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U Nu (1907-1995) was the first prime minister of independent Burma (now called Myanmar) after freedom was obtained in 1948 from British colonial rule. He was also a leader of the Buddhist revival and a noted writer. After being ousted by t...
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U Thant (1909-1974) was a Burmese and the first non-European secretary general of the United Nations. Though U Thant was frustrated by his limited powers, his elevation to the highest executive position in the international organization wa...
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Shortly after U.S. involvement in World War I ended, American serviceman Daniel Mack died in his uniform. He wasn't killed on the battlefields of Europe, but like many other black Americans Daniel Mack was a casualty of World War I....
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Each year, thousands of would-be immigrants from around the world apply to immigrate to the United States, others apply for asylum, and others immigrate illegally. The decision of who gets to stay is based on legislation that has establis...
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In America during 1981, many people were enthralled that they had just won their independence from the tyrannical British Government. So when these people earned their freedom, they had no idea what to do to create...
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New York was one of the Middle Colonies. It was different in many ways from the New England Colonies. In New England, a half-million families, mostly of English descent, scratched out a living on small plots of rocky land. In contrast, few...
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What are the American values? What do they value in life?
The first thing that came to mind when considering the above question was the American dream of being rich. Then I reconsidered and thought about the ideals of having a perfect fami...
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The September 11 attacks on U.S. targets by al-Qaeda agents brought about the first war between a state and a transnational terrorist network. Al-Qaeda erased the difference between the battlefield and the home front by striking from the ...
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In the mid-1950s, at a time when Detroit automobile manufacturers sold 7.92 million cars in one year and 70 percent of American families owned automobiles, the American road system was still noted for its inadequacies. No four-lane highway...
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Solomon Fuller, the first black psychiatrist in the United States, played a key role in the development of psychiatry in the 1900s. Known for his research on dementia, Fuller helped make the United States the leader in psychiatry that it i...
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Primary sources allow someone to access originally and unedited information. It requires a person to interact with the source and extract the information, allowing them to interpret it and accessing them to draw their own conclusions. Secon...
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Women have always taken the backseat in society under men. The beginnings of the fight for their rights began as they rethought the sterotypes that were placed on them. Women have struggled for centuries to obain rights equal to those of
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The process of critical thinking requires you to ask more questions of both others and of yourself before a decision or determination is made. In order to successfully evaluate data in a critical manner, you must have a system in place t...
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Militia movements—and militant individuals—have violently attacked people and groups in the United States. Government officials, especially the U.S. government, and specifically the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and t...
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Maps have been made for thousands of years as a means to convey information about the surface of the Earth. Some maps are highly complex, organized data sets that have been assembled by cartographers, mathematicians, or geographers who wis...
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In 1938 President Roosevelt established the U.S. Maritime Service (USMS) for the purpose of training merchant marines (officers and crews of U.S. vessels that engaged in commerce). Before World War II began, the United States had roughly f...
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When Americans are asked what social problem bothers them most, the majority mention violence. Certainly there is no question that violence in this country has become epidemic. But while there are many who are quick to propose building new...
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Reading remained an important source of news and entertainment in America during the 1930s. Throughout the decade, more than thirty-nine million people read daily newspapers, even though radio had caused the number of different newspapers ...
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In the 20th century the Olympic Games have been the world's largest exhibition of athletic skill and competitive spirit. They are also displays of nationalism, commerce, cultural superiority, and politics. Olympics and politics have been...
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Many health care agencies have written policies concerning patient's rights, or the factors of care that patients can expect to receive. The American Hospital Association has affirmed a "Patient's Bill of Rights" that is recognized and hono...
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Running from Fort Kent, Maine, to Key West, Florida, U.S. One has served as the site and symbol for East Coast travel for much of the twentieth century. Stretching 2,377 miles, Route One got its name in 1925—when federal highway num...
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Since tobacco is a plant native to the New World, Native Americans were the first to use it. In addition to smoking it, they used it in smokeless forms—mainly chewing it, making teas and drinks from it, even using the ash in rituals...
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United States 1901 After the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers (AAISTW, or the Amalgamated Association) strike was defeated in the aftermath of the Battle of Homestead (the gun battle between members of the Amalgamat...
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The Big Money - John Dos Passos - 1936 Introduction John Dos Passos's The Big Money (1936) argues that the pursuit of the American dream ends in corruption. No matter what good intentions the characters possess, the desire for big mo...
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Well, it's about time that people started crying, "Enough!" to all those 'blah-blah-blahs' on the now-on-going war in Iraq. Indeed, these 'war talks' are ubiquitous among our society nowadays, being the hottest issue in every - po...
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