World War I Chemical Warfare On April the 22‚ 1915 at the start of the Second Battle of the Ypres‚ the first poison gas attack and the first use of chlorine gas in a battlefield started‚ even though the Hague declaration and Convention forbade the use of poison weapons in the warfare. The Germans attacked France with the chlorine gas‚ but the French were not prepared at all for this attack. The effects of the chlorine gas to the soldiers was very severe; within seconds it destroyed their respiratory
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* In Vienna‚ 10 000 factory workers were recently laid off. * The young students were influenced by revolutionary thinking‚ they wanted democracy and liberty. The unemployed workers joined them. * On March 12‚ when the crowd was campaigning‚ they were fired. This caused immediate reactions by the crowd. The crowd set up barricades. * Local guards joined the side of the rebellion. Even the State Council and police decided to voice against the government. * The revolutionaries went
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Jaylen Looper Period 4 5/25/12 English Choose The Right Path In Life Damion Booker is a 6’5 point guard from Rialto‚ California that is supposedly the best point guard since Magic Johnson. Magic Johnson was an incredible athlete he was versatile‚ had basketball IQ‚ he averaged a double double‚ and most of all a leader on the court. Damion Booker followed those same exact aspects. Damion Booker was the first round draft pick and was drafted to Los Angles Hokies and previously went to Rialto
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Dawson 1 China Dawson Dr. Geraldine Seay ENC 1102 16 October 2012 Still I Rise In the poem “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou‚ Angelou uses strong words to describe how she feels. She uses words like sassiness‚ haughtiness‚ and sexiness‚ to describe herself. She asks her enemy does her sassiness‚ haughtiness‚ and sexiness upset or offends them. Angelou is speaking to her audience of oppressors about how she had overcome racism‚ criticism‚ sexism‚ and personal obstacles in her life with pride
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Many women around the world are deciding to get abortions because they don’t want their child‚ or can’t afford it. The main issue of abortion is whether you’re pro-life or pro-choice. Abortion should be legal. Some women can’t afford the baby‚ don’t want the baby‚ or it could be a product of rape. Being pro-life just limits a women from truly choosing for themselves the outcome of their involving a child. Abortion should be completely pro choice. One example is that 14‚000 women have abortions each
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Choose Your Own Religion (But Not That One) Freedom of religion has been a principle in the United States since it became a country. However‚ just because it is written in the United States Constitution does not mean everyone will follow it. Too many times have people in America been shunned for their personal beliefs. Freedom of religion includes the freedom to worship any god‚ freedom to not following any religion‚ and the freedom to not believe in any god at all. In today ’s society there is
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One cause of World War I was Militarism. Germany had an industrialized military and spent millions of dollars trying improve and prepare them for war. Many other countries seen this newfound competition and started to try and rebuild their armies and navy so they could keep up. With Germany’s new and improved army‚ they started to gain confidence and were convinced that they could win a war. Germany was very focused on utilizing their army. As soon as the war declared‚ Germany without a doubt didn’t
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air‚ I’ll rise” (Angelou 1-4) this is a quote from “Still I Rise” that expresses Maya Angelou’s true feelings‚ that you may hurt her and give Maya Angelou dirty looks‚ yet she will be the bigger person. Maya Angelou uses figurative language to hook her readers with the points she tries to express. Maya Angelou grew up in the 1930’s‚living in a country plagued with bigotry‚ particularly towards women and people of color. Thesis: In “Still I Rise”‚ Maya Angelou uses strong figurative language such
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Lesson 8.02: World War I: Causes and Alliances WWI Timeline: How did the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and the rise of Nationalism combine to spark WWI? The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and the rise of Nationalism combined to spark WW1 because Austria- Hungary‚ where he was from‚ declared war with Serbia‚ which are the people who killed him. I thought this was expected from Austria-Hungary. Especially back then if someone important was killed they would start a huge war over it‚
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What were the Underlying Causes of World War I "War...is as much a punishment to the punisher as to the sufferer." Thomas Jefferson. World War I was no different. All throughout Europe‚ World War I severely punished both powerful and small countries alike. Ten million lives were lost from four long years of World War 1. This devastating war provoked people to examine the underlying causes of World War I. With all the European countries’ quest
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