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- 7461: Cuba And Embargo
- ... Affects of the Embargo The island nation of Cuba, located just ninety miles off the coast of Florida, is home to 11 million people and has one of the few remaining communist regimes in the world. Cuba’s leader, Fidel Castro, came to power in 1959 and immediately instituted a communist program of sweeping economic and social changes. Castro allied his government with the Soviet Union and seized and nationalized billions ... property. U.S. relations with Cuba have been strained ever since. A trade embargo against Cuba that was imposed in 1960 is still in place today. Despite severe economic suffering and increasing isolation from the world community, Castro remains committed to communism. (Close Up Foundation) The United States and Cuba share a long history of mutual mistrust and suspicion. All aspects of U.S. policy with Cuba, such as the current ... his predecessors, supports the trade embargo. Two recent pieces of legislation have tightened the economic restrictions on Cuba. (Close Up Foundation) The Cuban Democracy Act, passed by Congress in 1992, further isolates Cuba from the world economy by prohibiting any foreign-based subsidiaries of U.S. companies from trading with the country. The bill’s goal was to cripple the Cuban economy in order to bring down Castro “within weeks,” ...
- 7462: French And Indian War
- ... and Indian War initiated a series of actions that eventually caused the American Revolution. These actions consisted of England not allowing the colonists to move westward, starting to heavily enforce the Navigation Laws, and issuing new laws to pay the war debt. After the war, Great Britain emerged as the dominant power in North America. On the other hand, this power came with a large cost England was in debt about ... the land past the Appalachians was their birthright since they had fought for it. Many of the colonists died for the land as well. The French and Indian War also helped the colonists develop a new concept of their final destiny to conquer and rule the continent. After this enlightenment, the colonists were definitely in no mood to be restrained. England began to strictly enforce laws that in the past they ... Once England began enforcing these laws, the colonists once again began to resent their mother country. The British officials picked a bad time to start carrying out these laws. After the French and Indian War, new laws were placed upon the colonists in order to benefit Great Britain. For example, the Stamp Act was issued in 1765. It required the colonists to buy stamps for all paper products and legal ...
- 7463: Fredric Remington
- Frederic Remington was born on October 4th 1861 to Seth and Clara Sackrider Remington in Canton, New York. During his time of birth in American history there were conflicts between the whites and the Indians over the plains. In August of 1873 Remington moves to Ogdensburg, New York. His father is appointed Collector of the Port. On September of 1875 he enrolls at Vermont Episcopal Institute, Burlington. He attends this institute for 3 years and this is where he discovered his talent ... a sheep ranch near Peabody, Kansas. One year later he moves to Kansas City and invest in hardware store which later turns into a saloon. On October of 1884 he marries Eva Caten in Gloversville, New York then as a couple they return to Kansas City. In 1885 they move to Brooklyn, NY. In 1886 he attends Art Students League, NY. Then he travels to the southwest and learns and ...
- 7464: Working Together
- ... the necessary time together. The same people saying the same things in an extended team situation, day-after-day, becomes tedious and stale. Of course, the obvious solution to this would be to bring in new people, either as new team members or as liaisons to other teams. The problem with this is that teams often resist letting outside new members on their team. If the team has functioned as a group for any appreciable length of time, they often feel they know each other s quirks and have no desire to alter the ...
- 7465: First And Second Reconstructio
- ... veto of all Reconstruction legislation that was unfavorable to the South caused Moderate and Radical Republicans to change their goals from just ending slavery to seeking political equality and voting rights for Blacks.8 The new goals, were based on humanitarian and political considerations. Northerners had grown increasingly sympathetic to the plight of the Blacks in the South following numerous well publicized incidents in which innocent Blacks were harassed, beaten, and ... and separatism. If we fail to bridge this divide the question of the Twenty-First century like the Twentieth will be that of the color line. -- Endnotes 1 Eric Foner, Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution (New York: Harper and Row, 1988) p.228. 2 Ibid. pp.124-125. 3 Eli Ginzberg and Alfred S. Eichner, Troublesome Presence: Democracy and Black Americans (London: Transaction Publishers, 1993) p. 148. 4 Ibid. p. 152. 5 Eric Foner, Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution (New York: Harper and Row, 1988) pp.229-231. 6 Daniel J. Mcinerney, The Fortunate Heirs of Freedom: Abolition and the Republican Party (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1994) p.151. 7 Eric Foner, Reconstruction: ...
- 7466: Youth Gangs An Overview
- ... in the United States is uncertain, as is the exact date. The earliest recorded incidence of youth gangs dates back to 1783 or towards the end of American Revolution. Social upheaval, displaced families, and a new economy may have caused this birth of a new sub-culture taking form. Youth gangs may have emerged spontaneously from pre-teen social groups or as a response to the industrialization of American culture (Block, 1996). Another theory is that youth gangs first emerged ... them today were non-existent (Moore, 1978). By the early to mid 1800's gangs started to spread to the industrialized Northeast region of the United States. Gangs flourished in large urban cities such as New York, Boston, Philadelphia and particularly Chicago. Migration and population shifts within the United States reached peak levels during this time and the major cities were magnets for rural and immigrant families seeking employment opportunities. ...
- 7467: Medieval Battle Tactics
- ... of a castle. A siege was very essential for medieval warfare. Siege was like the most important part of an attack; that is if you’re attacking a castle. As you know no one inhabited New England back then in the Medieval Ages, so many nations were competing for it. One of them was Rome. Rome inhabited New England first, and as being the first settlers they left some of their customs, which among them was the key to war. The Roman legion composed of a huge amount of infantry and some cavalry ... was being hauled by a windlass. Once that was done, it was released and it hit the rear of the javelin projecting it a large distance. It proved to be an effective weapon in conquering new territory, and capturing castles. The Mangonel was a machine that looked like a long wooden arm with a spoon-shaped end, once again like in all medieval machinery, it was mounted on a heavy ...
- 7468: Explaining The Twenties
- ... to a dramatic cultural shift that had taken place. The older ethnically homogenous white Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) culture, characterized by their traditional religion and farm life fell into decline. Overtaking its influence was a new, secular, urban mass culture rooted among diverse ethnic groups. It was a culture that provided more opportunity for equal participation to women and minorities than did the older traditional culture. Like all periods of change ... in the Klan to form a revolt against multi-culturalism and modernity. In the cities, workers sometimes joined the KKK because of the competition they faced from immigrants and blacks. In the 1920’s a new black militancy appeared which was centered in the North. This militancy expressed itself most visibly in the Back to African movement led by Marcus Gervey and in the Harlem Renaissance. The “New Negro” was threatening to whites who were unused to seeing black people assert themselves in this way. Many traditionalist groups including the Ku Klux Klan met the newfound freedom for women, like that of ...
- 7469: European Settlements
- ... located on the York River. In 1584, Sir Humphrey Gilbert obtained a grant from Queen Elizabeth to colonize all of North America not occuppied by the Spanish or French. The first expedition to the vast new territory, named Virginia in honor of the queen, was sent out the same year by Sir Walter Raleigh and arrived at Roanoke Island in 1585. More settlers came two years later, but by 1591--their ... families." The ships landed on April 26, 1607, and the settlement of Jamestown, named in honor of the king, was established May 14, 1607. Early Trials: The colony, the first permanent English settlment in the New World, suffered from poor leadership, famine, disease, disputes with the Indians, and failure to find a marketable product. Captain John Smith returned to England in 1609, and conditions grew so severe during the following winter ...
- 7470: Mozambique
- ... of Mozambique and by 1507, the {Portuguese had occupied Ilha de Mocambique. Three short years later they had control of every major port from Sofala to Mogadishu. Their main intention was to open up a new passage to the Indies , so to break the Muslim monopoly of the spice trade, and gain access to the African gold fields. The Portuguese were successful in most of their expansion attempts, with a little ... would result in the accepting of all the latter’s demands. As of June 25, 1975, Mozambique would be known as the People’s Republic of Mozambique. Now, the difficulty would be in creating a new Nation. Upon receiving independence, the leaders were flushed with issues concerning illiteracy, poverty, racial and ethnic problems, as well as the issue of liberating this third world country. It’s two main goals after the war were the forging of national unity and the mobilization of forces. In the mean time, FRELIMO had decided on taking steps in the direction of ...
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