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- 2221: Native American Women
- ... her possessions, could simply divorce her husband by tossing his belongings out of their residence. Women's role in tribal governance was often influential in matrilineal societies, as among the Iroquois, in which the principal civil and religious offices were kept within maternal lineages. The tribal matriarch or a group of tribal matrons nominated each delegate, briefed him before each session, monitored his legislative record, and removed him from office if ... making, were shared fairly evenly. In the Southwest, the men did most of the field work, house building, weaving, cloth manufacturing, and animal skin processing. Female prestige among the Iroquois grew greater after the Revolutionary War, and male prestige ebbed due to continual losses and defeats and the inability to do much hunting due to scarcity of game. By the nineteenth century, mothers played a greater role in approving marriage partners ... of their children in a divorce, unlike the uncertainty of custody in earlier times. Among many Southeast tribes the women were influential in tribal councils and in some places they cast the deciding vote for war or peace. The Cherokee designated a female as "Beloved Woman," through whom they believed the Great Spirit spoke. Consequently, her words were always heard but not necessarily heeded. However, she headed the influential Woman' ...
- 2222: All Men Created Equal
- ... was occurring because the Negroes and whites were in forced contact. The elimination of an almost universal fear was yet another argument for the separation of the races. Although he was not a ‘modern day' civil right's activist, Lincoln's logic eventually led to the abolition of slavery, tragically driving the nation into a state of civil war. However, the American ideals which he embraced have made their way into our modern societies standards leading to civil right's programs which are constantly being reformed. Immigrants, of all nationalities and colors now ...
- 2223: Lord Of The Flies
- ... Flies. "In Lord of the Flies he [Golding] showed how people go to hell when the usual social controls are lifted, on desert islands real or imaginary (Sheed 121)." Despite being heavily involved in the war efforts during the second world war, Golding managed to not become a war novelist, this does however, somewhat explain why most of the conflicts in his books are basic struggles between people. "He [Golding] entered the Royal Navy at the age of twenty-nine in December 1940, ...
- 2224: Winston Churchill
- ... Army. He loved head-to-head combat, but rarely saw much of it at this time. He served in many places and with many regimens, but his love for active service never decreased. Throughout his war career Churchill went through many things, such as being captured by Rebel forces in Cuba. Churchill was sent to a POW camp, but after four weeks he managed to succeed in his goal of escaping ... his time and energy to improving an already strong Navy. At this time, he also fostered what was to become the modern tank. The original contraption was nicknamed Winston s Folly. 15 In 1914 World War One started. Churchill had long foreseen the coming of this world disaster. Churchill had wisely set his goals on improving the British Navy so that it could sustain an attack, or deliver one. During WWII ... In the early 1930 s Churchill recognized the ruthlessness of Adolf Hitler. Although, not many people shared his concerns, Churchill was worried for his country. The British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain wanted to prevent a war. So in September of 1938 Chamberlain along with Hitler and other leaders signed the Munich agreement. This bond stated that the leader would not overstep the boundaries of other countries. Churchill did not believe ...
- 2225: A Separate Peace: Three Symbols
- ... to destroy the warmth of the summer and does so by unleashing an unpredictable frigid blizzard. Likewise, Gene destroys Finny by releasing an uncontrolled jouncing of the tree limb. Nevertheless, the peaceful time and the war time clearly display the innocence of Finny and the evil of Gene. During the peaceful time, not one student thinks about a war. Gene and Finny play blitzball and jump from the tree, making them both happy. Finny willingly breaks the rules at Devon. Like the summer session, the rules do not exist, and the student's minds run wild with carelessness. Finny's imagination and creativity explode during the peaceful time with inventions like blitzball and the founding of the Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session. However, the war, like the winter session, brings about confusion and hostility. Students like Leper and Quackenbush begin thinking about enrolling in the army. Even Gene considers enlisting until he realizes that Finny needs him. Finny cannot ...
- 2226: Labor Unions
- ... of unions. Some union demands have driven small business owners out of business, simply because they could not afford to do what the union wanted. The major formation of national labor unions came after the Civil War. This war greatly expanded factory production and railroad building, which generated much concern about the well-being of the workers. By 1864, about 300 local unions operated in twenty northern states. In 1866, the International Industry ...
- 2227: Oda Nobunaga
- ... Sengoku period began in 1467 with the Ashikaga family in power. With the rise in disputes between powerful military houses, the family soon found themselves powerless to maintain control or peace among the country as war after war broke out. During this period no central government existed and politically, everything had become disorganized. The only thing that seemed to be intact was the culture. Throughout this confusing period, culture continued to grow and ... Kyoto. In 1569, he obtained command over Sakai and expanded his influence into Southern Ise where he installed his third son Nobukatsu in place of the conquered Kitabatake Tomonari (the daimyo descendant of the old civil governor kokushi, family of the province) in that family's succession. Nobunaga always felt he had to have control. He was offered the position of Yoshiaki's vice-shogun or kanrei (the Muromachi shogunate' ...
- 2228: Henry Kissinger
- ... its relations with the Peoples Republic of China for the first time in many years; his ‘shuttle diplomacy’ would prove valuable in dissolving the conflict between the Israeli’s and Arabs in the Arab-Israeli War of 1973 through a cease fire; and finally his negotiation of a cease fire in the Vietnam conflict which so many had desired. When, in 1938, he came to the United States who could have thought what he would become? In another five years he was a United States citizen, and served on the battlefields of World War II. After the war he “studied political science at Harvard University and taught there from 1954 until 1969,” (Kissinger 95). Kissinger, a master at power politics (his critics would often call him Machiavelli. In reply he would respond, “ ...
- 2229: A Separate Peace: Three Symbols
- ... to destroy the warmth of the summer and does so by unleashing an unpredictable frigid blizzard. Likewise, Gene destroys Finny by releasing an uncontrolled jouncing of the tree limb. Nevertheless, the peaceful time and the war time clearly display the innocence of Finny and the evil of Gene. During the peaceful time, not one student thinks about a war. Gene and Finny play blitzball and jump from the tree, making them both happy. Finny willingly breaks the rules at Devon. Like the summer session, the rules do not exist, and the student's minds run wild with carelessness. Finny's imagination and creativity explode during the peaceful time with inventions like blitzball and the founding of the Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session. However, the war, like the winter session, brings about confusion and hostility. Students like Leper and Quackenbush begin thinking about enrolling in the army. Even Gene considers enlisting until he realizes that Finny needs him. Finny cannot ...
- 2230: The Story Of English
- ... to mount around 1750 in England where it was referred to in a work entitled the Palaeographia Britainnicus. No attempt was made to investigate it further by the English. In 1792, the seeds of the civil war has been sown. The Tapestry was in danger when the French revolution begun. It was at this time that the very existance of this masterpeice held in the balance. But for the actions of one ... in Bayeux. The Tapestry was again removed in 1870 during the Franco Prussian was but returned to its glory 2 years later. Here it remained on display until 1913 prior to the outbreak of World War 1 ehere it was again removed and stored in a safe place. The same action occured during the secon Worl War, it was removed for safe keeping and out of the hands of Nazi ...
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