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    main obstacles to cooperation? The world we live in always seems to contain wars and conflicts. Just by looking back over 100 years‚ the history is filled with major wars like the two World Wars‚ the constant scare of escalation of threat during the Cold War and more recently The Afghan and Iraq War. Despite the fact that people always talk about the need for peace‚ the world is instead filled with fear and constant security threats. Since the First World War many theorists and political scientists

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    The Cold War is used to describe the conflictive relationship between the US and the Soviet Union after World War II‚ which the two powers fought through proxy wars‚ yet they themselves never fought against each other directly and physically. During World War II‚ the US and USSR were allies because they had the same enemy‚ which was Nazi Germany led by Adolf Hitler and the Japanese; however‚ the mutual enemy was the only reason why the two super powers cooperated. In fact‚ the leaders of the two

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    represents The United States government. In the play‚ Eliza is a very common girl in England trying to make something of herself selling flowers to get by. Her ambitions are to succeed as more than a common person and open a flower shop. According to the World Bank‚ almost 40% of Uganda’s population lives off of less than $1.25 a day‚ most of which is corrupt (T.I. 2012). Uganda’s dream to become a middle class country with industry was in sight with the discovery of oil in the

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    interests of self governance as well as the National Security of the U.S. 3.) Some of the events that led to the creation of the European Union are the: * The imperial Crisis * The Russian Revolution and Communism * World War/ Global War * World War 2 * European Coal and steel Community * Treaty of Paris * Schuman declaration * Treaties of Rome * Holocaust B.) Roman Empire

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    A single decision can lead a peaceful nation to turn to a bloody nation. During World War 2‚ Japan wants to take over the Philippines and the Pacific. Japan‚ taking over other nations‚ was at least successful at first due to an excellent military tactics. But later as United States‚ rival of Japan‚ found out the pattern of Japan’s movement‚ United States were able to attack Japan‚ causing lose of Japan’s newly gained territories in 1945. In this idea of Japan invading other countries successfully

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    Acts: whenever the president acknowledges the existence of a war‚ three neutrality acts go into place 1) No sailing on belligerent ships 2) No transporting and selling army to belligerent nations 3) No making loans to belligerent nations Spanish Civil War: Franco leads a rebellion against the government and overthrows the government in Spain Quarantine Speech: Japan has just invades China. FDR doesn’t recognize this as a war‚ but recognizes it as an invasion so that we can give help to

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    Excellent report. Covered all areas. How World War I and World War II influence fashion. Wars and social changes brought the last radical the type of clothing that seemed appropriate. Since World War I and World War II‚ men and women’s cloths have changed dramatically. The United States was one of the most involved countries in both of these wares. Industrial and social change was always around. Women’s clothes seen to have changed more during the time of war. A successful revolt by women against

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    5.4 Values and the Crossroads of Life—Work File After reading the course resources‚ answer questions 1-10. (10 points each)
Please take time to answer each question completely. 1. Think of a person who has positively influenced your life or for whom you have great admiration. Write down the characteristics that person has/had that you would like to develop. Someone who has positively influenced my life and I have great admiration for is my friend David. David is very ambitious‚ motivated‚

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    main resource to live. You can buy food from anywhere you want‚ but what about the World War Two soldiers‚ why couldn’t they get whatever they wanted. World War Two soldiers had limited protein on their canned food back then‚ in this day and age you can get protein from anywhere. Food is a very scarce resource and it was relied a lot by the soldiers‚ in which they got small portions of it. “The history of World War Two foods. There were no supermarkets you had to grow your own‚ or buy them from

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    Was World War I primarily fought in the trenches? Life in the Trenches There was nothing glamorous about trench life. World War 1 trenches were dirty‚ smelly and riddled with disease. For soldier’s‚ life in the trenches meant living in fear. In fear of diseases (like cholera and trench foot) and of course‚ the constant fear of enemy attack. Trench warfare WW1 style is something all participating countries vowed never to repeat and the facts make it easy to see why. Photo- British troops sitting

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