On September 11th‚ 2001‚ it was a Tuesday morning in the state of New York. At 8:45‚ an American Airlines plane flew directly into the north tower of the World Trade Center. The crash left a giant burning hole in the building by the 80th floor of the 110 story building. Hundreds of people instantly died‚ while hundreds were still trapped on upper floors. 18 minutes later‚ a second plane hit near the 60th floor of the south tower. This crash caused debris to rain all over people and buildings nearby
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Vladek made both risky and wise choices to survive the Holocaust‚ such as working in the tin shop‚ sitting above the people in the cattle cars on a blanket‚ and having a clean shirt while he was in Dachau. When Vladek worked in the tin shop‚ he was taking an immense risk‚ considering he had little to no experience being a tinsmith. “I was not really a tinsmith‚ but I knew a little.” (Spiegelman‚ 36). He could’ve been killed if he hadn’t learned so easily from watching. The lead tinsmith‚ Yidl‚ knew
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Did you know that the battle of Lexington and Concord led up to the Revolutionary War? The battle of Lexington and Concord was the battle that kicked off the Revolutionary War.Lexington and Concord was the first armed battle. The cause of for this battle was for ammunition and weapons. This battle was fought on April 19‚ 1775. Patriots started firing because British tried to hide their weapons. The battle started unexpectedly patriots won which was very surprising to everyone. The colonists finally
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9/11 showed how unprepared The United State had been as a nation. People wondered‚ why is this happening? How is it possible that this could happen in America? What can be done so it never happens again? September 11th is the day people understood the concept that freedom isn’t free. People had a basic understanding of the word terrorism‚ however no one really believed that America could suffer the tragedy that it did. As far as people knew terrorism was a concern for countries in the Middle East‚
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Why Did The Civil War Happen? Bang! Why did the Civil War start? The main reason of the Civil War was John Brown‚Bleeding Kansas and Abraham Lincoln they all have a lot to do with the Civil War and how it started. It was about freeing slaves and making all states free states for slaves. It was a Civil War because the South was fighting The North because they wanted too free states and other people wanted to keep slaves because they didn’t have to pay them. John Brown was a crazy man basically he
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and become Americans. This war happened between 1776 and 1781 because the colonists were being taxed against their will. After the war‚ Americans formed the first truly democratic government‚ setting an example for the rest of the world. Why did this war happen? The war started because of several unfair taxes and laws the British parliament had placed. The first of these laws and taxes was the proclamation of 1763‚ since it banned colonists from settling in the land they recently won in the French
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Many economists and historians tried to find the reasons why and how IR happened in Britain. The reasons are important not only to academic purposes‚ but also to those third world countries who had not yet unlocked their own IR and to politicians and philanthropists who tried to eliminate poverty. The BBC documentary Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here explores the reasons that IR first happened in Britain. On showing many interesting details‚ it concludes that Britain had established a liberal
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reason of the Civil War starting is because when Abraham Lincoln became the president it cause about seven Southern countries to secede from the union and they formed a thing called “Confederate States”. So after that there was many other reasons of the why the Civil War happened but some of the reasons are the idea of slavery‚ tariffs‚ trading and states rights. So‚ one of the reason of the civil war is the Missouri Compromise and it was extending to the California border and they are dividing the factor
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What if the Civil War had not happened? The slavery system in the North America will die out slowly later because of the trend of the times or it will continuously spread out its influence to non-slaved states. It is difficult to find the most exact situation in this case. However‚ the human beings know that the slavery had existed for a long time before it was abolished completely. Surprisingly‚ 1981 is the year the last country‚ Mauritania‚ abolished slavery1. The end of Civil War is in 1865‚ meaning
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mountain in the world‚ combined with internal disagreement amongst groups’ leaders‚ a horrible storm‚ ignoring deadlines‚ and the quest to mass market a deadly expedition all led up an unforgettable tragedy. How could a terrible thing like this happen? There are several factors that caused
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