Were the effects that the west had on Japan positive? Do you think change is a good thing to have in your life or the absolute worst? Well the decade of the 1890’s in Japan came along with many drastic and important changes to the country. Japan saw a transition from a country that was an inward-looking‚ intellectual society that was isolated for hundreds of years‚ that became a country which developed as a democracy and saw the coming of industrialization before it moved into a period of supreme
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Positives 1) The changing face of business - Emergence of instant trade (bypassing stock brokers)‚ unrestricted global markets‚ business without borders‚ exchange of money at lightning speed‚ 2) The ever expanding job market – The top 10 in demand jobs in 2010 did not exist in 2004 3) Corporate giants and the world of e-commerce have increased their influence and profits 4) The regulation of economy by organisations such as the IMF and World Bank help economically struggling countries and corporations
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4. Though racial discrimination was both common among the citizenship and the legal system at the time of World War I‚ many African-Americans still chose to fight in this war. Why would this be the case? Simply‚ it was their only chance at being recognized as equal. First‚ if African-Americans did not fight in the war‚ how would it be that the opposing forces would ever see them as equal? If they did not fight to preserve the country‚ it would give ammunition to those who said they did not deserve
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Mental Health in the African American Community Introduction African Americans‚ can also be referred as the Afro Americans or the Black Americans‚ are the residents and citizen of the Unites States who have their roots linked to at least the partial ancestry of the native population of Sub-Saharan Africa. They are also the direct descendants of enslaved Africans that were within the boundaries of the present day United States. Most of the African Americas are the descendants from West Africa
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how the first world war effected the American people‚ and how the war helped shape the country we know today. The war started when Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were touring the city of Sarajevo in the newly acquired country of Serbia. The Serbian Nationalistic group the "Black Hand" plotted to assainate him‚ so‚ Gavrillo Princip shot Franz Ferdinand in June of 1914. Anyway this led to a big conflict in Europe‚ and all the major powers took their sides. This war was a big excuse
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World War II‚ which lasted from 1939-1945 was the most significant armed conflict in human history. Ranging over six continents and all the world’s oceans‚ the war caused an estimated 50 million military and civilian deaths‚ including those of 6 million Jews. Global in scale and its repercussions‚ World War II‚ created a new world at home and abroad. Among its significant results were the beginning of the nuclear era‚ increased pressure to decolonize the Third World‚ and the advent of the Cold War
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The government was torn between helping others and protecting themselves‚ yet there were still pros and cons to every viewpoint. An example of a World War II moral dilemma is the refugee crisis‚ which we are also faced with today. However‚ in present time‚ we are faced with Syrian refugees rather than Jewish. In Germany and Austria‚ the Jewish community were being persecuted. They were being victimized by the Nazi party‚ simply because of their religion. This period of persecution lasted from 1933
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Holocaust What do you think about when you think about the Second World War? Do you think of all the lives that was taken or do you remember the speaker and leader Adolph Hitler and all of his many deeds? For me there is one thought that keeps tricking my mind: why did the Jews deserve such destiny? During the Second World War six millions Jews died‚ some were isolated and killed in the death camps and others suffered another painful death. The Nazis hated the Jews so much that they literally wanted
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The Civil War was and still is a highly controversial topic in America. The wins and losses were both great‚ and many Americans died. It helped set into motion many great things such as liberating the slaves‚ and keeping our country united and peaceful. Though not all things were great like the‚ hundreds‚ thousands of families that were damaged or even destroyed in this war. Almost everyone in the country lost a son‚ brother‚ father‚ cousin‚ nephew or uncle. No one in America was left completely
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United States and the Soviet Union became political rivals after World War II. 1. Where did the Soviet Union set up pro-Soviet regimes? Answer: The Soviet Union set up pro-Soviet regimes within Poland‚ Romania‚ Bulgaria‚ and Hungary because of the higher potential of positive response from those areas. 2. What was the Truman Doctrine? Answer: The Truman Doctrine was a foreign policy set up by President Harry Truman during the Cold War that regulated for the US to provide financial aid the nations
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