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- 1311: Hitler's Life
- ... of things happened between 1921 and 1923 that made the Nazi’s very daring and made Hitler try to take over Germany. In 1921, European allies who were victorious in World War I, gave a bill to Germany wanting payment for damaged caused in the war which Germany started. The bill was for 33 billion dollars and caused a great inflation in Germany. German money(marks) took four to equal a U.S. dollar. After the bill, it became seventy-five marks to one U.S. dollar. The Germans didn’t pay their payments and the French took over the industrial part of Germany. The mark fell to 18,000 to ...
- 1312: Diverse Cultures In The Foundi
- ... of Connecticut were the first written “constitution” in English, placing limits on government. John Locke was a man of great influence in the beginning, a political philosopher who proclaimed that all men have the unalienable rights to life, liberty, and property. This was another step towards democracy. The colonies were made up of industrious, church going men and women looking to break away from British government. Last, but not least, the ... majority of our population was working class. Also, the most important political idea in America was the equality of men. According to John Locke’s philosophy, all men were created equal and have the unalienable rights to life, liberty and property according to God. (Later the latter changed to the pursuit of happiness.) Thus, the predominant idea in the Declaration of Independence was equality. The end result was democracy. Freedom of speech, the writ of Habeas Corpus, freedom of the press, and more followed for United States citizens. It may have taken a while longer for women and African Americans to get their rights established, but the foundation was laid out for them. We can’t forget religious diversity in America. This was a major reason people came to the New World to begin with, religious freedom. This ...
- 1313: The Indians of The Pacific Northwest
- ... hunting, digging clams, constructing bird weirs, picking berries, fishing, and building canoes. Even though the government was getting the best part of the treaty, they were not satisfied with progress. In 1871 the Indian Appropriation Bill was passed which stated "hereafter no Indian nation or tribe within the United States shall be acknowledged or recognized as an independent nation, tribe or power with which the U.S. may contract by treaty ... mother's house. I remember riding my bike there as a child. This paper has brought new insight about the way I think not only about people of Indian descent, but about reservations and Indian rights. I cannot begin to describe the number of encounters I have had with this subject while growing up. While living in Monroe as a boy I remember playing little league baseball against two teams from ...
- 1314: Mohandas Gandhi
- ... schooling to help plead for Indian settlers in South Africa that were being oppressed by the white population. His personal experiences, including being ejected from a train in Maritzburg, of not being allowed the same rights as others lead him to begin a movement to help his people. While in South Africa, Gandhi made himself poor so that he could identify with his the peasants. He then proceeded to start a ... British when they were in a time of need. Perhaps he was trying to show them that the Indians put an effort into helping the British forces just like everyone else and deserved the same rights as everyone else. It is interesting to note that Gandhi did not promote fighting, but he helped those who were in need of assistance.˘ After the law was passed that all Indians were required to ... non-violent movement for racial equality in the U.S.A.. Another person is Joan Baez (1941- ) who became famous as a folk-singer, a composer, and a guitarist. She lead many antiwar and civil rights movements in the U.S.. A third person could be Nehru, the first Indian Prime Minister of India. He was deeply saddened by Gandhi's death and could not have become Prime Minister without ...
- 1315: Nixon
- Nixon I. Civil Rights A. Some people, mostly blacks, did not get equal rights. B. Nixon believed fundamentaly in responsible civil rights policy on the part of the federal government. II. Health Care Issues A. People believed in having health care for everyone, and being taken care of from the goverments money. B. Nixon believed that ...
- 1316: To The People Of Texas And All Americans In The World: The Alamo
- ... of arms overthrown the federal institutions of Mexico, and dissolved the social compact which existed between Texas and other members of the Mexican confederacy; now the good people of Texas, availing themselves of their natural rights, Solemnly declare: That they have taken up arms in defense of their rights and liberties, which were threatened by the encroachments of military despots, and in defense of the republican principles of the federal constitution of Mexico, 1824. That Texas is no longer morally or civilly bound by ... is considered greater than most other events throughout Texan history. But for one thing I truly admire Travis and his followers for fighting to the death like heros in order to establish freedom and their rights they believed that in all truth deserved.
- 1317: Trudeau: The Politics of My Way
- ... a sleeping dog best left to lie; each could only infuriate conservative Canada from coast to coast. Since King dared not touch them seriatim he certainly would not have touched them together- in an omnibus bill. This, Trudeau did joyously. The myths-makers have it at this was Trudeau's first deliberated joust, the kingship being the final prize. But Trudeau had no leadership aspirations at the time; all that he ... of solitude; companionship an act of weakness, cronyism even wise. It is ironic that Trudeau, a devout Jansenist Roman Catholic, emotionally and philosophically opposed to both divorce and abortion, should grant Canadians greatly expanded divorce rights and their first right to legale abortion. Trudeau took the unholy trinity then disturbing the bedrooms of the nation because all three were trial combat, all three required one strong man to push them through ...
- 1318: John F.Kennedy: Biography
- ... cut, which he thought if taxes were lower, people would spend more and new businesses would arise. The new businesses' taxes would make up for the 90 billion dollar cut. During the Kennedy administration, civil rights became a major issue. African Americans wanted equal rights. Protests were happening all over the United States. Kennedy was forced to order 3,000 federal troops to keep the peace when an African American went to an all white school. On August 28, 1963, over 200,000 white and black people marched on Washington D.C. to demonstrate their demands on equal rights. Kennedy had to do something, so he asked Congress to pass legislation making it so all hotels, motels, and restaurants to allow anyone inside regardless of race. He also wanted congress to allow the ...
- 1319: The Children Left Behind
- ... who could confirm their heritage or would be willing to sponsor them once they reached the United States. Once this was accomplished these families were eligible to resettle in America. It would seem, by all rights, that these children should have been automatic United States citizens at their birth but, as was the case for their entire lives, these children had to fight for their rights and “prove” themselves. For whatever reasons most of these children were denied their birth rights, the lengths that they went to in order to get to the United States shows enormous determination. Before the Amerasian Homecoming Act was implemented, Vietnamese and Amerasians desperate to flee Vietnam after the communist ...
- 1320: Southern Voting Behavior Since
- ... identified with the Democratic party"(Black p.44). This all began to change as the Democratic party became more liberal in its national policy views. The Democrats became too liberal in their policies concerning civil rights for the white Southerners to continue voting for them. (Mulcahy p.40). This reason along with others is what drove the Southern whites to change there voting habits of the last 100 years. The white ... allowed for the democrats to lose the south if the black electorate had not voted Democrat. The black Southern voters at the time of the 1960's were just again able to participate with their rights to vote. This was because shortly after the Civil War and reconstruction the Southern whites reduced and eventually removed the short lived black political power. They added laws that made it mandatory to take tests ... well as discouraging black voting at all. This discrimination greatly reduced if not completely halted black voting in the south until the 1950's and 1960's. It was not until 1965 that the Voting Rights Act was passed that prohibited literacy tests for federal elections did blacks obtain their constitutional right to vote (Wayne p.70). Many blacks did in fact support the Republican party for quite a long ...
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