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- 2711: Youth Violence
- ... national crisis is engulfing this country. Over half of the people arrested for murder in the United States in 1991 were under age 25 (Wilson & Howell, 1993). The Children’s Defense fund estimates that an American child is arrested for a violent crime every five minutes and is killed by guns every 2 hours (Edelman, 1995). Over the past 10 years, our youth have appeared to commit more violent acts and ... prevent the path towards violence, we must become involved as a community to address this serious problem of violent behavior among the youth of America. Bibliography Currie, Elloit (1993). Reckoning: Drugs, the cities, and the American future. NY: Hill and Wang. Edelman, M.W. (1995). United we stand: A common vision claiming children Chicago, IL. Oxford University Press. Felner, R.D., and Felner, T.Y. (1989). Primary prevention program in the ... A transactional-ecological framework and analysis. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. Gable, R.A., Bullock, L.M., and Harader, D.L. (1995). Schools in transition: The challenge of students with aggressive and violent behavior. Austin American-Statesman. League of Women Voters of Texas Education Fund. (1994). Juvenile violence and the juvenile justice system in Texas: Facts and issues. Austin, TX Leonard, Kimberly,Kempf, Pope, Carl E., and Feyerherm, William H. ( ...
- 2712: DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST BEYOND
- ... United States. It was during this time period that the United states came to the conclusion that it had a manifest destiny, that is, it was commanded by god to someday occupy the entire North American continent. One of the most ardent followers of this belief was President James K. Polk. He felt that the United States had the right to whatever amount of territory it chose to, and in doing ... it was great for farmland. In the tradition of propaganda, however, this was often far from the truth. In reality the land that looked so beautiful in the brochures and posters was actually the Great American Desert. To work in conjunction with the propaganda posters and brochures, the United States passed the Homestead Act, which offered extremely cheap land to anyone who was willing to live on it and farm it ... United States and participate in the Homestead Act, but at a terrible price. In order to become a citizen, an Indian would have to move away from his reservation, renounce his tribal ways, and "accept" American ways. Needless to say, this made the Indians furious. Originally designed to remove the Indian problem so more settlers could move to their lands, it only served to make the Indians madder. Now settlers ...
- 2713: Citizen Kane: An Accurate Portrayal of William Randolph Hearst?
- ... the prose and poems, I'll supply the war," (Orson Wells, Citizen Kane) as Kane discussed what to telegram back to a man in Cuba. Hearst was very much anti-Spanish dur ing the Cuban revolution, and if not for his efforts, it is probable that the war would not have even been fought. But Hearst, who would do anything for a headline, cooked up incredibly falsified tales of Spanish brutality ... Citizen Kane. dir. Orson Welles. With Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore. RKO, 1941. Mulvey, Laura. Citizen Kane. BFI, 1992. Reflections on Citizen Kane. dir. Unknown. Turner Home Entertainment,1991. Robinson, Judith. The Hearsts: an American Dynasty. Avon Books, 1991. Swanberg, W.A. Citizen Hearst. Scribner, 1961. Bantam Matrix Edition, 1967. Zinman, David. Fifty Classic Motion Pictures: The Stuff that Dreams are Made Of. NY Crown Publishers, 1970. NY Limelight Editions ...
- 2714: Biography of Rasputin
- ... Neva River, where he finally died by drowning. The murder only strengthened Alexandra's resolve to uphold the principle of autocracy, but only a few weeks later the whole imperial regime was swept away by revolution. It is said that the czarina went nightly to Rasputin's grave to pray. With the death of the Romanov dynasty, one of Rasputin's many prophecies proved to be true. Rasputin was most definitely one of the main causes of the overthrow of the czarist government and the rise of Bolshevism. One is reminded of the great French Revolution which began in 1789. When early acts of violence were reported to the weak French king, Louis XVI, he is to exclaimed, “Why, this is a revolt!” A more discerning rejoinder was, “No, sire, this is a Revolution.”
- 2715: Romanticism, Poe, and "The Raven"
- Romanticism, Poe, and "The Raven" The era of Romanticism spans from the late 1700's to the mid 1800's following the French Revolution; therefore, “Romanticism” encompasses characteristics of the human mind in addition to the particular time in history when these qualities became dominant in culture. Romanticism depicts an artistic movement which emerged from reaction against dominant attitudes ... escape from society, the Romantics turned their interests to remote and faraway places; the medieval past; folklore and legends, and nature and the common man.” Edgar Allen Poe is noted as one of the few American “Romantic” poets. Poe's poem “The Raven” portrays Romanticism as characterized by emotion, exotica, and imagination. A friend of Edgar Allen Poe, R. H. Horne, wrote of “The Raven”, “the poet intends to represent a ...
- 2716: Eleanor Roosevelt
- ... Negro girls (Wilson, 693). Not many people approved of what she did for blacks, but that didn’t keep her from doing what she wanted to do. She also resigned from the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) because the organization refused to allow black singer Marian Anderson to perform in their concert hall. Eleanor had made sacrifices like this to help Negroes get the rights she thought they deserved, and she ...
- 2717: America Expansion Of 1700s
- United States Expansionism: 1790s- 1860s The major American aspiration during the 1790s through the 1860s was westward expansion. Americans looked to the western lands as an opportunity for large amounts of free land, for growth of industry, and manifest destiny. This hunger for ... of the Indian Territory, the government minimized the size of Indian Territory by half. Now the Northern half was open for white settlement. As for the western Indians, such as the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapahos, American settlers went around them to settle the California and Oregon. The Americans decided to stay away from further conflict with the native Americans because they knew they were unable to move them away from their ... because one tribe could speak for the rest. This belief led to great resistance, by the Indians, to further expansion and disagreement with the U. S. government. In 1822, Tecumseh gathered Indian warriors to attack American soldiers, led by William henry Harrison. This attack was a failure for the Indian cause and both sides suffered casualties. However, the Indians managed to scare the United States. The British were on the ...
- 2718: Hardin's "Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against the Poor" - No! You Cannot Come in
- ... least part of the world form environmental ruin"(page 765). Why should I help the poor countries? Why should I let the immigrants in? I see no reason for helping someone that is not an American. These non Americans are taking my hard-working money that they did not earn. I am tired of the United States of America giving my money to the poor countries. The government is giving these ... other people from different countries then America will also drown. I do not want these people in my lifeboat. America is already starting to drown. I want my money to be used to help only American families. Leave American money in America!
- 2719: How Sensationalism Affects Eve
- ... important, when the USS Maine mysteriously blew up, both papers immediately blamed the Spaniards. Today, this incident remains a mystery. In addition many blame the act of ¡§Yellow Journalism¡¨ as the cause for the Spanish/American war. Yet another form of sensationalism popped up in the 1920s, picture tabloids. Sensationalism still remains a strong force in the current media. May it be in the form of picture tabloid magazines, celebrity journalism ... of sports, sensationalism rules. Channels like ESPN, owned by Disney , report homeruns, slam-dunks, and touchdowns with a dramatic twist. What effect does sensationalism have on the media¡¦s market? A survey done by the American Society of Newspaper Editors reports that ¡§spelling errors, bias, and sensationalism are corroding the credibility of newspapers.¡¨ The survey shows: „h 23% say they find factual errors in the news stories at least once a ... sells ¡V you will make it big. Whether labeled ethics, values, or morals, they are declining rapidly in the United States. What would make anyone believe that journalism is exempt from this infectious downfall in American society? Objectivity, although hardly perfect, seems to be the less of two evils. Winston Churchill once said that ¡§democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the other forms.¡¨ The same can ...
- 2720: Extreme Nationalism
- ... of Communists of Yugoslavia, the LCY, played a mediator’s role among the quarreling people of the nation. The LCY promised the people of the nation an ideological resolution to their question through a social revolution that subsumed class and national distinctions within a socialist framework. Major ethnic groups located within the country were constituted as nations within this new federation. Communism within this federation would eventually provoke the tensions which ... suffered greatly, and fought bravely, with no idea of personal gain or advancement in mind” (Denitch, 155). In 1988-89, the Serbian Intelligentsia and Slobodan Milosevic’s Serbian Communist party joined forces to initiate a revolution to create what was called a “unified Serbia.” Croatian Serbs were also mobilized and helped to organize meetings where demands were made. These meetings supported the Croatian nationalist movements. Free elections in 1990 and the ... threatened positions of power in the face of democratic change. Bureaucrats, officials, and officers were concentrated in Serbia, which was the first to form an effective coalition under the old Serbian ideology to inhibit a revolution that would drive power away. By promoting their own nationalism, other nationalist parties in Yugoslavia acknowledged that Serbian threats need to be countered, and nationalism is the most successful card to play in maintaining ...
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