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Zimbabwe, Argentina, Cyprus, Greece, Puerto Rico have all grappled with massive economic disruption caused by debt default. The sad reality is that it will take one or larger, involuntary economic meltdowns where debts are nullified, entitlements reduced or eliminated, and derivatives reigned in to put things back in order. The first such meltdown is expected to begin before the end of 2016. Reinhart and Rogoff are right. It’s no different this time. Except that this time there might not be…

Abraham Lincoln decided to run for president in 1860. With the help of many political figures, Lincoln beat out the other Republican candidates, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, and Edward Bates, to become the Republican nominee for the presidential election on May 18, 1860. Lincoln then had to face three other opponents in the general election, who were John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, and Lincoln’s rival, Stephen Douglas. At the end of the election, Lincoln received only forty percent of…

1. (40 pts). What problems does Robin Hood have? What issues need to be addressed? The first issue to be addressed is the fact that he has lost sight of his original intention of his Merrymen. Instead, it’s gotten more and more out of hand. He thought he needed more men, but as he brought in more and more min, they had excessive necessities that the Merrymen could not fill. He believed that the true strength was in number, but the bigger the numbers, the more complicated his revolt was. He needs…

The Roman Empire in the Middle Ages is predominantly known for its religious reforms and impact on the history of the religious community as a whole. However most of the standards and ideals that are so strongly relied upon from this era descend from the earlier pre-christian Roman Empire. One of the first major initiatives in the religious aspect of the Roman Empire is the signing of the Edict of Milan by Emperor Constantine the Great in the West and Licinius Augustus in the East. The Edict of…

The Muslim Rohingya minority have lived alongside the predominately Buddhist majority in Burma since the 11th century (“Persecution of,” n.d.). According to Wikipedia, Burmese King Bayinnaung banned prominent Muslim holidays such as Eid al-Adha and Eid al- Fitr (“Persecution of,” n.d.). Shortly after, Burmese king Bodawpaya slaughtered four of the country’s most influential religious leaders for refusing to eat pork (“Persecution of,” n.d.). Recently, in June 2012, the brutality escalated…

At the end of the Civil War of 1865, a body was organized to oversee the likely of the newly mass of freedmen under the Congressional Act passed establishing the Bureau for Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. The Freedmen’s Bureau was directed with the task of assisting the newly emancipated people as best as they could by providing care, land, labour, education, integration of the freedmen into American society with the assurance of a sense of protection from the Southern Whites. Oliver…

Ethnic and cultural diversity in the U.S. Army permeates history as far back as the Revolutionary War and through every war, the United States has taken part in since. The Army we know today has changed so much since those times, frequently for the better. These winds of change are due to the Army’s promotion of social equality. Background, schooling, race, religion, and other factors shape Soldiers immensely. By acknowledging differences, qualifications, contributions, and potential, you…

Anti-semitism, defined as hostility to or prejudice against Jews, was the most integral part of the Third Reich. Blaming Jewish people for various economic and national problems had been common in European culture for many, many years, and was made explicit in Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf. Through Hitler's rule over Germany, anti-Semitism became a central part of German society. The Nazis aimed to purge the Jews from German life, which turned into the Final Solution. This is known as the Holocaust,…

During the nineteenth century, Europe began seeing a number of ideologies emerge. However none more so than Liberalism and Conservatism have managed to affect European politics and split Europe in its progression into the nineteenth century and away from the events experienced in the eighteenth century. Despite both ideologies being important in structuring Europe, it would be Liberalism that would achieve a more effective path in nation building and unification as the pressing issue of…

In the transcript of the video, “Gangs and Guns Fuel Chicago’s Surge in Violence”, Chris Bury discusses the horror of violence during the summer, also called “the killing season.” Many promising young teenagers get caught in the crossfire which ends up with them wounded or worse. One of the teenagers named in the video was a seventeen- year- old boy named Vonzell Banks, who died during a family trip over the July 4th weekend. People are getting killed at any time. Around 11 PM the police are…