Jocelyn Bedard The Spanish Inquisition was a time period that lasted roughly 700 years. When King Ferdinand used many torture tactics to establish religious unity. There were multiple gruesome tactics used to keep the citizens in the Catholic Church. It all started when a monk Martin Luther let out the many corruptions in the Catholic system. Following that many people started following Martin Luther. To stop the movement King Ferdinand the Second of Aragon and‚ Queen Isabella the First of Castile
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A red–black tree is similar in structure to a B-tree of order[note 1] 4‚ where each node can contain between 1 to 3 values and (accordingly) between 2 to 4 child pointers. In such B-tree‚ each node will contain only one value matching the value in a black node of the red–black tree‚ with an optional value before and/or after it in the same node‚ both matching an equivalent red node of the red–black tree. One way to see this equivalence is to "move up" the red nodes in a graphical representation
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Ancient Greek Legacies Throughout Ancient Greece there have been many legacies. The Olympic Games were created and become part of history. Architecture influenced modern buildings. During these times‚ different types of literature were produced. Three greatest legacies of Ancient Greece are literature‚ the Olympic Games‚ and architecture. The Olympic Games was created because of a myth. It began when Oenomaus‚ the king of Olympia had a daughter named Hippodamia and wanted to compete with the person
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They represented a departure from medieval views by emphasizing individual talent and curiosity. This individualism was a major shift from the communal ideals valued within the guilds during the Middle Ages. Guilds were professional associations devoted to protecting the special interests of a particular trade or craft and were established to monopolize production and
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April 12‚ 1861 was the first day of the Civil War. This was the war that would determine what kind of nation we would be. The causes of this war is mainly the lack of ability to compromise‚ and the poignant subject of slavery. When Abraham Lincoln‚ the first republican president‚ won the election in 1860 he guaranteed to keep slavery out of the territories. This caused an immediate uproar in the southern slave states‚ leading to seven of them seceding from the nation and creating their own; the confederates
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believed that it was wrong to capture‚ enslave and ship Africans to America to work in harsh conditions for free for White owners. The South‚ on the other hand believed slavery was right and should be used for helping the economy and producing cash crops so the North could use the supplies to make products. But the addition of new states‚ especially an uneven number made the tension grow between the two sides on the decision of slavery. The purpose of the Missouri Compromise was to remove sectional
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Was The US Justified in Their Actions Leading Up to and During The Nez Perce War? During the 1860s and 70s‚ US settlers killed as many as 30 Nez Perce‚ though many never stood trial. The US was not justified in their actions leading up to and during the Nez Perce War. To start off‚ the Nez Perce were left with little of their homelands. Also‚ the Nez Perce’s homeland held significant importance for them‚ as the land was where ancestors were buried and religious ceremonies performed. In addition‚
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Europe had been on the brink of war for many years before 1914. The rise of nationalism meant that no country was willing to yield their opinion on who should be the dominating power. Nationalism has both positive and negative definitions. It can refer to the sense of pride and unity felt by a populace of people. Nationalism can also be explained negatively as the way in which people or governments tend to put their own countries interests first. As the rise of nationalism between 1870 and 1914 led
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Britain was equipped thoroughly for the Crimea war in 1854‚ in evident to Source 2 stating “Britain‚ the most industrially developed of all European states”. This is exhibited by the amount of factory and mine workers within Britain. Half of the population in Britain lived in the country side (agriculture) providing various natural resources such as steel and good use of coal production to benefit and improve the British army in terms of weaponry‚ artillery etc. Britain was a vast‚ powerful empire
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The Cold War is the name that is given to the relationship between the USSR and the USA after World War II. It was essentially an ideological struggle between the USSR and the USA. Both the sides were trying to impose their political model as the dominant global one. For over 40 years (1945-1989) the USSR was in constant conflict with the USA‚ but it was a conflict that never ended up as open warfare. It stayed as a “Cold War” as both sides were trying to destroy each other through economic and political
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