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    1800’s‚ there was a series of occurrences that influenced women across the U.S. The Women’s Suffrage Movement was a major turning point in the lives of women. There were many rights that woman were being deprived of during that 1800’s. Women were raped‚ abused‚ called names‚ sexually assaulted‚ and given poor education. They were underestimated in many different aspects and were thought to be incapable of making their own decisions. The ongoing attack and criticism against women was what triggered

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    The Role of Women During the 18th and 19th Centuries From the time of the Revolution to the Civil War‚ the role and view of women had altered dramatically. The numerous changes in jobs and families were some of the things that caused this. Many women were compliant to “Republican motherhood” as countless men off fighting in the war or having to work all day. The wives of those men then had to raise their children all by themselves. Another view among women of this time was that women were expected

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    the massive project of setting up a government that would represent the people as a whole. While the founders were putting together the massive role of politics within the constitution they planned out the role of the government and the people’s place within the system. The nation’s governmental system during the late 1790s’ through the early 1800s’ was very imbalanced because the people who ran the government were figuring out the way that the nation would embrace religion within government‚ the

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    Was Stalin a "Great Man"?

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    According to Thoman Carlyle‚ a "great man" is one who shapes history and affects the course of the future. In the case of Joseph Stalin‚ dictator of the Soviet Union from 1929-1953‚ one can perceive that through torment and brutal force‚ he was able to modernize a nation and oppress his own people. One can argue that Stalin was a great leader of the 20th century. After all‚ he took an undeveloped country and molded it into one of the world’s greatest industrial and military forces. But‚ this transformation

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    Who Was Peter The Great?

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    Peter the Great was born on June 9th‚ 1672 in Moscow‚ Russia. He was the Tsar of Russia in the late 17th century.Most people know him for turning Russia into a great nation with many aggressive Domestic reforms. There is controversy over whether or not he was actually “Great”. Peter deserves "the Great" after his name because his actions‚ though extreme‚ helped developed Russia into a world power. Peter the Great deserved his name because he brought Western ideas to Russia‚ he gained land for Russia

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    6 The First Transcontinental Railroad The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1‚907-mile railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast at San Francisco Bay with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs‚ Iowa. It was built by three private companies: the original Western Pacific Railroad Company‚ the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California‚ and the Union Pacific Railroad Company. The road established

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    Church was extremely important to the black community in the 1930s. In this picture of the John Wesley Church congregation‚ you can observe how nicely everyone is dressed‚ due to how respected worship was. Most early black churches were formed by freed slaves due to how important religion was to slaves. For example‚ Richard Allen‚ a former slave‚ founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E. for short) in 1787‚ where he was elected bishop. Allen lead a group of black methodists to leave

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    WORKING PAPER N° Mots clés : Codes JEL : 1 Was the Great War a Watershed ? The economics of World War One in France Pierre-Cyrille Hautcoeur Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (Matisse) and DELTA (joint research unit CNRS-EHESS-ENS) This paper has been prepared for a book edited by M. Harrisson and S. Broadberry on The Economics of World War One‚ forthcoming at Cambridge University Press. Abstract This paper presents a broad‚ quantitatively documented‚ overview of the French economy

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    Personal memoir The Aftermath of the Vietnam War GRD 511 Academic Writing for Evaluation and Research Vang‚ Hutho Abstract The world may have known that there was a war called Vietnam War‚ however they may have not ever known the aftermath of its war. There had been several thousands of the Hmong people died consequently after the Vietnam War. In comparing the war itself‚ the Hmong soldiers who died in Vietnam

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    Communism is a system where there is no private ownership of business or property and the country’s wealth gets shared among the population. Vladimir Lenin started the communist international which was an organisation with an aim of spreading communism throughout the world. Communism really was a threat to Australians in the 1950s‚ the events of the Korean War‚ different alliances being formed‚ the banning of the Communist party of Australia (CPA) and the Petrov affair all tell us that communism

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