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    The Reconstruction era of the United States was a time of relief for many. The civil war was finally over and slavery was abolished. Although the norths victory was very much a loss to the south. The thought of paying people for farm work or any kind of work at all was a devastating thought. This lead to radical groups such as the KKK which preyed on the lives of black people. This extreme group threaten the lives of many family’s that thought they were freed from the oppression. The reconstruction

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    knowledge of an atom’s appearance and structure have evolved from years and years of development and contribution from many different scientists. Scientist Ernest Rutherford had been the best contributor to the understanding of the atomic structure. Why Rutherford was chosen is because his work had information on protons‚ neutrons‚ and electrons‚ the main components that make up the atom‚ showed what the atom looks like when the three are put together‚ and had also been the discoverer of the nucleus which

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    Why Was Gandhi Effective

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    The scope of the investigation encompasses a time period overlapping with the second world war. This is substantial because it gives a reason to why Gandhi’s efforts were so effective‚ not only was he able to use a pasifistic approach to rally supporters‚ but he was battling for the independance of India during a time when Britain was at a weaker stance. Being a member of the Allied forces‚ Britain already had the casualties of many forces and increasing expenditures over munitions‚ food and housing

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    The overall reason as to why India was imperialised was because of the British raj‚ and then later by the British government. Their goal was to “remake India on a British model through administrative and social reform‚ economic development‚ and the introduction of new technology” (India Under British Rule). By utilizing the subcontinents’ materials‚ territory‚ and people‚ the British regime were able to exploit local traditions and rulers and instituted a colonial government that conferred benefits

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    Why Was Africa Colonised?

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    Why was Africa colonised in the years 1870-1914? The Colonization of Africa was due to a wide range of factors‚ not only economic and political but also for social‚ religious‚ humanitarian and technological reasons‚ which differed from country to country. Africa’s diplomatic‚ strategic and material potential led European Powers to seize the opportunity to exploit a new continent. During a period between 1870 and 1914‚ where the continent of Africa was completely annexed by the leading European powers:

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    to the United States Constitution was officially passed. It was the first of the three reconstruction amendments after the American Civil war‚ and it marked the end of the slavery in American. African Americans has finally reached their goal- freedom. What is freedom? As defined by Garrison Frazier‚ a spokesman of African Americans‚ freedom is “placing us where we could reap the fruit of our own labor‚ and take care of ourselves.” And the way to accomplish it was “to have land‚ and turn it and till

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    What were the goals of Radical Reconstruction and how did it lead to changes in ideas of American citizenship? Reconstruction refers to the period of time post-civil-war when the goal was to bring the South into submission and protect the African American Civil Rights. The federal government set the conditions that would allow for the Rebellious Southern States back into the Union. This was a very complex time for our country and many goals were set in order to bring everyone together to live in

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    Why Was There A Revolution In 1905 The Revolution in 1905 happened for many reasons‚ some reasons are long term and some short term. A long-term cause of the 1905 Revolution was the continuing dissatisfaction of both peasants and landowners to the Emancipation Edict of 1861. Although this piece of legislation had brought an end to serfdom‚ peasants still remained tied to the village commune called the mir and were angry at the redemption payments they were expected to pay in return for the land

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    Why Was Hammurabi Unjust

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    Hammurabi had 282 laws many with extremely harsh punishments like death. Hammurabi was the ruler of Babylon for 42 years and was thought to have gotten his laws from the god of justice Shamash. I believe that Hammurabi’s code was unjust because of the family law‚ property law‚ and the personal injury law. First of all‚ it is unjust because of the family laws. Law 148 states that if a man’s wife wife is severely ill the man can remarry but he cannot divorce the ill wife and still has to take care

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    Why Was Hitler Defeated

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    IB ToK II   2 December 2014   Why was Hitler defeated?   There  were  many  factors  why  Hitler  was  defeated‚  the  most  important being the entry of the US  into  war  in  1942  and  the  fact  that  Germany  was  fighting  a  3  front  war.  By  1940‚  Germany  had   already  gained  control  of  all  of  Western  Europe  and  was  winning  the  majority of battles  against  the  Soviey  Union  in  the  Eastern front. Only Britain  hadn’t been invaded and was fighting against  Germany.    

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