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1917's Russian Revolution

In seven pages this report discusses the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the events that inspired it with Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevi...

Definition of an American and Homelessness

91). The first threatening wave of homelessness swept America between the years 1820 and 1860, when more than five million immigr...

Essays on Health Care

before, with the result that there is a "pill" for virtually any physical condition. Individuals taking any kind of ethical drug ...

Urban Modernization, Rights of Workers, and Mexico

remained "destitute of hope" (Meyer and Sherman 464). The Mexican Revolution began in the spring of 1910, with the presidential c...

Economic Self Sufficiency and the Role of the African American Church

This author notes that, "The church fought against the social injustices that African Americans faced in America," which is clearl...

Was the Barons' Rebellion a 'Deliberate and Enlightened' Revolution?

Provisions of Oxford, the steps which Henry took to avoid conforming to them, and the factionalism which developed amongst the bar...

1960s Cultural Revolution

(increases in drug use) (Garrett 288). A prominent feature of the decade is that young people became alienated from the traditiona...

Has the Sexual Revolution Ended?

revolution is over because it failed, although people continue to follow along the same course of sexual activity, and then some. ...

Great Britain and Impact of the Industrial Revolution

be done in one cottage, the brushing of the wool to separate the fibers (carding of the wool) might be accomplished in another cot...

Industrial Revolution and the Changes in Women's Roles

a pattern which has reemerged throughout history. Fortunes were made from the new technology which surfaced during the industrial ...

1911 to 1914 Revolution in Mexico

The circumstances behind this revolution are interesting to say the least. By the twentieth century the discontent was at an...

Protection of American Jobs from Illegal Aliens

foreign workers taking American jobs. A student may want to use a political cartoon to illustrate this problem. Here, what is occu...

Dreyfus Affair's Impact on France

of poverty lived on. In the early twentieth century, there was a significant depression and French farmers were hit hardii. One c...

America's Wars

Congressional approval for armed intervention and in 1898 the Spanish-American War began (Trask, 2002). This is one of many confl...

Civil War Naval History

navy of the Confederate States of America. Roughly one-fifth of US naval officers resigned and joined the Southern rebels. In hi...

Critical Assessment of the Article "African American University Students"

Steward and Neil, p. 88). They continue: "... findings suggest that todays African American students are somewhat consistent in be...

Fortune's 2 of the '100 Best Companies to Work For

diversity), and pride/camaraderie (philanthropy, celebrations)" (Levering and Moskowitz, 2005; p. 97). If news that could affect ...

Assessing the Cuban Revolution

almost all Cubans. Hunger and absolute poverty were overcome" (Bohmer, 2004). As mentioned, Cuba was not perfect. However,...

3 Questions on International Tax Issues

magnet for US corporations as they do not have to physically move to the island to gain the advantages. Bermuda has much lower tax...

Race and Revolution by Gary Nash

of historians to consistently underestimate the "depth, the persistence, the pervasiveness, the centrality of race in American soc...

Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution

the flow of information. Prior to the effects of the printing press, it was relatively easy for the Church to suppress books and w...

Agriculture and the Impact of the Industrial Revolution

sell crops. Farmers worked the land themselves. They would work for the love of the land and start family businesses. In fact, whi...

Foundations of the Contemporary World Cemented by the Scientific Revolution

scientific explanation, rather than a divine one, for the way the world works. The changes that came with the Scientific Revoluti...

French Revolution Reasons and Resulting Changes

2004). These four million were called the bourgeoisie, and although as a class they were wealthy, individually most of them were ...

Reaction Paper to the National Commission on Sleep Disorders Research Report 'Wake Up America: A National Sleep Alert'

they are tired, or not getting enough sleep, they can quickly understand how a large number of people in the nation could make a b...

Overview on the 'Second Industrial Revolution'

brought about a deeper relationship between science and industrial processes. Through such processes new products arose, and thes...

Peasant Village Life and the Effects of China's Cultural Revolution

to rid the Chinese Community Party of all of Maos rivals and enemies and to take control of their country through his leadership (...

Mexican Revolution and the Impact of Intervention by the United States

the Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution was a time of tremendous social upheaval. During this decade-long turmoil roughly ...

1848's European Revolution

were all closely related. Prior to the uprising the Italian peninsula was subdivided into a number of states that were under dynas...

Jonathan Spence's Presentation of The Taiping Revolution in God's Chinese Son The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan

We can look at this and begin to understand that China was going through a great and difficult period in relationship to many real...