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    not expect the house to fall - but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other." The Civil War was inevitable. The issue of slavery was so controversial back in the mid-18th century that neither sides‚ pro-slavery or anti-slavery‚ would have stepped down from their opinions. The only way for the issue to be resolved was war‚ where only one side could win. Although the Civil War had thousands and thousands of casualties‚ it brought on a new era of equality

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    Ken Kutaragi “Microsoft shoots for the moon‚ Sony shoots for the sun” -Ken Kutaragi Ken Kutaragi was a hero because he changed so much about the gaming community‚ he invented‚ the led‚ and he broke barriers‚ he had courage and perseverance. That is why he is a hero and these are the three reasons why. Ken Kutaragi‚ a man that broke the expectations when sony broke partnership with nintendo. Ken Kutaragi became a hero to gamers world wide when he broke the norm of gaming on the third of December 1994

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    extreme poverty. British Empire was the dominant power in the world at the Victorian era‚ and by the word empire according to oxford dictionary‚ we refer to “An extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch‚ an oligarchy‚ or a sovereign state” (oxforddictionaries.com). At that time‚ the monarch that was ruling is Queen Victoria; she brought England to its highest point of development as a world power. Queen Victoria expanded the British imperial abroad and colonized countries like

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    this was due to a couple of factors the ambition and desire for complete and utter control of fresh territory and their resources Rome main motives for their pursuit of expansion was Status‚ wealth‚ fresh resources. I believe Rome wanted expansion for ego reasons but mostly economic reasons and while pushing their own culture and of course owning more slaves and prisoners. Roman expansion was a complicated situation we can’t specifically point to one single motive‚ but economic gain was a huge

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    of any geographic area was usually due to the policy of imperialism‚ especially as the world entered a period of growth in the late eighteenth century. With Imperialism‚ a more powerful country attempts to take control of another country‚ or a land they previously had not had under their control. Most of this interest in taking control was for economic reasons‚ driven by the rising industrialism in the western world. With industry on the rise‚ production of material goods was also on the rise. This

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    Why was it so difficult to establish a stable parliamentary democracy in Italy in the 40 years after unification? After the merger of Italy‚ several complications that stirred the fresh nation‚ who had to deal with a series of troubles that invariably affected the poorer Italians‚ especially in the south while disallowing the power in Rome to fully consolidate. Italy had to face a series of social‚ economic and reform issues as well as dealing with the poverty and unceasing emigration that took

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    On the other hand‚ a strong case could be made for citing Americans actions domestically as the main reason why its foreign policy could not be considered isolationist. Tindall and Shi argue that towards the late 1930s ‘America retreated deep into isolationism’. This can be further supported by a number of statements made by Roosevelt in some of his speeches. For instance‚ in 1937 during Roosevelt’s Quarantine of the Aggressors speech he states ‘We are determined to keep out of war’. He then states

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    Why would someone want freedom from the British if they are still living? Many people don’t like to be told what to do by others when the people by themselves could do what they want to. They would like to do what they think is best because no one knows the people as well as themselves. There are many that would want to control their own life because people could be more successful if they do what they enjoy doing in life. Having an education and getting your own career for that education could be

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    Why was the Putsch considered a success? On the 8th of November 1923‚ after Hitler had taken Kahr and all the leaders of the right- wing groups hostage‚ due to Ludendorff letting Kahr free‚ the Putsch fails. This led to the Nazis being outnumbered and Hitler falling and dislocating his arm‚ being arrested and consequently being forced to go to trial. Before Hitler’s trial he was very depressed. He had no more hope for the Putsch and thus went on a hunger strike. Though‚ before his trial he

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    There are many reasons why The New Deal was and wasn’t successful. But‚ in overall The New Deal was more unsuccessful because of the amount of people losing their jobs and the government having too much power. People started to lose their jobs due to the many businesses closing down which led to the poor and the rich to be equal in wealth. Businesses closing was mainly caused by the government having too much power and they thought they could do anything they wanted because no one could stop them

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