Why Was ’Jack the Ripper’ Never Caught? In 1888‚ 5 horrific and brutal murders were committed‚ which the police believed were all by the same man. This particular case‚ even today‚ intrigues people all over the globe due to the fact that the perpetrator was never caught. He’s known to the world as ’Jack the Ripper’ because of the vicious way in which he mutilated his victims. The four main contributors to him not being caught were the police investigation and incompetence‚ media sensationalism
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The leaders of the group felt that this was needed in the new colony to prevent anarchy‚ (unlike the Roanoke settlement‚ the men and women of the newly found Jamestown were not under the control of the Virginia Company of London.) While living in the new colonies‚ the citizens were forced to
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Why was the reform act of 1832 passed? There were several major factors involved in the build up to the reform act which all led to the government having to enforce the reform act to keep the people happy. The voting system was extremely out of date‚ having not been altered since the 18th century and the government had not taken into consideration the demographic changes with had taken place since then. There were many rotten boroughs (Areas which had low vote to high representation ratio) and
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other leaders did with their countries‚ too. This wariness‚ once seen as paranoia by his own people‚ became the very reason why they rallied behind him and supported the expulsion of General Batista for good. This wariness‚ once seen as unwarranted hostility‚ became the reason why Castro overcame
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directed toward one another it is prudent to understand the reasons why there was so much mistrust between the two opposing superpowers. Each side had adopted separate ideologies that greatly contrasted with each other. The USA with the backing of the western world was capitalist‚ who essentially belied that the freedom of control for the individual was far more important than being equal and alike. Contrary to this‚ the USSR was a Communist one party dictatorship that believed that the rights of
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Why the New Deal was Wrong Many times decisions are based on emotions and not on facts. Being able to look at a situation objectively is necessary in order to make judgments. The provisions of the New Deal sound kind and generous at first but did they really benefit the country? During the Great Depression‚ the Federal Government took a more active role in the economic‚ political‚ and social problems centering around the Great Depression which culminated in the creation of the New Deal. Observing
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General Douglas Haig was the general of the army and he had a really important role to play. His role was to command the army; however‚ his plans didn’t turn out to be a success because there were so many deaths. This was in the Battle of the Somme. The Battle of the Somme was on July 1st 1916 – November 18th 1916. This battle had started as Germany had attacked France in Verdun and France was losing. This then meant that they had to call one of their allies and the only near friend was Britain. They called
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Why was there a civil war in England in 1642? In 1642‚ an English Civil War broke out. This was a battle between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists. This will be an essay giving information on the long term and short term causes for the English Civil War. I will be dividing the long term causes into the economic‚ religious and political causes and I will also include short terms causes towards the end of the essay. From 1625-1649 Charles I believed that kings got their power from God
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The Cold War was one of the longest conflicts that the United States of America has been involved in. It was between the worlds two largest super powers at the time‚ The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or U.S.S.R and the United States of America. During this 45 year conflict‚ there was never any direct military conflict between the two‚ but there were other events such as the Korean War‚ Space Race‚ Arms Race‚ Cuban Missile Crisis‚ Vietnam War‚ and the creation of NATO along with many other events
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Field airport to the trade mart where he was to deliver his speech. Kennedy’s motorcade stopped twice to greet friendly crowds‚ but this was not to last. After driving for about 45 minutes‚ Kennedy turned on to Elm Street and went through Dealey Plaza. On the right side of his car‚ six stories up‚ shots rang out. Kennedy was shot twice by his assassin‚ Lee Harvey Oswald‚ who murdered himself two days later. But why did Oswald decide to shoot Kennedy‚ and how was he able to assassinate the most powerful
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