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Christianity Vs. Islam
Words: 1500 - Pages: 6.... Islam means "surrender" or "submission," submission to the will of Allah, the one God. Muslims are those who have submitted themselves. The basic creed of Islam is brief but important; there is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah. Islam teaches that there is one God, the creator and sustainer of the universe. This God, Allah, is compassionate and just. Because He is compassionate, He calls all people to believe in Him and worship Him. Because He is also just, on the Last Day He will judge every person according to his deeds. On the Last Day, all the dead will be resurrected and either rewarded with heaven or puni .....
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Causes Of The Great Depression
Words: 3103 - Pages: 12.... in 1929 as the real culprit. The truth behind the stock market crash is that it was the event that caused the already unstable economy to go over the limit.
If the president and the stock market crash did not cause the Great Depression, then what did? According to research done on the Great Depression, the causes rest on of different factors, but can be put under two main categories. The responsibility for the Great Depression falls not only on the Stock Market Crash, but also on the maldistribution of wealth, an unstable economy and the wild stock market practices of the 1920’s.
The largest reason for the growing gap between the rich a .....
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The Manhattan Project
Words: 815 - Pages: 3.... project in 1939
Physicists from 1939 onward conducted much research to find answers to such
questions as how many neutrons were emitted in each fission, which elements
would not capture the neutrons, would they moderate or reduce their
velocity, and whether only the lighter and more rare isotope of uranium (U-
235) or the common isotope (U-238) could be used. They learned that each
fission releases a few neutrons. A chain reaction, therefore, was
theoretically possible, if not too many neutrons escaped from the mass or
were captured by impurities.
In 1942 General Leslie Groves was chosen to lead the project, and he
immediately purchased a .....
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Naval Battles
Words: 1209 - Pages: 5.... in ramming maneuvers. The ship was then fitted with ten twelve-pound cannons. There were four guns placed on the starboard and port sides, and one on the bow and stern sides. Due to its massive nature the ship's draft was enormous, it stretched twenty-two feet to the bottom. The ship was so slow and long, that it required a turning radius of about one mile. Likened to a "floating barn roof (DesJardien 2)" and not predicted to float, the only individual willing to take command of the ship was Captain Franklin Buchanan. After all the modifications were complete, the ship was rechristened the CSS Virginia, but the original name the CSS Me .....
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Atomic Bomb In World War 2
Words: 366 - Pages: 2.... marks the spot where the bomb exploded.
During the initial blast the A-bomb released about 85% of its
energy as intense heat followed by a supersonic shock wave that is felt
as a highly destructive high pressure air blast, which can easily demolish
tall buildings, not to mention people. After the initial blast radiation
covers the area, causing people, animals, and structures to practically disintegrate. Even years afterwards people were still dying and having
health problems related to the radiation they were exposed to long before.
There were many people that were strongly opposed to the using of
nuclear weapo .....
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Neoclassicism
Words: 388 - Pages: 2.... and correcting mankind. Their favorite literary forms were the essay, the letter, the satire, and the spoof, while the theatre saw the development of the drama and sentimental comedy. Many of the primary beliefs of in fact have reappeared in the twentieth century.
In the Neoclassic era hierarchy system was prevalent and prominent. We come to know about this from the story "Tartuffe" where Orgon displays his higher authority over Dorine. Such a system is still existent in most parts of the world but in a subtler manner for example the Caste system that exists in countries like India which were prominent earlier but are being eradicate .....
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The French Revolution
Words: 368 - Pages: 2.... the people of St. Antoine, as they scavenged
for a taste of the precious red liquid before it trickled away. The stain
of the spilled wine left an ever-present reminder that the waste of the
elite was life's blood to the peasants.
Dickens imaged the aristocrat as if he were a constant masquerade,
burying all internal traits with external garnishments. In his description
of the Monseigneur's "fancy ball," he first presents this notion. The
Marquis St. Evremonde proved to be one of those who concealed any inner
affections, when he ran down the son of Gaspard. His arrogance toward the
lower class was especially apparent in this episode .....
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The JFK Assassination: Conspiracy Or Single-gunman?
Words: 1375 - Pages: 5.... was shot in the head and neck
by a sniper. He was then taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where he was
pronounced dead. Later, police arrested Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S.
Marine, at a nearby theater. By the next morning, Oswald was booked for
the murder of President John F. Kennedy. Two days later, Oswald was killed
by Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner, while he was being moved from the
city to the county jail.
At a glance, the above story sounds as if this should be an open-and-shut
case. After all, according to the facts above, Oswald must have killed
Kennedy. However, you must take a deeper look into this case. Many pe .....
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Robinson Crusoe
Words: 461 - Pages: 2.... very successful one, as the ship and her crew were encountered with a violent storm. After the voyage, he did not give up his dream of being out in the sea. Instead, he went on another journey and another after that. After terrible experiences of being a slave in some foreign country and shipwreck, he settled for a while. However, this "settlement" did not last long, as he went on another journey. This journey absolutely turned his life up side down. He and his crew were faced with very violent storm, which in result washed him and himself only, up on the isolated island. Since then, he began his life as a king of the island. He bui .....
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Mlk And Malcol X
Words: 614 - Pages: 3.... be able to join hands” (King, 1963). King did not just focus on African American struggles, but for all races and creeds. King’s strategy was one of peace and embracing the oppressor. “The sons of slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down at the table of brotherhood” (King 1963). He encourages his followers to remember that all people are God’s children and that hopefully one day all Americans from all backgrounds can join together to sing "My country ‘tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing…"
Malcolm taught a message of self-help and personal responsibility. This was and still is the .....
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