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United States Congress Essays and Term Papers
Harry S. Truman 2Biography: During his few weeks as Vice President, Harry S Truman scarcely saw President Roosevelt, and received no briefing on the development of the atomic bomb or the unfolding difficulties with Soviet Russia. Suddenly these and a host of other wartime problems became Truman's to solve when, on ...
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Persian Gulf War-the Feat Of TOn August 2nd, 1990 Iraqi military forces invaded and occupied the small Arab state of Kuwait. The order was given by Iraqi dictatorial president Saddam Hussein. His aim was apparently to take control Kuwait's oil reserves (despite its small size Kuwait is a huge oil producer; it has about 10 per ...
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Native American RecognitionCenturies ago a people filled and roamed the North American continent with an easy freedom and uncommon respect for the surrounding land. Nature and man intertwined in gracious style and extraordinary equilibrium. These people known as Native Americans led an amazing interdependent lifestyle ...
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Civil War - Monitor Vs. MerrimackThe battle on March 9, 1862, between the USS Monitor and the CSS Merrimack, officially the CSS Virginia, is one of the most revolutionary naval battles in world history. Up until that point, all battles had been waged between wooden ships. This was the first battle in maritime history that ...
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Presdent James Abram GarfieldBorn in a log cabin, James Abram Garfield rose by his own efforts to become a college president, a major general in the Civil War, a leader in Congress, and finally president of the United States. Four months after his inauguration, he was shot by an assassin. After weeks of suffering he ...
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Foreign Affairs During Jackson's AdministrationGenerally, foreign affairs were not a prominent concern of Jackson's administration. The President's agents negotiated a number of treaties to secure foreign trade openings and settle outstanding damage claims. Of these, only an agreement with Britain over the West Indies trade, which Jackson ...
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Made In ChinaMarch 1, 2011
Foreign Affairs
“Made in China,” it seems like we see it on everything we buy now, from clothing, electronics to everyday appliances. But have you ever stopped to think, what does this really mean? What happens when products are “made in china”? The moving of American jobs to ...
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Marijuana StoryMarijuana has been hailed as a prescription for many ills and physicians once used it to stimulate appetite, relieve chronic pain, and treat asthma and migraines. But is marijuana really a medical miracle? If so, do its clinical benefits outweigh its drawbacks? Should we legalize marijuana? Is ...
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Pablo Escobar“The Legend of Pablo Escobar”
One of the greatest outlaws known to mankind, a manipulative individual of power, prestige, and violence, Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was a Colombian drug lord who took his leadership of one of the most influential criminal organizations in history to more ...
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Samuel AdamsSamuel Adams (September 27 [O.S. September 16] 1722 – October 2, 1803) was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a politician in colonial Massachusetts, Adams was a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and was ...
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Martin Luther King, JrJillnell Gobert
December 8, 2012
CWV-101
Professor Pasley
Martin Luther King, Jr., original name Michael King, Jr. (born January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. -- died April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee), graduated from Morehouse College (B.A., 1948), Crozer Theological Seminary (B.D., ...
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China: The World's Next Superpower?China: The World's Next Superpower?
Ancient China was a world leader in arts and sciences, but encountered civil unrest and military defeat, famine, and foreign occupation during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Originally ruled under the Qin or Ch'in Dynasty in 221 B.C., the Dynasty was ...
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George Bush's Reasons For The Iraq WarThis paper looks at the public explanations the Bush administration offered for why war in Iraq was necessary. Bush's public explanations of his reasons for attacking Iraq, without UN backing will be discussed, as will the messages regarding US foreign policy towards Iraq that are contained within ...
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International Monetary SystemInternational Monetary System
In world trade, varied national currencies are swapped for each other by means of rules and procedures set by a system called the international monetary system. To delineate a general standard of value for the world's currencies, such a system is believed to be ...
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Capital PunishmentThe use of has been a permanent fixture in society since the earliest civilizations and continues to be used as a form of punishment in countries today. It has been used for various crimes ranging from the desertion of soldiers during wartime to the more heinous crimes of serial killers. ...
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John F. Kennedy In VietnamThere are many critical questions surrounding United States involvement in Vietnam. American entry to Vietnam was a series of many choices made by five successive presidents during these years of 1945-1975. The policies of John F. Kennedy during the years of 1961-1963 were ones of military ...
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Biligual EducationFor the past thirty years in the State of California, bilingual education has been undertaken by all the public schools of the state. Under such system, children of non-American ethnic have had a special treatment in their early academic career. Children of minority groups have been thought ...
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Biosafety Protocol: Is There A Need For One??
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Thesis statement: An international biosafety protocol should be created to
establish and maintain control over the products designed with biotechnology.
I. The existing laws and regulations that govern the release of
transgenic organisms are inadequate or nonexistent. ...
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Mitchell V. Wisconsin: Why Mitchell V. Wisconsin SuckedOn June 11, 1993, the United State Supreme Court upheld Wisconsin's
penalty enhancement law, which imposes harsher sentences on criminals who
"intentionally select the person against whom the crime...is committed..because
of the race, religion, color, disability, sexual orientation, national ...
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The Search For A Better Tax SystemIn the words of Benjamin Franklin, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death
and taxes" (Tyson 6). Today, every American citizen who earns money in the United States knows the truth in this statement. However, federal taxation has not always been the complicated, ...
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