Rose Faienza 9/2/13 Period.1 Summer Reading Essay Snow In August by Pete Hamill In the year 1947‚ the war veterans have come home‚ Jackie Robinson is about to become a dodger and in one closed minded neighborhood‚ an eleven year old Irish catholic boy named Michael Devlin has just made friends with a lonely rabbi from Prague. For Michael‚ the rabbi opens up a window to ancient learning and a new life style that he is not used to. For Judah‚ Michael helps educate the mysteries of America‚ including
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The Revolutionary War began April 19‚ 1775 and lasted until September 3‚ 1783. During this war there were smaller battles fought throughout the colonies between the Colonial and British forces for the 13 Colonies’ liberation from Great Britain. These battles helped to steer the course of the war and eventually end the war in our favor. One of these pivotal battles was the Battle of Bunker Hill and Breed’s Hill during the Siege of Boston. The battle took place in Charlestown a neighborhood of Boston
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The Peloponnesian War lasted from 431 to 404 B.C. and would put the Spartan empire in control of the entire Greek peninsula. The struggle between the two Greek mega powers‚ Sparta and Athens‚ began less than fifty years after they defeated the Persians. Athenian control of the seas would have to be equal to the Persian money if Sparta was going to win the war‚ and finally at the Battle of Syracuse‚ the Spartans showed that they were the masters of land and sea within Greece. With Sparta now in control
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This mostly consisted of the issue of extension of slavery into other territories. The debate that originally came up nearly 40 years before was eventually set to rest in the Missouri Compromise‚ but I guess it managed to arise again. The mexican war added new territories and the issue arose again in the 1840’s. Again‚ the issue was temporarily put to rest. However‚ the Kansas-Nebraska act of 1854 which was sponsored by Douglas‚ brought this slavery extension issue to the surface again. The Kansas-Nebraska
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The Vietnam War lasted from November 1955 through to April 1975. During this time almost 1.5 million people were killed including both soldiers and civilians. Towards the end of the 1960s the public began to be less approving of the war at hand starting many Anti-War Movements‚ which many popular musicians of the time joined as a voice of the masses. The Beatles were one of the many musicians who joined the protest against the Vietnam War. They formed in Liverpool‚ England‚ during 1960 voicing
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World War I was called The Great War because it indicated how big the war was going to be‚ especially since it was fought against the major powers of the world. World War I was fought between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers. The reason that WWI happened was due to Militarism‚ Alliances‚ Imperialism‚ and Nationalism. These four elements caused the greatest and deadliest war the world had seen at the time. However many people can’t decide which element was the most vital. The most vital element
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they did not pretend was peculiarly their own‚ which they knew was the cause of humanity and mankind. These Americans gave the greatest of all gifts‚ the gift of life and the gift of spirit." Wilson wanted to remain neutral. Germany pushed too far and the U.S. entered the war breaking way for allied victory. Back home propaganda was heavily used. After WWI we went back to isolationism. These are just some of the ways the United States was involved in WWI. President Wilson’s view on the war was to
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Why? Why did my dad have to go through all of this pain? I felt helpless knowing that I couldn’t do anything to help. In life God is going to throw obstacles at you so you learn to trust him and you can grow in your faith. The only problem was I was too young to realize this and I couldn’t do anything to help the situation; Why did my dad have to break his back? The day of the event i woke up like it was any other day. I was excited because I was going on a field trip to an apple orchard with my
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The north (the union) and the south (the confederacy)‚ prepared for war believed that they would win easily. To achieve a victory in war‚ both side will make a plan or strategy to win. The armies of both north and south marched off to war on the summer of 1861‚ their leaders created a plan to win. The north states possess twice the population of southern states‚ which gave more soldiers‚ farmers and industrial workers. The northern states had the majority of industries‚ which provide enough supplies
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If the British had won the Revolutionary War‚ I would not be sitting here writing this paper and you would not be reading this right now. Americans would not be Americans‚ but British. America would not even be around now and there would be no 50 states. Most of our ancestors would not have came if the British beat the Americans. Our ancestors came for independence‚ land‚ and economic gain‚ they came for a better life then they had where they were. Based on Britain back then‚ it was not like America
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