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- 3111: Hitler's Impact On Germany
- ... taking up the central position as the head of propaganda. This particular party strongly attacked Communism and was extremely anti-Semitic. All this of course caught the German peopleˇ¦s awareness of fearing a Communist revolution. (e.g. Russiaˇ¦s influence) In 1920, when Hitler is 31, he produced the ˇ§swastikaˇ¨ as a symbol for his party. Back then it was a wonderful symbol, used with pride and privilege. Nowadays, this ... realise that they were nothing without him. He later became the rightful Fuhrer of the Nazi Party. Between 1921 and 1923 Germany experienced horrendous financial troubles, creating a suitable environment for anyone to start a revolution. Itˇ¦s the start of the so called "Depressionˇ¨. Germany was forced to pay 33 billion dollars for the damages caused during the first World War. By November of 1923, the Nazi Party already has 55,000 faithful followers and was by far the most organised and favoured of the many other groups competing for power. During this time, Hitler had planned a Nazi revolution. Unfortunately his plan back-fired leading to his trial for treason. When asked to defend himself, he instantly became internationally famous, even though he was found guilty and was sentenced to five years in ...
- 3112: Leonard Bernstein
- ... He met many influential people throughout the course of this year, including Aaron Copland. Aaron Copland is regarded as being Bernstein’s composing mentor. In fact, Copland was probably the most important influence on All-American music at this time. Bernstein and Copland had many similarities that may have enabled them to create the very strong bond between them. They both came from Russian/Jewish families; both men were raised in ... in New York on October 14, 1990. Emotion spread like wildfire as the news of his death was circulated. He had been such an accomplished man of music. He can be held responsible for making American music what it is today. He was the first American born and trained composer to ever gain the national recognition that Leonard Bernstein did.
- 3113: 1984: Socialism, Fascism, or Communism
- ... of Socialism. Communism also calls for no private property while there is shared ownership of all money and business. Everyone works about the same amount, as in 1984, but a true communist government requires a revolution by the workers, the proletariats. In the book, the proles are the working classes, so that might foreshadow a revolution. Also, another trait that shows up in 1984 is no religion. The ultimate goal of Communism is that no government is needed. In a fascist state, there is a totalitarian dictatorship, where one person or ... a large Fascist state. In 1984, I do think that the form of government takes some characteristics from Fascism and Socialism. Although, the entire deal with the proles seems as if there will be a revolution into a Communist government.
- 3114: Capital Punishment
- ... found to such a penalty. Another religious supporter judge that "religious teachings prove that the death penalty upholds the dignity of human life as ordered by scripture" (Szumski 79). There are two famous cases in American history, dealing with capital punishment, that has evoked much controversy. They are Sacco and Vanzetti v. U.S. and the case of the Rosenbergs. During the 1920s, fears of communism led to the dislike of ... if Sacco and Vanzetti were the men they had seen. Another case, that degrades the U.S., is the case of the Rosenbergs. Since they were members of the Communist Party, which was considered "un- American", especially in the 1950s, with the fear of the Soviet Union, which had just developed their own nuclear weapons. The Rosenbergs were accused of having planned and participated in a Russian spy-ring, giving out ... Works Consulted Benton, William, and Helen Hemingway Benton, Publisher. Encyclopedia Britannica.-volumes II, X, XIV, XV. Chicago: 1974. Bradford, Haven. "Should religious Support Capital Punishment?" Human Events. 2 March, 1985. Davidson, James West. et al. American Journey -The Quest for Liberty Since 1865. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1992. Horwitz, Elinor Lander. Capital Punishment, U.S.A. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1973. Landau, Elaine. Teens and the Death Penalty. New ...
- 3115: Detroit Riots
- ... that they had many problems living segregated in the urban areas. It was a civil explosion that you can clearly see from the Detroit riots in 1967. Detroit experienced the worst civil disorder of any American city in the 20th century. Prior to July 23, 1967 Detroit had managed to avoid riots that had erupted in other major cities such as Harlem, Cleveland, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Day 1 At 3 ... in Detroit. They passed an open housing ordinance, which would raise money to rebuild houses and buildings. They setup programs to hire people who were unemployed to help rebuild the city. (Holli 229) Many African-American groups got together after the riots to figure out strategies on how to rebuild the primarily African-American city. One of the major groups was the NAACP. They have done much to try to rebuild the city, but to this day Detroit has not been completely rebuilt. With Mayor Dennis Archer replacing ...
- 3116: Natural Law
- ... common good. He also believed that each individual retains fundamental prerogatives drawn from natural law relating to the integrity of the person and property. This natural rights theory was the basis of not only the American, but also the French revolution. 1 During his lifetime, he wrote many essays and letters to his colleagues on a variety of topics:2 • Letter on Toleration (1689) • Second Letter on Toleration (1690) • Two Treatises of Government (1690) • Essay Concerning ...
- 3117: Beat Poetry
- ... generation of people sees the world. That generation is mow aging and its representative voices are becoming lost to eternity, but the message is alive and well. The Beats have forever altered the nature of American consciousness. The Beat Generation of writers offered the world a new attitude. They brought to society a consciousness of life worth living. They offered a method of escape from the stultifying, unimaginative world we live ... exploration of one's intellect. Beat has had many different contemporary implications in music, poetry and literature. Literature has been liberated considerably. The poetic form has been changed to inaugurate a new poetic form, an American form. "There was less emphasis on tradition and more emphasis on the individual talent. (www.rohan.sdsu.edu)" One of the most important contributions to contemporary verse was to take poetry out of the classrooms ... flavor, keeping it strong. James Wright was one of the writers that kept the flame going. "He was much admired poet of his generation...(www.rohan.sdsu.edu)" His works have a "sense of Midwestern American bleakness...(www.rohan.sdsu)" One of his poems goes like this "My bones turn to dark emeralds Your hands turn yellow in the ruins of the sun Suddenly I realize That if I stepped ...
- 3118: Stereotyping The Followers Of
- ... Mahtob. Mahmoody, who is Muslim, decides to take his young family to Iran. He swears on the sacred Coran that nothing bad will happen to them. As it turns out, Iran had just finished their revolution and had gone back to the old ways, when women have minimal rights. Mahmoody decides to stay in Iran with his family and Betty can't do anything about it, but Betty and her daughter ... a message to the viewers that all Muslim men beat their wives, and that turns them away. Another part of the movie that I didn't take kindly to, was when Betty went to the American Interests department in the Swiss Embassy for help to get out of the country. Because of this Muslim country's laws, they could not help Betty and her daughter though they wished they could. They ...
- 3119: Black Like Me
- ... or if they really judged people based on the individual's personality as they said they prompted him to cross the color line and write Black Like Me. Since communication between the white and African American races did not exist, neither race really knew what it was like for the other. Due to this, Griffin felt the only way to know the truth was to become a black man and travel ... and people couldn't help but hear about it. Wether or not they accepted the information was not up to Griffin, but he did his best to make the knowledge available. This book relates to American history because it takes the reader into the Deep South before the Civil Rights Movements took hold and shows what it was like to be black. In the Preface, the author states "I could have ... not the pretty picture it was painted as. Instead, he showed the daily struggle of the blacks to survive. Griffin's bias is that white Southern Americans of that period were racist toward the African American population. The only thing altered from before he entered New Orleans to after was his appearance. He dyed his skin a very dark brown and shaved his head, his clothing, speech patterns, and references ...
- 3120: Capital Punishment and The Death Penalty
- ... death does not invariably violate the Constitution." The Court ruled that these new statutes contained "objective standards to guide, regularize, and make rationally reviewable the process of imposing the sentence of death." (Bedau, Hugo Adam, American Civil Liberties Union, prodigy) There are many different reasons, pro and con, for the death penalty. The following are the most frequently cited arguments for the death penalty. Some believe that those who kill deserve ... lawyer to represent them at their trial. People are being executed not because of the heinousness of their crimes, but because of the incompetence of their lawyers. (Scholastic Update, p. 13-16 and prodigy) The American Civil Liberties Union believes that capital punishment is an intolerable denial of civil liberties. They feel that the death penalty essentially violates the constitutional ban against cruel and unusual punishment and the guarantee of due ... the right to kill human beings, especially when it kills with "premeditation and ceremony, under color of law, in our names, and when it does so in an arbitrary and discriminatory fashion." (Bedau, Hugo Adam, American Civil Liberties Union, prodigy) The cost of an execution is extravagantly costly. Every study carried out and completed have shown that it is far more expensive to put someone to death than to jail ...
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