Prisoners Of War
.... in the middle of nowhere, so it would be quite
useless to attempt to escape, especially at the risk of being gunned down
at any given time. The POW were always having to turn their back and keep
an eye out for one another. They were considered to be "hostages" and were
treated like the enemy.
The concentration camps were not very large but were numerous. They
contained about 500-600 warriors and were divided into groups of under
sixteen, older than sixteen, and of course by gender (Male and Femal .....
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The Civil War
.... his opposition of slavery was seen as a threat to the economic
interests of the Southern states. The South responded by seceding from the union
and founding the Confederate States of America in 1861. The first state to
secede was South Carolina, on December 20, 1860. Mississippi, Florida, Alabama,
Georgia, and Louisiana followed in January, 1861. Texas then also separated on
February 1st. Three days later on February 4th, 1861, delegates from these
states drafted a constitution for the confederacy. Jeffer .....
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The Declaration Of Individualism And The Encouragement Of Protest From Birmingham Jail
.... that country's anti-religious laws."
This excerpt shows that King encourages protest because in some situations he
deems it necessary, be it in Hitler's Germany, a Communist country, or any
situation in which injustices are occurring. In the last sentence of the
excerpt King openly admits that he would protest against established laws or
traditions. King was against the traditional views and unjust laws, which
discriminated against him and his fellow people. He felt that the only way that
these .....
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Rock Music
.... of this essay is Rock n' Roll of the 1950's, when Rock n'
Roll was born. It emerged from rhythm and blues, a music similar to jazz
played by blacks. This kind of music started to attract white teenagers.
Disc jockey Alan Freed was the one who introduced this music and later gave
it the name of Rock n' Roll. Record companies distributed records played by
whites but composed by blacks. Whites were frustrated because there weren't
any white artists and they didn't want the blacks to be the stars until
Bill H .....
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Battle Of Saratoga
.... the British plan appeared to be working. Burgoyne's army
continually pushed back the Americans southward along the Hudson River with
only minor casualties. In an attempt to slow the British advances, the
American General Philip Schuyler detached 1000 men under the command of
Major General Benedict Arnold. This force moved west to thwart St. Leger's
eastward advance along the Mohawk River. Arnold returned with his
detachment after repelling St. Leger in time to serve in the Battle of
Saratoga.
Firs .....
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The Effectiveness Of Eisenhower's First Term: 1953-1956
.... administration. First, the
Cold War with the Soviet Union was escalating, and second, the war in Korea was
quickly becoming an unpopular war of attrition in which thousands of lives had
already been lost. During the Eisenhower administration, the president would be
confronted with a plethora of events both domestic and international. Shortly
after Eisenhower's inauguration, Joseph Stalin (the Soviet Première) died of a
stroke on March 5, 1953, leaving the United States questioning who would rise to
power .....
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The Watergate Affair
.... On
June 17, 1972, the night watchman at the Watergate complex discovered adhesive
tape on the basement doors of the complex. Five men were arrested that night
and began a series of inquiries and investigations into the possible corruption
of White House Officials. (Encyclopedia of the American Presidency, Volume 13,
page 1603)
Among those arrested on the night of June 17, 1972 were James McCord Jr.,
security coordinator for the Committee for the Re-election of the President (CRP
also known as CREEP). ( .....
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The Sedition Act Of 1798
.... by the superior
force of an interested and overbearing majority_" Public perception of
factions were related to British excesses and thought to be "the mortal
diseases under which popular governments have everywhere perished." James
Madison wrote in Federalist Papers #10, "By a faction, I understand a
number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the
whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of
interest, adversed to the rights of other citizens, or to .....
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Definition Of War: Sherman's Hell
.... South as a group of radicals making an
attempt to dissolve the unity of states that their ancestors had worked
so hard to create. As a result they felt their freedom of unity and
nationhood had been taken away. It is difficult to say who was in the
right, but when all of the negotiations had been exhausted, war was the
result. In this case there was no other option because both sides believed
in their cause.
Gen. William T. Sherman said ³War is Hell², and that quote has
remained famous because even t .....
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More About The 1968 Tet Offensive
.... planning the 1968
operations.
The book quoted King Quang Trung's tactic of surprise. He let the troops
celebrate the 1789 Tet Festival one day ahead so that he could launch the
attacks on the first three days of the lunar new year while the Chinese
troops were still feasting and not ready to organize their defense.
Those who claimed the similarity between the two campaigns certainly did
not know the whole truth, but jumped into conclusion with wild imagination
after learning that the North Vietnamese att .....
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The Townshend Act
.... of Liberty organized protests against customs
officials, merchants entered into nonimportation agreements, and the
Daughters of Liberty advocated the nonconsumption of products, such as tea,
taxed by the Townshend Acts. The Massachusetts legislature sent the other
colonies a circular letter condemning the Townshend Acts and calling for a
united American resistance. British officials then ordered the dissolution
of the Massachusetts General Court if it failed to withdraw its circular
letter; the court r .....
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U.S Involvement In The Vietnam War
.... is the one arena in which politicians
have no place. War is the military's sole purpose. Therefore, the U. S.
Military should be allowed to conduct any war, conflict, or police action
that it has been committed to without political interference or control
because of the problems and hidden interests which are always present when
dealing with polit
United States involvement in the Vietnam War actually began in 1950
when the U. S. began to subsidize the French Army in South Vietnam. This
involv .....
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Vietnam War Memorial - Powerful Granite
.... The term KIA
was the abbreviation used for those people who were killed in action, and
these people represent 47,000 of the 58,000 names on the wall. The other
11,000 were soldiers who died from crashes, snake bites, illnesses, and
other non-combat related deaths (Olson 227). There is no distinction made
between the two groups on the monument. The structure is a v-shaped
polished granite slab that unlike other monuments has no message of honor
or patriotism. All of those subjects are left to the th .....
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The JFK Assassination: Conspiracy Or Single-Gunman?
.... Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine, at a nearby theater.
By the next morning, Oswald was booked for the murder of President John F.
Kennedy. Two days later, Oswald was killed by Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub
owner, while he was being moved from the city to the county jail.
At a glance, the above story sounds as if this should be an open-and-shut case.
After all, according to the facts above, Oswald must have killed Kennedy.
However, you must take a deeper look into this case. Many people who witness .....
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A Look Back On The Great Depression Of 1936
.... it was the huge stock market crash that occurred in 1929.
Many people lost a lot of money when the market crashed.
Herbert Clark Hoover was president at that time and many people blamed
him, and were very upset about his decisions involving the economy. They dealt
with their anger by not reelecting Hoover, but instead, electing Franklin Delano
Roosevelt for president the next time around. He was the one who helped get
the economy back in shape by creating a program called the "Big Deal." The .....
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