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- 3191: J.P. Morgan
- ... and Paris. He was the commanding figure in international finance. Pierpont Morgan was an imposing figure on Wall Street and in the financing world but was virtually unknown to many until 1869. That year a war over railroads began including Jay Gould and Jim Fisk, both famous financiers. Gould already had dominant control over the Erie railroad and began to buy up stock in the Albany & Susquehanna Railroad. The board of ... until the ownership argument was settled. Ramsey and the board of the company fought Gould buy acquiring more shares of the company. Both sides had judges that placed injunctions on the opposing sides of the war. Mr. Ramsey soon found himself with not enough money to keep up his contention for the 142 miles of track. The board of directors and Ramsey asked Morgan for his financial support. Morgan deposed the ... and Paris. He was the commanding figure in international finance. Pierpont Morgan was an imposing figure on Wall Street and in the financing world but was virtually unknown to many until 1869. That year a war over railroads began including Jay Gould and Jim Fisk, both famous financiers. Gould already had dominant control over the Erie railroad and began to buy up stock in the Albany & Susquehanna Railroad. The board ...
- 3192: Martin Luther
- ... This would establish a very high credit rating with other nations and help the government create political power. Other debts the Hamilton required to be payed off or assumed were the 40 million in Confederation war bonds and 28 million in debts of individual states (kurland). For the good of the creating a cash economy and strengthing the U.S. credit rating, Hamilton wanted to induce a Bank of the United ... the "implied powers" clause. The system of banking he purposed was very similar to that of Englands. Founded in 1791, the Bank of the United States had the duties of financing the federal government during war, regulating credit, and producing sound currency. Hamilton also had the idea of making the bank privately owned, so it would run proficiently. This would give the federal government a backbone during times of war or emergencies and make it much more powerful. Hamilton also called for American self-sufficiency. The report on Manufactures of 1791, written by Hamilton, promoted tariffs on imports to protect manufacturing and create national ...
- 3193: Report On Roosevelt
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT (1858-1919) Roosevelt s service in the Navy Department and in the war against Spain brought out his aggressive qualities. He believed at the time that power was necessary for a country to achieve greatness, and that war was a test of superiority. He also believed that civilized nations had a right to interfere in the affairs of less advanced nations in order to improve the civilization of all. Soon after the Spanish-American War broke out tin 1898, Roosevelt helped to organize the First United States Volunteer Cavalry Regiment better known as the Rough Riders. He took command of the regiment in Cuba, and on July first he ...
- 3194: Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson
- Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Jesse Louis Jackson is one of America's foremost political figures. Over the past three decades he has played a major role in virtually every movement for empowerment, peace, civil rights, gender equality, and economic and social justice. Jackson has been called the "conscience of the nation" and "the great unifier." He is the best-known living American leader in the United States. Jesse Louis ... class and was awarded a football scholarship to the University of Illinois. Later, he left U. I. And enrolled in North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College in Greensburo. There he became class president and the civil rights activist began to show himself to the world. After graduating in 1964, he attended the Chicago Theological Seminary until he joined the civil rights movement full time in 1965. Before graduating he joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), led by Martin Luther King Jr. King appointed him to the head of Operation Breadbasket in Chicago. In ...
- 3195: Development of Computers and Technology
- ... uniformed Navy officers. It was now W.W.II and Aiken had become a naval lieutenant, released to Harvard to help build the computer that was supposed to solve the Navy's obstacles. During the war, German scientists made impressive advances in computer design. In 1940 they even made a formal development proposal to Hitler, who rejected farther work on the scheme, thinking the war was already won. In Britain however, scientists succeeded in making a computer called Colossus, which helped in cracking supposedly unbreakable German radio codes. The Nazis unsuspectingly continued to use these codes throughout the war. As great as this accomplishment is, imagine the possibilities if the reverse had come true, and the Nazis had the computer technology and the British did not. In the same time frame, American military ...
- 3196: Comparing Hitler And Stalin In
- During the period leading up to World War II, there were two men who were on opposing sides, the men were Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin. These men were each triumphant in their rise to power in their countries and they were very ... that what they were saying was the absolute truth. Using this power, they would get people to do anything for them, which proves their amorality. Since their countries were still trying to recover from World War I, they desired to restore the power back in to their countries. These three reasons will prove that Hitler and Stalin were similar in many ways. The names Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin are synonymous ... further themselves. With Hitler and Stalin being such amoral people and willing to do anything, they would do what they could to benefit their countries. Each of their countries had suffered great losses in World War I and were still trying to recover when they came into power. Restoring the power back into their countries was of great importance to both men. After World War I, Russia had 9,150, ...
- 3197: Computer Security And The Law
- ... issues it generates demands the combined talents of both. At stake is not only a fair and just interpretation of the law as it pertains to computers, but more basic issues involving the protection of civil rights. Technological developments have challenged these rights in the past and have been met with laws and public policies which have regulated their use. For example the use of the telegraph and telephone gave rise to privacy laws pertaining to wire communications. We need to meet advances in automated information technology with legislation that preserves civil liberties and establishes legal boundaries for protecting confidentiality, integrity, and assured service. Legal and computer professionals have a vital role in meeting this challenge together. REFERENCES [1] Stuart R. Wolk and William J. Luddy Jr ... issues it generates demands the combined talents of both. At stake is not only a fair and just interpretation of the law as it pertains to computers, but more basic issues involving the protection of civil rights. Technological developments have challenged these rights in the past and have been met with laws and public policies which have regulated their use. For example the use of the telegraph and telephone gave ...
- 3198: Firearms
- Firearms War. Conflict. Famine. Pestilence these are the four horsemen of Apocalypse as the people in the mid-ages imagined them. They stormed through countries and cities, leaving thousands dead, injured, frightened or crying behind. The first ... on the model of a pistol) before you start the shoot-out. Rifles first rifles appeared in 14 century and since, they had been the most popular sort of weapon but just until the World War I. Easy to produce, very simple in design, they were favored by many armies, until the machine-guns started to seize the market. The rifle is characterized by a long barrel, which gives a large ... with Kalashinikoff (or more exactly, AK-47). Effective, reliable, uncomplicated, and easy-to-use, it became the most popular firearm in the world and a true love of all the Islamic terrorists. In the Vietnam War, it was considered superficial to American M-16, which was even disliked by American soldiers, because it often jammed. Therere also some machine guns which are classified as attack rifles thats because ...
- 3199: The French Revolution
- ... the constitutional monarchy, while the radicals distrusted the king and wanted a republic. These were the causes of the French Revolution. Many peoples' lives were changed during this time. Peoples' ideas also changed. After the war between France and Austria and Prussia, prices increased dramatically, and food shortages occurred. When Louis XVI and his wife fled to the Legislative Assembly, they were imprisoned. They called for a national convention to write ... would spread. By 1793, the French armies occupied the Austrian Netherlands and were about to invade Prussia. But, in 1793, Great Britain, the Dutch Netherlands, and Spain went along with Prussia and Austria in a war against France. With these five powerful nations fighting against France, the French were outnumbered and outmatched. This one war was very hard for France. This war caused many deaths at home due to starvation. At this point in the Revolution, some people thought that the Revolution had gone too far and should be ...
- 3200: The PRogression Of Violence In MUsic
- ... room carpet, his hands fastened behind his with a leather tong and his face covered with a bloody pillowcase. The killers had left a craving fork, protruding form his abdomen and had scratched the word "war" in his skin. He had been stabbed 27 times. Scribbled in blood on a living room wall were the words "Death to the pigs" and on the refrigerator door "Helter Skelter." Helter Skelter, a song ... After listening obsessively to the album, Manson concluded that the Beatles were instructing him to begin the apocalypse. After Manson's listening to the song, he had taken the term, Helter Skelter, to represent the war between blacks and whites, which he believed would shortly engulf the nation. He had no idea that the song's lyrics, illustrated in Appendix A, were a reference to a fairground ride. Charlie had already ... against the whites. This theory continued with his interpretation of Helter Skelter. He preached that his followers, called "The Family", must prepare to move to an isolated desert area in order to avoid the race war he felt would inevitably result in the victory of blacks over whites. Manson also believed that the victorious blacks would be ineffective in governing the country and would eventually be forced to ask him ...
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