Papers on History
The Roswell UFO Crash
Words: 1297 - Pages: 5.... is when a flying disk allegedly crashed in the deserts of New Mexico near
Roswell on the night of July 8, 1947. According to Roswell expert Henry Ritson,
many civilians arrived at the crash scene and witnessed the bodies of alien
beings (Roswell Reporter pg. 2). These witnesses report to have seen humanoid
beings with large, pear-shaped heads and bulging black eyes being hauled away by
government and military agents and to have been debriefed of the entire
occurrence by these agents (Roswell Reporter pg. 3). Some witnesses were
threatened not to speak of the incident again. The object in question was later
classified by the government a .....
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The Extermination Of The Jews
Words: 306 - Pages: 2.... and many of the Jews were forced to starve and die. Others were sent
to gas chambers that first had carbon monoxide and then were changed to hydrogen
cyanide, a better and more efficient way to kill off the Jews Hitler thought.
The Nazis and SS, another Anti-Jew German group, referred to killing Jews and
exterminating their race and making Germany a dominate race of just Germans the
"special treatment" and the answer to the "Jewish Question."
After about a year or two 1.4 million Jews were killed by the Nazis or
in death camps. Hitler's ideas also spread across Eastern Europe. Germany's army
spread into the Soviet Union and the Netherland .....
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The New Deal
Words: 824 - Pages: 3.... guarantee minimum living standards, and prevent future economic crises. Many economic, political, and social factors lead up to . Staggering statistics, like a 25% unemployment rate, and the fact that 20% of NYC school children were under weight and malnourished, made it clear immediate action was necessary.
In the first two years, was concerned mainly with relief, setting up shelters and soup kitchens to feed the millions of unemployed. However as time progressed, the focus shifted towards recovery. In order to accomplish this monumental task, several agencies were created. The National Recovery Administration (NRA) was the keystone o .....
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Development Of The Communist T
Words: 828 - Pages: 4.... 95). "Communism deprives no man of
the power to appropriate the products of society; all that it does is
to deprive him of the power to subjugate the labor of others by means
of such appropriation (Engels, Marx 86)."
Communists do not form a separate party opposed to other
working class parties. There are ten measures needed to convert to
communism (Engels, Marx 94). 1. Abolition of property in land and
application of all rents of land to the public. 2. Heavy progressive
income tax. 3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance. 4. Confiscation
of the property of all emigrants and rebels. 5. Centralizing of credit .....
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Mafia - A History
Words: 1969 - Pages: 8.... a secret society to unite the natives against the Arab and Norman invaders. This secret society was called Mafia after the Arabic word for refuge. The society's intentions were to create a sense of family based on ancestry and Sicilian heritage. In the 1700's, pictures of a black hand were distributed to the wealthy. This was an unspoken request for an amount of money in return for protection. If the money was not paid, the recipients could expect violence such as kidnappings, bombings, and murder. By the nineteenth century, this society grew larger and more criminally oriented. In 1876, Mafia Don Rafael Palizzolo, ran for political offic .....
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Articles Of Confederation
Words: 460 - Pages: 2.... the colonies. Since this was almost impossible, there always being
two sides to everything [a pro and a con], changing the Articles to eliminate
the ideas that did not function properly was near impossible. Another factor of
the Articles' ineffectiveness was that Congress was in essence tied in its
authority. After the war, the colonists trusted no ultimate authority; not even
one they designed. It could not regulate commerce, so what resulted was
thirteen colonies with different taxations and tariff laws. This only added to
the already present feelings of dislike and distrust which had existed between
the colonies since the .....
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African And Native American Slavery
Words: 645 - Pages: 3.... foods. Europeans saw this as barbaric, so they treated them as
barbarians.
In the beginning Native Americans hadn't the faintest idea of what the
Europeans had in mind when they said trade. They figured that when the White
Man came and showed all that hospitality they meant it. Of course, they didn't,
the Europeans captured the Indians to be used as slaves. They were also
slaughtered and raped because of resistance to leave their land. If any Indians
refused to leave their land they would be killed. The women were raped for sick
and disgusting reasons. Europeans didn't feel that the women, or men for that
matter, were w .....
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Articles Of Confederation
Words: 767 - Pages: 3.... called the
Congress, consisting of two to seven delegates from each
state; each state had one vote, according to its size or
population. No executive or judicial branches were provided
for. Congress was charged with responsibility for
conducting foreign relations, declaring war or peace,
maintaining an army and navy, settling boundary disputes,
establishing and maintaining a postal service, and various
lesser functions. Some of these responsibilities were
shared with the states, and in one way or another Congress
was dependent upon the cooperation of the states for
carrying out any of them. .....
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Megellan's Voyage
Words: 1065 - Pages: 4.... the Guadalquivir River, with plenty of weapons, but not enough food or
water, and a diverse crew from many nations. During their journey, it began
to get colder and colder, for they were moving south. The ships were in
terrible shape, and some attempted mutinies even occured. The Santiago,
which was set out on a different route, sank, and with it the crew and many
provisions. They finally arrived at Puerto San Julian, where, according to
Winchester, they found "patagones" which means big feet. They captured
several "patagones" and named the land Patagonia. On October 21, 1520,
Magellan finally sighted Cabo Virjenes, the eastern en .....
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George Carlin
Words: 2419 - Pages: 9.... in a variety of colloquialisms:
I was thinking about the curse words and the swear words, the cuss words and the words that you can't say, that you're not supposed to say all the time. I was thinking one night about the words you couldn't say on the public, ah, airwaves, um, the ones you definitely wouldn't say, ever. Bastard you can say, and hell and damn so I have to figure out which ones you couldn't and ever and it came down to seven but the list is open to amendment, and in fact, has been changed, uh, by now. The original seven words were shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, and tits. Those are the ones that will curve .....
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