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Although in the past the influence of the family in China was weakened due to Communist leaders, today it is the basic structure of Chinese society. The Chinese family has managed to survive the vast changes of the past quarter century. It still remains the basic social unit. China's population is extremely large, therefore it adopt...
Slavery - Life On The Plantations Slave Life The warm climate, boundless fields of fertile soil, long growing seasons, and numerous waterways provided favorable conditions for farming plantations in the South (Foster). The richness of the South depended on the productivity of the plantations (Katz 3-5). With the invention of the cotton gin, expa...
Ireland and England's relationship between 1800 and 1916 was tumultuous at best. Politics, nationalism, and religion caused huge rifts between the two countries. England believed they had authority over the country, and that 'Ireland should be governed in the English interest,' as England's history with Ireland went back before Ireland was even an...
WWII - Rise of the Superpowers Rise of the Superpowers (USA & USSR) from events prior to and during WWII World War II: the process of superpowerdom It is often wondered how the superpowers achieved their position of dominance. It seems that the maturing of the two superpowers, Russia and the United States, can be traced to...
Civil war-54th massachusettes The Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts was established in early 1863 under the direction of colonel Robert Gould Shaw. Shaw was only twenty six years old when he was put in charge of the regiment. He came from a strong abolitionist family in Boston before the war. Before gaining his position as the colonel of the Fifty-Four...
