How significant was the ‘Domino Theory’ as a reason for US involvement in the conflict in Vietnam? What is the most important part of this question? “HOW SIGNIFICANT” “DOMINO THEORY” This must be your main focus. However‚ to analyse how significant it is‚ you need to be able to consider other factors. That said‚ to achieve the top marks you need to consider other factors only in the context that they make the domino theory more or less significant. Refer to the domino theory in every paragraph.
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In 1871 the new German Empire was established and became one of the most important developments of the nineteenth century. This essay will outline the historical debate of whether Germany was unified by "coal and iron" or "blood and iron". The contributions of Otto von Bismarck will be looked at as well as economic‚ nationalist and military factors in the unification of German. Various sources will be used to show historians views on the subject and that of people who were present at the time.
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Was Dieppe Worth It? On August 19th 1942‚ Allied forces from Britain and Canada tried to capture the port of Dieppe‚ in German controlled France. Over 6000 allied troops took part in the attack‚ and more that half were killed‚ wounded‚ or captured. The battle only lasted nine hours. Even though the raid was a failure‚ it taught the Allies important things about planning and carrying out an attack‚ and helped the Allies succeed on D-Day‚ June 6th 1944‚ with the invasion of Normandy. If Canada had
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Adam Ward Book Report 2 Pre-AP Oklahoma History May 3‚ 2013 The book I read was called That Was Then‚ This is now by S.E. Hinton. The book tackles issues of growing up. The main character‚ Bryon‚ will have to choose his best friends and how to deal with change. One theme of the book is that stuff will happen‚ and there is nothing that we can do about it. The book starts with Bryon and his best friend‚ Mark‚ at a bar‚ owned by their friend Charlie. Bryon and Mark are a couple of typical kids
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Out of all the readings we did in our discussions about Women’s health and reproductive justice‚ “The Way it was” was hands down the most interesting out of all of them. I think the reason I found this reading so fascinating was because it was a first hand experience. The descriptive language in the reading was so vivid I could almost smell the unsterile rooms and aged leather. I had never had the thought that it wasn’t just teenagers who made a bad choice at a bad time‚ a rape victim‚ or an adulterous
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The word slavery cannot only be defined in which one human being is owned by another human being‚ but it is also known to be one of the greatest contributions to the American history. A slave was considered by law as a property‚ and was deprived of most of the rights normally held by free persons. Hence‚ slavery transforms human beings into things or objects that only powerful or rich people can only buy. Moreover this thing called slavery mistreated so many people by destroying their lives and their
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Was Columbus an Imperialist? On October 12‚ 1492‚admiral colon spent a total of ninety six days exploring the lands he encountered on the far side of the ocean seafour rather small coralline islands in the bahamian chain and two substantail coastlines of what he finally acknowledged were larger islands every one of which he took possession of in the name of his sovereigns. Admiral Colon landed on a tropical Caribbean island. Finding this island was purely accidental. Colon had originally
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Was there a Blitz spirit? * During the Blitz‚ there was a lot of bombings and damage which caused upset to many people. However in England‚ to a large extent it is believed that there was a Blitz spirit. There were mottos such as ‘keep calm and carry on’ which told people not to worry about the Blitz and just continue with their normal lives. Blitz spirit‚ defined as whatever happens you’ll stick to something until the bitter end. However‚ to some extent people believed there was no such thing
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Slavery has been around ever since the early 1600s in America. The very first slaves were shipped to the North American colony to help with plantation. Slavery was entrenched in the southern colonies because of the demand of workers for cultivating crops and it was justified by plantation owners through religion‚ however many African Americans gained their freedom by rebelling. Although slavery had already existed in America‚ it became deeply rooted in the southern economy‚ politics‚ and culture
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The last time I was in the hospital visiting my grandma I found out she had cancer. It was like any other day‚ getting out of school‚ going home‚ and yet something didn’t feel right. All day as I listened to my teachers teach but yet my mind was somewhere far off. I just kept thinking to myself something’s not right‚ something’s up. At this moment‚ math seems to be troubling me. I knew that 5 times 5 equaled 25‚ but somehow I couldn’t write it down. Some may say it’s a supernatural thing whenever
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