chose to learn more about was Oklahoma NW Oklahoma Wildfire Outbreak. My family’s home burned down when I was a junior in high school so I can readily relate to fire disasters. Our home fire‚ however‚ was electrical and not a natural disaster. Our house had to be completely redone and we were out of our home for six months. I cannot imagine having the stress of knowing that your house was in the path of the fire. The Oklahoma Wildfire Outbreak occurred on March 6‚ 2017 and was declared on the disaster
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“WWI was a Balkan war that got out of control.” is this an adequate assessment of the events in 1914? Explain your answer. In order to gain a historical understanding of the inevitability of World War One (WWI) and the role of the Balkan War in this context‚ it is essential for one to understand how the Balkan war between Serbia and Austria- Hungary induced the Great War. The Balkan War proves a crucial piece in the rise of the Great War. It was a local war that dragged in all the Great Powers
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In the period leading up to the First World War‚ international tensions ran at an all time high. The sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915 was all that was needed to inflame the passions of millions of people. But such a tragedy left the world with the question of who was really responsible hanging on their minds. Attention quickly centered on three main groups: the Cunard Line‚ Germany‚ and the English government. Though much of the evidence went down with the ship‚ one may produce a valid conclusion
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Was Mikhail Gorbachev responsible for the fall of communism in Russia? Mikhail Gorbachev was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. He was a powerhouse and an effective leader who turned Russia around by improving the economy through his domestic reforms [Perestroika (restructuring)‚ Glasnost (openness)] and ending the cold war. Although Gorbachev was born during the reign of the communist government and was elected by the politburo he was responsible
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Angelica Torres John Snow was born on March 15‚ 1813 in Yorkshire‚ England. John Snow was the eldest son of a farmer and had five brothers and three sisters born exactly every two years. Attending a private school all of his life‚ it is unknown how John Snow’s father afforded for his son to attend such a school‚ however due to his education it is know that he is one of the most educated men to this day and titled "The Father of Modern Epidemiology". In reference to The Centers for Disease
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The Iraq War was Unjustified University of Phoenix MU11COM09 September 9‚ 2011 Comm/215 Essentials of College writing The Iraq War was Unjustified There are many reasons why the war Iraq was unjustified. Until today‚ Iraq has not been found to have weapons of mass destruction. There are beliefs that former President George W. Bush simply waged war on Iraq because of their oil. Iraq as a country and the former President Saddam Hussein had no link to al-Qaeda terrorist group. The United
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best way to estimate how threatening and common this virus can be. Epidemiological studies have reported a total of 44 countries which had Zika outbreaks from 2007 to 5 February 2016. This includes 33 countries that reported transmission in between 2015 and 2016. The most affected countries are Brazil with up to 1‚482‚701 cases reported since the outbreak began and Colombia with 20‚297 cases reported (up to 23 January 2016). Since the country’s first cases were detected in October 2015‚ there has
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Assembly‚ and The Consuls. The Senate was made up of nobleman‚ while The Assembly was made up of common working men. The Consuls‚ were powerful judges or military leaders. Julius Caesar was a politician and military general from a wealthy Roman family. He conquered Rome and Gaul (France). He governed it for 9 years and soon‚ he had conquered almost all of western Europe. Julius Caesar gained a lot of power and over time‚ became a dictator. Many people thought that he was making too many changes to Rome
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The Vietnam War was not necessary Donna Baker COM/172 Version 3 October 29‚ 2012 Donna Hooley The Vietnam War started in 1954 with the defeat of the French and ended in 1975 with the fall and withdrawal of Saigon. The United States’ (U.S.’s) involvement in the Vietnam War started in 1963 with support of weapons‚ military training‚ advisement‚ and supplies until 1965 when U.S. troops went into battle with the North Vietnamese (Szczepanski‚ n.d.). American troops did not pull out of the war until 1973
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they just wanted to kill Abraham off the start. The citizens knew there was going to be an attack on Abe and the citizens warned him‚ but he went regardless. Why did they try and kill Abraham Lincoln? John Surratt‚ Mary Surratt‚ David Herold‚ George Atzerodt‚ Dr. Samuel Mudd‚ Samuel Arnold‚ Michael O’Laughlen‚ Edmund Spangler and John Wilkes Booth wanted slaves because they lived in the south and thought not having slaves was not fair (Reynolds). Booth wanted black people to be slaves and
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