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- 3301: The Legend of Baby Doe
- ... Wisconsin. Her parents were Irish immigrants and brought fourteen children into the world, though several children died in birth. Elizabeth was their fourth daughter. Her father, Peter McCourt, was a tailor. During years following the Civil War, there was a building boom and a great demand for lumber. McCourt had purchased lots all over town for people to build cottages upon. However, the Peshtigo fire of October, 1871, burned over 1,280 ...
- 3302: The Repressive Governments of Zamiatin's We and Orwell's 1984
- ... despotism. The most noticeable way that Newspeak alters the public's perception of reality is through the use of an intentional distortion of truth known in Oceania as Doublethink. Doublethink, immortalized in phrases such as "War is Peace", "Freedom is Slavery", and "Ignorance is Strength", serves as a foundation upon which the government of Oceania can selectively change history and reality by convincing the population that history is what Oceania says ... it is (Bloom 147). "Even the names of the four Ministries by which they are governed exhibit a sort of impudence in their deliberate reversal of the facts. The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture, and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation. These contradictions are not accidental, nor do they result from ordinary hypocrisy: they are deliberate exercises ... distant and detached from our perception of reality, how close really are we? Like in We, many people live and die by their schedules which must be followed to the most minute detail. During World War II, our own government, the supposed bastion of freedom, detained thousands of Japanese-American citizens simply because their parents were born in the wrong country. Americans are required to have We-like Social Security ...
- 3303: Legalizing Idustrial Hemp
- ... transfer tax of $1.00/ounce effectively ended all hemp production in the United States by making commerce in hemp prohibitively expensive. Restrictions on hemp production were eased briefly in the United States during World War II when Japan invaded the Philippines, cutting off the supply of abaca (Manila hemp) (Hesington 77). The U.S. Navy desperately needed a domestic supply of hemp to provide the lines and rigging for its fleet. The U.S. Department of Agriculture encouraged farmers to produce hemp for the war effort by distributing a film called "Hemp for Victory!" (Hemp Victory). After World War II, the hemp industry declined as the federal government again began to restrict hemp production (Brecher 419). Farmers continued to produce hemp on a limited scale until the 1950s (Miller 239). However, legislation eventually ...
- 3304: Joseph Stalin
- ... and armed forces in which millions of people were imprisoned, exiled, or shot. In 1938 he signed a Non- Aggression Pact with Hitler which bought the Soviet Union two years after the involvement in World War Two. After the German invasion in 1941, the USSR became a member of the Grand Alliance, and Stalin, as was leader, took the name of Generalissimo. He took part in the conferences of Tehran, Yelta ... were being stubborn and they didn’t want to give Stalin their crops without him paying a certain fee for them. When the Kulaks started to rebel against Stalin, he was infuriated and he declared war against the slaves. Stalin and his armies overpowered the slave’s and they had to surrender to them before anything else occurred. Along with their crops came all the machinery that they had and everything ... of people whom Stalin caused death to is not known but facts prove that there were many of people who died to his actions. In 1945 he conducted foreign policies which contributed to the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the West. By1950 Stalin’s mental and physical health had begun to deteriorate and he was absent from the Kremlin, the government headquarters in Moscow, for long periods of ...
- 3305: Is Macbeth The Tragic Hero of The Play?
- ... commit some terrible crime for which he is punished. People of the Elizabethan Period were well aware of the problems created when kings are murdered. The Fifteenth Century was a period of almost constant ruinous civil war in England. The dire consequences of this act are a constant theme in Shakespeare's plays. According to the medieval Theory of Divine Right, God appoints the king, thus Macbeth committed a religious crime when ...
- 3306: Abigail Adams
- ... the Congress called at Philadelphia to try and unite the colonies against Great Britain's plan to punish Boston and Massachusetts. Though her sons would not be of military age for another decade, Abigail dreaded war, in which only God knew what would happen. When the shots at Lexington and Concorde were fired, John was again off to the Congress and cautioned Abigail that she should 'fly to the woods' with the children if the British attacked Boston. Abigail prayed for the war and on June 17 John Quincy and Abigail went to Bunker Hill and watched the roar of the cannons and saw the flames of burning Charleston atop of Penn's Hill near where they lived ... what's happening at the immediate point in time. Abigail sometimes called herself 'Mrs. Delegate' because she was the wife of a Revolutionary leader. Abigail continued to keep in tact with her husband throughout the war. She also was very political. Then later she led a very productive life.
- 3307: Marijuana
- ... rare until the last few years. Marijuana has a fairly long history of use in Mexico and Latin America. It was first introduced into the United States around 1910 by Mexican laborers. During the Vietnam War many drugs were easily available to the soldiers in the war. Many of these men turned to marijuana to subside the misery of war. When they returned home, they continued the habit. Thus, in the 1960’s, marijuana became a symbol of rebellion for the so-called counterculture (Eve 24). In the 1960’s, marijuana’s use among ...
- 3308: Queen Elizabeth I
- ... Elizabeth became queen, beginning one of the greatest reigns in English history (15). At the time of Elizabeth's accession, England was torn by religious strife, was economically insecure, and was involved in a disastrous war with France (19). "Although she was excessively vain and capricious, her monarchial duties were always her primary concern. Her policies and her colorful personality made her extremely popular with her subjects." (20) "Elizabeth's domination ... attached was due in part to the exuberant national spirit that she inspired, and that characterized all of England during the second half of the 16th century" (23). With the religious question settled and the war with France concluded by the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis in 1559, England was able to develop industrially and economically. Under Elizabeth's direction, the government began to regulate commerce and industry on a national scale ... II of Spain had, for years, been troubled by the raids of English mariners on his colonial possessions. Because Mary and Philip were Catholic, her death provided him with an added stimulus to prosecute the war with England that had been going on since 1585" (49). He therefore sent a fleet to invade the country in 1588. The Spanish Armada, however, suffered an inglorious defeat, and England eventually took the ...
- 3309: Americas Fetish For Death
- ... mother country, America continued its importation of Africans. Eventually America underwent a massive battle due to its traditions, which led to the deaths of many soldiers both innocent and tainted. As the dust of the Civil War settled, African-American gained equality gradually, though never the respect and acceptance of Anglo-Saxons. They were still viewed as inferior animals, less than the common housefly. As if racism were not bad, enough the ...
- 3310: Prohibition
- ... alcoholic beverages were addictive. In the 1820’s and 1830’s, the first temperance crusade reduced the average annual intake of pure alcohol per person to about 3 gallons.() Support for prohibition declined after the Civil War began in 1861. To revive support, people who favored prohibition, often called drys or prohibitionist, formed a number of organizations to promote liquor reform. In 1869, for example, drys founded the Prohibition Party, which presented ...
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