Political Essays and Term Papers
The Great InfluenzaThe Great Influenza is unforgettable; it has certainly opened my eyes to a specific time in not just US history but the world. This book was written in very well detailed form. It was very gruesome to read and yet educational. John Barry has written this book in great details that I felt as if I ...
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Food and LiteratureDuring the 1600’s food affected literature and was reflected in the literary works of that time. Food was an important part of life during the 1600s. Not only did food keep people alive it also played an important part in shaping peoples lives. Food portrayed the status and origin of the people ...
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Capital PunishmentMany distinctive doctrines in criminal law originated in efforts to restrict the number of capital crimes and executions. For instance, in the late 18th century, when all murder in the United States was punishable by death, Pennsylvania pioneered in dividing murder into two categories. The state ...
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GlobalizationGlobalization is the tendency of businesses, technologies, or philosophies to spread throughout the world. Like Thomas L Friedman argues in his book « The world is flat », globalised trade, outsourcing, supply-chaining, and political forces have changed the world permanently, for both better and ...
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Lowell Mills GirlsThe rise of industry in America in the early nineteenth century resulted in several changes in economics and lifestyles. Factories rapidly replaced the putting out system of production. In New England textile mills, all cloth production from weaving to finishing to shipping was centralized in one ...
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Imperialism of AfricaImperialism is the domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region. From 1800 to 1914, imperialism was a necessary attempt to improve the nations of the world. Imperialism benefited both Europeans and the natives of Africa and Asia. There were ...
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The Age of Absolutism: French RoyaltyThe Age of Absolutism: French Royalty
The French took royalist absolutism to staggering heights. Louis XIV proclaimed himself the “sun king” after rising to power, which highlighted the role of the king as the center of the social and political universe. The absolute monarchy of Louis XIV was, ...
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How Did Gandhi’s Work in South Africa Influence His Work in India?A major political leader and one of the world’s most influential people, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandar, Gujurat on October 2nd, 1869. He is known, today, as Mahatma Gandhi. He is most famous for his movements towards India’s independence and his belief of total non-violence, ...
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Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift was born on November 30, 1667 in Dublin, Ireland, the son of Protestant Anglo-Irish parents: his ancestors had been Royalists, and all his life he would be a High-Churchman. His father, also Jonathan, died a few months before he was born, upon which his mother, Abigail, returned to ...
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The Life of Elizabeth IThe Life of Elizabeth I
Elizabeth was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland in the 16th Century. Often referred to as the Virgin Queen, she was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor Dynasty. She was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Elizabeth’s reign was referred to as the ...
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Globalization in Blood DiamondGlobalization is the network or people and ideals through the countries and nations throughout the world. Through globalization nations can expand their economies, technology, political ideologies, and migration of people across a vast land mass. This globalization is the way that nations ...
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Private School VouchersPrivate School Vouchers
Proposals to use private school vouchers, a marketplace strategy, as a mechanism by which to improve the general quality of public education have produced a lively debate. Frequently, that debate has degenerated into a disagreement about whether public schools are as ...
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The Fairness DoctrineDuring election time, it is not surprising to see the normal television schedule interrupted and replaced with election-relevant programming. Depending on the news station one chooses, the interviews or news coverage is most likely biased towards the left or the right and each television station ...
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India and How Religion has Resulted in Conflictual AffairsIndia and How Religion has Resulted in Conflictual Affairs
In the eyes of many, religion is inherently conflictual. To give weight to this proclamation, one need only to look at the underlining issues revolving around the problems seen within the world’s affairs. By deciphering what is really ...
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Byzantium, Islam, and Carolingian EuropeAs the Roman Empire started declining due to the unsustainable growth in territory and population, three other civilizations emerged during the Early Middle Ages in Europe and the Mediterranean. The Byzantine, Islamic and Carolingian Empires boosted the intellectual progress of Europe in an ...
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The Age of Reagan: The Fall of the Old Liberal Order Part 11964 was the year of Lyndon B Johnson. This election was a victory that the Democratic Party has never recovered from, even to this day. It would not become evident for a long time that Barry Goldwater’s loss to Johnson was the most consequential election loss in American history, or that 1964 ...
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Ending Hunger"The poor are hungry, and the hungry are usually poor." In First World countries, a high quality of life and standard of living are extremely high. Industry and development allow for a continuance of those values, leading the inhabitants of those countries in comfortable situations. However, in ...
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Conscription In CanadaConscription In Canada
By late 1916 the terrible casualties at the front in France and Flanders were beginning to cause reinforcement problems for the Canadian commanders overseas. Recruitment at home was slowing, and the manpower and enlistment system was disorganized. For PM Sir Robert BORDEN, ...
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Amazing GraceFor well over 300 years, European countries, including the British Empire, forced Africans into slavery. The first nation to enslave Africans and transport them across the Atlantic Ocean was Portugal in the mid to late 1400’s. The first Britain to engage in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade was ...
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