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- 611: Drugs: How Danagerous Is It?
- ... gets purer heroin, he or she can easily overdose, killing them. Also, because this is injected by a needle, heroin can pass diseases, including AIDS. Short term effects include the following: quick addiction, quick tolerance, depression, and blurred vision. Long term effects include the following: depression, vein disorders. The fact that you can die of an overdose makes heroin very dangerous. People who use marijuana and want something better, try heroin once or twice and are addicted. Cocaine is a drug ...
- 612: Political Parties
- ... as the party of slavery and secession. Republican control of the national government lasted for 72 years except for the 16 years when Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson were in the White House. The Great Depression of the 1930s had a powerful influence on American politics. The economic disaster helped the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat, as president in 1932. His first administration forged what has been called the ... and--except for two sessions in 1947-48 and 1953-54--it controlled Congress through 1980, when Ronald Reagan was elected president. In spite of the upheavals caused by slavery, the Civil War, and the Depression, the Democrats and the Republicans remained the two major parties. The New Deal coalition diminished, but did not destroy, Republican power. And, beginning with the election of Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952, the Republicans regained ...
- 613: Political Leaders in the 20th Century
- ... or pain. The pain they overcame made them a stronger leader that we know today. My third choice as leader is George Washington, who had to overcome something similar as Roosevelt. Roosevelt had the Great Depression while Washington had to lead a country just beginning their independence. Both struggled to lead the country in a time of need. Harriet Tubman like those men helped the slaves in their time of need ... office which made Roosevelt an electoral leader. Besides followers another part that fits with Well's definition was a common goal. Roosevelt's common goal with the people was to get out of the Great Depression. Roosevelt also has the qualities of a good leader ambition, confidence and determination. I agree with Wills, Roosevelt was a great leader. That strived from his attack of polio. His paralyzation made his more ambitious ...
- 614: The Behavior Of Presidents
- ... for the Federal Government. These beliefs were reflected in their behavior while in the White House. Franklin Roosevelt believed that the Federal Government had an obligation and interest in bringing the nation out of the depression. In order to do this he initiated a number of agencies and projects to employ people. In the first "Hundred Days" of Roosevelt's first term he initiated a number of programs which increased the ... of the Cold War. The failed Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis forced Kennedy away from domestic issues which he promised to tackle. Hoover's presidency was completely derailed because of the depression. Lincoln focused himself completely at the task of keeping the Union, even if this meant blatant violations of civil liberties. While circumstances may dictate what a President must deal with, it does not necessarily explain ...
- 615: Canada's Immigration From 1852-1990
- ... of young Chinese men that were coming to Canada to work building the CRP ( an estimated 15,701). Without these men most of whom lost their lives from injury or disease. During the 1890s a depression because of the very short growing season and very high cost of shipping the grains. This lack of rain caused many Canadians to immigrate to the U.S. for a better life. Not very attractive ... of hostility. After the war there was a huge boom in immigrants because of Canada's growing economy. But after all booms there is always the come down by 1930 Canada was in a bad depression people were also tense because word of another war. During World War II no Canadians had it worse than the Japanese Canadians. After the booming of Pearl Harbour all Japanese-Canadians were stripped of their ...
- 616: What is Fascism and Why does it Emerge?
- ... of communication. These are tactics the fascist utilises if the population does not consent to the government. Fascism emerges as a response to capitalism. It is a revolutionary promise to rehabilitate a nation in economic depression or unemployment by uniting and focusing the economic power of all social classes. This in turn is to restabilise a nation economically. It utilises the principle of nationalism to try to unite the social classes ... fascism to emerge was Argentina in 1930. It was at this time a predominantly agricultural nation. The conflict was landowners who were a comparison of feudal barons. There was also the trend of world wide depression and the emergence of an anarchist movement that aimed at direct appropriation of farm and land ownership. This attempt at unifying the South American country was overthrown ten years later. Another factor that helps the ...
- 617: Canada's Institutional Landscape and The Government's Ignorance of Farmer's Needs
- ... s are currently paid an average price based on the board's sales profits." The strength of the CWB in Saskatchewan was firmly developed in the CWB's ability to rescue farming life during the Depression of the 1930's. It is for that reason that many Saskatchewan wheat farmers are skeptical of losing the CWB and the possibility of returning to a financially insecure market, as was prominent in the ... separation. Both the price-support and free-market systems have there pro's and con's and perhaps only time will tell which system is more effective. Alberta farmers, however, were not affected by the Depression as much as Saskatchewan farmers which is much of the reasoning behind the support for the CWB. The development of Free Trade has been another deregulatory concept that has been detrimental to Saskatchewan wheat farmers ...
- 618: Actions and Behavior of the President
- ... for the Federal Government. These beliefs were reflected in their behavior while in the White House. Franklin Roosevelt believed that the Federal Government had an obligation and interest in bringing the nation out of the depression. In order to do this he initiated a number of agencies and projects to employ people. In the first "Hundred Days" of Roosevelt's first term he initiated a number of programs which increased the ... of the Cold War. The failed Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis forced Kennedy away from domestic issues which he promised to tackle. Hoover's presidency was completely derailed because of the depression. Lincoln focused himself completely at the task of keeping the Union, even if this meant blatant violations of civil liberties. While circumstances may dictate what a President must deal with, it does not necessarily explain ...
- 619: The Four Political Parties of Canada
- ... just their destitution. The 1920's had been a dark period for radicals and unions within Canada; poverty and significantly lower wages for workers were prevalent, and apathy regarding these issues was rampant. When the depression wove its destructive web across Canada in the 1930s, proponents of capitalism were staggered, but their left-wing opponents were too busy coming to the aid of the victims of the depression, and could not deal with the capitalists effectively. When the CCF was officially formed in Calgary, they adopted the principle policy of being "a co-operative commonwealth, in which the basic principle regulating production, distribution ...
- 620: Invaded By Immigrants
- ... allowed to immigrate, and on what conditions. These are very serious questions and the answers to them will have a profound effect on life in Canada and indeed all over the world. Until the great depression at the beginning of the century Canada had encouraged immigration from Europe, especially Britain. During the Great Depression Immigration was brought to a halt, the reason being that foreign workers coming to Canada looking for jobs were unwanted. Bands of men roamed the country searching for any kind of work. After W.W ...
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