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- 5391: Articles Of Confederation DBQ
- Articles of Confederation During the Revolutionary War the colonial leaders needed a government to hold them together, while fighting the English king. In 1781 the Articles of Confederation were ratified, effectively tying knots around the new government. The Articles were written to ...
- 5392: The Protestant Ethic And The S
- ... peculiar form of capitalism, which was in some respects different to the other forms of capitalism. Weber believed capitalism had different forms(ibid); firstly, capitalism could be of an adventurous nature, with pirates, speculators, and war funders taking individual opportunistic actions to make a profit.(ibid) Secondly, Weber describes a similar type of capitalism which exhisted in India, China, Babylon, and Egypt. Weber saw this to encourage rational calculation to some ...
- 5393: Alexis De Tocqueville (1805-18
- ... of 1832. However the legacy of Tocqueville's book Democracy in America (1835) is a living and growing monument of the work he did. This great work was never looked at much until after World War II when Europe was beginning to reshape its political authority. Today in many books he is quoted from his writings of Democracy in America. One quote that I have heard a lot in my American ...
- 5394: A Portrait Of Nietzshe
- ... type of resentment. A way to cure this type of illness is through “Russian fatalism” (15). “Russian fatalism” is a form of passivity. In battle, when a Russian soldier could not withstand the pressures of war and survival, he would lower his metabolism and lay down until the overpowering force passed by. “Russian fatalism” is a form of survival which allows one to hold out against a difficult situation. If this ...
- 5395: The Simpsons 2
- ... nerds. As a jock, it is my duty to give nerds a hard time." Homer believes that there is a social segregation between students and university authority. "You've won this round dean, but the war isn't over." Of course we know these things are far from being true, but Homers continuing belief in this type of life gets him in trouble. The success of "The Simpsons" is due to ...
- 5396: The Theme Of Genocide In Night
- ... did not adequately describe what happened to the Jews because it failed to account for the crime, which arose solely from racial, national or religious considerations and had nothing to do with the conduct of war. The holocaust is the most noteworthy act of genocide because it was committed to a large religious group, in a technologically advanced and modern country such as Germany, and was systematically carried through with the ...
- 5397: The Unknown Citizen
- ... free expression of certain ideas. Only certain proper opinions are allowed for the time of the year. If it was peace time, it was expected that a man was for peace , and if there was war, he went. Much of this is due to the oppressive nature of the government, however, the citizen has choices too. He could have protest, registers official complaint or complains in private and trying to do ...
- 5398: The Use Of Psychics In Police
- ... instants of American police using psychics in their investigations. It was not until 1925 that American police used a psychic in one of their investigations or least that was recorded by the papers. After World War II documents about Nazi testing of psychics were released to the world which triggered a massive growth in psychic research. By 1955 American police were slowly starting to use psychics in there investigations again. The ...
- 5399: Articles Of Confederation
- ... constitution of the United States, the Articles of Confederation created a legislature where each state was represented equally. The Congress had jurisdiction over foreign relations with the authority to form alliances and make treaties, make war and peace, sustain an army and navy, coin money, establish a postal service, create admiralty courts, and settle disputes between states. Thus, the power vested in Congress allowed it to operate with moderate control over ...
- 5400: The Volkswagen Beetle
- ... By the end of WWII the Volkswagen factory in Germany was destroyed. At that time Americans were going to buy Volkswagen but they didn t because of all the damage that was made by the war. It took a while but the factory was re-built and production of the beetle started again. At this time the first VW Beetle convertible was produced. Only 682 convertibles were made. Then in 1949 ...
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