One of the crises that they contributed to was the Civil War. ... The Irish Americans, like many other groups and families, were split by the war and having to choose sides. ... There were many different regiments and companies in the Union Army, but one of the most famous units was the Irish Brigade. ... Many Irish men who fought in the war will be remembered for what they contributed their side. ... Many Irish were ranked officers by the end of the Civil War. ...

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Child labor first started being noticed in the 18th century because of the increasing number of immigrants and industrial companies. ... In this company the children are working with the glass and naked flame. ... Child labor is so commonly used by companies because the children that are so young cannot think for themselves. ... In world war 1 and 2 children were used to create bombs and create armory for the soldiers, many of which got insured and even died because of the explosions of the armament. ... In the following paragraphs, the present will be explained and what companies are doing t...

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McGraw-Hill Companies, 2000. ... RR Donnelley & Sons Company, 2000. ... It was at this meeting that Brown first outlined his plan to Douglass to lead a war to free slaves. ... Brown returned to the east and began to think more seriously about his plan for a war in Virginia against slavery. ...

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There are many stories that Quaker Oats, the company that produced Aunt Jemima, has been telling over the years about how she became the person with the best pancakes and sold her recipe to them. ... During the Civil War, Union soldiers were threatening to rip Higbee's moustache off his face when Aunt Jemima interceded, offering the northerners pancakes, and the colonel was to escape. ... Even thought this is what the company Quaker oats promoted how the birth of Aunt Jemima happened this is not how it happened at all. ... For the first time in histor...

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Rape, murder and slavery has been used as a form of rebellion and intimidation in places such as Southern Nigeria by the people who resisted operations of oil companies and in Sudan around the oil fields. ... So many lives were lost even though both governments agreed that the war over a tiny disputed patches of land was crazy. The war had simply become a battle of strength. ... One year later the war may be closer to its conclusion. Ethiopia increased its spending since the war began to $467m and Eritrea spent $236m, mainly on weapons supplied by Russia. ...

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The cause of the Civil War was tension between the North and the South. ... It is civil war, the worst of all wars, that has unveiled its savage and wrinkled front among us. ... The South regarded the move as a declaration of war. ... When the Civil War began, about 22 million people lived in the North. ... As the war progressed, the death toll drastically increased. ...

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At age 16, Walt Disney dropped out of high school and served in the ambulance corps during World War I. After the war, he found joy in animation and decided to start his own business, which would later be one of the leading companies in the world. ...

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Some of the major characters in the story are as follows: Charlie Marlow, Kurtz - a European, half English, and half French, who works for the ivory company at the Inner Station on the Congo, The Manager - an Englishman who runs the Central Station on the Congo. ... Racism has become such a large-scale issue that it can be a reason for war and terrorism. ...

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When the French and English War started they tried to stay natural but then became a French-Indian warrior and were out to kill whites, while the Iroguois sided with the English. ... Tom joined a company of militia in Milford. ...

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The town was finally relieved to know they could pity her until they noticed she was often in the company of Homer Barron. ... There are many theories that Miss Emily is a symbol for age or that Miss Emily and Homer Barron actually signify a conflict between the North and South during the Civil War (essay), but Faulkner stated himself, that he just waned to write a scary story (story and writer.) ...

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Around that time Butterfield was honored with the Pulitzer Prize as a member of The New York Times team that published the Pentagon Papers, the Pentagon's secret history of the Vietnam War, in 1971. ... He goes on the record for saying that "The high homicide rates that characterize the United States really have a geographical origin in the white, rural pre-Civil War South" (Booknotes, 1989). ... When he was released back to the outside world he maintained two jobs working in an aerospace company as a computer programmer, as well as teaching at the University of Wisconsin for co...

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The African Slave Trade I. Background a. Early history of European trade with Africa b. The beginning of the Salve Trade II. Middle Passage c. Living arrangements d. Death II. Slaves in the New World a. The marketing of slaves b. Treatment of slaves (corporal punishmen...

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