Chicago Fire was a disaster of devastation‚ and most likely the worst disaster of the 19th century. The tragedy killed more than 300 people and left more than 100‚000 people without homes. Not only did the conflagration take a human toll‚ but the fire caused 200 million dollars in property damage and decimated more than three square miles of the city of Chicago. Despite speculation on the true cause of the fire‚ Emily Upton describes natural factors that allowed the fire to become a monstrous conflagration
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Without this type of cause it is very likely that the revolution in France ever would have happened. Even so there are three other important factors to the revolution‚ Political‚ Social‚ and Cultural. All four of these causes together are what really caused the French Revolution. Before the French Revolution France was in a major economic crisis. There was a royal debt; the French government kept spending more money than it was receiving by taxes. By 1786 the government realised the problem
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Name : Lee Jing Jing ID Number : 4224361 Essay Question:- Domestic violence is mainly caused by poverty. Do you agree or disagree? Domestic violence is widely interpreted as a form of disparaging actions carried out by either one or both parties in a relationship such as marriage‚ siblings‚ friends or any people who essentially live together. Some forms of domestic violence include domestic abuse‚ spousal abuse‚ child abuse and intimate partner violence (IPV). They who tend to be
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overcrowded and people wanted to move west. The westward expansion was caused by the overpopulation. Americans wanted to own their own land‚ make it productive and provide for
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of the French society gave up on their hopes ‚ Enough was Enough they have decided and not to take anymore misery from the upper classes such as the king and the Royal families which were called at the time The "Absolute Monarchy". So what really caused the French revolution?After being one of the powerful and richest countries in Europe‚ The People of France were facing a very hard times‚ poverty misery‚ hunger‚ tears and fear were all coming together for a long while. People of France were divided
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This bloody‚ cruel war was called‚ The Civil War. You would think that the only cause of The Civil War was slavery‚ but boy‚ oh boy‚ you are wrong. One of the many causes of The Civil War was states’ rights. Southern states believed that according to the Declaration of Independence‚ they were free and independent states. As free states they believed they could write their own laws without interference from the federal government.
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Suicide Caused by Work Related Stress Brandy Forsch Kaplan University CM 107 Suicide caused by Work Related Stress Managing stress is very important in the everyday life of employees; it can be defined in many different ways. Most of today’s employers have seen an employee in tears caused by work stresses‚ but crying can be just the start of it. Some workers get so distressed that they opt for suicide. Workplace suicides in the US are on the rise. Suicides caused by stress in the workplace
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The Great Depression was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world which lasted for an entire decade. It began in August 1929‚ when the United States economy first went into an economic recession. Its kickoff was “Black Thursday‚" October 24‚ 1929 when traders sold 12.9 million shares of stock in one day‚ tripling the usual figures. Over the next few days‚ stock prices fell 23 percent causing the famed “Stock Market crash” which sent Wall
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In no more than 2‚ 250 words‚ analyse the text of the speech‚ paying particular attention to the following features of its semantics and lexical structure: use of metaphor‚ semantic field‚ text type‚ register‚ intertextuality. Martin Luther King was one of the main leaders of the American civil rights movement‚ who fought against discrimination‚ and made a powerful appeal for justice and equality. Looking back to the history‚ in 1963 the America was divided into black and white population
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competing for power‚ commercial rivalries and similar colonial interests. Nationalism also led to an arms race. This was facilitated by the pride of the citizens in wanting either independence or for their nation to prevail‚ which eventually caused a battle between the nations. Everyone wanted to prove that they were the best and in order to obtain total supremacy‚ military force was the best way to gain
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