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…The revolution of 1848 was doomed to failure from its very beginnings. Marx states that historical events such as this draw their ideas from the past, thus the revolution of 1848 had nothing better to parody than the revolution of 1789. The fault here…

…Contradictions of an American President <Tab/> "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal..." These famous words were put together by the "Negro President" Thomas Jefferson. <Tab/>Born…

…World War II was a very significant historical event in terms of American international relations and foreign policy. It thrust the United States into world superpower status and revitalized the morale of a nation that had just been through…

…Che Guevara was a key personality who played a pivotal role not only in the revolutionary movement's seizure of power in 1959 but also in the social revolution which transformed Cuba into a Communist state. Guevara contribution was primarily…

…The Civil war was the bloodiest war in American history. The South had many advantages at the beginning of the war but they were short term advantages. The South relied heavily on trade from the North but didn't realize it until the North stopped buying…

…. The Civil war in Lebanon, and a revolution in Iraq. On all of these issues, there was the potential for an American Soviet confrontation. The Issue directly involving Israel, the Suez War shows, how un favorable, and neutral Eisenhower’s policy toward Israel…

…"The Decline of Democracy" For Americans, the word "democracy" itself is strong enough to conjure up notions of a nation unhindered by an oppressive government where citizens are able to engage in the freedom of speech, press, and religious choice…

…rights took a new direction. Civil Rights for African Americans improved between 1945 and 1965 for a number of reasons. Among these were the black civil rights movement, the support of white liberals, the decisions of the Supreme Court, congress and different…

…In the late nineteenth century, a select few Americans separated themselves from the rest by fulfilling the American Dream. William H. Vanderbilt attained wealth as a successful railroad executive when he joined the family railroad businesses…

…in terms of science and culture are T.H. Kuhn's model of paradigms and revolutions, and Larry Laudan's model of research traditions. If science is viewed in a naïve sense, where every theory is just a logical continuation of the previous one and the nature…