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The need to solve the problems led to the emergence of pro-reform groups. During this era, the American constitution was amended several times to accommodate the reforms.

The rules and policies produced by the international laws state that as long as there is intent to systematically get rid of a group of people and there is the act itself, it is genocide.

The tragedy of People's Temple is one of the events that highlighted the danger of many destructive cults. Apart from that, the war in Vietnam led to the discontent of many young people who did [...]

This is of the main arguments that can be put forward. It is important for understanding the history of these countries.

While the crisis is taking place in Syria, some spillover of the war has been witnessed in the neighboring countries. Some of the minority Christians supported the President in the past because they saw it [...]

Women's movement and ideas of the government were a great part of the social changes that Lenin and his supporters were trying to make.

After the participation of the United States in the war, especially the support of Western Europe, the United States government embarked on a course that now determines the position of the United States in the [...]

The main aim of Kai-shek was to eliminate the bottlenecks that remained within the part, and undertake a thorough restructuring of the party organization.

Propaganda refers to the form of communication that is meant to influence the feelings and attitudes of individual to believe or support a certain viewpoint.

In the same light, the author reveals that the continuous rebellion by the neighboring countries led to the formation of anti-Yuan dynasty which aimed at conquering it.

At the onset of the fiscal 1919, the Eighteenth Amendment got ratification from the Congress in spite of the attempts of anti-Prohibition factions.

Although the concept of the American Dream is very recognizable, its essence is very hard to nail down, since it incorporates a number of social, economical and financial principles; largely, the American Dream is the [...]

As the paper reveals, the role of women in America was then a replica of the role of other women especially in Britain where it was well documented.

The opposition to his accounts soon spread to include slave abolitionists who felt that he should concentrate on the "facts of his story" and abstain from delving into the philosophy behind slavery."Narrative of the Life [...]

Owing to the fact that academic interest in the Civil War has grown substantially in recent years, it is of immense importance to look into the racial injustices and the cost of Civil War from [...]

The slaves in the Ottoman Empire were often obtained from the Crimean Tatars who engaged in the capture and selling of slaves.

The French Revolution led to the spread of revolutionary ideas. After the French Revolution, the law prohibited slavery and abolished in Santo Domingo.

The selection of people was random each one of these individuals brought along their personal skills to the camp mostly to be used for personal development in the camp.

The fourth section discusses the involvement of the UAE women in education before summing up by considering the conclusions and suggestions on the matter of oppression of women in the UAE.

It remains the dream of many youngsters to have the chance such as the one that Herren had. Herren's life and career as presented in "Unguarded" is more representative of the American tragedy than the [...]

To start with, it is essential to keep in mind that the imperialist tendencies especially in the Western globalized environment, affects a state on not only political, but also economical and socio-cultural levels, therefore, changing [...]

In spite of the fact that Germany was one of the most powerful European states before the war's start in 1914, World War I led to the political, economic, and social decline in the country [...]

Historians and Scholar's View of Martin Luther King's Role in the Fight for Equality in the United States Historians and scholars have made a lot of contributions to discovering the life of Martin Luther King [...]

In addition to the spread of the gospel, the crusades were also organized as a strategy for the Christians and the leaders to exemplify their wealth and religious zeal.

The author presents an analysis of the court cases that led to the elimination of the desegregation practices involving the blacks and the whites in the US.

The constitutional issues in the case The first Constitutional issue arising in this case was whether the North Carolina Supreme court had general jurisdiction in the matter.

The high yield profit from the importation of opium is the result of the insistence of the 19th century Chinese government that opium is destructive to the health and well-being of the general population.

In addition, the Pope made it clear to the priests not to side with the radicals. This was because of the refusal by the Pope to recognize the efforts of the activists.

In fact, according to her, these conditions are unlivable and can be referred to as another form of slavery. It is for this reason that everyone wants to set his or her foot in the [...]

The system of chattel slavery established at the very outset generated intense debates for over two hundred years even in the framing of the major founding documents of the nation.

His alleged authorship of the Pulitzer Prize winning book, Profiles in Courage, cannot be ascertained, and many critics and historians agree that his participation in the actual writing and research of the content of the [...]

This paper aims to describe the assimilation policy and the interrelation s between the slogan "Kill the Indian and Save the Man", the film, "The Only Good Indian", and the assimilation policy advocated by Captain [...]

He observed that the Whites had continually segregated and oppressed the Negroes despite the fact that, the latter had tried to emancipate themselves from the demeaning chains of racial prejudice and segregation that clouded the [...]

The republicans were for the view that in order to re-unite the nation, slave power and slavery had to be permanently destroyed.

Among the situations that called for America's diplomacy during the Cold War include the deliberate efforts to improve relations with the Soviet Union and ease the hostilities between the U.S.and the Soviet Union.

Therefore, the need to strengthen natural science as an independent discipline led to the establishment of scientific societies such as the Accademia del Cimento, the Academie des Sciences, and the Royal Society of London, which [...]

Shanghai is found on the western shore of the pacific sea and at the innermost part of the north-south shoreline of china.

His actions at the Battle of Valcour Island, the Battle of Ridgefield and the Battle of Saratoga contributed immensely towards ensuring the survival of the revolution.

Looking closely at some of the countries, which the US has helped topple sovereign governments, it is evident that the US has vested interests rather than the interests of the respective country.

Socially these two civilizations had a caste system as the Spartans were the highest in the ranking for the system while in Japan society the emperor was the highest in the caste system.

The new law was similar to the Boggs Act of 1951 in that it employed the same formula of using perceived increase in drug use in the country.

The main activity of a Chinese woman was to bear sons, and failure of which she was divorced. Some of the famous women who existed in traditional culture of china include, Empress Wu who used [...]

The administration of Pinochet was marred with high level dictatorship that ensured assassinations of people who were a threat to the administration.[2] The political system in Chile has experienced significant developments since the end of [...]

In the face of being associates opposed to the Axis powers, the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics differed in relation to opinionated philosophy and the arrangement of the post-conflict world at [...]

The need to have a political structure that advocates the needs of the black community has also played a big part in the shaping of black culture.

The situation was made worse by the humiliating treaties and the rise fall and defeat of the various rebellions such as the Taiping rebellion and the Muslim rebellion which culminated in the foreign occupation of [...]

The success of Ottoman kingdom according to Hovanissian was owed to a group of professionals that was responsible for monitoring the activities of the treasury.

American Labor Leader Andrew Furuseth spoke before Congress in 1926 and noted that just after prohibition began, there was a large change in the working population, but he also added: "Two years afterwards I came [...]

Thesis statement The paper highlights Abraham Lincoln's role in the American civil war of 1861-1865 fought during the time when he was the President of the United States of America.

The writer recommends paying attention to the development of strategies for paying the compensation for the Darfur victims, dismantling systems of violence, supporting the United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur peace initiative and regulating [...]

The purpose of the Manhattan project was to develop atomic bombs that were the first to ever be created in the world.

The war happened because of economical, political and cultural differences between the Northern states and the Southern states. In the late 1970s to 1860s, slavery was the norm in most of the Southern states.

Some of the examples of walls created by Imperial states are the great walls of Hadrian in the Roman Empire, the west bank barrier between Israel and Palestine, and the Berlin walls separating west and [...]

When the idea took certain shapes and the process of creating links with the Soviet Union was launched, Egon Bahr, the man who conducted the whole procedure and was in charge of the changes that [...]

This paper give a brief overview of the history of AIDS, looks at the prevalence of AIDS in some of the highly affected countries, and gives the political, economic, and social impacts of AIDS in [...]

The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han covers the history and cultures of China between 221 BC and 220 AD, the period during which the first two dynasties of imperial China ruled and which the [...]

Overall, it is possible for us to advance a thesis that the origins of black slavery should be sought in the economic development of American colonies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and especially the [...]

In this respect, the paper focuses primarily on the analysis of primary and secondary sources that support the hypothesis concerning the rights of Egyptian women and Greek women in Ptolemaic period compared to women in [...]

He was aware of his disadvantaged situation as a slave but instead he chose not to bow to the pressure and fight back.

2 He emphasizes that every outstanding accomplishment in the current society originated from the thoughts of the great persons and he refers to these great persons as leaders, modelers, and even creators of the history [...]

As observed by Romer, "the great depression took place in the late 1920s to the late 1930s and was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced in the industrialized Western world".

The author has found the materials and data that can contradict the knowledge that the Europeans and, in fact, the Asians as well have got so far about the Medieval people of Palestine and their [...]

At the same time, the author puts forward the idea that Indians should protect their heritage and this is the task of the Indian baby that symbolizes the future of the nation.

As much as these trials can be referred to as the Salem trials, initial hearings were conducted in a number of towns in 1692.

The Fast and The Furious is a fast paced male bonding movie that uses the female characters to cater to predominantly male fantasies and to keeping the male gaze occupied.

He compiled the estimates of wages and the costs of living during and after the industrial revolution in order to get a fresh picture of the trends in real earnings during this time.

He stopped going to school at the age of ten, and at the age of twelve, he was already an apprentice to his brother, James. Franklin was sent to England in 1757 to explain to [...]

The literature on the development of peanut butter and jelly sandwich is quite limited especially regarding its formative years and is primarily dominated by issues of evolvement into the current popular brands. Thus, more research [...]

However, great thinkers in the past came to appreciate that it would be very beneficial if the government was to be inclined to people's interest as opposed to the personal interests of its leader.

However, in this cartoon the Church symbolizes the extent to which segregation laws had affected blacks in Churches and other public places.

After the success of the revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini was subsequently named as the religious and political leader of the Islamic republic of Iran for life.

The battle at Gettysburg is considered to be one of the most significant and bloodiest battles of The Civil War. It is also significant because president Abraham Lincoln gave a speech that became instilled in [...]

The first point that is mentioned in the work is that the colonization by Europeans and their actions were characterized through the depletion of Gold and diamonds.

Therefore, for Bascom to define her niche in a field dominated by men, she must have exercised lots of expertise in the field to garner the recognition she was able to achieve.

The market economy and the invention of the cotton gin intensified inequalities in the society leading to displacement of the native Indians and several acts of rebellion by the slaves.

The reason for the protest was that the pageant portrayed women as objects of allurement and beauty. This was a big triumph for the women.

The site is protected by Public Law and is meant to commemorate the life of Frederick Douglass. This site is a commemoration of the life of Frederick Douglass.

The terms women's liberation and women's movement are synonymous to the feminist movement. Today, the feminist movement still fights for rights of women in the majority of countries across the globe.

The colonies in the Mid Atlantic regions were commonly referred to as 'the bread basket colonies' because of their dependence and potential to produce grain.

The black people were forcibly taken as slaves and put to work in the farms and homes of the white people.

The book offers a detailed description of the events that took place in the 1994 Rwandan genocide as told by the survivors of the massacre.

By founding the organization called Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, the members were strongly convinced that using armed struggle was the only way to prove the power and dominance of the black community over the [...]

The protracted rivalry that existed between the two cultures was indeed beneficial to the Native Americans bearing in mind that they had a tendency of supporting the opponents of the Europeans in return for unilateral [...]

Demarest affirms that the Maya Civilization was located on the eastern part of the modern day Mesoamerica. The confines of the Maya Civilization are, thus, contentious since they changed with the movement of cultural behaviours [...]

Crop lien contracts demanded that the freedmen work in the farms and earn by getting a share of the harvest at the end of the season.

The proponents of US independence, mobilized against the British and the colonial loyalists during the 1760's and 1770's. In fact, the establishment of a republican government where the power resided with the people was another [...]

The powerful individuals, whose aim was to fulfil the interests of the owners of the means production, controlled the revolution. After the revolution, the Communist Party readjusted its objectives to reflect the aims of the [...]

The Thirteenth Amendment of the constitution of the United States did this. Those who fought the abolishment of slavery and equality laid the groundwork for the civil rights movement.

The Maya in the southern plain region reached the climax of influence in A.D. The empire reached the climax of its influence and power during the 6th century A.D.

According to Hitler, the German's defeat in the First World War, the Bolshevik Revolution, German's post war inflation, and the economic crisis of the year 1929 were accredited to International Jewry. Over time, the masses [...]

Therefore, this paper examines the state of pre-colonial African societies, factors that led to European colonization of Africa, British colonial rule in Africa, and the impact of British colonialism on the postcolonial African states.

As she was born in Texas and lived all her life there, she is very well aware of the matter of things and political atmosphere that is present in Texas.

At the same time, Ross lists the obstacles facing him in the removal of the Cherokee people to the West, chief among others being the scantiness of the food ration provided to the native people.

The League of Nations was meant to create order in the world after the world war one that led to destruction.

Neil Armstrong was instrumental in the investigation of the Apollo 13 crash and he was able to recreate a comprehensive sequence of events that occurred before the crash.

Indeed, it would be rather unexpected in the era when the African American population was oppressed that a person of an African American origin, even a man of education and intelligence of Walker's, would have [...]

The Nile was instrumental for settlements and cities to flourish and the proof of that is the distribution of the population and many peoples along the river valley.

The book covers very little on the normal lifestyle of the people in Youngstown before the crisis; all that it documents are the hardships that describe Ohio as a hopeless place to live.

His book looks at the factors that have caused and prolonged the issues that have deprived many people of jobs and ability to come out of the atrocious conditions.

It led to the formation of groupings in society due to their similarities in their plight to restore dignity and compassion to their lives.

Neither is the language used in the Holy Quran, nor the succession of the Holy Prophet by the divided Shiite and Sunni communities.

The reaction to colonization in North America was, therefore, through rebellions and protests against oppression and illegal acquisition of ancestral land.

On the whole, one can argue that that the Great Depression significantly lowered the standards of living and drove many citizens to the brink of property.

According to Vazquez and Mbemba, the slave trade in Africa and Spanish rule in Peru witnessed the annihilation of the existing political systems and the introduction of foreign ones.

The researchers provide rather opposite views on the prison system of the 19th century; that is why, it is important to discuss the history of prisons in pre-1900 America from many perspectives, focusing on the [...]

There were political, economical, and cultural reasons that led to the collapse of the USSR. This led to the collapse of communism as it had lost favor among people in the east.

Although the actual size of their constituency and membership is a subject of debate, the party had a significant impact on the consciousness and political developments of the late 1960s and early 1970s both nationally [...]

Most of the problems faced by Jews were due to the government's quest to make Jewish populations to integrate into the rest of the people in religious and cultural terms.

The movement concentrated on issues relating to history of man and the intrigues of civilization. This brought a new dimension to understanding of social situations and the required procedure for diffusing upheavals in society.

In spite of the fact there are many years between the two periods of the culture wars, the ideological backgrounds and reasons for the wars are rather similar and depend on the opposition in the [...]

Even though much of the concerns about the alteration of the dressing to have the capacity to erode the culture of the Chinese people concerned what women wore in the ninetieth century, the link between [...]

The article also expresses the validity of the criteria employed in the location of the place of publication for one of their famous article commonly referred to as the "The National Newspaper".

In this publication, Anderson referred to the constructed nature of culture and the role of print capitalism in nationalism. The Revolution attracted the National Guard, the militia, and a section of the army.

The problem of women inequality with men had been considered in the society and Jane Cunningham Croly was one of those who wanted to contribute to the movement, and her journalistic activity was that measure.

Every event in the historical record of the relationships between the Catholics and the Protestants led to the conclusion which Elizabeth provided; the idea of creating a church which would unite the existing confessions was [...]

However, when rethinking the possibility to ignore the principles of democracy for the sake of winning the battle, one has to take into account that, in case of victory, there will be no way to [...]

The start of his reign in 1894 is one of the events that led to the eventual collapse of the Tsarist regime.

In the first place, Puritanism was the movement that "sought to purify, or reform the Church". Of course, they remained faithful to their religious tenets as this was one of their "safe zones" in the [...]

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was an influential figure in the United State due to her great contribution to political life as the First Lady of the United States, as well as her active work in social [...]

Thus, the Revolutionary War resulted in the victory of the American colonists because the experienced British army was defeated with the help of the new military techniques, approaches, and strategies, the Americans had the territory [...]