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Communist Containment In Asia
<view this essay>.... their beliefs. Communism had started in Asia, with the likes of Joseph Stalin and Mao Tsetung. In the mid to late nineteen forties, communism was thriving in Asia. The Chinese and the Russians had pushed the spread of Communism south into countries such as Cambodia and Vietnam. The United Stated saw this as a very real threat, and kept a close eye on the communist advancement.
The communist beliefs began in 1848, when Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote a book called The Communist Manifesto. This book defined the beliefs of communism, along with portraying the natural evolution of a communist “utopia” from a capitalist society. Marx and Engels de .....
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Mark Twain
<view this essay>.... his first published sketches and worked as a printer. Over the next two years he continued at the Western Union, occasionally taking stints as editor in Orion's absence. In 1852, Sam published several sketches in Philadelphia's Saturday Evening Post. Clemens left Hannibal in 1853, at age 18, and worked as a printer in New York City and Philadelphia over the next year. During his trip east he published letters in the Hannibal Journal. Upon returning to the Midwest in 1854, Clemens lived in several cities on the Mississippi: the most prominent of these was Keokuk, Iowa where his brother Orion founded the Keokuk Journal. In April 1861 came the start of civil wa .....
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The Rebellion Against Victoria
<view this essay>.... 1970's.
The new century brought about an end to the old and stuffy
Victorian life-styles. The social stigmas of women and their behavior
was challenged and change by the rise of feminism in 1910. Women began
to protest against the system for women 's suffrage. One instance these
"violent women" ran around in the city smashing store windows to get
notoriety for their cause. Books such as the Odd Women, featured a
fictional representation of "professional women". They were classified
in two categories, both an attack on the social institution of
marriage. The first of these new women were out only for fun. The
second was the concept of .....
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Civil War Journal
<view this essay>.... no say. That promise has not been kept, and to start anew, we seceded. The children understand, having the Confederate flag gleaming in their eyes. I said my fare-thee-wells to Anna, the children, and the servants. "Never forget me. We will be together under one nation, the Confederate Nation. Our spirits will live on, bringing forth rights to rule as we please." Going off to war is a tough thing to do. I am forced to leave my family, horses, plantation, and slaves to fight for the pride. The proudest of keeping those elements intact. Keeping those in order is a war in itself.
-Jonathan Cort
Dear Journal, August 17, 1863
The war front is quite .....
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The Gold Rush
<view this essay>.... it and held a large amount of sheep, cattle and
horses. Ultimately, he became very successful. Itwas at this time that
Sutters' life took an unusual turn that would affect all of America. There
would be some happy stories, some sad stories, and tales of great journeys.
There would be chaos among the most sophisticated of people. There would be
a GOLD RUSH.
After a great amount of success Sutter wanted more. He was soon
due to get much more. In 1848 Sutter decided to increase his wealth with a
saw mill. On January, 24,1848, during construction of the mill, one of
Sutter's carpenters, James Marshall, saw something glistening. He picked
it up .....
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Cather In The Ryes Vs. Generation X
<view this essay>.... issues. With such a dead-end vision of the trap of adulthood and marriage, it isn't very surprising that Holden is scared of being initiated into the most involving form of relationship--sex. In a society where human relationships are affected by marketplace values, like status and appearance, which commodify people, rather than accepting them. Holden is seeking a deeper, more real relationship with someone, probably anyone, who understands him, and will accept him. Holden doesn't like to see people hurting. He explains when he says that he would like to be "a catcher in the rye", someone who protects children from the pitfalls of hypocrisy and lies, that H .....
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Latin American Chage
<view this essay>.... conservative and liberal means. Despite these attempts, though, the underlying foundation of colonial ideals remains.
The colonial period began with the discovery of Hispaniola by Christopher Columbus in 1492 and most Latin American countries gained their independence in the nineteenth century. The colonization of Latin America and the Caribbean was dominated by the Iberian countries with small colonies established by the French, English and Dutch. Regardless of the nationality of the colonizers, almost all of the colonies shared basic characteristics, which have persevered over time in some way or another. It is possible to organize the traits of these .....
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The Titanic
<view this essay>.... said the boat deck was to crowed so they took off some of the lifeboats and reduced it to twenty, this is only enough to carry one thousand one hundred and seventy-eight people out of the two thousand two hundred and twenty-three passengers including the crew. had 16 watertight compartments helping to reduce the risk of sinking. To make the great ship it cost a roughly 7.5 million dollars. To buy a first-class ticket it was three thousand one hundred dollars. And a third-class ticket costs thirty-two dollars. The first-class lounge was designed after the palace at Versailles. ’s official name was the RMS Titanic which stands for Royal Mail Steamer.
April .....
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