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- 6251: Underground Railroad
- ... Railroad was the on going fight to abolish slavery, the start of the civil war, and it was being one of our nation's first major anti-slavery movements. The history of the railroad is quite varied according to whom you are talking. Slavery in America thrived and continued to grow because there was a scarcity of labor. Cultivation of crops ...
- 6252: Alchemy
- ... ore', or 'powder', which was regarded as the active principle in the transmutation of metals. To this name the Arabs affixed the article 'al', thus giving al-khemeia, or alchemy. HISTORY OF ALCHEMY: From an early period the Egyptians possessed the reputation of being skillful workers in metals and, according to Greek writers, they were conversant with their transmutation, employing quicksilver ...
- 6253: The United States' Involvement In World War 2
- ... United States, as well as Britain, France and Canada stormed ashore over a 60-mile Normandy beachfront. This day known as D-day was the largest sea born invasion in history. It was also a strategic move in the war to defeat Germany. (Smith 42) D-day took the Germans by surprise, but they fought fiercely with the overloaded amount of ...
- 6254: The Slave Trade
- ... by, and is absolutely subject to the will of another: bondservant divested of all freedom and personal rights. Hard to believe but on of the most horrifying occurances in World History, is the Slave Trade. It was a time in which people were sold as merchandise, where human beings were being treated as if they were not human. Beaten, being taken ...
- 6255: Great Wall Of China
- ... gathered his army and captured the surrounding kingdoms. As the ruler of so many kingdoms he became "the first emperor" of China. Shih showed his tyranny when he burned all history books to insure that his people and future generations would only remember him and none of the earlier rulers. He had a strong army but the fierce tribes north of ...
- 6256: Romeo and Juliet: Shakespeare's Metaphor Of Comparing Man To Plants
- ... Laurence reveals in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet which compare man to plants, focusing on the common trait they hold of having two contrasting components in their being. Throughout history, there has always been a conflict with the view of goodness and evilness in man. The philosopher Plato believed that man was born with a natural depravity and was basically ...
- 6257: Christianity In The New World
- ... bull fixed a boundary for Spanish and Portuguese spheres of influence in the New World. This boundary heavily favored Spain futher showing the alliance between Spain and the Church. The history of the Catholic Church in the New World began in the year after Columbus' first voyage. The Spanish monarchy sent the first missionaries to establish Christianity there. The number of ...
- 6258: Taxation & Democracy
- ... and as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), while property, corporation, excise, and a host of other smaller taxes haved tended to decrease." Next, Steinmo delves into a "Short History of Modern Taxation", as the heading reads, and presents four major historical stages of modern tax policies in these industrial democracies. Each stage "can be linked to major developments in ...
- 6259: The American Dream
- ... the imperialistic race of the 19th century, the Korean War, the KKK, and the Gulf War are all examples of the "American Dream" of superiority playing a part in American History. Each American has a different idea of this superiority, but nonetheless strive to achieve it, whatever it may be in. The Civil War which split the United States, was a ...
- 6260: Separation And Survival In
- ... him when combined with negotiation. There is one further theme that runs throughout Twelve Years A Slave: a response to presumptions that Northup's tale is an invention, not a history. As stated in the narrative itself, Northup's kidnaping and return occurred as slavery was becoming perhaps the central topic of political discussion in the United States. In those heated ...
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