World War II (WWII or WW2)‚ also known as the Second World War‚ was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world’s nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history‚ with more than 100 million people serving in military units from over 30 different countries. In a state of "total war"‚ the major participants placed their entire economic‚ industrial
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significance of world war 2: World War II is important for many reasons. First‚ it stopped the spread of dictatorships ruling both in Asia and Europe. Had Hitler and Japan been victorious‚ North and South America would be surrounded by enemies to the democratic institutions represented in those areas. The United States would be surrounded by hostile forces bent upon complete world domination. Second‚ the war ushered in the Atomic Age. The dropping of the Atomic bombs not only signaled an escalation
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half of the twentieth century was shaped by two global conflicts‚ World War 1 (WW1) and World War 2 (WW2). Both of these wars were the same in many ways‚ but different in some ways. For example‚ they were similar in causes‚ like‚ nationalism‚ militarism‚ and alliance system‚ but they were different in the events that shaped the causes of war. One of the causes of WW1 and WW2 is the alliance system. During WW1 the alliance system consisted of the Triple Alliance (Austria‚ Germany‚ Italy) and the
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The Prison System CJS/200 The history of the American prison system was based partially on the prison system of 18th century England. Whereas the American prison system emphasized punishment as well as rehabilitation and restitution the English system did not. Those offenders incarcerated in the English prison system were comprised of‚ those awaiting trial‚ banishment from the community‚ debtors‚ or those awaiting execution. The American prison system evolved when William Penn instituted
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Assignment: The prison system The penitentiary rivalry has cause a lot of changes within our American prison system. The rivalry implemented design changes every so often which led to better prison population and control of the inmates within them‚ because every state wanted the best prison system. A few of the changes that came from these rivalries were how they built the inmate cells‚ they built them so that the inmates or criminals inside them could not see the other inmates or have contact
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US History B Mrs. Betancourt Children During WII Reflection Paper I learned a lot from researching the life of children during World War II. There were some things I presumed‚ and other things that surprised me. I knew that Jewish children would have been treated unfair during the war; because of this I assumed that they had bad education. I was surprised in the differences between German and American kids education. I thought that American education would be very important and controlled
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World War 2 – why this topic? The world of the 21st century is still living with the consequences of World War 2‚ the most tremendous conflict in history. 73 years ago on the 1st of September 1939‚ Germany invaded Poland without warning. Two days later on the 3rd‚ Britain and France were at war with Germany and within a week‚ New Zealand‚ Canada‚ South Africa and Australia had also joined the war. In time‚ Italy‚ USA and Japan became involved. Worldwide‚ countries had been plunged into their Second
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World War II I decided to choose the topic about World War II because I watch a movie about it and it was the deadliest conflict in human history .I did my research on the internet I used Wikipedia ‚ time line ‚ History place ‚ and Google at first it was Confusing because there is so much to write about‚ I did not know where to begin‚ then I decided to concentrate on the casualties of the war because of the numbers of civilians that died. World War II killed more people‚ involved more nations‚
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effect philanthropy had on post World War II reconstruction. Zunz starts the chapter by saying that “the clear division of labor between government and civil society that the New Deal had insisted upon to lift the country out of the Great Depression became irrelevant during and after World War II.” Basically what Zunz was saying was that even though government and philanthropy were seen to be separate organizations or institutions‚ they came together after World War II in order to rebuild‚ much like
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placed the word in the independent clause. Also‚ by getting Snow White to drive Sleepy into action‚ the effect of the word is clearly demonstrated. 2. Jesus‚ a revered man‚ rode on top of a donkey into the city
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