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- 3891: Andrew Johnson
- ... him learn how to write and do arithmetic. He had three sons and two daughters. Andrew Johnson was a democratic and had served in the Senate from 1857- 1862. In the early months of the Civil War, Johnson was forced to flee his own state to avoid arrest. When federal troops conquered Nashville, he resigned his Senate seat in March 1862 to accept President Lincoln s appointment as military governor of Tennessee ...
- 3892: The Internet
- ... college users to the backbone networks. Today, there are more than fifty-thousand networks in more than one-hundred countries worldwide. However, it all started with one network. In the early 1960's the Cold War was escalating and the United States Government was faced with a problem. How could the country communicate after a nuclear war? The Pentagon's Advanced Research Projects Agency, ARPA, had a solution. They would create a non-centralized network that linked from city to city, and base to base. The network was designed to function when ... fastest growing Internet resource. The Internet has dramatically changed from its original purpose. It was formed by the United States government for exclusive use of government officials and the military to communicate after a nuclear war. Today, the Internet is used globally for a variety of purposes. People can send their friends an electronic "hello." They can download a recipe for a new type of lasagna. They can argue about ...
- 3893: The Song Dynasty
- ... control, the military increasingly lost prestige. The weakening of China's military, coincided with the rise of strong nomadic nations on the boarders. During the same time of the military's loss of prestige, the civil service rose in dignity. This was an examination system that had been restored in Sui and T'ang and was further elaborated and regularized. Selection examinations were help every three years at the district, provincial, and metropolitan levels. Only 200 out of thousands of applicants were granted the jinshi degree. This was the highest degree and appointed on government posts. From this time on, civil servants became China's most envied elite, replacing the hereditary nobles and landlords. The Song dynasty only extended over to the parts of earlier Chinese empires. The Khitans controlled the northeastern territories and the His ... the corrupt government and made huge reform in the government. His reforms were based on the text of 'Rites of Chou'. Wang tried to get honest, intelligent officials by improving the university system. He made civil examinations more practical and reformed the merit system to reduce corruption among government officials. Wang help the governments financial problems by establishing a graduated income tax. This meant the wealthy people were required to ...
- 3894: Concentration Camps 2
- Concentration Camps A concentration camp is where prisoners of war, enemy aliens, and political prisoners are detained and confined, typically under harsh conditions, or place or situation characterized by extremely harsh conditions. The first concentration camps were established in 1933 for confinement of opponents of ... the air. They are at Birkenau, the second part of the Auschwitz complex, called by some "the mother of all concentration camps. The manpower to build the camp came from 200,000 Russian prisoners of war who were forced to march from Russia to a camp at Lamsdord without any food. During these early days the Russians received more abuse than the Polish prisoners because they were more feared for their ... 1939--was agreed on as the method of choice. Zyclon was originally brought to Auschwitz as a disinfectant and vermin killer. On September 3, 1941, Fritzsch experimented with Zyclon B. on 600 Russian prisoners of war and 250 tubercular patients. He was amazed at the number of people who could be killed at once. On October 15, 1941, a plan for the future camp of Birkenau, designed by one of ...
- 3895: 1984: The Party Has Many Slogans
- ... It changes all documents in order to fit their needs. For instance, if the Party says that something never happened, then it never happened. All evidence of the event is destroyed. Oceania is continuously at war with either Eurasia or Eastasia. When the Party decides to start fighting with Eastasia and be allies with Eurasia, after years of fighting with Eurasia, all signs of a war with Eurasia are wiped out within a week. The documents are all falsified in the Records department. This is where Winston works. It's ironic that all of the nation's records are changed in ... credence to what the Party says in the beginning, you eventually come to accept everything. Winston comes to believe that two plus two equals five. He also learns to consider the following statements as true: WAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH (7,17, 26, 87, 152, 166) Everyone is under constant surveillance. There are telescreens in the houses and other buildings of every Party and Inner Party ...
- 3896: Germania
- ... Roman toga of manhood. To be surrounded by a large group of picked young armed men was a prestigious and honorable thing, or as Tacitus would put it, "an ornament in peace and defense in war". The Germans according to Tacitus found their nobility through war and felt that it was better to receive from blood and wounds than to receive from hard work and sweat tilling a field. Their post-battle feasts were "inelegant" by Tacitus's standards, but once ... and religious rites of the separate tribes of Germany beginning with the Western tribes. In general, Tacitus indicates that the Batavi tribe in Western Germany is part of the Roman empire and is used as war reserves for the Romans. The Chatti tribe (also located in the West) was quite intelligent and well organized according to Tacitus. Says Tacitus, "Other tribes you see going to battle, the Chatti to a ...
- 3897: Unions
- ... the employing class, have all the good things of life." (Cashman, 214) By organizing the mass of workers who were excluded from the AFL, the Wobblies aimed to engage the employers in an unrelenting class war, culminating in a general strike to redistribute power and wealth. IWW leader were openly antagonistic to the AFL, this was a major mistake made on the behalf of the IWW. Yes they were giving rights ... Socialism flourished in the early 1900s and came to have an important impact on the lives of significant numbers of Americans, only to fall away sharply in the various domestic conflicts that accompanied World War 1. Unlike the AFL and the IWW the Socialist Party attempted to a political agenda to gain support and recognition from the people. The partys principal strength was limited to a few groups, the ... successful in winning power when it was most progressive, which left the ultimate revolutionary goals of socialism unsatisfied (Leuchtenberg, 178.) Eventually because of the large demand for goods brought on by the onset of World War 1 and Wilsons policy of intervention the Socialist Party would become extremely weak. These three groups, the AFL, the IWW and the Socialist Party all had their specific ideas and intelligent leaders. The ...
- 3898: Billy Budd 2
- ... to think why the narrator included them it sheds a certain light. Not only does the narrator keep changing his point of view, but he keeps changing his pace as well. Background on history (the war), a long analysis of characters, which are followed by intense dramatic action (i.e.; Billy being approached in joining a mutiny, and later killing Claggart). Through such an approach the narrator evokes the atmosphere of ... s appearance see chapter 1). Both had no real background, all we know of Billy is that he use to work on the Great man and now moved to the indomitable as a result of war. As for Claggart he seems to be quite intelligent, and no one can figure out how h got to the navy. Rumor has it that Claggart as a small time criminal in England, and he ... on a camping trip, per-say, then you know how quickly one can get on another s nerves. This story captures that intensity. One must also remember that Billy is set in a time of war and mutiny, and theses factors have a major impact on the story and everyone s decisions.
- 3899: Using Nuclear Power
- ... year is supplied by nuclear power from the 100 or so nuclear power plants throughout the country . Even though atomic power has been in use for over 50 years it was primarily a tool of war and destruction when the war ended need for atomic bombs diminished . The scientists who created the weapons were out of jobs . They then turned this destructive power into huge plants generating "clean and cheap " electricity for the country . It was ... have any affect at all on the amount of electricity that is consumed . " Anything that slows down the development of solar energy, the one cheap limitless source of energy that cannot be shut down by war or embargo, is undermining the national security of the United States " . Nuclear power has been a constant in all of our lives due to the many problems it has and to the many accidents ...
- 3900: Beloved 2
- ... house for eighteen years. The story begins in the year 1873, but there are many flashbacks to the year Sethe attempted to run away, which is in 1856, four years before the start of the Civil War. Sethe, Paul D., and Baby Suggs were all slaves on the same farm in Kentucky, which was ironically named Sweet Home, though for them, it was neither home nor sweet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Plot The plot of the ...
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