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- 5441: New York Times Co. V. United S
- The New York Times printed allegedly classified documents that leaked from the Pentagon about the war in Vietnam. A 47 volume classified history of the American involvement in Vietnam was distributed to the Times and, later, the Post by Daniel Ellsberg, a minor writer in the Pentagon Papers. The Times published ...
- 5442: The Genius Of China - 3000 Yea
- ... China. The Chinese invented the chain pump in the first century AD The chain pump allows water to the pumped from lower to higher elevations. The chain pumps were used for draining and pumping in civil engineering, but what is more important is it was used for irrigation. Irrigation allows for greater and more intense farming, thus resulting in a better crop yield. With the greater crop yields larger populations can ...
- 5443: The Trail Of Tears
- ... Major Ridge, and John Ridge and there corps accepted the responsibility for the removal of one of the largest tribes in the Southeast that were the earliest to adapt to European ways. There was a war involving the Cherokee and the Chickasaw before the Indian Removal Policy was passed. The Cherokee were defeated by them which caused Chief Dragging Canoe to sign a treaty in 1777 to split up their tribe ...
- 5444: Woodrow Wilson Overview
- ... wasnt; a lawyer, a historian, a novelist, and peruse what he was destined to do. Wilson felt his obligation was to humanize every process of our human life. This dream however was shattered by war. The greatest achievement Wilson ever made was his cooperation with other nations to form the League of Nations and ultimately form the United Nations. For Wilsons efforts, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize ...
- 5445: DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST BEYOND
- ... actually went as far as passing laws allowing women's suffrage and property rights to encourage settlers. This would seem like a step forward in human rights. In actuality, this was a terrible periods for civil rights for a certain ethnic group: the Indians. President Hayes was one of the most ardent supporters of the Homestead Act. However there was another act passed under Hayes called the Dawes Act that was ...
- 5446: Events Leading To The American
- ... tumultuous events resulted in Colonial opposition to Great Britain. The conditions of rights of the colonists will slowly be changed as the constriction of the parliament becomes more and more intolerable. During the Seven Years' War England was not only alarmed by the colonists' insistence on trading with the enemy, but also with Boston merchants hiring James Otis inorder to protest the legality of the writs of assistance (general search warrants ...
- 5447: The Significance Of The Plot O
- ... The Odyssey and The Iliad are two poems that turned into myths, have actually been accepted as part of the history of the Greeks. The Odyssey is a story about a hero from the Trojan War who struggles to get home to his family and when he finally does he faces the suitors who he fights and defeats with the help of the gods and his son who he hasn't ...
- 5448: International Court Of Justice
- ... whereabouts have been unknown, with rumors placing him in places such as Yemen, in Saudi Arabia with a false passport, even captured by the Afghanistan government. Bin Laden issued three Fatwas calling for a Holy War against U.S. Forces in April 1996, February 1997, and February 1998. He is currently suspected in acts including the World Trade Center bombing, a Saudi Arabian National Guard base in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and ...
- 5449: Drug Abuse
- ... is hurting our country by causing increased crime and soaring insurance rates, stealing tax dollars, hurting families, and hurting children. If fighting drug abuse were made a top priority, we could probably wage an effective war, through education and enforcement of laws, to stop drug abuse.
- 5450: Being Good
- ... are shifted slightly. A more formal composure is expected to be taken on. Arguments are to be avoided at all times, and any inclination to one commonly results in unnecessary ill-feelings (Dunnan 27) . A civil manner on all topics is taken, regardless of personal feeling. Confrontations of that nature are reserved for official actions or hearings on a particular problem. It is often hard to tell how one is expected ...
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