“Pearl Harbor was a catalyst for the United States entering World War II”. On December 7‚ 1941‚ Pearl Harbor‚ on the island of Oahu‚ was attacked. Japanese soldiers fired at battleships and aircrafts‚ killing over 2‚000 Americans. Franklin Roosevelt issued a meeting with Congress to discuss declaring war on Japan. On December 7‚ 1941‚ Roosevelt said‚ “A date which live in infamy”. By declaring war‚ the United States would no longer be an isolationist nation‚ changing the economy greatly. Franklin
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Christian Europeans civilizations began to emerge in Western Europe. The Frankish rule the emerged from within Rome established a Christian state that lasted that was founded by Clovis and was continually passed down to the sons from the Merovingians founded by Clovis‚ the Carolingians led by Charles Martel and Pepin III‚ to the age of Charlemagne following Pepin’s death. Although Charlemagne’s empire was able to improve the status of Western Europe‚ after Charlemagne’s death divisions among the heirs to
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Last week of Spring Break! It’s Time to make this three days one of the best days of my life. As I bought my tickets on United Airlines all I could think of was “Wow I’m actually going to leave the country and explore marvelous wonders on my own”. One of the best countries of the world would be Italy; I always wanted to travel to Rome‚ where all I could smell is pasta and wine. All night all I could think of was the next day I would be in an airplane on my way to Italy eating pizza. My summer clothes
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Ernie Breaks Sometimes expectations are too big to satisfy‚ even though you try your very best. It would be wrong to raise expectations to a level that cannot be met. You are scared that you might disappoint the people you have closest. Therefore you try to hide yourself and your insufficiency. This is just one of the things Cara deals with in the story‚ Ernie Breaks‚ written by Genevieve Scott. The short story is told through the eyes of Cara. Cara has just finished fourth grade‚ and her mother
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September 1814 saw the beginning of the Congress of Vienna. The aim of this conference was to sort out all the problems in Europe caused by the conquest of Napoleon. The question is how successful was this conference in making matters in Europe stable. To begin with‚ one of the aims of the congress was to bring peace to Europe. This meant that power had to be evenly distributed‚ balanced in other words. As a result‚ it was agreed that the five European powers (Russia‚ Austria‚ Prussia‚ France and
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on European history dates back more than 5000 years‚ at the beginning of the nineteenth century‚ it was still a impossible to understand and unknown place to Europeans. One reason was that Egypt was Muslim and Europe was Christian‚ and the poison produce by the Crusades and subsequent wars hindered open communication. Another reason was that most information of ancient Egyptian society had been lost some time before the Greeks settled the coast‚ so even though many people had seen the pyramids‚ temples
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Spring break is supposed to be a great time from the second it begins‚ until the second it ends. Now there is always that boring time it takes to get to wherever you may be going no matter how far that may be it is always the least fun of the entire vacation. My last spring break’s car ride happened to be the least fun by far of any trip I have taken up to this point in my life. It all started out not so good before I had even left to pick up my buddies who were riding with me for the trip. My good
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Why did Charles I lose the First Bishops War? The First Bishops War is defined as two conflicts between England and Scotland in 1639 and 1640. The cause of the war was due to the Scottish reaction against Charles I attempt to reform the Scottish church. After the implementation of the Scottish National Covenant against the King’s reforms in 1638‚ the Covenanters became the dominant political and religious force in Scotland. The main reasons for Charles losing the First Bishops War was due to the
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Many people believe the Civil War was caused because of slavery. While the issue of slavery was an important factor‚ it the factor that pushed everything over the edge. The north and south had been going at it before the topic of slavery came up. Slavery was just the one thing most people focused on. What I believe caused the war was the issue of states’ rights‚ the election of Abraham Lincoln‚ and books and media from that time period. In 1852 the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin was written by Harriet
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into the different opportunities and places that Alternative Breaks offers. When I found the trip in San Francisco‚ I felt that this program would offer me more leadership and volunteering opportunities. My favorite aspect of this program is how University of Oregon students can get together to help out communities and discuss the social issues important to our communities. From what I have learned from other students‚ Alternative Breaks can be a starting place before volunteering for the Peace Corps
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