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    An important turning point of the black history happened in 1951‚ when it was the first time that the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case Brown v. Board of Education. That is the issue‚ which can be tie into Goodness. First of all‚ goodness can be defined in many ways Americans attacked‚ hurt‚ and kill blacks‚ while black community decided to use non-violent to protest. On December 1st‚ 1955‚ it was a raining day‚ after one full-day work‚ Rosa Parks walked to Court Square and waited for the

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    The Treaty of Versailles The Treaty of Versailles was the peace treaty that officially ended World War I between the Allied and Germany. The Allies created a League of Nations and armed with concept of a 14 point treaty that would stop war forever. The treaty was forced on Germany‚ in doing so they had to accept sole responsibility for starting the war. And that they had to pay for all the damages‚ decrease their military and surrender territory. With Germany unable to pay for the war and the

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    as did his predecessors. Kennedy and his advisors continued to fear the domino theory‚ the possibility of global communism‚ as a response to South Vietnam winning the war. It is a shame that neither Kennedy nor previous presidents could see that Vietnam only wanted to be a free and independent country ruled only by themselves (Moss‚ 2010). Kennedy’s assassination was a turning point in the war for many reasons. Under Kennedy there had been talks about removing troops from Vietnam. Kennedy

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    the outcome of the war was that the Hudson river went right through the battle. Another factor that made up the battle was the weapons they used. The British and the Americans used many of the same weapons. The battle of Saratoga was known as a turning point in the American Revolution because the Continental Army was not known to beat the British. War Weapons Many weapons were used in the American Revolutionary War. A common gun the soldiers used was called a musket‚ a light gun with a barrel

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    Essay 2 Throughout history we haven’t seen a lot of things like the Persian wars. These wars were between Greek city states including Athens‚ Sparta and a few others small cites. Along with the massive Persian Empire. This happened over two thousand years ago and we’ll notice; why this was a major turning point within the Greek society‚ cultural developments that happened within the "Golden Age"‚ and the fall between Athens and Sparta which led to the Peloponnesian wars. The society and culture

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    General George Meade. There was approximately 75‚000 men in the Confederacy’s Army fighting under General Robert Lee. This is the most important battle because of what lead up to Gettysburg‚ what the three day battle was‚ and because they were the turning point of the Civil War. The Battle of Gettysburg Pennsylvania was caused all because the president couldn’t kill a man and his Army. "In response to the election of the anti-slavery Abraham

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    Turning point of the Cold War and JKF Assassination The assassination of President Kennedy was the turning point in history as many felt he and his family was American royalty‚ he had the ability to reach Americans through his speeches‚ as it helped Americans through some stressful times in cold war history‚ he was a catalyst in allowing Americans to be part of history from the first walk on the moon and the equality of all human rights in the United States. One of his most famous

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    A Turning Point in the War The two battles of Saratoga‚ fought in the fall of 1777‚ were the turning point in the American Revolution. The British General; John Burgoyne had won a small battle against the American troops‚ in which his army was weakened‚ and continued attack the U.S. army again on October 7th (History‚ 1). Because the British troops were wearied and were running out of supplies‚ Burgoyne’s army was defeated and retreated. Ten days later‚ at Saratoga‚ New York‚ Burgoyne surrendered

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    44 BC‚ Julius Caesar was murdered by a Roman senator in a conference room next to Pompey’s theater. The murder of Caesar is one of the most famous events in the everlasting Roman history of the endless history of Shakespeare’s famous play as well as contemporary stories. The assassination also proved a major turning point in many changes throughout the Roman Empire. Sixty Roma aristocrats participated in the plot to murder Caesar‚ and 14 Senators actually participated in the stabbing. Caesar was

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    In history‚ there has been many turning points that changed the course of history; a turning point can be defined as a time when a decisive change takes place. Throughout the history of the United States‚ there have been many events that changed the nation and two major fundamental events were America’s entry into World War I and the economy’s introduction of the assembly line. Both of these major events brought along many social‚ economic‚ and political changes. During the Industrial

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