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The Lost Generation
Words: 930 / Pages: 4 .... and forming alliances. Many people thought that if they went to war, it would be over and done with before they knew it. The people who said this were the lucky ones; they didn't have to fight in it. The kids who did fight in it didn't know what to expect. They were taken from their sheltered homes and thrown into unimaginable chaos. World War I should never have been fought. It was because of a royal family feud that caused millions of deaths. How would one feel if one saw their best friend blown up right before their very own eyes? These kids saw their comrades choke to death because of the fatal mustard gas. They saw friends get shot in the stomac .....
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The Life Of Mahatma Ghandi
Words: 3321 / Pages: 13 .... was sickness in the family. Mohandas grew up in a home steeped in Vaishnavism (Vaisnavism)--worship of the Hindu god Vishnu (Visnu)--with a strong tinge of Jainism, a morally rigorous Indian religion, whose chief tenets are nonviolence and the belief that everything in the universe is eternal. Thus he took for granted ahimsa (noninjury to all living beings), vegetarianism, fasting for self-purification, and mutual tolerance between adherents of various creeds and sects. (see also Index: ahimsa, or ahimsa)
Youth.
The educational facilities at Porbandar were rudimentary; in the primary school that Mohandas attended, the children wrote the alphabet .....
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Cuban Revolution
Words: 434 / Pages: 2 .... was not honored
however, and resistance was again put up in 1885.
The Spanish king at the time Alfonso XIII, encouraged the use of concentration camps for
revolutionaries caught in battle. The Cuban Revolution became extremely bloody due to the use of
Guerrilla warfare. This military operation, conducted on its home terrain, consisted of inhabitants fed
up with oppressive rule. The men involved operated from bases located deep in the jungle, dense
forests, and high rocky elevations. Guerrillas depended on natives for food, shelter, and useful
information. While striking swiftly was a must, the bands of men were specialized in the .....
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Industrial Revolution 3
Words: 3927 / Pages: 15 .... greatly to the Industrial Revolution.
The first two of these coal and iron provided the capital infrastructure and options for future development, whilst textiles supported and encouraged developments. Coal was originally mined by small group’s even families, using the long wall system. * SEE DIA 1. This technique was changed dramatically with the invention of the Commen engine. * SEE DIA 2. (named after its inventor THOMAS NEWCOMMEN) This was a pump that pumped the water out of coalmines allowing deeper more productive mines to be worked by more people. [This in turn had effects on the production of iron]
In the early 1700s iron was produ .....
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Kosovo Crisis
Words: 1170 / Pages: 5 .... operation, began on March 24th, 1999. These military actions received immediate opposition from a few non-NATO member countries, headed by Russia. Russia, taking the role of a peacekeeper, vowed not to fight to defend Serbia, relieving many of the fear of World War 3.
The very involvement of NATO in Yugoslavia raises some ethical, moral and political issues. What business does this organization have in entering a civil war in an independent country? NATO violated the UN Charter of prohibition against the use of force against a member state of the UN. Taking a much-criticized tactic of bombing selective targets in Kosovo, the strategy for NATO .....
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The Korean War And The Damage
Words: 1338 / Pages: 5 .... entire
generation of survivors, a legacy of fear and insecurity that continues
even now to affect the two Koreas both in their internal development and
in their relations with each other.
Fighting began on June 25, 1950, when the North Korean army,
substantially equipped by the Soviet Union, invaded South Korea. South
Korean positions along the 38th parallel, which marked the frontier
between the two republics, were swiftly overrun, and the Communist forces
drove southward. North Korea was aided during the war by personnel and
equipment from both China and the Soviet Union. The UN Security Council,
with the Soviet delegate voluntarily absent, .....
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Benedict Arnold
Words: 2545 / Pages: 10 .... merchant, and trader. Within days, Arnold became very interested in the war once again and joined the American Army. All of the battles Arnold commanded over showed immense courage and bravery, but he was soon known as America’s greatest traitor due to his betrayal of the American’s. As the Revolutionary War broke out, decided to volunteer to head over 1,000 men up to Maine. He asked for additional men from his companies to join the army. Arnold then became a captain in the Connecticut Militia. General George Washington had his favorites, which Arnold was among the very few. So, was sent on an infernal 500 mile march to Maine by Washington, al .....
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Louisbourg Report
Words: 749 / Pages: 3 .... with each load. However, Louisbourg was also sending out raiding parties to attack New England villages along the coast. The New Englanders soon heard of the mutiny at Louisbourg, so the villages decided to fight back against this threat. In 1745, 4000 New Englanders, along with the Royal Navy, launched an attack against the fortress, but Louisbourg didn’t think them of as a threat. Louisbourg thought that the New Englanders would not be able to launch a serious attack with any kind of heavy artillery, since they attacked the weak rear side, travelling over marshy, wooded areas to reach the fort. The people of Louisbourg were wrong, however, .....
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People In The Government
Words: 2705 / Pages: 10 .... galleries or in the lobby, may cause the same to be cleared.
Control of Capitol facilities
3. Except as otherwise provided by rule or law, the Speaker shall have general control of the Hall of the House, the corridors and passages in the part of the Capitol assigned to the use of the House, and the disposal of unappropriated rooms in that part of the Capitol.
Signature of documents
4. The Speaker shall sign all acts and joint resolutions passed by the two Houses and all writs, warrants, and subpoenas of, or issued by order of, the House. The Speaker may sign enrolled bills and joint resolutions whether or not the House is in session.
Questions of .....
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After Anne Frank
Words: 241 / Pages: 1 .... 1944, the Frank family was discovered and sent Gestapo Headquarters in Amsterdam. The Franks, Van Daans and Mr. Dussel were sent to Westorbork in Holland.
On September 3, the Allies captured Brussels and the Franks Along with the Van Daans were the last ones to be sent on a freight train with seventy-five people per car. Each car was sealed tight with only one window. For three days and nights the train ventured across Germany to reach its final destination, Auschwitz in Poland. There the Franks and the Van Daans were then sent to concentration camps.
There the conditions were horrible. Healthier prisoners shaved their heads and worked twelve .....
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