First, they convinced Eastern European countries to switch to communism. Eventually, European countries were divided into East and West by the "Iron Curtain" (Doc A), the boundary that separates the Warsaw Pact countries from NATO countries; America was in charge of Western Europe and the Soviet Union was in charge of Eastern Europe. ... However, Greece and Western Europe couldn't avoid the chaos of communism spreading. Many Western European countries were a mess of poverty and homeless, which led to the fear all around the world. ... The threat of nuclear attack was unlike any ...

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Many Europeans settlers arrived to the New World and invested in plenty of land but not enough labor to take care of it. ... At the time, the Thirty Years' War was draining Europe economically, resulting in high rates of poor and unemployed citizens. The idea of moving into the "New World" and given a chance to start fresh gave the Europeans hope for a better future. ... It was driven by demand by the growing capitalism of America and Europe that needed the cheapest labor possible, resulting in the kidnappings of many Africans. ... The South's environment and climate was pe...

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This argument leads one to believe that Wilson was performing in a purely democratic way by helping the more democratic governments in Europe defeat the autocratic governments, such as Germany, Austria and Turkey. At the beginning of the Great War Wilson approached the notion of America joining the war as incomprehensible, partly because of his strong feelings to resolve things by peace and partly because like many other Americans" he felt that the war was a European affair. ... Everyone assumed that this act of violence was sure to bring America into the war, Germany itself had banked on it, ...

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In addition, the United States believed that the war in Europe did not concern it or its citizens. ... Unlike Germany, Woodrow Wilson and his government did not have imperialistic sentiments and America's relationship at that time with Britain was not strong enough for the United States to enter the war only on Britain's behalf. ... The commencement of the war did not lessen America's need to sell goods to Europe or to acquire raw materials from European nations and their empires. The United States naively thought trading with Europe would continue as it had before the war bega...

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A vast majority of the herbs and remedies were native to Europe and were brought here by settlers because of their medicinal benefits. ... It was brought to America from Europe but there was a local variety introduced by the Indians which was thought to cure everything from snakebites to intestinal worms. ... Unlike the highly educated and certified doctors we know today, colonial medical practitioners had little to no education or experience. ...

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A vast majority of the herbs and remedies were native to Europe and were brought here by settlers because of their medicinal benefits. ... It was brought to America from Europe but there was a local variety introduced by the Indians which was thought to cure everything from snakebites to intestinal worms. ... Unlike the highly educated and certified doctors we know today, colonial medical practitioners had little to no education or experience. ...

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"Tatu" & Tribal Tattooing Captain Hooke, a well known sailor, brought with him not only tattooing from different cultures on his ship to Europe, but the actual word we use today. He referred to the operation as "tattaw", using for the first time the word "tattawing", unlike when tattooing was originally referred to as painting or staining (Flampoint). ... Primarily, they had no commercial value, but once European explorers came over and saw these strange heads they wanted them for their museums (Tattooarchive). ...

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In the eighteenth century, James Madison and Thomas Jefferson worked together to try and weaken the Anglican church's establishment in Virginia; for both in Europe and North America, politicians understood that people should be free to worship anyway they chose and without fear of political pressure or oppression. ... The highest social ranking one could achieve was that of a lawyer or a merchant, meaning that, unlike Europe, all people held a similar social status. ...

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Though the separatists fled Europe seeking religious freedom, true religious and civic freedom was not apparent among the American colonies until the rise of the Quakers. ... As America grew increasingly different from its European parents, the American public began to want for what its distant governing body could not supply. ... These acts, which called for things such as the taxing of paper goods (Stamp Act, 1765) and the hindering of trade through the forbidden issuing of paper money by the colonies (Currency Act, 1764), placed shackles upon the colonists and their businesses, forever...

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Unlike the colonists of the 1700's, the modern citizen simply has no need for firearms. ... He said, "I envy our European American brothers as the gun laws in Europe sucks ass in comparison....

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However, unlike tobacco, which immediately affects every person's health, does every user of these games commit violent crimes? ... A Tale of Two Cities certainly portrays incredible atrocities about what events occurred to cause mass beheadings in Europe, and how the poor revolt against the rich. ...

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When school William was able to go to a 6-week tour vacation of Europe with the rest of his Orchestra group. ... Unlike a wealthy child a poor one will have to get a couple jobs just to pay for tuition. ...

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Before the downturn, many Europeans looked to America for advice and mentoring on how to create an improvement in their society and economics. ... As seen in schools, many rich kids make it to graduation with bad grades and still end up getting a high paid job unlike poor kids who got good grades in college. ...

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