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- 3621: Pride and Prejudice: The Summary
- ... harsh truth. This novel has given me a greater understanding of how families worked in eighteenth century England. Even though it is a fiction novel, it shows the traditions of the society, and how they effect the individuals. The idea in the time period that women were beneath the men, is displayed here very well through the interactions between Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and also with the Mr. Collins inheriting the ...
- 3622: New Worlds for All: Indians, Europeans, and the Remaking of Early America
- ... depleted when the Europeans brought with them diseases such as smallpox, measles, cholera, typhus, and yellow-fever. The Indians had disease, only they werent of this magnitude and did not have such a devastating effect of the Indian population. The Indians were familiar with medical problems such as malnutrition, anemia, intestinal infections, dental problems, respiratory infections, tuberculosis and syphilis. Having encountered these health problems the Indians learned to employ tactics ...
- 3623: Jim Jones and The Peoples Temple
- ... talk on the outside of human right abuse which caused congressman Leo Ryan to visit Jonestown for an inspection. When Temple members wanted to leave Jonestown with the investigators it was a had a horrible effect on Jones and the rest of the members causing even more paranoia. When Leo Ryan and the members who wanted to leave were waiting at a air strip, armed members of the congregation came and ...
- 3624: Hostile Takeover of the New World
- ... tribal governments as sovereign nations. (Internet Source 1) South Dakota governor George S. Mickelson and representatives of the state's nine tribal governments proclaimed 1990 as a Year of Reconciliation. (Internet Source 1) The greatest effect that the U.S. government had on the Indians is not one that is easy to explain. They took something from these people no money, land, or compensation could ever replace. They broke the spirit ...
- 3625: It Was For the Best: The Long Island Railroad Massacre
- ... result of the Long Island Railroad Massacre. The mass killing that went on in that commuter train was a tragedy with such extreme dimensions that, yet despite all the misfortune the outcome had an optimistic effect on the life of Carolyn McCarthy. A few years after the illogical act of violence shattered her family helped lobby congress for a ban on assault weapons. Later that year though the house of representatives ...
- 3626: The Causes of the American Revolution
- ... that they were slowly becoming further apart from being one nation. All of the differences made it difficult for them to get along and understand each other. The lack of good communication slightly had an effect on the beginning of the American Revolution. I personally believe that the least important cause of the American Revolution was because of the contrasts in the rigid British class structure and their more social equality ...
- 3627: The Evolution of the Monroe Doctrine
- ... be signed in 1819, between the two nations making Florida into a colony. The Napoleonic wars were making a slaughterhouse out of Europe and created another series of events that reshaped the New World. The effect these wars had on the Monroe Doctrine was the European version of the American Revolution -a direct result of the French Revolution. The revolt against Spain in Latin America led to, more than any other ...
- 3628: The United States' Involvement In World War 2
- ... in Italy had already surrendered, as had those in Holland, north Germany, and Denmark. The United States and the British governments declared May 8 V-E (Victory in Europe) Day. The full unconditional surrender took effect at one minute past midnight after a second signing in Berlin with Soviet participation. The war in Europe was over. (Gill 227) The Allies had won the war, but not without the loss of great ...
- 3629: Native Americans
- ... back the width of a room, and the roof of the lower story provided a "front yard" for the people of the second story. Higher stories were set back the same way, giving a terraced effect. The residents used ladders to reach their apartments. Desert peoples found sandstone they could split easily. They used slabs of it to build thick walls. River valley people made walls of earthen material, stiffened with ...
- 3630: The Iron Horse: The Impact Of Railroads On 19th Century America
- ... century transformed almost every aspect of human life. They were the first big businesses and created our economy. These changes occurred in a relatively short period of time (about 1830-1875), yet managed to positively effect society's economy, transportation, labor and development of land and resources. By the early 1830s, for the fist time in human history, a person could travel faster then galloping a horse on land. This was ...
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