Americans came to fear Saddam Hussein and his intent on world domination after this news, yet it is America who showed itself as a country seeking world domination a country who would crush any nation in its way. ... The United States military force right now cannot be matched and other nations must react in different ways to ensure their survival, which also means we have increased the number of our enemies so if we didn't something to fear before we now do....

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The destruction of New York's World Trade Center near Wall Street shook the world financial markets after the incident of stocks dropped, oil prices surged, and money flooded into Treasury bonds. ... The markets in the USA was closed for a couple days after the incident, bond markets had risen strongly, and equity markets have basically collapsed quickly". After the four-day shutdown of the market, the Federal Reserve had a interest rate cut that provided only a marginal lift for Wall Street before trading began. ...

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President Bush claims the United States will go after the enemies of terrorism and no one else. ... Never before has there been day-to-day coverage on what is happening in Afghanistan and surrounding countries. Many topics that have never been discussed in media before have been topics since the beginning of the war on terrorism. ... Since Muslims bury bodies immediately after death, this makes assessments very sketchy and inaccurate. ...

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It would be many years before these groups truly received all the rights and freedoms they deserved. ... In the south, slavery was still prevalent, and after the invention of the cotton gin in 1793, slave labor was needed even more. ... In the North, free African Americans and a few choice servants were allowed to learn, something that never took place before the Revolutionary War. ... After the Revolutionary War, groups of women, Native Americans, and African Americans all fought for their God-given rights, and though they were overall not successful, they began the journey to equality. Neve...

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The "baby boom" was the huge leap in the birthrate in the decade an a half directly after 1945. ... As soon as the couples were married, if not before, they almost always had a baby. ... After World War II, most of America's moderate migrants fled from the cities to the new suburbs of America. ... The United States would not be the same today if it hadn't gone through the drastic developments that came with the years after World War II....

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Before September 11,2001, in ones concerns it was as everyday happening, business, school, work and etc.. and the question what it is to be an American was not at the fore front of anyone thoughts. ... After all we are Americans and nothing ever happens to America. ... Now that we know our country is not immune to acts of terrorism, we are reminded to continue with what Americans to best, and that is continue to go on about our lives with out hesitation reservation or fear we will let them who fears us continue to fear us ever more so now than before. ... The shock of 9-11 has faded and the ...

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During and After Civil War Moral and economical reasons caused the Civil War. ... After the war, the south feared harsh punishment from seceding the Union. ... After the war, the Confederate States were still not finished with their difficulties. ... During Reconstruction, the period after the American Civil War affecting former Confederate states, Lincoln had to decide on how the Confederate States should be punished. ... Therefore, they declared that any person who held a position of power in the south before the war could not hold office, until they received a pardon from the Federal Gove...

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Essay #1 (The attitudes of Native Americans toward the land and nature) Native Americans respected the land they used and employed elements of nature to their culture. They were, at first, a generally nomadic people and their movements exposed them to different land types, climates and wildlife. ...

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Montezuma, the Aztec leader, felt something he never felt before, and that was scary to him. ... After finding this information out he presumed by taking some of the Lords as hostages. ... He obviously intended to do this even before coming to the New World. ... Sources-6 and 8 are pictures of how peaceful it was before the Europeans showed up. ... They believed in human sacrifice is the way to be accepted in the after life. ...

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Prevention before action. The UN provides a place where nations can talk over problems before going to war and making deadly mistakes. ... After the north invades the south, but before the United Nations decide to go into Korea, the USA has already agreed to send forces in. ... Soon after pushing the north back, china gets scared and allies with the north Koreans. ... As we are taught in social 30, all nations will look after their own interests. ...

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World War 2 World War 2 was the last big war for America, and it had many after effects towards our country. ... Before the war we were struggling to get our of a depression that had carried on about ten years; after we were an economically strong country facing many new opportunities and struggles. We were now a huge world power, and though we may have been before WW2, we had finally acknowledged it. ... After the war, Jim Crow laws were still in effect until Brown vs. ... But during the war they were given opportunities never given to them before. ...

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A not so well known fact about Lincoln is that before his presidency is he was not a very well known or loved politician before being president and even then he was not very well liked by many. ... After the debate of the Kansas-Nebraska Act Lincoln ran for the senate against Stephen Douglas. ... Shortly before his inauguration seven states broke away from the Union forming the Confederacy. ... Some of the volunteer troops he called for were even before before a declaration of war and Lincoln also spent two million dollars on war material, without congressional approval. ... After learning mor...

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(pg. 84 Zinn) Finally, there was no freedom of speech after the war, as the United States Constitution promised. ... The class structure remained the same as before the revolution, with the rich on the top and the poor on the bottom. ... (pg. 117 American Pageant) Before the "Revolution,"" there was a centralized government made up of rich white males called parliament that ruled the colonists. ... Instead of a democracy, America was a republic, as it had been with England before the war. ... After the war, the rights, class structures and government remained largely the same. ...

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Right before getting off - line I received the message from April, hey Annette do you know where we can get a cheap keg. ... Before we knew it the large billboard appeared in front of us welcome to Mexico it said. Since Laura and April were still tired from the night before we made it a point to stop at the first liquor store we set our eyes on after crossing the border. It had only been a few minutes after we arrived and already did we have enough alcohol to last us the rest of the summer. ... After a few minutes, April appeared to be nervous and begin to stutter while speaking to officer, wh...

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During and After Reconstruction, there were many arguments over the civil rights of African Americans. ... After the Civil War, the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments were added to the Constitution. ... During and after Reconstruction, there were laws made that limited the civil liberties of African Americans. ... The "grandfather clause" allowed a person whose grandfather had voted before 1867 to vote without having to pass a literacy test. Only whites had grandfathers who voted before 1867, therefore freedmen still had to take the literacy tests. ...

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After I'd taken on the leadership role, we traveled the Saudi islands for about six months before we got orders to move on. In 2001, I was able to come back to the U.S. for a short period before shipping out to Iraq. ... Before leaving in 2002, I lead special training as Sgt for the Mtn. ... The platoon and myself covered a lot of territory for well over 8 months before moving on. I can honestly say that I was glad to see land and the U.S. after this tour. ...

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However, one would assume that after having been in the United States for more than two centuries, the attitudes towards the Asians would diminish with time. ... Before World War II, many Asians were accused of "stealing" all the jobs that supposedly rightfully belonged to the white Americans. ... Much like before, the Asians face discrimination when entering public areas, such as restaurants. ... The fact that the Laotians were granted refugee status in itself showed how things had improved since before the onslaught of the war. ... However, after 1965, a great influx of Asians found thei...

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Just before the beginning of World War II, Albert Einstein wrote a letter to President Franklin D. ... Shortly after that the United States Government began work on the Manhattan Project. The Manhattan Project was the code name for the United States effort to develop the atomic bomb before the Germans did. ... "(2) After this process was completed, "Ernest O. ... "'No man-made phenomenon of such tremendous power had ever occurred before . . . ...

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Jeffersonian Republicans were generally characterized as "strict" constructionists because of their exact and technical interpretation of the Constitution before the election of 1800. ... Had the Jeffersonian party followed the ideals that they had before 1800, such an Act would not have been supported because of the fact that the constitution did not specifically give the government such power. ... The Federalists, after 1800, seemed to go against their own "loose" interpretation of the Constitution because of the acts that they opposed after 1800. ... Before 1800, the Fe...

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There are many factors that one has to consider before having the procedure of liposuction performed. ... After about the second day after she had liposuction done to her neck and abdomen she experienced a fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, and then a foul smelling odor began to discharge from a trocar in the lower part of her abdomen. ... She then was admitted to a nearby hospital where she spent the last twenty-five days of her life before she passed away. ... There are many risks and precautions that you must consider before having this surgery performed. One of the biggest after effect t...

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Before I continue onto the next historic period in time, I also wanted to state that there is a major belief that religion was modified by whites to cater to their own beliefs which brings up one of the most controversial questions, "Is God black?... This question is brought up due to religious practices that were in place before the creation of the slave trade. ... After the revolution period, true equality was never obtained in the United States. ... After looking at the Pew Survey one of the most interesting religious trends that I came to really think about is the trend of people inc...

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Railroads enabled people to see places they had never seen before. Before railroads were built, no one would venture much past their nearest town, which was often miles away. ... After railroads were built, many people moved west. ... If you could improve the land after five years, it was yours to keep. ... After the Civil War, the people of the south realized they had virtually no industry. ...

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Before those countries were founded, the entire region of Indochina was under French control. After World War II, French power began to slip and the First Indochina War began. ... Before that it was comprised of independent tribes and states, which held the region together. It split up after the Geneva Accords in 1954. ... Shortly after World War II, the French had attempted to regain control of the region. ...

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After the fall of France to Germany, almost everyone in the United States swayed to pro-war from isolationism. ... After Pearl Harbor was bombed, the American people felt a lot of hatred towards the Japanese. ... The general public of the US disliked the Axis even before Pearl Harbor was bombed. ... Roosevelt tried as hard as he could to convince people to go to war before Pearl Harbor. ... The United Stated took action after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. ...

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Before I came to USA " my parents told me that my oldest uncle in the USA had file for us to go to USA when I was 12 years old. ... One night my dad tells us that before we go to USA we have to go through some procedures, like we have to make passport, do medical exams, get visa, and then we can fly to USA. Before I came too united state I scarify my family, my culture, and my homeland. After I moved to united state every thing is so difficult for me. ... After that I thought that I want to get my best education no matter what happened. ...

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