… for his actions during and following the Civil War. This title, however, has been the subject of much controversy, and many people believe he does not rightly deserve it. But there does not seem to be enough support for this argument, and there…

… speeches ever written. The author of this document was the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. President Lincoln wrote this speech for two reasons. First, the speech was written to consecrate the cemetery at Gettysburg. Second, and…

… to rule nations and people. Italy possessed vast lands of agricultural land which enabled it to support a large population. Rome had the best of both worlds located 18 miles inland on the Tiber river, Rome had access to the sea, but were far enough…

… of the most colorful histories of Utopianism in all of America. Led by Robert Owen, it is here that a group of men and women put into practice several major social concepts that flourished among American visionaries of the nineteenth century through…

… amended? If so, how? The constitution was like the bible to most politicians’ back then. They went by it like the Ten Commandments. So of course that is where they would turn to when they were in a sticky situation. And that is the reason that…

… is located in eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam. China is slightly smaller than the United States. About a fifth of all the worlds’ population lives in China.…

… United States and Russia had lasted for nearly 100 years. Even though Russia and the Americans had contrasting political beliefs they still managed to keep an alliance in the 1930’s and early 40’s to defeat the growing surge of fascism that Hitler had…

… Towards Youth Adolf Hitler is considered to be one of the most evil men throughout history. For the duration of the Third Reich, more than twelve million people perished. Hitler and his followers persecuted Jews, homosexuals, the gypsies, and…

… who questioned the most basic and widely accepted ideas. Their philosophy was also based on virtue, or moral excellence. Socrates based philosophy on the idea that virtue is knowledge, Plato believed that virtue is a form of understanding and…

… that child labour was more or less wiped out in post-liberation China and that its reappearance is directly linked to the increased role of private enterprise in the Chinese economy. It was well known that the use of child labour was widespread befor…