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- 1451: Ireland, History And Nature
- ... Christ. If this was in advantage or loss to Ireland can always be discussed, but I think that it was. If they had kept it longer it would only have driven them into a disastrous war with England in the beginning of the second millenium after Christ. The period when Englishmen looked upon themselves as the fighters for Christianity. They would certainly have declared Ireland war, a war which Ireland had been determined to loose. If Ireland at that moment still had been having the religion of the Druids. England did try to invade Ireland during the twelth century, but their attempt ...
- 1452: The Ku Klux Klan
- ... promote white supremacy. They have been in the shadows for over 130 years and continue to thrive in America's society today. The Ku Klux Klan began almost accidentally during the reconstruction period after the civil war in the Southern United States. The southern people had suffered greatly from the effects of the great war. Many of them lost their homes and plantations. Many also lost friends and loved ones to the war. The people needed a release from the sorrow of everyday life. In 1865, six men from ...
- 1453: The War Between The Classes
- By: Eric Downs E-mail: icepunk182@aol.com The War Between the Classes By (Your Name Here) The War Between the Classes is an excellent book written by Gloria D. Miklowitz. It is about a high-school class that plays the “Color Game”. In the game, there are four social classes which are represented ... almost at the bottom of the social classes, and is the same age as we will be in a few years. It shows what life when you’re older can really be like. Bibliography The War Between the Classes, Gloria D. Miklowitz Word Count: 490
- 1454: Killer Angels 2
- ... characters worth caring about from both armies, and then plunges them into one of the most terrible things in America's history the "Battle of Gettysburg" The book is a great depiction on the American Civil War. The book is repulsing, the massive slaughter of "Americans by Americans" over human slavery. There was also a highly accurate portrayal of the action, and the command challenges at Gettysburg. "This is the story of ... feel like they were there in the camps, under the artillery, behind the stone wall, marched, bled, and prayed that Lee would not order the charge. Michael Shaara takes you there, as soldiers saw the war and army life. He showed the true sorrow and terror. "Yet you learn to love it. Isn't that amazing? Long marches and no rest., up very early in the morning, and asleep late ...
- 1455: Nicholas Romanov
- ... all his actions . In the early years of the twentieth century the Russian economy entered a depression, this aroused extensive urban and rural unrest, partly due to this unrest the government led Russia into a war with Japan . The feat of Russian forces led to the onset of revolutionary events which reached to 1907. The real starting point of revolutionary activities was the January 9 1905 protest which became known as ... intelligentsia and professional sections of Russian society. He tried to meet the peoples demands by introducing the October Manifesto of 1905 . The main aspects of which were to ‘provide to the population unshakeable foundations of civil liberty on the principles of true inviolability of person, freedom of conscience, speech, assembly and association’ .and a state Duma that would be elected on an indirect vote from certain sections of the population. It ... lives forced him to make chaotic decisions. For most of their marriage her political interest was minimal, but near the end of their reign she was in charge Russia as Nicholas had gone to the war front to assist his generals. She was sacking ministers and advisors on Rasputin’s behalf. With Nicholas away from St Petersburg rumours of scandals within the royal family were running through the public arena. ...
- 1456: Containment Policy
- ... NATO was to "convey a feeling of confidence to exposed populations, which was suposed to make them sturdier, politically, in their opposition to Communist inroads." the US dismissed possibilities for peaceful resolution of the Cold War conflict, which would have left the"political threat" intact. In his history of nuclear weapons, McGeorge Bundy writes that he is "aware of no serious contemporary proposal...that ballistic missiles should somehow be banned by ... of so-called “Communism" that was the primary concern. Of course, both the US and USSR would have preferred that the other simply disappear. But since this would obviously have involved mutual annihilation, the Cold War was established. According to the conventional Western view, the Cold War was a conflict between two superpowers, caused by Soviet aggression, in which the U.S. tried to contain the Soviet Union and protect the world from it. If this view is a doctrine of ...
- 1457: Hitler's Legacy Still Haunts The World
- ... would have thought that an impoverished little boy could have such an enormous effect on the whole world. Adolf Hitler brought Germany from the bottom of the heap to a world power, started a world war, killed several million people, and left an everlasting impression on the world. Nothing that Hitler accomplished can be considered good except for the fact that he did bring Germany out of a depression. However, he ... any opposition to Hitler and his views. Hitler took fascism to another level creating nazism, a government based on racism and violence. In 1939 Germany invaded Poland. This started a domino effect. Great Britain declared war when Germany decided to attack France after Poland. Gradually nearly every country in Europe was now involved in the war. Then on December 7, 1941 Japan attacked a United States naval base at Pearl Harbor. This brought the United States into the war making it a true world war. When the Germans started the ...
- 1458: Labor Unions
- ... Yet most American workers were generally better off than workers in Europe and had more hope of improving their lives. For this reason, the majority did not join labor unions. In the years following the Civil War (1861-1865), the United States was transformed by the enormous growth of industry. Once the United States was mainly a nation of small farms. By 1900, it was a nation of growing cities, of coal ... of Labor in the president's Cabinet. Most important of all, Congress passed the Clayton Act of 1914. Its purpose was to halt the use of antitrust laws and court injunctions against unions. During World War I, organized labor made great advances. The federal government created the War Labor Board to settle disputes by arbitration. Generally the Board was favorable to wage increases, the eight-hour day and collective bargaining. ...
- 1459: The Caretaker by Pinter: A Play Can Be Confrontational, Challenging and Disturbing to the Values and Assumptions of An Audience. Discuss With close Reference
- ... what is happening on the stage and the results and reasons for and behind actions. Pinter disrupts this tradition and this in itself would have been a disturbing phenomena to the conservative audiences of post-war Britain. Mick's arrival on stage generates unease within the audience and the tension would only increase as Pinter provides the audience with no explanation for him being there. Mick leaves the stage in a ... wanted to know… what my thoughts were. Hmmnn. Then one day… this man… doctor, I suppose… the head one… he was quite a man of… distinction. Aston's monologue also disrupts the audiences concept of civil rights. In a democratic nation it is generally expected that what people are thinking is their right. However this passage suggests that this notion is not true as Aston was forced to reveal his thoughts. This is a very disturbing idea, as it demonstrates that powerful institutions are able to force individuals into submission and minimise their individuality. Especially after World War Two the presentation of such ideas would be particularly disturbing as after this war the rights of a individual were strongly valued to a greater extent to ever before. The Caretaker discusses the illusory ...
- 1460: Death Camps Of World War Ii
- Starvation. Mass shootings. Gas chambers. Beatings. Mass murder. In the early 1940s, perhaps the most brutal attrocities ever committed on a people in our world’s history took place. It was World War II. The Nazi Regime, led by Adolf Hitler, was waging war across Europe. Occupied Poland became the place where those prisoners and captives held by the Nazis were sent to be eliminated. From 1941 through 1945 a total of some 3.5 million Jews met their ... the above writings, is the notorious Auschwitz-Birkeneau camp. Some 2.5 million Jews died there. Others say the number more realistically is closer to 4 million. Regardless, the crimes committed in these times of war should never be repeated. Luckily, history has a few heroes to relate to us these horrors so that they might never happen again.
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