It was the beginning of another "red scare- in the nation: fears of communism, which had been on the rise ever since the stock market crash that set off the Great Depression, sparked accusations that artists, writers, actors and learned people were communists. ... Ironically, the end of the war left our country in many respects better off than it had been at the start of it "the economic boom sparked by the conflict would continue for many years to come, and the creation of a new, more effective collaboration of world governments, the United Nations, would help regulate peace "at lea...

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By the late 16th century, many influential political thinkers as well as princes and their advisors became convinced that absolutism held the only hope for the future. Pressures toward absolutism came from three needs experienced by heads of state and their advisors: 1 to bring and end to religious...

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The decisions an events of the past in the United States has impacted and molded everything that we deal with today. With that said one could gather that the events and decisions made in the present time will be what the future generations will be studying and coping with in years to come. While ...

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"Nationalism," as the name suggests is an ideology whose core concept is the assumption that an individual's devotion and loyalty to its state or nation surpasses any other interests of his, whether group or individual interests. In simpler words, nationalism can be defined as love for one's nation....

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Proceedings for the convention were started in 1981, after reports of frighteningly low ozone levels above Antarctica as well as the decimation of the Rhine valley ecosystem by acid rain sparked global interest in the ecological impact of industrial waste chemicals. ...

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The quote "Life, liberty, fraternity or death " completely personifies the French Revolution. Men and women from all over the country of France rallied together to fight the injustice and cruelty of the French aristocracy. Their actions contributed to the fall of the aristocracy, although this allow...

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World War One or "The Great War" as it became known, occurred due to many causes, some of which still remain unexposed today. The obvious trigger for the war was the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie on 28th June 1914. The assassination occurred during the Archduke's visit to Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Archduke was targeted due to the general feeling amongst Serbians that, once appointed to the throne, Ferdinand would continue the persecution of Serbs living within the borders of the Austro-...

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Games, Books and Movies: The Violence Accelerator or Misreported Non-issue? When a violent action is reported publicly, there is a move to blame someone or something for what has happened. As people look for someone to hold responsible for the action, blame can be attached to a variety of objects: guns, knives, and other weapons, violent images on television and in movies, violent video games, and violent lyrics in songs. For years the question has been "Does watching violence in the media cause someone to become violent in real life?- Janet Reno, the former US Attorney General said, "With...

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On the 30th of May 1672 the baby who was to become "Peter the Great, Most Wise Father of the Fatherland" was born. Even at his birth the title "Great" seemed entirely appropriate for this remarkable personage measuring as he did some thirty three inches from head to toe. The occasion of his coming i...

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The Thirty Years War was a series of European conflicts that lasted from 1618 to 1648. The battles were mainly fought in Germany. The struggle was initially based on the religious conflicts among Germans by the Protestant Reformation, but it was later influenced by other issues and later became domi...

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