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Cambodia's Revolution by Execution
Essay Grade: 92%   (1,786 words, approx. 6 pages)
Describes the reign of terror unleashed on Cambodia by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. Explores the political instability in Cambodia that made it possible.
Cambodian Genocide and Civil War
Essay Grade: 92%   (2,004 words, approx. 7 pages)
This essay is about the genocide in Cambodia and the Civil War that caused it.
Canada and World War II
Essay Grade: 86%   (1,301 words, approx. 4 pages)
Describes Canada's contribution to World War II. Details the nation's major efforts in the war in the air, the military services, and providing of supplies. Maintains that Canada was therefore an essential factor to the Allies winning World War II.
Canada in the 1950s
Essay Grade: 92%   (1,955 words, approx. 7 pages)
The history of Canada in the 1950s mirrors, in many ways, the changes that also took place in post-World War II America. Canada's population exploded with the "Baby Boom" era and their was increased importance of new growing industries and American relationships. The 1950s also saw the sudden growth of suburbs.
Canada Throughout the 20th Century
Essay Grade: 96%   (1,167 words, approx. 4 pages)
Essay discusses the issues that took place in Canada of the women's movement, the right to vote, and the birth control pill.
Canada's New Democratic Party Platform
Essay Grade: 83%   (402 words, approx. 1 pages)
Why the author would support Canada's New Democratic Party. The party's platform includes committments to balanced budgets, debt reduction, tax cuts, a nationwide housing plan, college tuition reductions, and environmental issues, among others.
Canada's Role in World War I
Essay Grade: 88%   (776 words, approx. 3 pages)
This essay describes the political costs and gains of Canada's participation in World War I, and the effect of their participation on Canada's domestic economy and national identity. It also describes Canada's relationship to the international community after their participation in World War I.
Canada's Role in World War II
Essay Grade: 88%   (1,085 words, approx. 4 pages)
Canada's role with the Allies in World War II.
Canada: The Birth of a Nation in World War I
Essay Grade: 78%   (1,629 words, approx. 5 pages)
Canada's excellence performance as a military during World War I helped Canada become an independent nation.
Canada: the Defining Moments of a Nation
Essay Grade: 83%   (0 words, approx. 0 pages)
Canada, as a growing nation, has encountered many defining moments throughout it's history. During the twentieth century women of Canada have undergone numerous moments that brought about significant changes for themselves.
Canadian Independence
Essay Grade: 83%   (755 words, approx. 3 pages)
Describes how Canada became an inpendent country. Explores the influence of the United States. Evaluates the decision of independence from Great Britain.
Canadian Peacekeeping Missions: Israel & Syria
Essay Grade: 92%   (781 words, approx. 3 pages)
Essay examines the Canadian Peacekeeping Missions of Israel & Syria (UNDOF) and asks the question, "Should Canadian peackeepers have been sent?"
Canine Combat
Essay Grade: 84%   (792 words, approx. 3 pages)
The essay is about the use of dogs in World War II.
Capitalism V.s. Socialism
Essay Grade: 84%   (763 words, approx. 3 pages)
This essay is about a comparison between capitalism and socialism.
Causes and Effects of Australia's Great Depression
Essay Grade: 92%   (1,394 words, approx. 5 pages)
Australia, just like the United States, suffered its Great Depression in the 1920s and 1930s. Unemployment had been on the rise in the 1920s and Australia had been heavily borrowing money from other nations, especially Britain. This was compounded for decreased prices and demand for its exports. All these factors contributed to the economic depression.
Causes of Revolutions
Essay Grade: 90%   (1,244 words, approx. 4 pages)
Discusses the causes and effects of the American, French, and Russian revolutions.
Causes of the American and French Revolutions
Essay Grade: 86%   (745 words, approx. 3 pages)
Although the American and French Revolutions took place on different continents, many similarities exist between the two in terms of the events leading up to them. These include unfair treatment of citizens by their government, a series of riots, and the formal writing of grievances by citizens to the government.
Causes of the End of the Cold War
Essay Grade: 92%   (1,174 words, approx. 4 pages)
Which did more to bring about the end of the Cold War, the actions and decisions of individual statesmen, or long-term impersonal factors? While the actions of Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev played important roles in this process, impersonal factors such as the inherent inefficiencies of the Soviet system and the continued Western policy of containment had a greater impact in ending the Cold War.
Causes of the First World War
Essay Grade: 96%   (1,572 words, approx. 5 pages)
Explores the history of World War I. Discusses various theories as to what started the war. Questions if the diplomatic decisions made by European leaders in crucial events subsequent to the death of Franz Ferdinand initiated the Great War.
Causes of the Korean Conflict
Essay Grade: 92%   (0 words, approx. 0 pages)
Causes of the Korean Conflict in the early 1950s included the U.S. policy of containing Communism, the invasion of South Korea by USSR, and the backing of the USSR by the Chinese government lead by Mao Zedong.
Causes of the Mexican Revolution
Essay Grade: 83%   (512 words, approx. 2 pages)
Political and economic factors both served as causes of the Mexican Revolution in 1910. The extremely corrupt government of Porifirio Diaz created severe poverty in Mexico, separating classes and creating tension between those classes. And the Mexican economy suffered from instability as a result of both extreme poverty and its overdependence on loans from foreign nations.
Causes of World War I
Essay Grade: 88%   (881 words, approx. 3 pages)
It is often stated that Germany was the primary cause of World War I. Although the nation certainly played a role, empire building by Britain, France and other nations was a factor. The assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary triggered the war's first shots.
Causes of World War I
Essay Grade: 86%   (790 words, approx. 3 pages)
World War I introduced chemical weapons such as poison gas and mass air bombardment of civilians, and it mobilized more soldiers and caused more casualties than any previous conflict. The collapse of Bismarckian-era alliances, the arms race during the late nineteenth century, crises in Africa, and the Bosnian crisis of 1908 all played important roles in the events leading to the outbreak of hostilities.
Causes of World War I
Essay Grade: 81%   (471 words, approx. 2 pages)
Provides a basic overview of the three background cases of Word War I. Focuses on imperialism, nationalism and the assassination of the Archduke.
Causes of World War II
Essay Grade: 86%   (1,250 words, approx. 4 pages)
Describes how Imperialism, Nationalism and Militarism contributed to the outbreak of World War I.
Causes of World War II
Essay Grade: 86%   (964 words, approx. 3 pages)
Explores causes of the second World War. Contends there were deeper issues than just the rise of Hitler in Germany.
Causes of WW I
Essay Grade: 92%   (294 words, approx. 1 pages)
Essay explains how the three main causes of World War I were alliances, militarism, and nationalism.
Celine Dion
Essay Grade: 92%   (875 words, approx. 3 pages)
This essay is about Celine Dion and how much is she important for the Canadian history.
Change for Good or bad (reference to the changes the enlightenment incurred)
Essay Grade: 85%   (1,035 words, approx. 4 pages)
This essay deals with how the enlightenment era of 18th century Western Civilization brought Discusses changes to life and how three novelists/scientists feel about the change the world was going through.
Changes in Australia's Aboriginal Policy between 1901 and 1996
Essay Grade: 86%   (1,309 words, approx. 4 pages)
Describes the changes in Australia's aboriginal policy between 1901 and 1996. Explores aboriginal culture. Examines the prejudice against them.
Charlemagne
Essay Grade: 83%   (289 words, approx. 1 pages)
War and Conversion under Charlemagne
Che Guevara: Revolutionary Hero and Pop-culture Icon
Essay Grade: 95%   (2,206 words, approx. 7 pages)
Discusses the impact of Che Guevara on the world and how his image has emerged in pop-culture.
Chechen Wars
Essay Grade: 86%   (0 words, approx. 0 pages)
The Chechen-Russian Wars were, and continue to be, a period of intense fighting within the state of Russia. Though the struggle is between Russia and Chechnya, only Russia is internationally recognized as a state. The wars themselves are historically divided into two periods, 1994-1996 and 1999 to present day.
Chernobyl
Essay Grade: 88%   (382 words, approx. 1 pages)
Essay briefly discusses the chernobyl accident.
Child Labor
Essay Grade: 84%   (1,021 words, approx. 3 pages)
A ficticious letter pretending to be a child writing to their parents while working during the industrial revolution.
Children in Ancient Greece
Essay Grade: 86%   (1,778 words, approx. 6 pages)
Contrasts the life of children in the ancient cities of Sparta and Athens. Concludes that children in Athens led much easier lives than their counterparts in Sparta, were better educated and enjoyed better health.
China
Essay Grade: 81%   (1,120 words, approx. 4 pages)
A short history of China and its developments over time. Known as the world's oldest most continuous major civilization, China has remained a strong country through its series of ruling dynasties, which helped to develop a system of bureaucratic control, as well as its culture, developed in part through the ideas of Confucianism and common writing.
Christianity and Islam: Same God, Different Worlds
Essay Grade: 96%   (1,240 words, approx. 4 pages)
Views the various theological differences and states many disputes between the two religions over the years.
Christopher Colombus
Essay Grade: 86%   (857 words, approx. 3 pages)
Provides biographical detail on the life of Christopher Colombus. Debates the controversy of his "discovery" of America.
Christopher Columbus
Essay Grade: 81%   (593 words, approx. 2 pages)
A critical biography of explorer Christopher Columbus, who many believe to be a hero. Rather than a true explorer, Columbus was actually a conqueror of people.
Christopher Columbus: Villain or Hero?
Essay Grade: 86%   (594 words, approx. 2 pages)
Examines Christopher Columbus' 1492 exploration and unintentional discovery of America. Discusses if the discovery has been discredited. Describes the consequences of his accidental landing. Argues if Columbus should be viewed as a villain.
Cinco De Mayo
Essay Grade: 83%   (177 words, approx. 1 pages)
Essay on Cinco de Mayo (The Fifth of May), a Spanish holiday that celebrates the victory of the Mexican army over the French army.
Cinco De Mayo
Essay Grade: 88%   (706 words, approx. 2 pages)
This is an essay about how Cinco De Mayo originated and it give a full descritpion of all that took place to make Cinco De Mayo.
Civil War
Essay Grade: 85%   (848 words, approx. 3 pages)
The Civil War
Civil War
Essay Grade: 84%   (199 words, approx. 1 pages)
Civil War
Civilization
Essay Grade: 88%   (405 words, approx. 1 pages)
My essay evaluates the early civilzations of Mesopotamia and Egypt.
Clashes between Europeans and the Australian Aborigines
Essay Grade: 98%   (692 words, approx. 2 pages)
Clashes between the European settlers of Australia and the reconciliation between "white" Australia and the Aborigines.
Class Segregation on the Titanic
Essay Grade: 86%   (1,030 words, approx. 3 pages)
Describes life on board the Titanic. Discusses the three different class divisions and explores the type of people in each class. Examines how all three classes were treated upon being rescued by the Carpathia.
Classical Era in Latin America and Europe
Essay Grade: 90%   (1,910 words, approx. 6 pages)
Essay is an outline of the classical era in Latin America and Western Europe.
Cold War and Its Effects
Essay Grade: 98%   (1,640 words, approx. 6 pages)
Essay consists of a discussion of the Cold War as well as its effects on the world.
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