Between Wars (WW I and WW II) Twenty-one years before World War II began World War I ended. ... After World War I, the United States went back to their old principle, "We shun political commitments which might entangle us in foreign wars,"" as FDR said in 1936 during the Great Depression . ... The Depression made life even worse for the Germans who had a difficult time rebuilding after the war. ... For many years before World War II Japan had been using imperialistic and militaristic ways to acquire land. ... Before America entered the war, they found out about Germany's plans to invade S...

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Soon after it became obvious this was not at all his reasoning. ... The day before he had been arrested and released for bringing a gun to school. ... So then we must ask how any sane person could let this child back into his parent's custody and free to roam the streets after he had brought a gun to school the day before. ... Shootings had happened before but not two hours away from where I lived. ... Shootings had been scary before and it was a worry but this shooting was the worst and from that day on I lived in fear. ...

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So we will start at the beginning, which was long before the war began to see if the exact cause can be defined. ... They also agreed that the National Government should be stronger than before. ... After seventeen weeks the new constitution was signed by thirty-nine of the fifty-five delegates, "[ ] but nothing was said about what would happen if a state felt that the purpose of the pre-amble and new constitution was not being met. ... After the invention of the cotton gin the south increased their production to keep up with the demands from overseas. ... After this happened many Souther...

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Whatever the reason, it is clear that architecture of the diner can be studied and looked at to further understand America after World War 2. ... Shortly after, a vast network of roads were built to connect what was then an America that was disconnected between cities and towns. ... Never before could you drive yourself to go visit California and go see the ocean whenever you chose. ... Yet, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, a temporary slowdown of the production and usage of diners was upon America. ... Unlike before the war, diners were now faced with a new challenge. ...

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After Interviewing Damion Anderson I now have a different perception of live it self. ... People today are using energy like never before. ... As a result, they gained more knowledge then they had before of economic and social politics. ... After Garvey published his "back to Africa" speech slaves started leaving the homes of their masters. ... King before hand told blacks that it was a nonviolent march. ...

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Twenty years after the First World War had come to an end, realists has shown that the human element of greed and annihilation was too much for the Fourteen Points; World War 2 being the obvious and excruciatingly painful proof. ... However the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan, just two years after the war began, as well as the Axis powers declaring war two days after the attack, brought the US into World War II, something that analysts believe sealed the fate of Germany and Italy. But it was the economic and military polices that the US employed after the war- the Marshall Plan and the Truman ...

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Before discussing the specific events on the journey from childhood to adulthood, one should be given a basic understanding of gender roles in Okiek culture. ... The first takes place after the girls are healed from the excision, about five weeks after the procedure, and the second takes place about five weeks after the first. After dark, the men are instructed to leave the area and drink elsewhere. ...

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Black Americans made significant gains in their struggle for equal rights during Reconstruction, the 12-year period after the Civil War. ... After the 14th Amendment was passed; however, the radical faction of congress was disappointed that it did not grant blacks the right to vote. ... After the Reconstruction congress passed unprecedented legislation involving black civil rights, the supreme court failed to enforce the legislation in the Plessy v. ... During Reconstruction,...

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Angela, the mother, after years of disappointments and heartache brought on by her irresponsible husband, the death of several of her children, and abject poverty, is once again penniless, and is shown sitting in front of the useless fire poking its ashes, as one would the coals of a burning fire. ... After a visit from some relatives they are given the money to return to Limerick on the west coast of Ireland, as prospects in New York are bleak (it is the middle of the Depression). ... They move into one room, and before too long the two youngest children, twins, have both died. ... Confuse...

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However before the late 19th century, social attitudes were not challenged in mass. ... The Matrimonial Clauses Act of 1857 allowed only the men the right to divorce, after the divorce it was up to the man how often the wife could see the children if at all. ... This however, was only in New York, but soon after other states passed similar laws. ...

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The Puritans sought after the Pequots, one of the largest and most dominant tribes. ... Every morning, Marshall would walk the length of the tailrace to watch for any gravel or stones that had been swept away the night before. ... After a couple of days, Marshall told Sutter what he found, and showed him a couple of the gold pieces. After performing some tests, the officially came to the conclusion that the substance was gold. ... Before the gold rush, San Francisco had a mere eight hundred residents, but within three years it carried a huge population of about thirty thousand. ...

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After researching various statistics, I found that premarital pregnancy is quite prevalent in teenagers throughout the world. ... Foster youth are more likely to experience teenage pregnancy than their peers in the general population, but staying in care seems to mitigate their risk of becoming pregnant even after the effects of other factors are taken into account. ... After seeing those statistics, if makes one wonder if there are any more studies which will create a solution. ... There are more forms of media available today than ever before; consequently, teens are exposed to a lot of info...

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The IRS will not let this go on for long before they end up seizing the home. ... However, you have to eat, you need clothes, and after the bills, there might not be enough money left to make the full house payment. ... I personally don't think the banks should be trusted after what already happened. ... Last year a woman's house was about to be foreclosed, because she owed so much money on it, but luckily she sold it before it got foreclosed. After she sold it, she had just enough money to finish paying what she owed. ...

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The Germans interest in having rockets was due to the fact that after World War I the nation was banned in having long-range artillery, such as a bullet that can go several miles; instead Germany had begun research on rocket technology. ... After the great success of Sputnik I, Russia launched a series of other Sputniks. ... After numerous accomplishments, launching Sputniks and animals into space, it was no surprise Russia would place a man in space. ... The satellite, named after Edmund Hubble expanded our knowledge of the universe. ...

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We believe that everyone has equal opportunity to go to school, find a good job, marry and live happily every after. ... Even after having children, or becoming able to support their family on their own, the couple will continue living as an extended family. ... Priya lived there first fourteen years of her live before moving to the U.S. ...

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In Italy is only 90 days, Germany from 1995 gives only 3 months too, but with the only difference, that the woman should check-in with the doctor before going through abortion. ... Recently I watched a TV Show, where women that have been through abortion would describe their life after abortion. ... The fetus is a fetus not born yet, but it is a human after all. ... The Bible states, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you.... The phrase supports the idea that the individual has the same identity before and after birth. ...

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The Irish Immigration to America " the reversal breaks with previous decades of Irish immigration to the United States, one of the oldest, largest, most sustained and most culturally influential migration flows of American history -- reaching nearly a million in the 1850's after the Irish potato famine, but dwindling lately to just a few thousand a year" (Allen, The New York Times, May 31, 1998). ... Sadly, however, the Irish people were enduring harsh and unjust treatment way before the potato famine began. ... After 1855, in an attempt to control the disease outbreaks, new Irish I...

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Nine days after this extreme act of terrorism, the American people gathered around their televisions, waiting to hear President George W. ... The attack on Pearl Harbor began on the morning of December 7th, 1941 just before 8 A.M. ... The campaign led to multiple recounts of votes before the Supreme Court got involved. ... Immediately after these attacks, Bush declared a "War on Terrorism ". ... After establishing this position, their top priority is to persuade American citizens that their resolution is the most appropri...

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After the fire, the editorial staff decided not to work on an other edition and all of the famous writer and painter went their own way. Never before and again in the history of the Harlem Renaissance, so many leading figures of this period came together to write for the rights of the black population in America. ... The climax of this kind of procedure was reached long after the Harlem movement was over. ... It was published in fall of 1926 by a group of Harlem writers, but before even a few copies were sold, the rest was destroyed by a real fire in the basement, were it was stored. ...

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After World War II the economy shot up with the growth of suburbs and consumerism. ... One lady born in 1936 said that before TV their family always ate together around the table, but after the TV entered the house it became the table. ... The term cultural industry needs defining before trying to understand culture. ... He said that is was because for all he knew his family could have come over after the slave trade or was from some other part of the world. ...

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The founding fathers made it crystal clear in the Constitution that the ability to own guns is a right, and this decision has been confirmed by our nation's courts and by the custom and practice of the generations that came before us throughout our history. ... For example, in the late 1990's, Great Britain passed a law banning firearms after a massive tragedy occurred. ... Instead of supporting it, Americans should understand the consequences of gun registration, and put an end to it before it's too late. ... Fortunately, former Police Chief Jeanne Assam drew her firearm and ...

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After various changes a vote was taken late in the afternoon of July 4th. ... The "Province Bell" would later be renamed "Liberty Bell" after its inscription - Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land Unto All the Inhabitants Thereof And although the signing of the Declaration was not completed until August, the 4th of July has been accepted as the official anniversary of United States independence. ... He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for ...

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Throughout the course of human history, there have always been the oppressed, deprived, and subjugated minorities that suffer under the constraints of the majority. The ideologies based upon the Eurocentric and Protestant groups proceed to be key figures of oppression and racism. The mannerisms i...

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Sex differences in education are a type of sex discrimination in the education system affecting both men and women during and after their educational experiences. ... There's also an evolution of education, which gives more access to women than ever before. ... A woman who was highly educated in academics was thought to be unusual and sought after. ... For girls, after dame schools they were taught how to sew and knit. After, boys were given the option to continue going forward with their education and girls were not. ...

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Rock-n-roll was not an original creation; it drew heavily on what came before it. ... (Rolling Stone, 370) The period in Gayes's life before recording What's Going On? ... After the song is over, he ends with the phrase "They don't understand." ... He was forced to change the way he played guitar after he smashed his finger with a sledge hammer. Even after he became popular, he received little money because of a contract he was forced to enter into. ...

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