Rebel Alliance

period between 1890 and 1910 saw colleges adopt institutional colors and mascots whose attributes personified its athletic teams. Often times the team 's name invoked “state and regional pride names such as The Ohio State Buckeyes” or the Ole Miss Rebels” (Thelin –H 159). In addition to devising mascots students and recent graduates wrote alma maters and college hymns. Varsity sports flourished as visible and valued components under what was considered the “collegiate ideal”(Thelin-H 177) goes…

The Neutrality Acts were but a mere front to appease the isolationists. The fall of France in 1940 caused the US to realize Great Britain was the only European democracy standing between Nazi Germany and the American people (“US Entry and Alliance”). In response, the Lend Lease Act was passed in October 1941, which allowed for the sale, lease, transfer, or exchange of arms to any country that the president deemed vital to the defense of the United States. While this was regarded as a neutrality…

Identification and evaluation of sources The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan was a military expedition executed by the Soviet Union through the years of 1979 to 1989. The invasion was considered extremely controversial by many countries and even the residents of the Soviet Union thought it was controversial as well. The question for this investigation is: “Was the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan executed to help out the unstable Afghani socialist government or was it just Soviet imperialism?” Due…

Vietnam’s history is by far peaceful and full of nonviolence. Unfortunately, it is full of hardships and many deaths just to get where it is now. Vietnam went through many wars just to maintain its independence two of the most difficult ones that lasted many years were between the French and straight after that was between the Americans. The reason why the Vietnam War occurred was because North Vietnam was communist and wanted to take over the South as well. Communism is one of the leading…

First of all, the war forced the British into a continued alliance with the Indians, specifically the Iroquois. After their first loss at Fort Duquesne, the English were forced to bring back Indian allies. However these Indians were cautious of the English as the influx of several thousand settlers “scared” the…

The struggle between classes and the corruption of the government are problems that have existed for 100s of years. Russia was known as a country with the ability to feed the world. In 1855-1881 Alexander II reigned and during his time he emancipated the serfs of Russia in 1861. After he reigned his son Alexander III did, and he ended this political reform efforts and returned Russia to an absolute rule. When Nicholas II reigned as tsar of Russia many had already disliked his powerful ruling. A…

invading Russia; while their views on anti-Semitism differ, they are mostly similar. Napoleon Bonaparte, future ruler of France, was born on the Italian island of Corsica shortly after its acquisition by the French. Renouncing his ties to the Corsican rebels, Napoleon’s father, Carlo, accepted a…

also from the women of her era that perpetuated it. In The Poetess’s Hasty Resolution, Margaret Cavendish establishes herself as not only a poet but a gifted one at that. “Reading my verses, I liked them so well/Self-love did make my judgment to rebel/Thinking them so good, I thought more to write” (1-3). Here, Margaret introduces her desire for self-sovereignty and her initial willingness to exercise it through the vocation of writing. She writes of a “self-love” initiated by the…

Leading up to the American Revolution colonists had ideas about what they wanted to accomplish politically, socially and economically as a result of the revolution. Some people consider that the colonists largely did not satisfy their goals while others believe that the colonists achieved their prewar objectives. The Declaration of Rights of the Stamp Act Congress states that “the increase, prosperity, and happiness of these colonies depend on the full and free enjoyment of their right and…

On September 27, 1940, the Japanese signed the Tripartite Pact, becoming an official member of the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis - or the Axis Alliance. The Axis of Germany, Italy, and Japan became key participants in World War II (“Axis Alliance in World War II”). While a war was fought in the Pacific and Europe, various things were unfolding in the homelands of the many countries involved in the war. When the war began in September, 1939, Japan, an empire that had already conquered Manchuria in 1937…