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… and helped Americans get important commodities it could not otherwise obtain. In the short term, triangle trade allowed farmers, fishermen, and other businesses to export their goods and make money, also allowing them to import goods that they…

… Live Inside ", Doris Lessing states that " young people are not interested in history" because she believes that a young person does not want to learn about facts that happened in the past. They would rather believe things that are made up by themselves…

… such as foot racing, chariot racing, boxing, horse racing, racing, wrestling, javelin & discus, and the long jump. There were three different types of foot racing. The first was the long race or as they called it, a Dolichos. The runners would have…

… and morally it has become a custom to follow and obey the law, although of course we know there are those who deviate outside the rules and break the law. Breaking the law is morally unacceptable and is frowned upon in today's society. Since the 12th…

… Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These two bombs quickly yielded the surrender of Japan and the end of American involvement in World War II. By 1946 the two bombs caused the death of perhaps as many as 240,000 Japanese citizens1. The…

… in the cold war were the United States and their allies against the communist rule of the Soviet Union. When World War II in Europe finally came to an end in May of 1945, a new war was just beginning. The Cold War that denotes the yet open restricted…

… estimated.Mainly because women did not have the option of taking up high powered positions.Gradually women became involved in arts and craft and gained knowledge to advise their husband about politics and business. Jobs that women had consisted of…

… book you get the same general idea. In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue. These books have to follow the standards called National History Guidelines. Should we change these guidelines to reveal the not so hidden facts about history? …

… of American military, political, and economic aid, the Government of the Republic of Vietnam (GVN or South Vietnam) was born. The following year, Ngo Dinh Diem, a faithfully anti-Communist figure from the South, won a doubtful election that made him…

… at the maps of Alaska? The next time you see a map look for the little airplane symbol in every little town and village in Alaska. That symbol indicates an airstrip. That symbol also means that that is were some unfortunate bush pilot crashed and…