General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was best known for his leadership and the impact he had on the Pacific front during World War II. He also excelled during the first Great War and the Korean War. He was a decorated veteran that was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Philippines. At home‚ the American people revered him as a hero. President Harry Truman saw a different man in MacArthur. He saw a subordinate‚ rogue leader intent on doing whatever he wanted in the Pacific. This paper
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Grant had many important domestic policies. The major policies he dealt with were national reconstruction‚ civil rights of African Americans and creating a better relationship with the Native Americans. It was a very difficult‚ yet crucial‚ time when Grant entered the White House. Grant was resolute to follow Lincoln’s policy of reconciliation with the South rather than punishment or retribution. He also wanted to make sure that the government kept a strong Union while at the same time protecting
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How Violent Was the Old West? When people think about the Old West they usually think about Cowboys‚ murderers‚ and violence. But how violent was the Old West really? I think the people are often just exaggerating. One reason for that are probably all the western movies that represent it often in a wrong way. They show cowboys as men whose only job is to have gun fights with bad guys. Of course this isn’t true. Know something about the history of the Old West respectively the Great Plains. The
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During the 1930’s the Soviet Union found itself in a incredibly difficult position. Following Lenin’s death in 1925 Stalin was able to consolidate his power base and break with Kamenev and Zinoviev. And by then end of the decade he emerged as the supreme leader. In 1928 Stalin introduces his first Five-Year Plan‚ the “revolution from above” to help develop the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union had fallen behind‚ Stalin remarked‚ “We are fifty to one-hundred years behind the advanced countries.... we
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David Ogunkoya was dying. As the clouds floated past‚ the bird chirped‚ and the sun shined‚ he stared out blankly. He could almost feel his heartbeat slow as his watch ticked another minute closer to the train’s coming. The hot‚ sticky sweat from hours of sitting on the magnetically charged trackline in that thick uniform. The charming hum of the tracks had almost lulled him to sleep‚ but the watch’s insistent clicking always brought him back. “Do not fade‚” it seemed to say‚ “you still have something
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Why Lutheran Education? To say education was important to Martin Luther would be an understatement. Most of the historical focus on his life and works remains with his work in polemics‚ translation‚ and biblical commentary. Not only was Luther a life-long learner of the Scriptures‚ he was also a skilled educator‚ though one may not always find his name immortalized in the hallowed halls of education like one could find his contemporary‚ Philip Melanchthon. This attitude‚ however‚ betrays an aspect
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connections. The internal strife‚ proved overwhelming and disintegration of these empires occurred rapidly. Disintegration was exacerbated greatly by Revolutions‚ such as the French Revolution‚ which was built on the foundation that rights in a nation applied in colonies‚ ultimately giving rise to the freeing of slaves. Thus the collapse of empires was generally founded on the attack of what had been the considered as the most lucrative and significant aspect of empire: slavery. A movement emerged to embrace
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Human nature and the effects of the natural world and social environment on it can be seen greatly in the short-story "The Interlopers" written by H. H. Munro. In "The Interlopers" Munro has placed two feuding men into an environment of hostility that eventually gets the best of the two. The excerpt analyzed will be the following: The two enemies stood glaring at one another for a long silent moment. Each had a rifle in his hand‚ each had hate in his heart and murder uppermost in his mind. The chance
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development.” A new group of reformers‚ labeled the Progressives‚ rose to power in response to the conflicts. The Progressive Era lasted from 1890 to 1920‚ with its beginning being that of a social movement and later becoming a political movement. U.S. Senator Albert Beveridge was a keynote speaker at the 1912 Progressive Party convention. Senator Beveridge summarized the Progressive platform
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The music scene was never the same again after Selena Quintanilla passed away. Many celebrities and music artists remember her exhilirating performances that changed the Latin cross-over music scene forever. You may have seen the movie where Jennifer Lopez portrayed her. EOnline has it that Lopez dove into the role and made Selena’s story come alive. Because of that‚ both her and Selena emerged as bigger stars than ever. Selena’s influence has reached far and wide. She has inspired many inspiring
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