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Modern History Sourcebook: Rudyard Kipling, The White Man’s Burden. 1899 is a poem which tells us of the perception of the White Man of his ‘uncivilized counterparts’. His imperialist motives, love of control and exploitation of tribal peoples, and the burdens which the natives were forced to bear. Subjection and servitude are ways which Europeans…

In elementary school it would seem that kids are influenced to believe that George Washington was this strong, intelligent man, strong enough to chop down a cherry tree. Similar to how children have always been taught that Christopher Columbus was nothing but a mere adventurer, traveling the seas, when in fact he was just searching…

What does it take to be a leader in the United States Armed Forces? The acronym LDRSHIP describes the values that the Army instills into its officers. The acronym stands for Loyalty, Duty. Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage. Loyalty is a feeling of commitment or allegiance that a person has toward his…

Accountability Accountability is an important thing to a soldier because it helps him or her to keep track of stuff that is vital to ones and others safety. The U.S. army values soldiers that are accountable for their actions. Being accountable means being dependable-arriving to work and appointments on time, meeting deadlines, being in the…

The Mughal, Ottoman, and Safavid Empires are a couple of the most dominant empires we have to date. All three of these empires are similar and different in their own ways. Each empire had influential rulers, both art and literature affect each culture in a different way, and all had horrible leaders that lead to…

The practice of slavery between the Africans and Europeans were different in that African slavery, a slave would have to pay off their debt or a crime that they have committed. Unfortunately, with African slaves they would lose the protection of their place and status in their community and ultimately the protection of their family….

Women’s roles and treatment during the time of The Crucible was tramensely different than men’s. In Salem, Massachusetts, The Crucible took place in 1692 during the Salem Witch Trials and was written by Arthur Miller. Women were treated unfairly, untrusted, and being accused of witchcraft. During this, women were powerless and were expected to comply….

The climate of the Middle East was different 13,000 years ago. This is because this time is directly after the Ice Age. The climate became more warm and there was more precipitation than there was previously. The narrator described the climate as “less arid” than it is today and forests were more abundant. People around…

It might not cross one’s mind that child soldiers are capable of integrating into the child- unfriendly zone that is warfare. Media reports of the use of child soldiers have provoked a new international moral panic, drawing the attention of the United Nations among other multinational political bodies (Honwana 2005: 31; Rosen 2007: 296). But…

In 1619, 20 African Americans arrived in Jamestown, Virginia. These people where sold and bought by the English Mainlanders. All of them were not slaves but where in fact Indentured Servants. There where many Indentured Servants already in the American Colonies but more just kept on coming. Most slaves where young, black males. But not…