The United States entered the war to stop the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia. American leaders feared that Communist forces would gain control of Vietnam. They believed in the domino-theory which meant that if Vietnam fell into communism‚ it would drag other countries in Asia to communism. Vietnam had been split in half in 1954 after a long war of independence against the French since 1946. When the French were defeated in the battle of Diem Bien Phu they withdrew from Vietnam. After the
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Q6: Hitler was a dictator for Germany. Before him was Hindenburg. Hindenburg didn’t trust Hitler‚ but he made Hitler as his chancellor. The reason why he was a the chancellor because military leaders and wealthy business owners pressured him. Their reasoning for Hitler being chancellor was that they will control him‚ but in reality they didn’t know how bad was Hitler. Years later‚ Hindenburg died so Hitler took over Germany. That’s when Hitler has his plans. When Hitler was in jail‚ he had wrote
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Why did slavery become established as a major labour system in the southern mainland colonies? Social Factors T.H. Breen‚ ‘A Changing Labor Force and Race Relations in Virginia’‚ Journal of Social History CHANGE OVER TIME Virginia in the years 1660-1683: much unrest‚ rioting‚ violence. According to the landowners and politicians this was due to “opportunists” (individuals usually) taking advantage of the “giddy multitude” (H.R. McIlwaine‚ ed.‚ Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1659/60-1693
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because they were taught to be clean‚ and it also symbolized a fresh start in life. Then‚ they kneeled before a king‚ and promised to be obedient and loyal. He grazed the knights shoulder with a sword and when the king said ’Arise sir knight’‚ they had become a knight (Macdonald 32). Knights were expected to destroy the enemies with weapons they had‚ such as daggers and knives‚ and charged on foot and struck with swords up close. They also had to force their way through enemy territory with siege engines
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could offer me some feedback or advice. The biggest questions I think I have to answer for myself is; why dentistry? and then‚ why dentistry over med? My personal motivation to pursue a career as a dentist I think comes from the very nature of the work. It’s diagnostic‚ technical‚ and surgical enough to be continually interesting. I realise that like any job‚ some aspects would become mundane‚ but with the human form‚ I feel like there would be enough patient variation to constantly pose
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In World War One the weapons that they used were machine guns‚ poison gas‚ and tanks. BOOM! BAM! The dreadful sounds of the dangerous guns in WW1. Those sounds are the scariest things anyone has ever heard! It was never different back then because when people heard those shots they were terrified. Most likely if you were out in the open you were the first to be killed. Then the houses‚ and more. The last place they would need to check is underground. It would take days even weeks to hunt down every
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On the 6th of November 1999 Australia was very close to becoming a republic. There was a 4% difference in the vote for the referendum with 46% of voters in favour for Australia to become a republic and 54% of voters against becoming a republic winning by the smallest margin. But why become a republic? First of all a republic is a state in which the supreme power resides in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly but them (Macquarie
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Garvey was viewed as a Leader by many blacks but not all. Some disliked Garvey and thought he was damaging the black race. He was persecuted in many nations due to his race and religious and political views. One main reason why he was persecuted by Europeans was because he was trying get rid off all those blocks that prevented the black race from striving. Another reason he was persecuted was because people from America were claiming that they were owed money from the UNIA-ACL. During the period
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Persuasive Speech In 1999‚ Australia voted in a referendum that would have made our country a republic. The proposal was defeated‚ as the way the republic was to be run was unclear‚ as well as a large campaign by then Prime Minister John Howard and other significant monarchist groups. Australia should become a republic‚ and elect our own head of state to replace the Queen and the Governor General. Why should we do this? Because the values of the monarchy‚ and of hereditary power‚ clash completely
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as Germany wanted their navy to beat the size of Britain’s. In Germany they had the biggest army‚ and it was the best trained and most powerful out of all armies involved in World War One. However Britain‚ being completely surrounded by water‚ had large powerful navy helped to keep the empire safe. Also‚ it wasn’t until after WW1 that Air Force really played its part‚ as planes were still rather early in development and could not fly from country to country and accurately bomb a target. All
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