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- 3451: Detroit Riots
- Detroit Riots Many civil disorders have erupted across the United States. Racial tensions were at a highpoint in the 1960’s with riots and looting throughout the major cities in the United States. This was not such a problem ... the urban areas had serious racial problems between black and white people. Throughout the 1960’s blacks and whites clearly demonstrated that they had many problems living segregated in the urban areas. It was a civil explosion that you can clearly see from the Detroit riots in 1967. Detroit experienced the worst civil disorder of any American city in the 20th century. Prior to July 23, 1967 Detroit had managed to avoid riots that had erupted in other major cities such as Harlem, Cleveland, Chicago, and Los ...
- 3452: Only Yesterday
- ... streets shouting, "the Kaiser is dead". Joyously America celebrated her triumphant defeat over the dreaded Kaiser. Soon the excitement of the signing died down and people began to face the realities that followed a post war nation. Troops were still marching into Germany and there was still a casualty list that added new names each day. America faced other problems. Workers began to form Unions in order to gain more wages ... of deliberation. This and other acts kept occurring until the American public realized that the Bolshevic threat was not that serious. America soon turned its attention to topics of leisure as opposed to those of war. The invention of the radio became the main topic of discussion. People were now able to hear music as well as preaching and sporting events via the airwaves. Baseball grew in popularity as Babe Ruth ... the carefree attitude that had accompanied that wealth. Frederick Lewis Allen's book Only Yesterday, illustrates the great changes that occurred in the United States in the 1920's. America came out of a major war to face great advancements in technology that made their lives much easier to live. America obtained great wealth and began to spend large amounts of time and money on entertainment. Movies, radio, and sporting ...
- 3453: The Death Penalty Just Or Inju
- ... justice justify our acts? Those who assist in the death penalty are they not partners in crime? Is the death penalty a "Cruel and Unusual" punishment or is it now a necessary tool in the war on crime? With the increase in crime and violence in our society, how does the death penalty affect a North American family. History of the Death Penalty: Use of the death penalty has declined throughout ... that the criminal will never commit another crime again. (Death Penalty Information Center) What the Bible Says? In the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) the death penalty was required for a wide range of offenses, both civil and religious. In the following passages from the King James Version of the Bible, Jehovah required the state to execute a person for murder: Genesis 9:6 states: Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man ...
- 3454: Franz Joseph Haydn
- ... wonderfully simple hymn and used its melody as a theme for a set of variations. The emperor of Austria was so impressed that he made it the Austrian National Anthem until the end of World War I. The piano sonatas were also part of many of the new genres of music we can attribute to Haydn being that in these sonatas developed the sonata form, a type of structure and rhythm ... used the trumpets and trombones for the fanfare. In the middle, he suddenly gets louder and louder as suddenly, the full orchestra breaks out in a wave of sound to give the hellish roar of war. Haydn was a master of using dynamics to keep his audience occupied. One of the most important, maybe the most, characteristics of the Classical Period was that it was secular music. Unlike Baroque style which ... was her favorite. Another example of his writing music for the nobles and the public other than Church was the Emperor Quartet which was used as the Austrian National Anthem until the end of World War I. Haydn spent much of his life creating music that people would enjoy outside of Church. Not all of Haydn s work, sad to say, was of the Classical period. However, this number of ...
- 3455: Eleanor Holmes Norton
- Eleanor Holmes Norton Eleanor Holmes Norton, lawyer, educator, and civil rights activist was born in Washington, DC on June 13, 1937. After graduating from Dunbar Senior High School, she received a BA from Antioch College. Norton then went on to attend Yale’s Graduate School and School of Law to receive a MA and a LLB simultaneously in 1964. From 1965 to 1970, she served as Assistant Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). As Assistant Legal Director to the American Civil Liberties Union she defended both Julian Bond’s and George Wallace’s freedom of speech rights. Norton went on to champion women’s rights as the chairmen of the New York Human Right’s ...
- 3456: Rocky Marciano
- ... months, Rocky went from one "grubby" job to another. Throughout this period, he persistently begged his father to help him get some kind of work at Stacey Adams. In the meantime, the onset of World War 2 gave the Brockton Shoe industry a sudden - but temporary - boost. Pierino finally gave in and said "O.K." With all the overtime, Rocky's income suddenly doubled. For the first time in quite a ... Fortunately, the next major step in Rocky's career was decided for him by the U.S. Government. At age 20, he was inducted into the Army and shipped overseas to England. However, as the war on the European front was beginning to draw to a close, he was soon flown back to the States, where he was assigned to Ft. Lewis in the State of Washington to await transfer to ... him that because of seriousness of the injury he "would never make it as a heavyweight boxer." In the summer of 1946, Rocky received an honorable discharge and returned to Brockton. Like most other World War Two veterans he became a "member" of the "52/20 club" wherein jobless veterans were provided $20.00 per week until they could find a job - for up to a year. During this period ...
- 3457: Militant Monks
- ... your care this two-fold mission, whose success will be very welcome to us. Let the constitution of the Templars be such as is suitable for men who live in the clash and tumult of war, and yet of a kind which will be acceptable to the Christian princes, of whom they have been the valuable auxiliaries. So far as in you lies and if God pleases, strive to bring this ... and successful. His adherance to the orthodox Sunni faith caused him to initiate dramatic changes in his Shi-ite army. Upon his ultimate rise to the position of Sultan, he declared a 'jihad', or holy war, against the Crusaders. This intense re-focusing of the Moslem effort began a gradual shift in power. Christian strongholds fell in increasing numbers, creating a domino effect. By the middle of 1187, Saladin had captured ... on the lam to become absorbed by the underground. Knights in England were never pursued, due largely to a rift between the King and the Church, and many were thought to have participated in the war between Scotland and England, on the side of Robert the Bruce. [Robinson 150-51] The vast fleet of Templar merchant ships was never found. There is no record of the 18 Templar ships which ...
- 3458: Against Capital Punishment
- ... there is one” (Zimring, & Hawkins, 1986, p.1). Every Western Industrial nation has stopped executing criminals, except the United States. Most Western nations have executed criminals in this century, and many were executed after World War II. Then executions suddenly decreased (Clay, 1990, p.9). This is partly because the people in many European countries might have been tired of killing from the war. In most cases the countries and states that stopped capital punishment followed with its formal abolition shortly after (Clay, 1990, p.10). One reason that the United States did not end capital punishment at this time is partly due to the fact that the war was never fought on our soil and US citizens had not all lived through the death and destruction of WWII personally. Some think that the United States should have followed Europe’s lead and ...
- 3459: Frank Lloyd Wright 3
- ... 1867, in Richland Center, Wisconsin. When he entered the University of Wisconsin in 1884 his interest in architecture had already acknowledged itself. The university offered no courses in his chosen field; however, he enrolled in civil engineering and gained some practical experience by working part time on a construction project at the university. In 1887 he left school and went to Chicago where he became a designer for the firm of ... new technology should play in any architecture for America. His Prairie home ideas were unlike any typical American house, which was seen by Wright as essentially one big box with little boxes inside. Before World War I, Wright set new directions with the development of his Prairie homes, suburban dwellings mainly in the area of Chicago. He experimented freely with the organization of plans to develop a distinctful yet unified spaces ...
- 3460: Explain How The Inherent Stren
- ... wanted to prevent the confederation of forming an army, that’s because Prussia wanted those states to be week. However the wars weren’t over, in fact in 1866 Austria-Hungary and Prussia got into war. The reason for this new conflicts was that the two were in dispute over the territories that used to be under Denmark’s control. Once again the winner was Prussia, that with good diplomatic moves ... alliance with Italy. Prussia started growing and advancing in all sectors. France started feeling threatened, in fact she didn’t like the idea of the creation of a new power in the area. So another war was about to happen. Prussia was the one who declared war, because she wanted to bring her people and the confederation, closer by making them fighting together. The victory of Prussia, in 1870, was of great importance, the sense of national unity was born and ...
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