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    Brian Li Period 7 Write out the Truman quote that is the source of Neustadt's thesis. “He’ll sit here and he’ll say, ‘Do this! Do that!’ And nothing will happen. Poor Ike -- it won’t be a bit like the Army. He’ll find it very frustrating.” What does Neustadt mean “‘“powers’ are no guarantee of power”? He means that the President only can try to persuade people to do things that they already should be doing, and that nothing gets done. While the President is supposed to have “powers”, his main power

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    Life takes a strong toil when war strikes. People start to lose hope in survival and start believing in the wrong source of power. Revenge and world domination. It takes one to realize what truly matters, and that is life. But there are factors to lead to one’s survival and hope for a better path. In the novel that Linda Sue Park had written; a Long Walk To Water. Tells a story of compassion, bravery, and a little bit of luck, during one of the worst times in Southern Sudan. Told from a perspective

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    “Where there’s hope, there’s life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again” - Anne Frank. During World War II fear was something all persecuted Jews knew. But what kept some of them from giving up? Hope. Hope helping people keep going when they could easily just give up can be seen in The Diary of Anne Frank, the poem Homesick, and the other unnamed journal entries. In all of the sources there is a fear of either getting caught while in hiding or taken from a ghetto to a concentration

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    Spark of the Vietnam War due to President Kennedy’s assassination. Since World War II, the United States has been fighting to get rid of communism throughout the war. However, it was not until the war broke out in the southeast, that the American government really began to fear the growing communist parties. The Vietnam War began in 1954, and it was a war between Southern communist Vietnam and Northern Vietnam. It was not until 1965, when America decided to go into Vietnam. Majority of Americans

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    the island, Ralph understood that the face-painted boys were problematic to their chances of getting rescued from the island. When asked by Jack to join the tribe, Ralph responded “I’m chief because you chose me. And we were going to keep the fire going. Now you run after food-” (Golding 150). Ralph shows good human nature while trying to keep an orderly system within

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    those banks determined to be sound. He also began broadcasting to the public over the radio in a series of talks, which were referred to as the “fireside chats.” These chats went a long way towards reestablishing the confidence of public. He is also known for injecting an unfailing optimism into the politics of America, such as leading the Democrats into the 20th

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    At that time it was normal to not get married right away because a lot of eligible suitors died in the war. Young women such as Daisy were allowed to have a little bit of fun before they settled down. Likewise this passage displays her appearance as a flapper. Her evening dress is made out of chiffon and she wears beads, which were also iconic during that

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    World War One , also known as the Great War was a global war fought between the allied powers and the central powers from July 1914 to November 1918. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand led to the outbreak of world war one. Franz Ferdinand was the arch duke of Austrian-Hungarian Empire and was considered as the heir of the Empires monarchy throne. However there was many other factors that caused world war one. Alliances which is an agreement between two or more countries which gives help if one

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    Auschwitz Birkenau Uprising. The Auschwitz-Birkenau camp began construction in October 1941. The camp was originally meant to house 50,000 prisoners of war, but the camp was expanded to house as many as 200,000 inmates. The revolt occurred on October 7, 1944 at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. By this time there were 4 crematoria and 2 gas chambers in the camp, which were operated by the Nazis as well as a special

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    Thirteen year old Anne Frank is stuck in an attic for 2 years during World War II. This can sometimes take a toll on one's personality. Anne Frank's book titled "The Diary of Anne Frank" takes people through what it was like to be a Jewish teenager during World War II. Anne and her family was forced to move into hiding, because of the harsh measures being taken by Nazis to rid Europe of Jews. During Anne's time in the annex, readers get to know her well, as she changes from the beginning, to the

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