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- 7751: To Kill A Mockingbird- The Effect Of Environment On Classism
- ... Scout dictates this as if it were wholly logical, evidence that she is indeed susceptible to the onslaught of classism she regularly faces. This point is strengthened as the story progresses to Scout‘―s first day of school. At noon, Jem invites Walter Cunningham to lunch with the Finches because Walter cannot afford one otherwise. Upon discovering that her guest has different tastes than she, Scout chastises him rather rudely. In ...
- 7752: The Japanese and Manchuria
- ... Much of this activity was associated with the growth of the Communist movement in rural areas throughout northern China and Manchuria. Political agreements near the war's end in 1945 between United States president Franklin D. Roosevelt and Soviet Union dictator Joseph Stalin and the Chinese Nationalists allowed the Soviets to enter Manchuria during the last week of fighting. This permitted Soviet troops to occupy Manchuria and turn over Japanese arms ...
- 7753: October Crisis/War Measures Act
- ... the wrong way of getting demands met, but is not tolerated by any government. The War Measures Act was issued on October 16 1970, by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Pierre Laporte was murdered the following day. (Des, 187) His body was found in a car trunk near St. Hubert airport. (Oct, 1) The Quebec Union was upset and criticizing the government on the handling of the kidnapping issue. They believed, the ...
- 7754: Medieval Castles
- ... At the castle end of the drawbridge was the portcullis, a large sliding door made of wooden or iron grillwork hung over the entryway. It moved up and down in grooves and was raised every day and lowered at night. In times of danger it blocked the way to the heavy oak gates that served as doors to the castle compound. These gates were so large that they were rarely opened ...
- 7755: Stalin and The Soviet Union
- ... the ecology of many rural areas. Particularly tragic was the depletion and poisoning of the Aral Sea in Central Asia through diversion of water to cotton fields and the indiscriminate application of pesticides and defoliants. D Mining and Manufacturing The Soviet Union had the biggest iron ore deposits in the world and led all countries in output of iron and steel products. It was also the top maker of refined nickel ...
- 7756: Tupac Amaru And The Comunero Revolt
- ... some of his family members who had also participated as leaders in the up-rising. Accomplishments Possibly 100,000 men was the death toll reported after the revolution, and the significance of its outcome I'd say is rather subjective. In the short term, the reaction of the colonial regime to the conflict, once the leaders were punished oufcourse, was to meet various of the rebels' demands. An audiencia was created ...
- 7757: The Aztec Civilization
- ... not oppose Cortes because he thought that he was the God Quetzalcoatl. An Aztec legend said that Quetzalcoatl was driven away by another rival god and had sailed across the sea and would return some day. His return was predicted to come in the year Ce Acatl on the Aztec Calendar. This corresponded to the year 1519. Due to this prediction, Montezuma II thought Quetzalcoatl had returned when Cortes and his ...
- 7758: Al Capone
- ... crime leaders had always been running Chicago. There was a political group called the "West Side Bloc," who were put together in the days of Al Capone. This political group is still together to this day. As Capone reached his thirtieth birthday, he appeared absolutely invulnerable. He had built a coalition that had reached across ethnic boundaries, and included many different cultures and people. He dominated the business of bootlegging, although ...
- 7759: The End of the First World War
- ... stroke and was never able to finish his trip. The United States never signed the Treaty of Versailles. At this points all knew that Wilson had failed. Works Cited Greene, Theodore. Wilson at Versailles. Boston: D.C. Heath and Company, 1957. 114pp.
- 7760: The French Revolution
- ... end the Reign of Terror, the Jacobin dictatorship, and the democratic revolution (Bindman, 15). Robespierre's enemies in the Convention finally attacked him as a tyrant on July 29, 1794. He was executed the next day. The Reign of Terror ended with Robespierre's death. "The Convention, which had adopted a democratic constitution in 1793, replaced that document with a new one in 1795. The government formed under this new constitution ...
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