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- 321: The Constitution in the 1850's: Unity or Discord
- ... antislavery people, after five months of debating, the bill was passed. This did not defuse the slavery issue, but split Kansas between the North and South. This helped push the United States closer to the Civil War (Grolier, Kansas-Nebraska Act). Peculiar Institution was an "euphemistic term that southerners used as a pseudonym for slavery"(Dictionary, 241). John C. Calhoun defended the "peculiar labor" of the South in 1828 and the "peculiar ... into general use in the 1830's when the abolitionist followers of William Lloyd Garrison began to attack slavery (ibid, 241). Slave states were those states where slave-holding was authorized by law before the Civil War. After the American Revolution, slavery disappeared from areas north of Delaware and Maryland. In 1845 nine new slave states had entered the Union. Efforts to add additional slave states and to prevent the ...
- 322: The Rise of the Manchus
- ... the Chinese way, the Manchus retained many institutions of Ming and earlier Chinese derivation. They continued the Confucian court practices and temple rituals, over which the emperors had traditionally presided. The Manchus continued the Confucian civil service system. Although Chinese were barred from the highest offices, Chinese officials predominated over Manchu officeholders outside the capital, except in military positions. The Neo-Confucian philosophy, emphasizing the obedience of subject to ruler, was ... by a papal decision in 1704 for having tolerated the continuance of Confucian ancestor rites among Christian converts. The papal decision quickly weakened the Christian movement, which it proscribed as heterodox and disloyal. The Opium War, 1839-42 During the eighteenth century, the market in Europe and America for tea, a new drink in the West, expanded greatly. Additionally, there was a continuing demand for Chinese silk and porcelain. But China ... by Chinese dealers and then detained the entire foreign community and confiscated and destroyed some 20,000 chests of illicit British opium. The British retaliated with a punitive expedition, thus initiating the first Anglo-Chinese war, better known as the Opium War (1839-42). Unprepared for war and grossly underestimating the capabilities of the enemy, the Chinese were disastrously defeated, and their image of their own imperial power was tarnished ...
- 323: Airplane Warfare In WWI
- Airplane Warfare in WWI During World War One, the role of airplanes and how they were used changed greatly. At first planes were only used for sport, but people started realize that not only could airplanes be useful but they could even influence an outcome of the war greatly. Soon the war was filled with blimps, planes, and tethered balloons. By the end of the war, planes became a symbol of fear, but they were not always treated with such respect. In the time leading up ...
- 324: Hitler And Gleichchaltung
- ... its democratic constitution. Hitler had to face seven foundations of constitutional order that inhibited his exercise of power. The foundations were the constitution, the federal structure of the Reich, the Parliament, the Reich President, the civil service, and the courts. The final stage involved gaining control of the Army. Success at each stage was very crucial for Hitler to construct his total dictatorship over the German people and country. It was ... of the most senior regional officials. At the same time, during 1933, a large number of SA ‘commissars' moved into Government offices at various levels, with the excuse that they were making sure that the civil servants were acting in accordance with the principles of the new regime. A good example of this was in a town called Thulburg. With virtual control over the administration of Thalburg and Thulburg County, the Nazis undertook the first and most obvious task: cleansing the city and county offices of actual or potential opponents. The law "for the reconstitution of the permanent Civil Service," enacted on April 7th 1933, had provided the necessary conditions as far as personnel policy was concerned. The new civil service law, which was followed by numerous amendments and implementation decrees, made possible ...
- 325: The War Between the States
- The War Between the States The War Between the States was the heyday of American battleflags and their bearers. With unusualhistorical accuracy, many stirring battle paintings show the colors and their intrepid bearers in the forefront of the fray or as a rallying point in a retreat. The colors of a Civil War regiment embodied its honor, and the men chosen to bear them made up an elite. Tall, muscular men were preferred, because holding aloft a large, heavy banner, to keep it visible through battle ...
- 326: Red Badge Of Courage 4
- Article Review on Red Badge of Courage The book Red Badge of Courage, is about a physical and emotional pain that a solider of the Civil War might of went through. The soldiers pain comes from all of the horrible things associated with war. The main character, Henery Fleming, joins the Union army dreaming of the heroic things he will accomplish. During the war he discovers that war is not so great and becomes real unsure of himself. ...
- 327: The Vietnam Era
- The Vietnam Era The Vietnam Era began after the Cold War Era. North and South Vietnam were created in 1954. Ho Chi Minh was the communist leader of North Vietnam. The Brown vs. Topeka case was in 1954. It was the case that ended legal segregation ... was afraid of the domino effect, that was the idea of when communism starts it will spread like cancer to other countries. The Gulf of Tonkin was the incident that made the Vietnam conflict into war for the U.S. J.F.K. was assassinated in 1963. Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965. He was the civil rights leader who promoted separation between blacks and whites. He would "by any means necessary" do what it takes to gain civil rights acceptance. The general attitude about the U.S. being involved in ...
- 328: Red Badge Of Courage
- Article Review on "Red Badge of Courage" The book Red Badge of Courage, is about a physical and emotional pain that a solider of the Civil War might of went through. The soldiers pain comes from all of the horrible things associated with war. The main character, Henery Fleming, joins the Union army dreaming of the heroic things he will accomplish. During the war he discovers that war is not so great and becomes real unsure of himself. ...
- 329: Cost Of The Golf War
- How much did the Gulf War cost the US How much did the US pay for the Gulf War above and beyond the yearly cost for supporting its military? The US Department of Defense estimated the incremental cost at $61 billion. This additional cost included deployment, construction and operations in the Gulf. However, $54 ... all "In-Kind" contributions. •The US paid roughly $7 billion, less than 12% of the total US cost and less than half what Saudi Arabia and Kuwait paid. Why is the cost of the Gulf War to the US and how the US paid for the war, interesting? •Along with the large scale engagement of international forces (the US had over 500,000 troops while non-US Coalition forces were ...
- 330: The Beginning of World War II
- The Beginning of World War II At daybreak on the first day of September 1939, the residents of Poland awakened to grave news. A Juggernaut force of tanks, guns, and countless gray-clad soldiers from nearby Germany had torn across ... and were making a total invasion of the Pol’s homelands. German’s actions on that fateful morning ignited a conflict that would spread like a wildfire, engulfing the entire globe in a great world war (granastein, 43). This scenario is many people’s conception of how World War II came about. In reality, the whole story is far more detailed and complex. The origins of war can be traced as far back as the end of the first World War in 1919, ...
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