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    America‚ was for their own gain‚ it was to help create a supply of resources for them to receive as a return for helping them start anew. This was how it started‚ but what Britain did not realize was this was going to be the start of a new culture being brought forward to join forces as one. The British attempted to hold strict laws against the colonies so they continued gaining the most benefits. These British colonies in America were able to create a personal identity for themselves by their use

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    How successfully did the National Government deal with the economic problems of the 1930s? In dealing with the economic depression of the 1930s‚ it is my opinion that the recovery of Britain was mainly due to the stages of rearmament in the run-up to the Second World War. This is not to say‚ however‚ that the National Government failed to combat the rises in unemployment‚ reaching a peak of three million‚ and the ruined staple industries‚ they implemented several policies to reboot the

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    What social problems concerned the progressive in the united states ? include in the role of women in the profressive movement? The Dynamic Period (1900– 1920)‚ the nation thought about the issues caused by industrialization and urbanization. Progressivism‚ a urban‚ middle‐class change development‚ bolstered the administration playing a more prominent part in tending to such issues as the control of huge business and the welfare of people in general. A considerable lot of its achievements depended

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    information regarding the travels of Viking explorers in the Americas. These two documents are called: The Saga of the Greenlanders and The Saga of Erik the Red. It converses about a Norse explorer who had led the exploration into the Americas and what they call‚ “Vinland.” And because of numerous

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    Although the Spanish American war endured around ten weeks and not as many lives were lost‚ it was a big part of the beginning of the United States. During the Spanish American war‚ there were a variety of disasters as well as gossip and fear around the people that lived during that period of time an example was the Maine battleship. The Spanish American war of 1898 was a huge contribution of the Cuban Insurrectos behavior which led the rising of the barbed-wire concentration camps‚ as well as the

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    Wiglaf: The Wrath of Grendel 1. What angered Grendel? 2. What do the scops (minstrels) in Herot sing about? 3. Who were Grendel’s parents? 4. What did Grendel find when he entered Herot? What did he do? 5. How did Hrothgar and his people react? 6. Who were the only survivors? 7. How long was Herot empty? 8. What object did Grendel never touch? Why? 9. How did the Danes sometimes try to solve their problems with Grendel? What advice does the author give about this?

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    In the Golden Age period‚ Spartan and Athens were the existing powerful city- states in Greece‚ without both being satisfied despite being prosperous. The more Athens tried to become stronger‚ the more the Spartans were trying to break them down; therefore‚ it is possible to say that they were fighting for power. The cities belonging to the Delian League were supporting the Athens whereas; the Peloponnesian League supported the Spartans. Finally‚ the Peloponnesian war took place in 431 BC which lasted

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    1) How did freed slaves respond to Reconstruction? How did freedom affect the economic‚ social‚ and political life of former slaves? In what ways was their freedom still incomplete? With the abolition of slavery came different reactions.  The Blacks who were freed were undoubtedly‚ grateful and extremely happy.  With their freedom they began to search for other ways to feel more like a free person; for example they found their own names that were different from the ones given to them by their masters

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    Introduction Racism. A relatively new word in our vocabulary. The word was not defined until 1936‚ when Webster’s dictionary defined racism as 1: A belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race 2: Racial prejudice or discrimination. This is a definition of racism that was written by white men‚ back wen it was ok to deny the access of certain facilities to blacks. This was even considered

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    Having occupied Austria in March 1938‚ Adolf Hitler turned his attention to the ethnically German Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. Since its formation at the end of World War I‚ Czechoslovakia had been wary of possible German advances. This was largely due to unrest in the Sudetenland which was fomented by the Sudeten German Party. Formed in 1931 and led by Konrad Henlein‚ the party worked to bring the region under German control. Though not recognized by the Czechoslovak government‚ it was

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