The thick fact that I chose to excavate is "The White Man's Burden" by Rudyard Kipling. ... "Take up the White man's burden" is a line that is repeated throughout the poem. ... The poem also seems to be a little contradictory because even though it expresses that some Europeans opposed Imperialism, at the same time it strongly states the support for European improvement. ... Nationalism played a big role in Europe. ... This was a big lead-in to the First World War because in addition to the clash between nation-states, there was rising internal friction within nation-states as w...

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The Montgomery busboy cut was started by Rosa Parks an NAACP activist that decided not to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery. ... As a result of Rosa parks not giving up her seat on the bus for a white man, Martin Luther King was elected to lead the Montgomery bus boycott by fellow members of the NAACP. ... However the impact that he made didn't cause a turning point in the civil rights movement, as there were other factors like the little rock movement, that arguably made a bigger impact towards discrimination towards black Americans and getting the civil rights act p...

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We are responsible for the formation of this lad's character", believing that sending him to slay the dragons uphill will help his abilities into becoming a man. ... However, little do they know, are soon forgotten by many citizens. ... Both the World War I and Gawain's mislead interpretation connect to the big idea of paternalism resulting of when paternalism is really another excuse for furthering one's own goals....

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Moreover Europe was disintegrating economically after World War 1 but as the big three were politicians, there was very little attention in the economic part of the treaties. Little they knew that Europe would need a huge amount of economic support after the war but the whole treaties were about political matters and the leaders pleasing their nations. ... The big 3 had much different opinions; Georges Clemenceau wanted to punish Germany at the harshest way possible to take revenge on what they did to them. ...

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The area was of little economic value to the Belgians. ... There was little or no economic incentive for the Belgians to settle in the area or to make any substantial investments in a subsistence economy that lacked even a rudimentary infrastructure. ...

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Arms control is arguably one of the most prominent issues every nation of the world has to deal with, this is because every man woman and child on the planet may potentially be affected by the arms another country posses. ... The CTBT focuses too much on the big nuclear powers of the world. ... Smaller countries such as India have to worry about threats, as the big ones' do not. ...

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"4 Chaplin himself in his autobiography describes his reasoning behind the decision: Whether I re-entered that unhappy country or not was of little consequence to me. ... One of the first big scenes in the film sees him at a dinner party, which is being filmed and broadcast on television without his knowledge. ... As such, its hefty message seemed to be delivered a little bit too late in the day to be truly meaningful. The years that Chaplin had served in producing it had actually ended up resulting in a lessened effect and probably damaged the perception of the film among many as the bi...

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