Sam Cummings Civics and Economics (Honors) Period 2A 12/16/11 Congress to Parliament Congress of the United States and the British Parliament have many similarities and quite a few differences as well. The foundation for Congress is derived from Parliament yet the differences reflect our country’s formation of independence from England. Traditions and ceremony are rich in both countries and the legislatures formed to govern them. Despite the differences‚ the Congress of the United States
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break out Germans waited 7 months until next assault first was planes which cut off lines of communication and transport‚ then tanks broke through enemy lines as well as people power shooting. Description Significance The Germans are showing their force by suprise Holocaust Extermination of unwanted races or minority. Mainly targeted jews and were open with there hatred. 6 million Jewish people died 5 million others died Hitlers plan was to create 1 master race Night of crystal naught- Night of
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their names” (John F. Kennedy). John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22‚ 1963. He was riding in an open-top convertible with the governor of Texas‚ John Connally in a parade being held in Dallas. When Kennedy and Connally’s car came to a point in the parade where the Texas Book Depository was‚ Kennedy was shot. He was shot twice‚ once in the back of the neck‚ which also critically injured Connally‚ and once on the side of the head. The shooter was an ex-marine named Lee Harvey Oswald. After the
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The graphic novel‚ The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen‚ by Alan Moore‚ takes place in Brittan starting in 1898. The work takes characters from other novels and uses their past and personality in one novel. The character in the league are‚ Captain Nemo‚ Miss Mina Murray‚ Allen Quaterman‚ Henry Jekyll‚ Edward Hyde‚ Hawley Griffin‚ Champion Bond‚ and C. Auguste Dupin. During this time period‚ the industrial revolution was taking place. Cities were being built up‚ people were moving from farms
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opinion Lady Macbeth is more responsible than macbeth for Duncan’s murder. even though macbeth is more of the aggressive since he is the one who actually killed duncan‚ he had no intention of killing the king until his wife started harassing him. in act 1 scene 7 Lady Macbeth say "that made you break this enterprise to me? when you durst do it‚ then you were a man." In that quote she is basically saying he wont be a man until he kills the king. Macbeth was happy with how everything had been going and
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of millions. Germany is responsible for it‚ there’s no doubt in it. Yet whether Germany should be held the sole responsibility for World War one is something that led to endless debates among people for ages. In my point of view‚ all participating countries should be held responsible‚ only to different scale. I agree that Germany should be held a greater proportion of responsibility‚ comparing to other involving countries such as Russia‚ Serbia and Austria‚ as Germany was the main combatant and certainly
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The League of Nations which was established after the First World War (1914-1918) failed to deliver the goods. It was wound up. After the Second World War the major nations of the world felt the need for a similar body to maintain peace in the world and the United Nations Organization came into being. The charter of the U.N.O. was signed on June 26‚ 1945 and it came into effect from October 24‚ 1945. The aims and objective of the U.N.O. are: 1. To maintain international peace and security‚ 2.
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technology. Many countries were involved‚ Germany being one of them‚ but to what extent were the Germans responsible for the outbreak of war? 28th June 1919‚ Germany was forced to take all the blame and responsibility for World War One at the Treaty of Versailles‚ which wasn’t entirely just‚ because even though German’s aggression might have made the war happen sooner‚ sooner or later a war was inevitable. A combination of causes that contributed to the outbreak of the First World War‚ as well as
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How far do these sources suggest that British rule was accepted in India at the beginning of the twentieth century? To a certain extent sources 1‚ 2 and 3 suggest that the British rule was accepted in India. Source A shows efforts were made to improve the relationship between India and Britain but ultimately it implies that the viceroy should try not ‘to trample on the people’. Source 2‚ similar to source 1 implies that India had no freedom and India was in no ‘position to gain our independence’
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factors are responsible for educational underachievement because of many reasons such as- subcultures‚ setting and streaming and Interactionism where teachers label a pupils likely performance which have an impact on that individual which can be in the form of racism. In opposition‚ some sociologists disagree because there out-of-school factors too such as; material deprivation‚ cultural deprivation and innate explanation theory. I have to discuss if in-school factors are responsible. On the one
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