Adjoa Amponsah Professor Lavina Williams English 102 November 6th‚ 2014 Genocide in Rwanda How did the Rwandan Genocide affect the world? The Genocide in Rwanda was one of the most memorable events that ever took place in the world in the 1990s. A large group of people killed at the same place at the same time is called genocide because it deals with murder. In Rwanda there are three major tribes‚ one called the Hutu‚ the other called Tutsi‚ and the Twa (“Rwanda genocide of 1994” par.1). As a developing
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In 1922‚ Britain had control over nearly one quarter of all the land on Earth. After the Industrial Revolution‚ Europe realized that they could gain mass amounts of resources from other countries. In 1757‚ the British East India company took control of India‚ and used their resources for factories back in Britain. India was regarded as their most profitable and useful colony. In 1857‚ the Sepoy Rebellion took place‚ and Britain came in and officially took complete political‚ economic‚ and social
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Assignment 1 1. The religious differences in France lead to a civil war by dividing the state into two distinct sides: one that supported the monarch and was Catholic and one that was antimonarchic and Protestant. Violence was incited through religious ceremonies and the destruction of churches highlighted how the religion differences further divided France then before and led to the want for one religion to prevail because each thought the other was blasphemous. The nobles that used Protestantism
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United States events These three events are major events that changed the United States of America. On 9/11 almost 3‚000 people died. Some people are scared of planes now because of 9/11. On Apollo 11 was the first time someone touched the moon. There was a weird landing when they got back. The Vietnam war was a 20 year war between North Vietnam supported by the Soviet Union‚ China‚ and other communist allies‚ and Southern Vietnam with the United States. USA as a lot of war‚ cool stuff
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some politicians is the most trending issue. The scandalous pork barrel scam is history in the making. It is the biggest problem now a days in the government‚ imagine how many senators‚ congressmen and government agencies are being involved and a lot of budget are being wasted because of these fake NGOS and this is the example of a perfect crime. The second trending issue is on the environment‚ those fortuitous event like the long list calamities that hit the country‚ specificallythe earthquake
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European History DBQ The Industrial Revolution is responsible for modern society. A lot of scientific breakthroughs and modern developments would not have been possible without the Industrial Revolution. The train was built‚ the light bulb invented. Ideas were now spreading across the world. Marxism. Socialism. Capitalism. The Industrial Revolution was a new era. However‚ the question is still raised: did the Industrial Revolution improve life in Great Britain? The Industrial Revolution improved
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shook the nation drastically in the 1930s. Many Americans were excited and wanted to be a part of the “economic boom.” During this period‚ the nation was on the road to success and prosperity due to new inventions and developments in industrialism. Many people saw a chance to join the wealth. They took all of their savings and invested into the stock market; however‚ they did not benefit from such a financial decision. The stock market crashed and left everyone devastated. The American people began
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greatly. The Europeans made this horrific takeover because they believed that they could change Africa for the better. There were many changes in the Congo’s culture‚ economic and social status. This takeover initiated because of the Europeans’ want in their resources and the beginning of racism and abuse toward the Congolese‚ resulting in loss of freedom for the Africans. The change in Africa’s culture and social structure became significant when the rise of Christian Europe began. Many Christians
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I. The Shaping of North America • All of the world’s dry land was one huge continent and eventually broke off into seven • North America was created with The Canadian Shield being the first part to shape • About 2 million years ago‚ most of the land was covered in ice during the Ice Age • 10‚000 years ago melting of Ice – lakes II. Peopling the Americas • Ice Age caused sea level to drop creating a land bridge that connected North America with Eurasia bringing Asian
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the 20th century‚ far ahead of Russia in terms of industrial production were the United States‚ Britain‚ Germany‚ and France. In tsarist Russia‚ cars‚ tractors‚ combines‚ powerful steam and gas turbines‚ diesel locomotives‚ electric locomotives‚ equipment for various industries‚ and much more‚ extremely important for the development of the economy‚ were not produced. The Russian economy of that period was an agrarian-industrial one. In 1917‚ as a consequence of the First World War‚ the level of
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