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Senate Essays and Term Papers
The Compromise Of 1850The annexation of Texas to the United States and the gain of new territory by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo at the close of the Mexican War (1848) aggravated the hostility between North and South concerning the question of the extension of slavery into the territories. The antislavery forces ...
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The American DreamIt is the intent of this paper to prove that the "American Dream" can
best be explained as a "ciity upon a hill." "Ciity upon a hill" meaning
being above and superior over those below. The Civil War, the imperialistic
race of the 19th century, the Korean War, the KKK, and the Gulf War are ...
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Theodore Roosevelt(October 27,1858-January 6, 1919) was born in New York into one of the old Dutch families, which had settled in America in the seventeenth century. At eighteen he entered Harvard College and spent four years there, dividing his time between books and sport and excelling at both. After leaving ...
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Franklin Roosevelt 2Assuming the Presidency at the depth of the Great Depression,
Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the American people
regain faith in themselves. He brought hope as he promised prompt, vigorous
action, and asserted in his Inaugural Address, "the
only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Born in ...
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The Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI)The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
The agency now known as the Federal Bureau of Investigation
originated from a force of Special Agents created in 1908 when Attorney
General Charles Bonaparte appointed an unnamed force to be the
investigative force of the Department of Justice (DOJ) under ...
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The Crucible And The MccarthyEra
Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, depicts the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692 but is analogous to the McCarthy trials of the 1950s. In both situations, widespread hysteria occurs, stemming from existing fears of the people of that particular era. The Salem witchhunt trials parallel the ...
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Is President Bill Clinton A Tragic character?
A tragic character is someone who is basically good, strong, intelligent, and not a martyr. A tragic character must have good fortune and be successful. A tragic character must also possess a tragic flaw, which in an attribute that would lead to a downfall. The character must ...
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Dred ScottThere have been several cases in the history of the Supreme Court that have had a powerful impact on both the highest court of the land and the history of the United States. The decision can definitely be included in this category of monumental cases that changed the course of American history. ...
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The Presidential Election Of 1972had two strong candidates, President
Richard Nixon and George McGovern. There were many issues which had a great
deal of importance to the election. The Vietnam war and the stability of the
economy at the time were two main factors. The election ended in one the
largest political scandals in ...
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HaitiGeographical Information:
The independent republic of consists of the western third of
the island of Hispaniola, the second largest island in the Caribbean.
shares the island with the Dominican Republic. Covering a total area of
10,714 square miles, Haiti has a northern and southern peninsula ...
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FbiThe Federal Bureau of Investigation is one of the most crucial elements of law enforcement and combating of criminal activity in the United States. It works both in domestic crime, and lawlessness abroad, as well. Without it, our country wouldn’t be nearly as safe as we consider it to be. The ...
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The End Of The First World WarIn 1917 the United States of America went to help the allies in the First World War. Many British and French historians say that if the United States did not go to help the allies, Germany would have possibly won the war. All of this happened shortly after the Russian collapse, better known as ...
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Abortion: Birth Control Or Legal Murder??
Approximately 1.6 million murders are committed legally each year. With the
exception of laws in few states, the mutilated bodies of the victims are thrown
into dumpsters like pieces of rotten meat. While these victims lay waiting in
the infested dumpsters to be hauled off to a landfill, the ...
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The Iran-Contra AffairThe tangled U.S. foreign-policy scandal known as the Iran-contra
affair came to light in November 1986 when President Ronald Reagan said yes
to reports that the United States had secretly sold arms to Iran. He said
that the goal was to improve relations with Iran, not to get releases of
U.S. ...
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America And IndividualismThe United States of America is the land of the free, the land of opportunity, the wealthiest country in the world, a country that half the modern world is modeled after. Its President is referred to as the "Leader of the free world". Thousands of people come to this country every year, learning ...
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Cuban Missle Crisis-11pgsThe Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. The United States armed forces were at their highest state of readiness ever, and Soviet field commanders in Cuba were prepared to use battlefield nuclear weapons to defend the island if it was invaded. In 1962, the ...
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Tim LearyTimothy Leary, also known as ‘Uncle Tim’, ‘The messiah of LSD’, and ‘The most dangerous man in America’, was born on October 22, 1920, in Springfield, Massachusetts. He went to a public high school where he discovered girls and the ability to attract attention from those in authority. After high ...
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Billy Graham"This is the Hour of Decision with , coming to you from Minneapolis Minnesota" , has preached to more than 210 million people through a live audience, more than anyone else in history. Not only that, but Mr. Graham has reached millions more through live televison, video and film. This has led ...
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John Ford And Frank Capra: A Study Of Their Movies"A great man and a great American, Frank Capra is an inspiration to those who
believe in the American dream" John Ford
"The megaphone has been to John Ford what the chisel was to
Michelangelo.....Ford Cannot be pinned down or analyzed. He is pure Ford--Which
means pure great" Frank Capra
Frank ...
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Napoleon INapoleon's life was a very interesting one. Starting a poor boy, hated by most,
rising to rule a huge empire, and then finally being destroyed by his own
arrogance and ending his life humbled, remembering what he had doe, and leaving
it all in his memoirs for the world to read.
Napoleon was born ...
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