History of the Jews in the United States

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    created the persecution and murder of six million Jews by Adolf Hitler and his collaborators. There was an addition five million non-Jewish victims, a total of eleven victims killed. About one million who were killed, were Jewish children.The greek root word “Holo” means whole and “caust” means burnt, Holocaust overall means sacrifice by fire. It all took place in Germany.About 42,500 facilities were used in German territories to concentrate and kill Jews and other victims. In…

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    In the history, this World War II could not compare with anything because it changes the American economic and it makes the greatest good economic in the United States. To fight or help the war, United State has to make a lot of supply like gun, bomb, airplane, factory, and assemble line for Europe. When the Pearl Harbor attacks by Japan, it forces the United States to fight the war. This war is dramatically change the discrimination between race and color. In this War, not only men will fight…

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    This provoked the execution of over thirteen million people with about six million dedicated to the Jews alone with some known survivors such as Elie Wiesel, author of the memoir Night (Holocaust para 3). The deaths of many other peoples such as the Slavs and the disabled helped prompt the creation of the United Nations after World War II ended. The…

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    America attempted to stay neutral as long as possible throughout the war. Finally, America entered World War II when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Soon after the attack, the United Sates quickly declared war on Japan. The United States joined the war to defend the country and democracy. Many people believed the United States had no clue about the captives during this time; therefore,…

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    The Revolutionary War is the most important event in American history. You might ask why it is the most important event. It is because without this war there would be no United States of America at all. This war was between the colonist and Britain. The war made the colonist free from Britain. The colonies made up the United States. This war was mainly fought along the east coast of present day United States. This war lead up to the signing of the Declaration of Independance. The Declaration of…

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    The European Allies and the United States did not do more to prevent the victimization of the Jews during the Third Reich due to various motives. After the First World War and the Great Depression, the Allied forces did not want any more conflict that would negatively affect or drain the minimal resources they had. Hitler also kept the mass murder under low profile from the Allies. The growth of anti-Semitism was more prevalent and lead to a lack of public support, giving the Allied forces less…

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    failed due to the harsh winter. Over 100 hundred years later, Hitler attempted to invade Russia again during the winter, illustrating how history tends to repeat itself. When pointing to the Holocaust, a commonly held belief is the Holocaust will never repeat itself, however, certain aspects of the Holocaust continue to repeat over human history. In the United States after 9/11, racial targeting, profiling, and discrimination turned toward people of brown skin color. A group targeted due to…

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    innocent people is not the right course of action. Osama Bin Laden states that his main motive to terrorizes the United States is to take back what he believes was given to the Muslims in the Torah, Palestine. Osama Bin Laden lived in Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Sudan, all of which are in the surrounding area of Palestine. Why attack the United States if palestine is right in your backyard? Attacking and terrorizing the United States and other countries did not help their cause for…

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    was one of the deadliest conflicts in history. Although it is hard to estimate the exact number of casualties but based on various statistics the casualties ranges from 9 million to 15 million.5 In this war at least 2 million died from diseases and 6 million went missing and presumed dead. About two-thirds of military deaths in World War I were in battle and the rest succumbed to death due to wounds and diseases. The World War I changed the political history of the world. All major economic…

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    World War 2

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    World War 2 was a pivotal time period in American history. It is widely debated on why it began and when. Many believe it began when Germany and Fascist Italy began invading other nations to expand their nations. Although Germany and fascist Italy wanted to expand their nations and caused many casualties in the process, by doing so they laid the foundation for the end of European colonialism and civil rights in America. After the depression many countries felt the need to expand their nations…

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