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John F. Kennedy and Cold War
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The term Cold War is use to define an extremely tense international situation, in which the two powers began an arms race and adopted a belligerent attitude that led them to clash, but never became an armed struggle directly. This confrontation expressed in localized conflicts ...
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“Beliefs held by Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois in hopes of improving the lives of blacks in the late 19th Century and early 20th Century”
“Booker Taliaferro Washington”
“Booker Taliaferro Washington” was an American orator, political leader, author and educator. From 1890 to 1915 in the African-American community, he was ...
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OPRAH WINFREY
Oprah Winfrey
Table of Contents
Introduction1
Discussion2
Major events and achievements of Oprah Winfrey4
Significance of Oprah Winfrey's life in American history6
Conclusion7
Oprah Winfrey
Introduction
There were so many people to chose from, who made a significant impact on the American History, but the one I chose, stood all by herself. The person I chose to write ...
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Liberty men and Great Proprietors
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The American Revolution was a period of significant political changes caused by the insurrection of the inhabitants of the Thirteen Colonies of North America against the British in the late eighteenth century. The American Revolution has some features that distinguish it from both the pre-English bourgeois ...
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Ethnic strategy
Introduction
Between 1850 and 1880, nearly 8 million immigrants arrived in the United States, and as a percentage of the population, the foreign-born rose from 9.7 to 13.3 percent. Immigration on that large a scale had important impacts, not only on the immigrants but also on American ...
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The Shakers
The Shakers
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The Shakers were distinctive Christian groupings who took off persecution in England, moving in America in the 18th Century. They supposed that their organizer, Ann Lee, was the second coming of Christ. They supposed that Deity had both male and female features, and experienced equal opportunity of ...
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First in Peace
Introduction
O Brien's book on Jefferson widely regarded as one of the most systematic deconstructions of the myths surrounding the Sage of Montecello ever written.
Discussion
In his book on First in Peace, O'Brien seeks to explain Washington's terms as president and the effect; they had on the course of the ...
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RENÉ DESCARTES
René Descartes
René Descartes
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René Descartes (day-kahrt), born on March 31, 1596, was the third child of Joachim Descartes, a fairly prosperous member of the minor noblesse de robe (nobility of the robe); he was a counselor in the Parlement (or law court) of Rennes. From 1604 to 1612, René ...
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The Insight of Use and Abuse of History
On the Use and Abuse of History for Life is the book published in 1874 by Friedrich Nietzsche. This constitutes a major work of Nietzsche's early artistic period. He criticized the fact that the importance of history is either overestimated or misunderstood. This ...
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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
Catholic Church during the French Revolution
French Revolution
Discuss the role of the Roman Catholic Church in the French Revolution. Why did some people in France (such as the Jacobins) want to eliminate the Church, while others (such as the peasants of the Vendee) strongly favoured the Church?
The ...