RESEARCH PAPER SUMBITTED TO INSTRUCTOR MARC WENNER HISTORY 223 BY 18 JANUARY 2010 Casinos are what people expect to see when they enter an Indian reservation. Most people that visit the reservation have no idea why the Casinos are there and what they mean to the reservations and the Indians that live there. The Indians use the Casinos to take charge of their own economic situations; building the Casino’s are an easy way for the tribes to make money for
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During the Second World War period Actually‚ the UNHCR was not the first refugee organization at the end of the Second World War. The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) was set up by the Allies in November 1943 whose mandate was simply limited to help civilians from allied states and displayed people in states with temporary emergency aid. Although it was not a true refugee organization with authority‚ it succeeded in helping these people in the beginning and continued
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In the 1930s‚ Britain and France adopted the appeasement policy towards Germany. It was to give in to some of the demands of Hitler in the hope that they would be satisfied and not ask for more. The appeasement policy aimed to prevent another large-scale war like the World War I. The appeasement policy was not an error as appeasement bought time for Britain to rearm. In the 1930s‚ they were still recovering from the tremendous losses in World War I‚ and were not militarily prepared for a war
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“The Battle of the Somme was a total failure” How far do Sources A-F support this statement? On the 1st July 1916‚ the battle of the Somme began. Sources A‚ D‚ E and F suggest that the Battle of The Somme wasn’t a total failure. However‚ Sources B and C suggest that the British underestimated the Germans and this was the cause of their massacre. Source B proposes that although the British were organized and everything was going according to their plan‚ the first line‚ which had nearly reached
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Many of the european countries wanted in on the new world especially Spain. They wanted to expand their land and grow in wealth. Spain conquered many places in the new world and called it new Spain. Which included the western half of the US and down towards central america. There were other Spanish settlements down in southern america as well. As a result of their mass presence‚ they were responsible for the fall of both the Aztec empire and the Incan empire. They also wanted more wealth and they
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Was the Heath government a total failure? It is undoubtedly true that during Heath’s time in office‚ 1970-1975‚ he faced many difficulties‚ many of them at the hands of the Trade Unions‚ which made his time in government difficult to make any progress. However it cannot be denied that the Heath Government did make some successes‚ and considering the harsh times that Heath faced‚ it could be argued that the Heath government was not a total failure and instead was one that had experienced lot of
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Background: Harold Holt was born in Stanmore‚ New South Wales on 5 August 1908. He was the elder of two children. Holt was enrolled at Wesley College in Melbourne‚ which happens to be where the future Prime Minister Robert Menzies had been a star pupil as well. It is argued that due to a lack of parental love‚ is mothers early death and his parents’ divorce caused many feelings of loneliness and insecurity in Holt. Holt did very well in school‚ winning a scholarship to the University of Melbourne
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his presidency was similar to the Nixon Administration. Like the presidencies before and after Ford‚ his administration’s approach to foreign affairs was entirely based on the Cold War. During his shorter-than-average term‚ the Ford Administration’s foreign policy included policies such as detente‚ shuttle diplomacy‚ and ending conflicts such as the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Vietnam War. Gerald Ford’s foreign policy was characterized by global treaties‚ ineffective policies‚ and delayed responses
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Indian politics: Why Savarkar was avoided by Indian governments (INC)? SAVARKAR was the first Indian political leader to call for Swadeshi‚ and the first Indian leader who publicly performed a bonfire of foreign clothes (1906). (MANY YEARS BEFORE GANDHIJI) He was the first Indian student who was rusticated from a hostel of an institution aided by British Govt (reason was the bonfire). He was the first Indian leader of India to daringly proclaim absolute political independence of India as her
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The Agitation and Reform in the Nineteenth-Century Britain. What was Chartism and Why Did it Fail? Thisassignment will analysewhat Chartism was and why it failed. Firstly‚ we will consider what Chartism was‚ secondly we will focus on two of the six main reasons that Chartism failed‚ these will includethe lack of middle class support and the radical nature of the Chartist claims although the Disunited Members and Leader‚ the mid Victorian boom and the loyalty of the army and police force to
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