Gammon 1 Collin Gammon Mrs. Murphy 8th Grade Writing 4 December 2014 Homework is Ineffective‚ Illogical‚ and Unnecessary Studies show that homework is ineffective and inefficient‚ so why have it at all? Homework is not an effective or efficient measure in educating students for these reasons; first‚ when a student has a firm grasp on a topic‚ repeating the topic‚ or subject‚ so soon can confuse or over complicate the topic for the student; second‚ there seems to be very little correla
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million people were plunged into war. Ten million soldiers were mowed down by bullets‚ blown to pieces‚ incinerated‚ starved‚ devoured by rats and lice‚ killed by the epidemics that thrive on misery‚ 20 millions more were wounded. What lunacy took hold of the Austrians‚ Serbs‚ Russians‚ Germans‚ French‚ British‚ Italians‚ Terks‚ and the Americans? The survivors could count themselves lucky‚ but they had lost their youth or their face or their sanity. How did the world unleash such fury? The peoples
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The Inevitability of World War II The causes of World War II have been traced back by many historians and figures as the unresolved problems from World War I. Economical and political problems left most countries in strife after the war‚ with many leaders wanting to fix their countries by any means possible. Shortly after‚ peace treaties were signed after the end of World War I but many predicted the inevitable subsequent world war. They feared that the victors would demand too much out of Germany
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World War II started in 1939 and ended in 1945. It involved the countries of Japan‚ Germany‚ and Italy. Those three formed the Axis Powers. The countries that fought against them were Great Britain‚ France‚ the United States‚ and in part the Soviet Union. Notable names in the war were: Franklin Delano Roosevelt‚ (president of the United States); Adolf Hitler‚ (Nazi Party leader and German chancellor); Benito Mussolini‚ (Italian fascist dictator); Hideki Tojo‚ (Japanese military leader); and Joseph
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FoA Notes: Propaganda “Lead this people into war‚ and they’ll forget there was ever such a thing as tolerance. To fight‚ you must be brutal and ruthless‚ and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fibre of national life‚ infecting the Congress‚ the courts‚ the policeman on the beat‚ the man in the street.” - Woodrow Wilson – 28th President of the United States (Successfully convinced the USA to go to WW1) Propaganda in World War One was adopted on a massive global scale‚ successfully
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There were many causes that started World War 2‚ but the 3 most impactful events were; Hitler coming into power‚ the Great Depression‚ and the League of Nations inability to fix major international issues. Adolf Hitler rose to power as the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party‚ or the Nazi Party. Hitler was the chancellor and dictator of Germany. Leading up to start of the war in 1939‚ Hitler breached of the treaty of versailles three times. First time he breached the treaty was
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World War 2 ID/Sigs Totalitarianism: a concept used to describe political systems whereby a state regulates nearly every aspect of public and private life. Fascism: an authoritarian nationalist ideology focused on solving economic‚ political‚ and social problems that its supporters see as causing national decline or decadence. Nazism: the ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party under Adolf Hitler‚ and the policies adopted by the dictatorial government of Nazi Germany
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April 2014 World War II Impact on America As far as history goes‚ World War II was the most monumental war in the history of the United States. The war lasted from 1939 to 1945. About .4 million Americans were killed and many other were wounded. These casualties were the lowest in number compared to those of the Axis and Allied powers. America was also in control of the most powerful weapon of the time‚ the Atomic Bomb. Clearly‚ the United States was the leading super power of world affairs. Politically
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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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World War One or ‘The Great War’ and its causes are still a hotly debated subject till today. There are many important causes and reasons for the war‚ some more important than others. Not only did the war cause a lot of disruption‚ chaos and death‚ it also set the scene for other wars to take place‚ which is one main reason why it was so significant in History. Many of the causes link and relate to each other and have different relative importance‚ when compared‚ to contributing to the outbreak of
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