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- 4041: Franklin Roosevelt 3
- ... to the "good neighbor" policy, transforming the Monroe Doctrine from a unilateral American manifesto into arrangements for mutual action against aggressors. He also sought through neutrality legislation to keep the United States out of the war in Europe, yet at the same time to strengthen nations threatened or attacked. When France fell and England came under siege in 1940, he began to send Great Britain all possible aid short of actual military involvement. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Roosevelt directed organization of the Nation's manpower and resources for global war. Feeling that the future peace of the world would depend upon relations between the United States and Russia, he devoted much thought to the planning of a United Nations, in which, he hoped, international difficulties could be settled. As the war drew to a close, Roosevelt's health deteriorated, and on April 12, 1945, while at Warm Springs, Georgia, he died of a cerebral hemorrhage.
- 4042: Racial Discrimination and its Effect on Our Society
- ... Racisms history goes way back. The Constitution of the United States recognized the legality of slavery, the ultimate form of discrimination. The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 and the constitutional amendments that followed the American Civil War (1861-1865) changed the legal status of African Americans, but a series of decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States struck down federal statutes designed to enforce the amendments. The most important of ...
- 4043: Glory
- Robert Gould Shaw was a son of wealthy Boston abolitionists. At 23 he enlisted to fight in the war between the states. The movie opens by Robert reading one of many letters he writes home. He is captain of 100 Union soldiers most of whom are older than himself. He speaks of the spirit of his men and how they are enthusiastic about fighting for their country just like the men in The Revolutionary war only this time they were fighting to give blacks freedom and to live in a United country where all can speak and live freely. The first scene takes place at Antietam Creek, Maryland Sept. 17 ... Robert fights for his mens dignity every step of the way from demanding decent shoes to threatening the Major with exposure to the President if he doesnt allow his companies participation in the war. The 54th is victorious in their first battle at James Island S.C. Shaws close friend Thomas is wounded but insists on continuing on with the rest of the group. General Strung brings Shaw ...
- 4044: Gods And Goddesses
- ... ruled the sky, and his brothers Poseidon and Hades were given power over the sea and the underworld. He is husband to his sister Hera and, he was the father of Ares the god of war; Hebe, the goddess of youth; Hephaestus the god of fire; and Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth. Many of his children were born to goddesses or mortal women after love affairs. Hera, a beautiful and headstrong ... part in numerous ancient myths and legends. When he and Apollo were cheated by the Trojans, Poseidon's revenge was endless. He sent a terrible sea monster to ravage the land, and during the Trojan War he helped the Greeks. Aphrodite had no parents and rose out of the sea on a cushion of foam. She was so beautiful that love bloomed all around her. Aphrodite is the wife of Hephaestus ... sprang full-grown and armored from the forehead of her father, Zeus, and was his favorite child. He entrusted her with his shield and his principal weapon, the thunderbolt. Athena was a warrior who hated war. She admired courage and fairness and sought peaceful ways to settle fights. Athena invented the flute, the trumpet, farm tools, and the olive tree. She taught the arts of cooking, spinning and weaving. Hermes ...
- 4045: Monroe Doctrine
- ... Canning, if he could make a joint declaration between the United States and Great Britain. Rush was startled by Cannings proposition, since it had been only 40 years since the American Revolution and the War of 1812 was just awhile back (May 3). At first without consulting John Q. Adams he had agreed to. President Monroe favored this idea along with former presidents Jefferson and Madison. Jefferson had said with ... John Q. Adams had opposed the issue of a joint statement with the British (Migill 595). Adams asked, "Why should the United States appear as a cockboat in the wake of a British man-of-war?" (Perkins 51). With the guaranteed backing of the British Royal Navy and the Polignac Memorandum the United States did not need the British in the statement. The United States would not have to share the ... the Western Hemisphere (Migill 594). In 1823 the United States had no where near the military and economic power to support such a powerful statement. Adams had questioned whether the United States would go to war if Spain acted toward hostility toward Latin America (Perkins 44). President Monroe had his doubts but responded by saying, "It is written and I will not change it now" (Perkins 45). The European Powers ...
- 4046: Hiring Quotas In Employment
- ... hurt than to even tell their friends and relatives. (Brimelow 76) Most people realize that quotas do hurt people, but what most people do not realize is that quotas are illegal. The 1964 and 1991 Civil Rights Acts explicitly banned government imposed quotas, but nevertheless, they immediately spread though the economy. Even though quotas are becoming more and more popular, there is incredible denial. Some say that affirmative action, while a regulatory burden, is not massive in scale. Supporters of affirmative action insist that the 1991 Civil Rights Act did not impose quotas, although its key point was to override a Supreme Court decision and make work force racial imbalance prima facie evidence of employer discrimination. (Spencer and Brimelow n. pag.) California Democratic Representative Don Edwards, who is a mouthpiece of the civil rights establishment, claimed on the New York Times opinion page that quotas did not exist. This was said within three weeks of Supreme Court rulings about them. As much as people deny quotas and ...
- 4047: Abstractions In Power-Writing
- ... returned" (Wills 376). Power when mentioned in association with the power of the people to make their own laws has a positive connotation, "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to Civil power" (Wills 377). These two different uses of the word power transform the meaning and tone of the Declaration of Independence. The meaning changes from just a Declaration of independence from Britain because of various violations of tax laws, military expenditures, and colonists' rights; to a fundamental disagreement about power. Whether the King or civil authorities have a right to power. The colonists believe in the decentralization of power. The British support a centralized monarchy. The colonists believe power should flow up from the people to the rulers. The British ... The two different uses of the world power also change the tone of the document. The colonist's definition of power as coercive in the hands of the King and good in the hands of civil authorities identifies the King as the enemy. He takes on the role of the enemy because he clutches the power in pre-colonial society. The tone of the Declaration of Independence becomes more severe; ...
- 4048: An Occurance At Owl Creek Brid
- ... of his execution, he imagines an elaborate escape in which he manages to reach his home and family. Peyton Farquhar is a southern gentleman, ..of a highly respected Alabama family, in the times of the civil war. His features were good, a straight nosed, firm mouthed, broad forehead from which his long dark hair was combed straight back, falling behind his ears to the collar of his well-fitting frock coat. Due ...
- 4049: Franklin Roosevelt 2
- ... to the "good neighbor" policy, transforming the Monroe Doctrine from a unilateral American manifesto into arrangements for mutual action against aggressors. He also sought through neutrality legislation to keep the United States out of the war in Europe, yet at the same time to strengthen nations threatened or attacked. When France fell and England came under siege in 1940, he began to send Great Britain all possible aid short of actual military involvement. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Roosevelt directed organization of the Nation's manpower and resources for global war. Feeling that the future peace of the world would depend upon relations between the United States and Russia, he devoted much thought to the planning of a United Nations, in which, he hoped, international difficulties could be settled. As the war drew to a close, Roosevelt's health deteriorated, and on April 12, 1945, while at Warm Springs, Georgia, he died of a cerebral hemorrhage.
- 4050: Franklin Roosevelt
- ... to the "good neighbor" policy, transforming the Monroe Doctrine from a unilateral American manifesto into arrangements for mutual action against aggressors. He also sought through neutrality legislation to keep the United States out of the war in Europe, yet at the same time to strengthen nations threatened or attacked. When France fell and England came under siege in 1940, he began to send Great Britain all possible aid short of actual military involvement. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Roosevelt directed organization of the Nation's manpower and resources for global war. Feeling that the future peace of the world would depend upon relations between the United States and Russia, he devoted much thought to the planning of a United Nations, in which, he hoped, international difficulties could be settled. As the war drew to a close, Roosevelt's health deteriorated, and on April 12, 1945, while at Warm Springs, Georgia, he died of a cerebral hemorrhage.
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