The event of Cold War was shocking and controversial event which is still being discussed today. It is necessary to examine the many reasons why it started and how. While the why of what happened is still being argued‚ the what is fairly clear. The beginning of the Cold War was a basis of deep ideological differences as well as a series of misunderstandings or actions taken during WWII. The two immense powers USA and the USSR were showing some extreme behavior against each other. The conflict of
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Westward expansion The California gold rush began 24 January 1848 because James W Marshall found gold in Sutters Mill‚ Coloma. The owner of the mill‚ John Sutter‚ wanted to keep it quiet about the discovery. But rumours spread and it came 300 000 people from the rest of the United States and tens of thousands from Latin America‚ Australia‚ Europe and China. It was not easy to get to California and many people died on the way. The immigrants were later called forty-niners and came to California
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Why did Hitler hate the Jews? Adolf Hitler‚ ruler of Germany from 1933-1945‚ and his Nazi Party murdered more than half of Europe’s 11 million Jews in the Holocaust. The vast majority of these murders took place in just 4 years from 1941 to 1945. Hitler was able to do this because of his feelings of hatred towards the Jews (known as anti-Semitism) were shared by many other Germans and people in Europe. Anti-Semitism was not invented by Hitler or the Germans. It existed everywhere in Europe and
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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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Childhood obesity has become a large problem in the United States. “Let’s Move” is an organization that is all about raising a healthier generation of kids; it was launched by the first lady‚ Michelle Obama‚ in February 2010. She initiated a Task Force which required a review of any program in the United States related to child nutrition and physical activity (letsmove.gov). The goal of Let’s Move is to change the fact that obesity has taken over the lives of children and put them on a healthier
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lungs." Nonetheless‚ they were so fascinated with what they considered its magical properties that they turned a blind eye to its observed harmful effects. It is believed that Charlemagne use asbestos tablecloths during the middle ages. In the late 1800s‚ during the Industrial Revolution‚ the use of asbestos as insulation
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technologies and back office operations were well known and represent 2% of the Indian’s GDP‚ the expectations aim that it would be continually growing and contributing with the gross domestic product and a desirable 8% growth rate per year and so did exports since the collapse of the Soviet Union. IT led many Indians entrepreneurs develop in the field decreasing unemployment rates. Fiscal deficit turned into the sought of the right taxation policy. Moreover‚ conflicts with Pakistan‚ bureaucracy
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UCL MSc Technology Management Li‚ 2014 How Cameras Have Changed? 1 Introduction A camera is a device with which users record images as well as store them. These images could be still photographs or moving images like videos or movies [1]. In this paper‚ camera refers to an independent device rather than the camera embedded in other electronic devices as an additional part. Cameras evolved from the camera obscura (see Appendix 1 for the principle of the camera obscura)‚ and have been changing continuously
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States. Of the original 110 settlers‚ only 40 would be alive at the end of December. Why did so many colonist die? So many colonist died due to disease‚ starvation‚ or the weather or seasonal changes. Many of the colonist died due to disease. In document A it says‚ “disease in the early years to Jamestown’s position at the salt-fresh water transition‚ where filth introduced into the river tended to fester rather than flush away”‚ which was not good for the settlers. Due to the waste just staying
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To what extent do you think Cicero deserved to be exiled in 58 BC? In the build up to Cicero’s exile‚ he undoubtedly had many chances to escape the fate he eventually found himself in‚ this‚ it has to be said‚ was ultimately down to Cloudius whom Cicero found an enemy in when he gave evidence against him in the ‘bona dea’ scandal. However Cicero was not all to blame as he found himself abandoned by close friends such as Pompey‚ and the subject in which he was exiled over (putting the Cataline
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