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- 2721: Greatness Of LBJ
- ... to school reform. This was a huge step in the issues of education and that of racism since it would bring more funds into areas with more minorities. Also in 1965, Johnson got the Voting Rights Act passed, giving minorities a fair chance to vote. The next step was to seek help for the elderly. This was referred to, and still is, as Medicare, another aid to people in need. The ...
- 2722: Reformation Of Government Thro
- ... now and then is a good thing...It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government." Thomas Jefferson Thoreau, a transcendentalist from the mid 19th century and Martin Luther King Jr., the Civil Rights movement leader of a century later both believed the necessity of medicine for government. Although they showed disagreement of opinion on issues regarding voting, both writers agreed on the necessity to reform the government and ...
- 2723: Political Policies Between The
- ... of the Soviet armed forces and the Soviet/Cuban involvement in Africa placed extreme pressure on dιtente's success. In the midst of these events the signing of the Helsinki Accords in 1975 placed human rights high on the political agenda. America began to place pressure on the USSR's domestic policy in regards to the treatment of Russia's minority groups. Carter's crusade to liberalize Communist societies through external ...
- 2724: Communism Vs Democracy
- ... controls a communist government, its not far off from totalitarianism, as that one voice is the only one that really matters. In a democracy, however, every citizen has an equal say in government. Suffrage rights apply to men and women alike, regardless of race, past education, heritage, etc. Even in ancient Greece and Rome, every citizen could vote individually at an assembly, with a vote from a farmer counting as ...
- 2725: Presidential Anomalies
- ... an honest but pilable man who, like President Grant was unable to protect his postwar administration from scandal. His presidency has been recognized as one of the most scandal ridden prior to Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton. In 1923, soon after the public became aware of this corruption, Harding suffered a severe illness and died. In the election of 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to a third term, and ...
- 2726: Maya Angelou
- Maya Angelou. Maya Angelou, born April 4, 1928 as Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, was raised in segregated rural Arkansas. She is a poet, historian, author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, and director. She has been working at Wake Forest University in north Carolina since 1981.She has published ten best selling books and numerous magazine articles earning her Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award ...
- 2727: Michael Jordan
- ... ended his retirement from professional basketball by rejoining the Chicago Bulls near the end of the 1994-1995 NBA regular season. "Jordan, Michael," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 96 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1995 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
- 2728: Octavian Augustus
- ... be the cornerstone of the greatest empire the world has ever seen. During the Conflict of Orders, the lower class Romans, or plebeian, forced the upper class Romans, known as patricians, to give them more rights and liberties (Hadas 1969). The Republican government in Rome was established to satisfy the plebeian, while still leaving a majority of the control with the patricians. The government consisted of three main parts: the senate ...
- 2729: Elizabeth Blackwell
- ... and there she was permitted to continue her studies. In 1850, Elizabeth returned to New York City and was not allowed to practice medicine in any hospital. During this time, she fought hard for her rights to practice medicine. She and her sister Emily started the New York Infirmary for Women and Children. This won her acclaim from everyone and it allowed a place for women to practice medicine. She also ...
- 2730: Charlemagne
- ... arts that they had possessed at one time. Charlemagne solidly defeated barbarians and kings in identical fashion during his reign. Using the re-establishment of education and order, Charlemagne was able to save many political rights and restore culture in Western Europe. Early Life Charlemagne was born in 742 A.D., to a very famous and well-known family. Charlemagnes grandfather was Charles Martel, the man who was responsible for ...
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