1941 marked a day in history never to be forgotten‚ this was the day that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The attack on Pearl Harbor affected many people in a way that would change their lives forever. The attack on Pearl Harbor caused many people to lose their lives‚ it caused American to enter World War II and it also caused the economy to change. The attack on Pearl Harbor began as part of Japan’s larger plan to conquer Southeast Asia. The Japanese wanted to do this to secure raw materials
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In this essay‚ I will be discussing the leading causes of the recent endangerment of both the North American bats and coral reefs. There are ultimate and proximate causes for each of these species continued extinction. In correlation‚ the extinctions of North American bats and coral reefs would severely impact other organisms in their ecosystem in any ways. Most recently biologists went to complete their annual bat census only to discover that an abundance of bats were quickly dying off or already
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During the eighteen century a number of notable events took place in the world. One event was the Industrial Revolution in England‚ which spread over to the other countries in the Europe too. Industrial revolution led the discovery of new sea and trade routes. Sea route to India was discovered by the Portuguese called Vasco Da Gama in 1498. As the result the English‚ Dutch‚ French and the Portuguese came to India for trade. The company’s role in India was of trading corporation which brought goods
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The end of World War I had a powerful impact on the world. This was because the War not only changed how war was fought with the use of technology such as poisonous gases‚ tanks and machine guns. The War also changed the power structure of Europe due to the collapse of the British Empire because of debt‚ The Bolsheviks overthrowing Czar Nicholas of Russia thus ending the Russian Empire‚ the end of the Ottoman Empire and the Sykes-Picot Treaty which redrew the borders of the Middle East and has resulted
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The American auto industry was developed by many different people from different countries. France started this development in 1769 by inventing of a three-wheeler that was powered by steam. The first internal combustion engine was created in Belgian in the 1800s and a gasoline powered vehicle was built in Germany in 1885. It was also in Germany‚ in 1896‚ that a man named Henry Ford built the first car. He went further by creating the assembly line which allowed him to mass produce the cars therefore
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Based on the examination of the major cultural characteristics of populations in North America prior to European contact‚ these societies were just as advanced as their European counterparts such as Spain. North America‚ an unknown continent to the rest of the world until 1492‚ thrived for centuries on its own with its advancements and discoveries in technology‚ like the irrigation system‚ languages‚ such as Algic‚ and religions created by native people and practiced by countless tribes within the
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helped the United States achieve international respect. The war also helped Andrew Jacksons political career. The United States economy was drastically altered during the war and the events leading up to it. America was facing several problems. The British military had more power than the American army. Since the American army was reduced as a cost-cutting measure‚ it needed to be expanded again. However‚ raising the funds for the war was delayed because there was no longer a national bank. In 1791
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Public Education during the Great Depression The Great Depression was a point in the History of the United States that caused enormous distress and economic depression. The citizens who lived through and experienced the devastation of this event suffered major changes to their day to day lives. The Great Depression didn’t just affect working people it also affected the students who were living with parents who were unemployed and it also affected the teachers that were in charge of educating the
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One of the most economically prosperous time periods in American history is the 1920’s‚ also known as the Roaring 20’s. This economic upturn occurred shortly after the conclusion of World War I and the short recession that followed the war. Some industries flourished during this time while farming became a cancer to the economy. To help the plight of the American farmer congress did as much as it could in passing legislative bills like the Emergency Tariff of 1921‚ the Fordney-McCumber Tariff
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independence (Truman 344). Greece and Turkey asked for military and financial aid from the United States as Great Britain‚ their former benefactor‚ was no longer able‚ or in a position to‚ support the two struggling nations. The two countries would have fallen if not for the immediate financial support from the United States. (Truman‚ 1) While the Truman Doctrine only gave support to Greece
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