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    Prompt: What were Western motives for imperialism in Africa and how did people resist such oppression? Africans were forced to live their lives a certain way by the people in power but are now improving. The people who were in power were white people. Africans are able to do more than they used to and use more gadgets than they could use before.Africans made a good fight for their rights and are progressing as time passes. Some think they’re losing what’s most important. One reason that supports

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    If I Were President

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    If I Were President If I were president of Vietnam‚ I would change a series of recent laws. In my opinion‚ the most important thing that leads to the lives of happy residents is the laws. Of course‚ it must be a very strict law instead of a lax law which is not enforced First of all‚ I would ban alcohol. As far as I know‚ most of the accidents and crimes are related to alcohol. The drunk are usually out of control and don’t know what they are doing. The other option would be people could drink

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    What were the causes of the American Civil War? The Civil War happened due to the many differences between the North and the South. For example economic‚ social‚ cultural and political differences. These all helped lead America to a Civil War. But to an extent‚ the most important cause was the fact there were many disagreements with states’ rights versus federal rights. It was clear that there was always going to be a conflict between the federal government and the state governments because

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    Through His Eyes Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s "If I Were A Man" is the story of Mollie Mathewson‚ physically and emotionally a true woman in all aspects. She is a good wife and a wonderful mother. Still‚ she strongly feels that she would rather be a man‚ whenever Gerald and her are getting in arguments. Suddenly she finds herself as her husband. His feelings and thoughts are obvious to her; she realizes how different her reality is from his. Mollie is thinking through Gerald’s brain and looks at the

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    research has lead us to believe that the Aboriginals were civilized people‚ specifically‚ considering the fact that they had several notable technological advancements‚ proper agriculture‚ aquaculture and management of the surrounding land. They invented various efficient ways to create sustainability and livability‚ and in doing so produced a civilised and sophisticated society. AGRICULTURE The agricultural aspects of the Indigenous Australians were a major contributing factor that pointed towards

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    is how did such a horrific war start? What was the final straw? Tensions arose throughout Europe years before World War 1 actually began. A number of alliances involving European powers‚ Russia‚ the Ottoman Empire‚ and other parties existed for year. The political instability in the Balkans threatened to destroy these agreements. The last straw was drawn when Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire‚ was assassinated along with his wife Sophie on June 28‚ 1914. They were killed

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    Discussion Forum Question Unit 5 What were the outcomes of the second Punic War? The second Punic war was caused by the growing rivalry between the two great powers that were struggling for supremacy in the western Mediterranean (Morey‚ W.C.‚ 1901). In the Second Punic War‚ the great Carthaginian general Hannibal invaded Italy and scored great victories at Lake Trasimene and Cannae before his eventual defeat at the hands of Rome’s Scipio Africanus in 202 B.C. which left Rome in control of the western

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    Book Review: And Then There Were None An intriguing‚ bone-chilling murder mystery that will guarantee to drown you into its void of darkness. Ten victims‚ each aching with guilt and fear‚ are selected by a murderous hand and escorted onto a remote island off the coast of Devon. Oblivious as to whom their captor may be‚ they are murdered‚ one by one and soon enough ten dead bodies are found on lonely Indian Island. Only a revelation in a bottle unveils how nobody remained on the isolated island

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    off areas in which people who were considered dangerous to the government would be imprisoned. The order had a special target; to imprison all Japanese Americans. It ordered people of Japanese descent to evacuate the west coast and relocate into one of ten internment camps. After the attack on Pearl Harbor‚ the treatment of Japanese Americans revealed the widespread racism the United States felt towards Japanese people during

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    If I were the principal of my school If I were the principal of my school I would bring about many changes in the system of running the school. Most the ways‚ rules and regulations have become outdated and need changes. We have a load of work for the students and hardly have they found time to play. The school starts in the morning with assembly and much time is wasted there. If I become the principal I would stop all those long lectures about discipline and hard work. I would encourage the students

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