Shoeless Joe And The Black Sox Scandal
.... five thousand dollars to throw the World Series.
Before the trial for Jackson, Cicotte and Wilson, there was a turnover in
the Illinois State Attorney's Office and all the confessions mysteriously
disappeared. The three baseball players then said they didn't sign the
confessions so the case was dropped. The new commissioner for Major League
Baseball was Kenesaw Mountain Landis and he believed three players were
guilty. He also believed they weren't the only ones on the team that threw
the serie .....
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The Great Depression
.... to well because
they were producing more crops and farm products than could be sold at high
prices. Therefore, they made a very small profit. This insufficient profit
wouldn't allow the farmers to purchase new machinery and because of this they
couldn't produce goods quick enough (Drewry and O'connor 559).
A new plan was created called the installment plan. This plan was established
because many Americans didn't have enough money to buy goods and services that
were needed or wanted. The installmen .....
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The Slave Trade And Its Effects On Early America
.... line of black men and women
plodded down a well-worn path through the dense forest. Most of the men were
burdened with huge elephants' tusks. Others, and many of the women too, bore
baskets or bales of food. Little boys and girls trudged along beside their
parents, eyes wide in fear and wonder” (McCague, 14).
After they were marched often hundreds of miles, it was time for them to
be shipped off to sea, so that they could be sold as cheap labor to help harvest
the new world. But before they were shi .....
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Why Puritans Came To America: Freedom
.... of the United States conjured up the Bill of Rights which
illustrated which rights were endowed to the people of the United States.
They adopted the Bill of rights, which was drafted for political
motivations, and it evolved into a document which shelters American
people's civil liberties.
When the Bill of Rights was adopted, political motivations superceded
libertarian views. James Madison claimed that this "nauseous project of
amendments" would "kill the opposition[for the ratification of the
cons .....
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The American Dream
.... lead to difficulty in the issue of
Westward expansion. Both agreed to it, but whether to admit them as free
or slave states was where the split occurred. The compromise of 1850
stated that California enters free, and New Mexico and Utah decided on
their own which is giving them more state rights in which the South heavily
supported. This compromise did not satisfy each side fully. The issue of
State rights intensified by the issue of slavery because the Southern
states felt they had the right to d .....
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The American Revolution
.... Within the preamble Jefferson writes that the
people, "to secure these rights...whenever any form of government becomes
destructive...it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it." It
gives the people of America the freedom to impeach untrustworthy rulers and
dictators if they wish to. The freedom that Thomas Jefferson gave us is
still in practice today. The middle section justified why the colonists
were revolting against the Britis h Empire. Here Jefferson writes that the
King of Great Br .....
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The American Revolution
.... of colonies to England. The Grenville Ministry
passed a number of acts, but the main act of provocation to the colonists
was the stamp act. The stamp act was protested upon the principle of "no
taxation without representation". The stamp act was affecting virtually
all the colonists, and restricted economic prosperity, thus it was
protested by colonists. The Townshend acts were also a factor in the
economic theory, Sam Adams had said "The parliament was taxing illegally!",
most colonists agreed, and a bo .....
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Events Leading To The American Revolution
.... the grip of the
English crown. "I.That his Majesty's subjects in these colonies, owe the
same allegiance to the Crown of Great Britain that is owing from his
subjects born within the realm, and all due subordination to that august
body, the Parliament of Great Britain." This statement can be used as a
summation of the entire document that the Stamp Act Congress had initiated.
The statement depicts the colonists has having to be submissive and servile
in the view of Great Britain, this policy angered .....
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The American Colonies
.... while the southern colonies were established
for economic motives.
England and the rebels of England (Pilgrims), made up the New England
and southern colonies. "God Almighty in his most holy and wise providence
hath so disposed of the condition of mankind, in all times some must be
rich, some poor, some high and eminent in power and dignity, other mean and
in subjection. Yet we must be knit together in this work as one man."(John
Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity) This statement by John Winth .....
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The Writing Of The Constitution
.... immediate and pressing importance,"
quartering "large bodies of armed troops" among people in the New world and
for "imposing taxes on us without our consent."
Finally the Continental Congress began the process of applying these
principles when the declaration was adopted on July 4, 1776. After this,
the Congress sent the document to the printer. Then, by the end of 1776,
independent governments were functioning in every state except Georgia and
New York. Each new state government had three branch .....
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President Jackson And The Removal Of The Cherokee Indians
.... was so outraged that he refused to enforce the decision.
Instead he persuaded the tribe to give up it's Georgia lands for a
reservation west of the Mississippi.
According to Document A, the map shows eloquently, the relationship
between time and policies which effected the Indians. From the Colonial and
Confederation treaties, a significant amount of land had been acquired from
the Cherokee Indians. Successively, during Washington's, Monroe's, and
Jefferson's administration, more and more Indian .....
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E.J Lennox And Building Of A Courthouse
.... cost the city
2.5 million dollars which is almost nine times greater that the original
target price which was set at 300,000 dollars. Many people complained and
said that the cost of building the hall could have been used on practical
schemes such as sewer improvage, water supplies and other important city
needs. This mind blowing amount of money encouraged many investigations and
lawsuits. One affair being in which the architects name was revealed
carved immediately below the ledge under the uppermo .....
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The Industrial Revolution
.... With factories placed in central locations of the townships (known
as centralization), the previous system was dismantled and categorized into
steps. No longer would one person be required to build, market or transport
their product since the new system introduced the art of specialization.
Specialization allowed a person to perform a single task and guarantee them
wages as a source of income. However, as wonderful as this might seem, this
new system led to the emergence of a n working class (proleta .....
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Thesis: Show How Mexico Lost An Enormous Territory To The U.S. In 1848.
.... only way his
country could acquire the land. The 19th century philosophy included the
idea that war was a way of solving a dispute, and whoever won it would
obviously acquire what they wanted. Troops were sent to the land between
the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers. General Taylor was ordered to protect the
Grande River. When in 1846, Mexican troops attacked them, war had commenced.
Though Mexico believed they would win easily, they were greatly wrong. The
capturing of Mexico city by the U.S. made them the co .....
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For Another Man's Freedom
.... believe that these men were
necessarily fighting specifically for the rights of the slaves, but rather for
the rights of all men including themselves. These men were thought to be
"privileged", and at the time I am sure they believed that they were taking part
in an inconceivable historical event. I am sure that at that time they did not
realize that this would be an ongoing struggle even three-hundred years after
their existence. The soldiers entered this battle with great pride, holding
their flags .....
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