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    Vietnam had a hard time facing foreign invasion which happened quite frequently. After World War I the French and Chinese had a large influence in Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh was one Vietnamese who tried to stop that. He worked his way into creating an independent Vietnam and organized an army using guerrilla warfare. Minh went to war with the French and ended up winning and this helped create a free North and South Vietnam. South Vietnam had an uprising and a communist group called the Vietcong arose

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    To what extent was the GDR controlled by the Soviet Union in the years to 1961? The German Democratic Republic was formed from what once was the Soviet Zone of Germany. After the tensions of the cold war became too hostile for all participants Germany was divided into East Germany and West Germany and were renamed the GDR for the East and the FRG for the West. The GDR was formed in October 1949 and was governed by the SED‚ a political party made up of the Communist Party and the Socialist Party.

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    August Rush is the story of an orphan boy in the custody of New York State who hears music always. He is convinced that the music would call out to his parents if they could just hear what is inside of him. He hears music constantly‚ so his parents must be musicians. He could call out to them with his music and they would know that it was him. He runs away from the Boy’s Home that he is in to go to the city to find his parents. That is what the music told him to do. While he is there‚ he meets

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    Lesson Plan #: 4 Date: July 02‚ 2013 I. OBJECTIVES: A. Given the available materials‚ student should be able to: 1. demonstrate how transparent‚ translucent and opaque materials differ. 2. define what is light‚ speed of light‚ and ray; 3. cite different sources of light; 4. explain how the two types of shadows formed; 5. manifest awareness of the nature of light in our daily life; and B. answer three out of five items correctly. II. SUBJECT MATTER: A. Unit: Electricity Chapter:

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    after the Civil war came to an end‚ historians have unraveled first hand accounts deliberately opposing to the idea it was fought only because of slavery. Although Slavery is accredited with being the main and only cause of the Civil war‚ according to first hand accounts and events the conspiracy of the Southerners unity and the power hungry ideas of the Northerns‚ were the main cause. People in the United states believe the feud over slavery was the main cause of the civil war. That belief is

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    Assuming that states are rational actors‚ explain the outbreak of war? Part 1              Assuming that states are rational actors‚ why do states fight over valued possessions rather than negotiating peaceful terms‚ which would avoid the costs of war? For the most part‚ it is widely agreed that one of the most fundamental causes of war is having anarchy in the international system. The lack of a united international government system can be very problematic because each state believes itself to

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    Napoleon was the creator of his time and not the creation of his time because he made most of his opportunities from his hard work. Napoleon started it all by working hard in school when he was young. He was given the task of defending delegates from a government official in 1795. Napoleon along with gunners successfully defended the delegates. They made the attackers panic and confused. Napoleon was the hero of the hour and in Paris was the savior of the French Republic. After that event was thought

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    sister.” Yeah‚ but an annoying one at that I thought. I look around our make-shift campsite and my eyes stop on her sleeping figure. I have to admit‚ she’s the bravest fourteen year old girl I have ever met. I haven’t seen her cry once. After the Outbreak spread‚ we’ve lost contact with our parents because of the chaos in the streets. We haven’t seen them in 7 months‚ when this all started. I fear the worst‚ but she’s optimistic. Tess‚ my sister says we’ll find them at the Superdome in Chicago. That’s

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    It was 1789‚ King Louis XIV was on the throne and the ‘Revolution was born in blood’; the French Revolution had begun. The French Revolution began in 1789 on July 14th (Bastille Day) where the commoners of Paris stormed the prison‚ murdered the Governor and the Mayor of Paris. They were not standing for the mismanagement and tyranny of the French monarchy any longer. The Revolution that followed was a bloody massacre of torture and new ideas. Although the French Revolution only caused the people

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    Prior to the Civil WarGeneral Sherman made an accurate prediction on the outcomes of Civil War. He illustrated although both sides will suffer‚ the south will face eventual defeat and atone for their crime against humanity. First of all‚ General Sherman condemned South for starting the war so naively‚ not realizing the brutality of war.“You people of the South don’t know what you are doing. This country will be drenched in blood‚ and God only knows how it will end. It is all folly‚ madness‚ a

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