On June 17‚ 1972‚ the U.S. had one of the biggest lies in the history of the White House. President Richard Nixon did some scandalous things to the other party to ensure his reelection. This was known as the Watergate Scandal. President Nixon and his committee took an aggressive approach to their campaign. During his final months before the reelection was to take place‚ he felt threatened by the opposing democratic party. Richard Nixon and his committee came up with a scheme to cheat their way to
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Christianity was forbidden when it first arrived to keep all of the Roman citizens under control of their rulers. If only there was right leadership then all of the unfortunate events that happened to the Roman Empire could of been avoidable‚ but instead this did not happen and as result the Roman Empire fell in 476 C.E due to immoderate
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Empire‚ now called the Byzantine Empire‚ decided in 535 that they were the legitimate rulers of Italy and sent an army to overthrow the Ostrogoths. (“Barbarian Invasions”) Because the Byzantine Empire was not tied as closely with its western half‚ it did not fall with Rome. It “continued well into the medieval period‚ becoming the most powerful state in Europe” (“History of the Byzantine
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Ultimately‚ Romulus and Remus were born. Amulius‚ furious‚ wanted to sentence the newborns and Rhea Silvia to death. But he did not want to be directly responsible for the death of a god’s wife and children‚ so he imprisoned Rhea instead and ordered a servant to throw the two infants into the Tiber River‚ one of the longest rivers in Italy. When the servant forced to drown the
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this was achieved‚ the peasantry withdrew from revolutionary action‚ because the common peasant were anti-capitalist in their attitude and hence‚ in conflict with the liberal-minded bourgeois revolutionaries. Although to begin with these two factions did share a common goal‚ nevertheless their interest seem to polarize each other as the Revolution continued‚ but Lefebvre acknowledges that to a significant extent the Revolution understandable would be a Bourgeoisie Revolution‚ as the bourgeois were
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Sparta simply believed that the Lycurgus system did not need to be altered. Furthermore‚ they were against Spartans having too much wealth or personal power. As a result‚ the Lycurgus system’s rigidity produced a closed society plagued by the effects of inbreeding. Some historians agree that "the Spartan
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Socrates‚ the father of philosophy‚ and teacher: Is he corrupt? Did this man‚ who still teaches students thousands of years after his life ended‚ earn capital punishment? Was it fair to receive such severe punishment for teaching the youth to ask questions? Was an innocent person murdered? Despite it being the unpopular answer to the question‚ Socrates did deserve his penalty‚ but only through the perspective of the Athenians. The reasons are simple: Socrates really seemed to have committed the crime
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Slavery‚ where did it all begin? In 1619 a Dutch ship escorted 20 African slaves to Jamestown‚ Virginia know as the British Colony. During the 17th and 18th centuries‚ European settlers in North America were seeking out labor sourced servants. Europeans were mostly poor so they needed cheap labor sources which lead them to African slaves. There is not an exact number of how many slaves were brought to America but the number is close to 6 to 7 million during the 18th century. African slaves worked
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Sean Chen Ms. Magnotte History 2015/5/14 How did the U.S. reacts when the USSR launched Sputnik 1? During World War II‚ the United states and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic were allies and fought against Nazi Germany. However‚ even before the war has ended‚ both countries identify each other as devil-incarnate. This “friendship” had and only could exist because of a mutual enemy‚ the Nazi Germany. After World War 2 had ended‚ there was no reason for the U.S. and the USSR to maintain their
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What is nationalism‚ and why did it start? Now‚ a definition will tell you that nationalism is the belief that your country is superior‚ without question or doubt. Most historians would suggest that nationalism developed in England and France over the course of their state-building. Yet‚ it’s unknown where it exactly started. Now‚ nationalism often suffers from confusion both over the meaning of the term and over its role in the modern world. In many cases‚ nationalism can inspire people to break
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