The Chinese Civil War (1945–49) was a military struggle waged between the Nationalists (Kuomintang) under Chiang Kai-shek and the communists under Mao Zedong. The conflict led to the establishment of the People’s Republic of China.
Some of the major causes and effects of the Harlem Renaissance. This landmark African American cultural movement was led by such prominent figures as James Weldon Johnson, Claude McKay, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Jessie Redmon F
Rising rents in segregated areas, plus a resurgence of KKK activity after 1915, worsened Black and white relations across the country. The summer of 1919 began the greatest period of interracial strife in U.S. history at that time, including a disturbing wave of race riots. ...
The causes of World War I, which began in central Europe in July 1914, included many intertwined factors, such as the conflicts and hostility of the four decades leading up to the war. Militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism played major roles in the conflict as well. However, th...
Twitchell speaks often on rca well-adjusted outlook on 4u the middle path" and the balance of "the mind and the heart". (5) Simpler books like Max Long's P.S. In order to set this ball rolling, if you haven't in his research of the Hawaiian already got better letters to hand; ...
In this chapter, personality traits of spree killers will be analysed in order to identify possible causes of school shootings. What do we know about the perpetrators? What characterises them? Can psychological disorders explain the occurrence of rampages? And can this identify potential spree killer...
Cuban Revolution, armed uprising in Cuba that overthrew the government of Fulgencio Batista on January 1, 1959. The revolution had as its genesis a failed assault on the Santiago de Cuba army barracks on July 26, 1953. That attack’s leader, Fidel Castro
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