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- 1991: Political Parties
- ... that cannot occur in Britain. This control of the Congress by one party and the presidency by another has generally been the rule instead of the exception since World War II. The disadvantage of the American system is the deadlock that can develop between the president and the Congress over policy when each is in the control of a different party. s Historical background. Electoral politics in the United States has ... elected president. In 1844 the Whig candidate, Henry Clay, lost to James Polk, but four years later Zachary Taylor won for the Whigs. Meanwhile a social force greater than party loyalty was beginning to reshape American politics. The slavery issue, by the passions it aroused in the North and the South, gradually compelled a realignment of parties. The Whigs doomed their party in 1852 by taking a compromising stand on slavery ... of the national government lasted for 72 years except for the 16 years when Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson were in the White House. The Great Depression of the 1930s had a powerful influence on American politics. The economic disaster helped the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat, as president in 1932. His first administration forged what has been called the New Deal coalition. In response to New Deal ...
- 1992: The Awakening 2
- ... novel. Creoles were French Creole Society descendents of French and Spanish Colonists of the 1700s. They had strong family ties because of Catholicism and were a tight community because they where considered outcasts of Anglo- American society. Clement Eaton says that the Creoles, to a greater degree then Anglo-Americans, lived a life of sensation and careless enjoyment. They loved to dance, gamble, fish, attend feasts, play on the fiddle and ... legal guardian and was given custody of the children when in a divorce. In the 1890 segregation was legalized (Jim Crow laws), but blacks horizons were expanding also. In Louisiana after the Civil War, African American men had voted in large numbers, held public office, served on juries, and worked on the railroad (Culley 119). In Creole society people are generally very warm and open, having plentiful long relationships. A mother ... one in which respectable women took wine with their dinner and brandy after it, smoked cigarettes, played Chopin sonatas, and listened to the men tell risque stories. It was, in short, far more French than American, and Mrs.Chopin reproduced this little world with no specific intent to shock or make a point. . . . Rather, these were for Mrs.Chopin the conditions of civility. . . . People openly like[d] one another, enjoy[ ...
- 1993: Media And Culture
- ... is created for a certain type of audience profile: housewives, working men, teenagers, children etc. Within these categories they are also divided according to social and economical bases. While Dallas would appeal to any average American, Thirty-something would mostly be popular among the yuppies, and Young and Restless among the housewives. However, this distribution is not intended to satisfy the viewer, but to satisfy the advertisers. Since, lets say an ... except sleep (Giddens, 449). In 1947, there were 170 000 TV sets in US homes, by the year 1991 the number reached to 750 million, and considering the fact that an average 18 year old American is exposed to approximately 350 000 TV commercials, the picture becomes more dramatic (Coupland, 182). The persuasive affect of the television, therefore follows two steps. First it is the synthesis of video and audio, which ... manage and control group behavior (Roach, 46). Lets, now look at different examples of the use of TV as a mean of control over the society. Before January 1991, public opinion polls showed that the American public was split into two groups, 50% each, about whether the U.S. should attack Iraq or not. However, says Roach, if any antiwar voices had been heard in the mass media at this ...
- 1994: Thomas Jefferson
- The third president of the United States, a diplomat, statesman, architect, scientist, and philosopher, Thomas Jefferson is one of the most eminent figures in American history. No leader in the period of the American Enlightenment was as articulate, wise, or conscious of the implications and consequences of a free society as Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743, at Shadwell, a tobacco plantation in Virginia. His ... Benjamin Franklin and John Adams, both of whom had preceded him to Europe to arrange commercial agreements (Koch and Peden 24). He traveled throughout Europe and every place he went, he was not only an American diplomat, but a student of the useful sciences. He took notes on making wine and cheese, planting and harvesting crops, and raising livestock. He sent home to America information on the different cultures, the ...
- 1995: Thomas Jefferson
- ... the natural rights of man as expressed in the Declaration of Independence and his faith in the people's ability to govern themselves. He left an impact on his times equaled by few others in American history. Born on April 13, 1743, Jefferson was the third child in the family and grew up with six sisters and one brother. Though he opposed slavery, his family had owned slaves. From his father and his environment he developed an interest in botany, geology, cartography, and North American exploration, and from his childhood teacher developed a love for Greek and Latin. In 1760, at the age of 16, Jefferson entered the College of William and Mary and studied under William Small and George ... 36 ballots, the House declared Jefferson as president. As did Adams before he, Jefferson faced opposition from his own party as well as from the Federalists. As mentioned earlier, Jefferson had an interest in North American exploration. He used his presidential power to purchase Louisiana from France and gave Meriwither Lewis and William Clark the opportunity and the responsibility to explore this vast territory. After their triumphant return, the hostile ...
- 1996: Marketing In Japan
- ... to imports, one of the few countries with a figure in single digits and the lowest figure amongst industrialized nations. With such a high GDP and a deregulating economy, this presents a huge potential, for American businesses. The options for American firms wishing to enter the Japanese market are as follows: 100 percent ownership Establish a new plant of office (wholly owned subsidiary). 100 percent buyout of a Japanese firm (takeover). Partial ownership Establish a joint ... stockholding in a Japanese firm. Purchase a minority stockholding in a Japanese firm. No ownership Establish a supply relationship with a Japanese firm (exporter). Enter into a licensing arrangement. The dominant form of ownership amongst American business operations located in Japan is 100 percent ownership. However, as a measure of testing the waters, many American businesses opt for a joint venture as a vehicle to entry. If this strategy proves ...
- 1997: Massacre Of Wounded Knee
- ... to maintain their own culture and identity. The end of Indian America is marked by what can only be called a massacre. In 1880, the Great Sioux Reservation corralled the Sioux tribes and gave white American agencies control over their activities. The establishment of separate reservations blurred long-standing tribal distinctions. The older, subtribals gradually became obsolete and Indians began to identify themselves according to their reservations. The Sioux struggled to ... event at Wounded Knee, she was doomed to live the rest of her life as a wandering lost soul - stuck between the whites and Indians, and never truly belonging to either. In an interview with American Heritage, Clara Colby, Lost Bird's adopted mother said: "She has been sinned against in being taken from her proper surroundings." Colonel Forsyth had charges brought against him for allowing his men to fire on ... punished. About twenty medals of honor were also granted for the massacre. From 1891 to 1895, these medals were awarded to soldiers of the Seventh cavalry for their valiant efforts in defense of the great American way. During the course of several weeks in January of 1891, the leaders of the Ghost Dancers surrendered their arms. After the final surrender, twenty-seven of the Ghost Dancers were imprisoned at Fort ...
- 1998: McDonaldization Of Society
- ... will us the initial ESM to refer to East Side Mario’s Restaurants, Inc.) concept in North Miami, Florida featuring the excitement and energy of a New York City street festival, a blend of outstanding American and Italian food, a place where families felt welcome and comfortable offering exceptional value. Today operating as a separate division of Marie Callender’s Pie Shops, Inc., there are a total of 38 American restaurants – 11 corporate and 27 franchise – and there are over 80 ESM restaurants in The United States and Canada. Efficiency is the first dimension of McDonaldization and “the optimum method for getting from one point ... load/streamline, including: host’s/hostess’, bartender’s, server’s, cook’s, dishwasher’s, salad bar attendant’s, cleaning staff, cocktailer’s and management. To simplify the product the menu is limited and specializes in American/Italian food. They offer easy, quickly made finger food appetizers and unlimited soup/salad and bread which is prepared in just seconds. ESM puts you, the customer, to work the minute you walk into ...
- 1999: Mesmerism And The Enlightenmen
- In his book, "Mesmerism and the Enlightenment in France", Robert Dranton attempts to explain the mentality of the pre-Revolution Frenchman. He uses th etheory and expansions of Franz Anton Mesmer. In his noble effort, Dranton explains the frantic nature of the educated Frenchman at this time and since he has chosena specific "eye" to see through, his intention is satisfied. He also shows how the radical branches of mesmerism carried on long after the revolution and affected the thinking of many great men and women, such as Victor Hugo and Henri de Balzac. Dranton uses excerpts from the changes in the theory itself and the changes of the format in ... The system of complex theories put forth by Mesmer could be discussed at great lengths and, in time, they were. His and many other "scientific discoveries" were all the rage in the salons of pre-Revolution Parisian society. The Enlightenment brought about a surge in scientific interest and since the fluids than man intellectuals believed in were invisible it left "every philosopher at the liberty to make it whatever he ...
- 2000: To Have Or Have Not
- ... they are almost always white and mainline protestant. This new and still growing oligarchy is about 20 percent of the population and is evenly spread across every state. What is even more amazing about the American oligarchy is that they pride themselves solely on their individual merit. To them its not because they were born into upper class, nor that they had the opportunity to get an education, but merle on ... or barrio or trailer park, we would have arrived at our offices at ABC News or the Republican National Committee or the ACLU in more or less the same amount of time. No wonder the American oligarchy thinks that the reason blacks and Hispanics do not live in the suburbs with them, or go to the same schools, is because they are lazy and have no initiative to do so. This ... few generations politicians are creating tax-reforms that end up hurting the poor and helping the rich. Which increased the gap between the rich and poor. After the Reagan-era tax reforms, most of the American people owed more taxes than they would have owed if the 1977 tax laws had been left untouched; not to mention that only the wealthiest 5% gained any benefit from these tax laws. Newt ...
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