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“ I had a dream that all men and women were treated equally and that my children will not be judged by race,religion,or color but by the way they act.” Martin Luther King jr.gave a speech about equality and how every shouldn’t be judged unfairly. This speech made a lot of people think more equally…

Rome experienced ongoing conflicts for centuries, both internal and external. However, the Roman Empire’s downfall can be attributed to political factors such as oppressive governance and corruption within government officials, economic problems, and internal military causes. In essence, the decline of Rome originated from within the Roman civilization itself. Rome’s decline was contributed to by…

September 11, 2001, was a day that all of America will never forget. The attacks that hit the Pentagon, a crash in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and the World Trade Center in New York City, New York, took the lives of more than three thousand people in total. This historical event affected the country in multiple ways…

How did the nursery rhyme Ring around the Rosie come around? When the Black Death hit Europe in the 1300’s, the people had gotten rings on their skin and had flowers in their pockets so the smell of death wasn’t as noticeable. The Black Death was a terrible time for the people as most people…

Throughout history, the role of the Federal Government has changed. The Federal Government has made changes to better America as a whole. Although at times it did not seem like things were getting better, but worse. These changes in their role were most present during the Reconstruction, Gilded Age, Progressive Era, WWI, The Great Depression…

The Ottoman and Mughal empires were two of the greatest and most successful empires to ever form in history. However, they both had some similarities as well as differences. Both empires went through tough periods of time, but at some point they also went through times of growth and prosperity. Although the Ottoman and Mughal…

On October 7th Byron Lawrie was arrested outside Parliament House for standing in the middle of the road with a BBQ. Referring to Martin Luther King Jr’s Letter from Birmingham Prison, evaluate the morality of his protest. On October 7th, Byron Lawrie, the minister of barbeques, was arrested due to his protest against climate change….

Consider a hypothetical situation in which you are on a jurydeciding whether to convict four policemen on charges of police brutality. You know that the policemen are innocent, but if you acquit them the general public, believing them to be guilty, will riot and innocent people will die. If you convict the policemen, they will…

Analysis In 1630 the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony gave a sermon to his Puritan followers. Winthrop writes that God has purposefully made some people poor and others rich in order to perform his work in the different areas of life. He also speaks of a man’s moral requirement to help others with their…

Michael Grant’s The Fall of the Roman Empire, A Reappraisal, presents a comprehensive analysis of the reasons behind the decline and ultimate downfall of the Roman Empire. Grant identifies six primary causes: the army’s failure, the widening social disparities, the loss of credibility, unsuccessful alliances, voluntary exclusion of certain groups, and the erosion of effort….