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    DBQ With the era of American Reconstruction in America during the mid to late 1800’s came a sense of opportunity and hope for its people. America was on the move as nation‚ railroads being built faster than ever and the freedmen looking to find their niche in society. Although in the beginning the government provided support for these new citizens‚ efforts toward reconstruction faded as the years passed. Those efforts faded to a point where they were all but nonexistent‚ and with the unwritten Compromise

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    Is Britain more Racist today than it was in the 1970s Big point: Comedy uses discrimination to highlight minority groups Little point: In 1970 comedy was often openly racist Two examples of how comedy used to be openly racist is when people from other countries started coming

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    It is decidedly impossible to hold a serious discussion about sports without bringing up politics; the two subjects are permanently intertwined. In fact‚ the major political events of the 1900s had a profound effect on sporting events across the world. Sports played a multitude of roles during this time period‚ from being used as war propaganda to a tool of political manipulation to a symbol of freedom. From World War I to World War II‚ global conflicts dramatically increased the politicization of

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    Why women generally get breast cancer rather than other cancers? ABSTRACT Background It is evident that when a person is affected with disease‚ he becomes aware of some treatment and he likes to follow the instruction of the physicians and prescription of him and he also makes some restriction on all over the lifestyle of him. The advanced technology is fast enough to eradicate the problems of human beings and they are easy to find out some solutions and some

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    1917 The First World War

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    War’ was a war of vast proportions. Its origins were extremely complex‚ its impact on military operations was revolutionary and its extent of destruction was horrifying. In Australia‚ around 416‚809 men enlisted ‚ of whom more than 61‚532 were killed and 156‚000 wounded‚ gassed‚ or taken prisoner . A nation that had been meticulously built over 176 years was torn apart by a single war. But‚ as horrifying as ‘The Great War’ was‚ is it possible to select a single year of profound tragedy? Was 1917

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    growth. It shaped and progressed from 1900 to 1917 and finally started to disappear from 1917 to the early 1920s. Nugent claims Progressivism emerged as a response to the Gilded Age‚ an unfortunate era that left the average working Americans poor while a new class of wealthier people started to rise. For once‚ Americans sensed change in their society. Some change for the good but most of it for the worse. Nugent talks about how cities began growing up faster than the blink of an eye. The railroad companies

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    Children learn through encouragement and praise rather than punishment Children are said to be the world’s most fascinating creatures‚ with the way they think‚ respond and behave. Children are known for their many talents and their way of understanding. A child may try to do many things on their own but will still seek advise form their parent‚ teacher etc‚ so the question lies‚ do children learn through encouragement and praise rather than punishment? Of course they do‚ of course we know that a

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    How far was WW1 the main cause of the fall of the Romanovs in February 1917? Tsar Nicholas II was the head of the Romanov family who had ruled Russia for five generations from 1613 to 1762. When Nicholas had inherited the throne he married Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse‚ who was from Germany. They had five children together‚ but their popularity was starting to fall by 1914. When there was the outbreak of the war‚ the Russian people criticised Alexandra’s German heritage and Nicholas’s failure

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    literature‚ evil often triumphs‚ but never conquers." Any good story needs a conflict‚ and throughout history‚ the most basic literary struggle has been between forces of good and evil. Ultimate victory for the forces of good becomes that much more effective when it has had to overcome smaller victories for the opposing‚ evil forces. Evil may win the battle from time to time‚ but good will always win the war. However‚ many works of literature present the ultimate triumph of evil over good. Just

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    Why did Tsardom collapse in 1917? In February 1917‚ all were stunned when what started off as a demonstration regarding shortages of food and fuel‚ escalated into a protest attempting to overthrow Tsar Nicholas II. However‚ nobody could have predicted what the result would have been‚ as when Tsar Nicholas II abdicated‚ there was nobody to assume the position of Tsar‚ and so 300 years of Romanov rule came to an end. Although it came as a surprise‚ the failure of the tsarist regime happened for

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