variety of reasons. It was mainly two ethnic groups that were associated with this event‚ the Hutu and Tutsi. For many years these two groups lived with and among each other somewhat peacefully until tensions started to rise and major events broke out‚ which eventually led to The Rwandan Genocide. Rwanda‚ which has always been a poor country‚ lacked many resources and many people were extremely poor‚ and along with this they had a very hot climate‚ not a lot of waterways‚ and not a lot of sources
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started a several year massacre that claimed the lives of nearly 1.5 million Armenians. The Armenians were viewed as infidels in the eyes of the Ottoman rulers. Different Armenian leaders were gathered and executed‚ which was the beginning of the massacre. Although some countries and people do not view this as a genocide‚ it should not have happened because the Armenians were only scapegoats to the problems occurring in the Ottoman Empire‚ in result 1.5 million lives were taken‚ and it was a crime
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Consider the ways in which the author presents Mathilde as a selfish‚ self-absorbed woman. ‘The necklace begins with a short paragraph describing Madame Mathilde Loisel‚ and her character. Though she was‚ ‘Pretty and charming’‚ Mathilde and her husband‚ a junior clerk‚ are not very well off financially‚ and therefore the couple live a modest lifestyle. Mathilde’s selfish desires of a life of ‘refinement and luxury’‚ with servants and extravagant living conditions are somewhat alien to her simple
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If you were in the situation that our nation was becoming divided. The south wanted there to be slaves for labor. The north did not want slavery because they thought people were all equal. The civil war was a very bloody war and over 625‚000 people died and a lot more were injured. (Ron Paul Video)Could the Civil War Have Been Avoided? The civil war could not have been avoided for two main reasons; the sectional tension‚ and the election of abraham lincoln. The civil war was a battle over slavery
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How one responds to a situation is a huge factor that contributes to personal happiness‚ for the state of happiness is achieved from accomplishing a certain goal. In the 18th century‚ the 13 colonies was in feud with its mother country‚ Britain; refusing to pay taxes without representation. George Washington‚ the General of the Continental Army‚ was hopeless and at the brink of surrender. Yet through the motivational articles such as Paine’s Common Sense‚" the establishment of the Declaration
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There were various ways World War II could have been prevented. Small events led to the immediate cause of World War II‚ these events could have been averted. Isolationism should have been ended and Fascism could have been fought prior to the death of millions. Countries were selfish‚ especially the U.S.‚ when it came to getting involved in foreign affairs. Many countries faced their own economic depression and issues‚ resulting in political leaders turning their concern away from the threat of Germany
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plot in this book is a very true to life plot‚ and I actually very much enjoyed the way that it was told and laid out‚ because the book’s whole theme was very realistic and believable. I cannot even imagine being Melinda and having to deal with something as horrible and disturbing as being raped‚ and on top of that having to come back to school with everyone hating you and treating you like an outcast. Overall I think that the plot progresses at a decent pace throughout the book‚ and you can really
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left a giant burning hole in the building by the 80th floor of the 110 story building. Hundreds of people instantly died‚ while hundreds were still trapped on upper floors. 18 minutes later‚ a second plane hit near the 60th floor of the south tower. This crash caused debris to rain all over people and buildings nearby. People instantly knew America was under attack. At 9:45 a.m. a third American Airlines plane crashed directly into the Pentagon in Washington D.C. Less than 15 minutes later‚ the south
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Preventing 9/11: Could it Have Been Done? September 11th‚ 2001: the American people will remember this day as the day the unthinkable happened: someone‚ or rather a group of people‚ infiltrated the seemingly impregnable American defenses and turned our own airplanes on us. Crashing several planes into different important federal buildings‚ these terrorists spread terror throughout the country. Nobody thought that the most powerful country in the world could be attacked so easily‚ and
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second revolutionary war. But could it have been avoided? Well yes it most certainly could have been avoided‚ but then again couldnt most wars have been avoided? Though some people do not have the same reasoning. Other think that the war of 1812 was unavoidable‚ that it was "destined" to happen. Well what reasons do they have to think that? Though what reason do i have to think what i do? Well i will tell you. One reason that i think that the whole war could have just been avoided is because the british
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