shape are examples of unequal treatment - Ethnic Group: a group of people who identify with a common national origin or cultural heritage that includes language‚ geographic roots‚ food‚ customs‚ traditions‚ and/or religion. - Puerto Ricans‚ Chinese‚ Serbs‚ Arabs‚ Swedes‚ Hungarians‚ Jews - Racial-Ethnic Group: people who have distinctive physical and cultural characteristics. Immigrants - Illegal immigrants do the jobs that most Americans don’t want like clean homes and offices‚ nannies and busboys
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The empire began to disintegrate as the Ottomans lost battle after battle‚ and the Serbs‚ Romanians‚ and Greeks gained their independence. The Arabs in the Middle East and Armenians were all that remained in the Ottoman Empire under the rule of Sultan Abdul Hamid. Since the empire was in decline‚ young Armenian people gradually began to
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According to Dr. Benson‚ within a couple of months‚ most of the nations in Europe was at war. The U.S. did not join the conflict (war)‚ until early 1917 (Benson). At the time of the assassin‚ Bosnia‚ was mostly populated by three groups: Croats‚ ethnic serbs‚ and muslims. “As a result of the assassination‚
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The Great War 1914-1918 was universally destructive. The effects of these were seen in many areas‚ as in the destruction of human life and property‚ and in the political‚ social and economic fields. The evolution of capitalism and progress in the scientific spheres were also important consequences. It is estimated that in the four years of war‚ some eighty lakhs of people were killed and as many wounded. Some 8-10 lakh people were reported missing. In most countries‚ after this Great War‚ monarchy
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The First World War began as a test of strength among the might nations of Europe. World War One‚ also known as the Great War‚ was different from all wars that had ever been experienced. It was so different from all the other wars because there were new technologies used (such as the machine gun)‚ poison gases and trench warfare. Thousands of men were killed from attacks‚ others died from fatal wounds or diseases‚ thousands others were never found again‚ presumed dead or taken prisoner. (See Appendix
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North vs. South in the Great Depression The Great Depression is one of the most misunderstood events in not only American history but also Great Britain‚ France‚ Germany‚ and many other industrialized nations. It also has had important consequences and was an extremely devastating event in America. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world. When the New York Stock Exchange crashed in October 1929‚ the United States dropped sharply into a
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The Rise of The Ottoman Empire By: Hunter Starr HIST 130: Muslim History From the Rise of Islam to 1500 CE Professor Matthee November 27‚ 2007. The Ottoman Turks emerged on the periphery of the Byzantine Empire and the Saljuk Turks. Under a Turkish Muslim warrior named Osman‚ raids were conducted in western Anatolia on Byzantine settlements and a vast number of Turks were united under his banner. Those Turks who flocked to Osman’s banner and followed him into the history books came to be
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Why Did War Break Out In 1914? There are several reasons why war broke out in 1914. Reasons such as revenge and jealousy influenced the outbreak of war majorly and in the important events leading up to the war such as the Moroccan crises‚ the Bosnian crisis and the Balkan Wars‚ the concepts Nationalism‚ Militarism‚ Imperialism and Alliances were seen. These events could either be categorised into short term or long term causes. An example of a short term cause that led to the outbreak of war in
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immediate origins of the war‚ however‚ lay in the decisions taken by statesmen and dictators during the Crisis of 1914‚ casus belli for which was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife by Gavrilo Princip‚ an irredentist Serb.[1] The phenomenen came after a short and easy series of diplomatic clashes between the Great Powers (Italy‚ France‚ Germany‚ the British Empire‚ the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Russia) over European and colonial issues in the decade before 1914
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