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    In September first, 1939, the German Army invaded Poland marking the start of the Second World War: A six-year conflict between two sets of military alliances, the Allied forces and the Axis powers. During this period, the world witnessed an increasing hatred towards Europe’s minorities, including Jews, Gypsies, Homosexuals, and Slavs among others who did not fit into the Nazi superior “Aryan” race. Although the European Theater had been in war for almost two years, The United States did not…

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    During the World War II era there were many heroic characters, but Louie Zamperini was different. Louie made sacrifices and a degree of risks to make himself a leader of strength and hope. He became unbroken turning him unstoppable from never giving up. The influential impacts from the importance of Louie’s family, the Japanese’s behavior, his army crew and the olympics’ significance are the reasons why Louie took risks for his survival and love for his country. Louie Zamperini, born in January…

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    Liberty In the past, racial discrimination and injustice took grasp over the nation. During this time, no one would stand up for those who were discriminated against due to the intimidation of the government, who urged such cruelty. Eventually a liberator came along known by the name of Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson was an honored President who advocated citizen’s liberty in various ways, especially through the Declaration of Independence. He preserved citizens “Natural Rights” and argued…

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    Plato’s Allegory of the Cave offered meaningful insight into the education process. To begin the allegory, Plato proposed that a group of prisoners were chained and unable to move because of these chains. They could only gaze upon one thing, the shadows which were projected onto the wall by a fire set above and behind them. These shadows were of various different items that were being carried by people behind a wall that enabled only the shadows of the items to be projected. Since the prisoner…

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    European Colonization

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    military clashes, the Latin American countries proclaim their independence between 1811 and 1825. Note that a man is particularly illustrated in the struggle of the Latin American countries for their independence, Simon Bolivar, nicknamed "El liberator" (the Liberator). It is in this tribute a State of Latin America took its name: Bolivia. Moreover, in 1898, following a war with the United States, he loses Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. At that time, Spain controls only a few colonies in…

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    American GI Stereotypes

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    Starting with the invasion of Normandy in June 1944, France was slowly liberated from their German occupiers by Allied forces. At first, the American GIs were welcomed and celebrated as heroes by the French people. However, as time went on, relations soured and both groups came away from their experiences with negative opinions of each other. Due to various cultural, psychological, and circumstantial misunderstandings, beliefs about each respective group eventually grew into stereotypes. These…

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    learning in secret, which made his quest for knowledge far more cumbersome. If he was caught reading or attempting to learn, he would be beaten. His pain and suffering were certainly present upon his climb to enlightenment. Despite the lack of the liberator that Plato suggested is necessary to pull the prisoner towards the light, Douglass managed to claw his way out…

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    Nat Turner Research Paper

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    Nat Turner was born a slave in a Virginia plantation owned by Benjamin Turner. He was very religious and believed that when he was little, he talked about events that had occurred before his birth. He claimed that he received divine visions and that god had spoken to him. According to Turner, the insurrection was god’s will that he was prophesized to carry out. These murders were carried out to terrorize whites, yet abolitionists still supported their actions, little did they know that the men…

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    Latin American Revolution By: Prabjot Singh, Dericka Rickenbacker, Florence Allison, and Brandon Prophete Aim: How did the Latin American Revolution occur? Objective:Students will be able to explain what led to the Latin American Revolution. Standards:CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.2 Do Now: What would you start a revolution for and why? Exit Question: Reflect on what you learned about Latin America and it's people. Vocabulary Congress of Vienna- it was convened by the four European powers which…

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    to the word of God can become his or her own deliverance with the omnipresence of God. In this context Joshua's best proof of the omnipresence of God may be found in Joshua 1:5 where Joshua claims that the Lord talked directly to him and gave him a promise "as I was with Moses so I will be with you. Therefore Joshua started his task of leading Israel with the assurance of the presence of God. Then Joshua continues his lesson concerning the presence of God with four assurances that live in 1:5…

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