Part one of term paper
? As the new millennium approaches, there is more and more talk of apocalyptic type events. Y2K, world wide famine, diseases that will wipe out 70% of out population, giant meteors bringing upon us the fate of the dinosaurs. These all seem highly unlikely. The only threat that ever seemed possible to a majority of the population was the ...

Part two of term paper
... II? The possibility is definitely there. “ Franklin D. Roosevelt was speechless. It was Dec. 7, 1941, and word had just reached him that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor- sinking much of America’s Pacific fleet. FDR sat still for 18 minutes. Then he- and his nation- swung into action. World War II had begun earlier, in September 1939, with Hitler’s invasion of Poland; the third Reich marched across Europe until only Britain held fast. The Japanese assault brought America into ...