massacre was not an accident.The reason that I say that it was not an accident is because some British troops just thought that they were going to show them about the townshend act to keep order and then end up killing five colonists in the process‚ which provoked an outrage from the colonist. Later after the Massacre still on March 5‚ 1770 a mob of American colonists gathers at the Customs House in Boston and begins taunting the British soldiers guarding the building. Well I know that
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Marching Into Massacre The shots of guns ringing in the air‚ men falling at every turn‚ masses of blood flinging everywhere as shouts start to seize‚ why the violence? In February of 1861‚ Texas was the seventh state to secede from the Union‚ two months later a bloody battle was engaged between the Union‚ the North‚ and those who seceded‚ the Confederacy. After all Texas has been through to receive independence and gain an annexation to the United States‚ why have they entered another war? Texas
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