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- 881: Our Living Shield: The First Amendment
- ... to actually carrying out the freedoms guaranteed by this amendment. For example, in 1794, Pennsylvanian backcountry farmers protested a whiskey tax. The protesters were not violent such as those of the previous Shay's Rebellion. George Washington sent in a militia to crush the rebellion denying them of their First Amendment right to "peaceably assemble." Later, in 1836, anti sl avery newspaper editor James G. Birney had been warned that his newspaper ...
- 882: What Leads to Intervention?: A Case Study of Intervention During the Bush Administration
- ... Commander-in-Chief of the most powerful armed force in a world plagued by small military crises, the question ultimately becomes: when does a crisis call for intervention? From 1988 to 1992, this was President George Bush's dilemma. The days of the United States fearing embroilment in international affairs due to the towering menace of the USSR and global destruction ended at about the same time as Bush ascended the ... that position, with a powerful armed force behind it, the United States carried the heavy responsibility of how and why to use it's new found eminence. That responsibility fell onto the shoulders of Mr. George Bush as the first American President to sit in that exalted position. His actions would determine the United States' place in the new world order and set the path that future Presidents would have to ... continually authorized military operations without the full consent of Congress. It was an environment where the executive held the power to use the military based on his own intent. During his term in the Presidency, George Bush was confronted with many opportunities to demonstrate his intent for the US military. The four years while Bush was President saw crisis situations occur with alarming frequency. In each of these crisis areas, ...
- 883: The Second Amendment
- ... such a repeal, many people would not stand for it they would take arms to defend the very right being taken away. If the right to keep and bear arms had not been exercised when George Washington led the U.S. to victory over England, our Constitution would not exist, that is why the Second Ammendment is such a sacred one, it is the basis for which the ideas of this country ...
- 884: Time For Reform? Considering The Failures of The Electoral College
- ... for that State. When the voting has stopped the candidate who receives the majority of the Electoral votes for a state receives all the electoral votes for that state. All the votes are transmitted to Washington, D.C. for tallying, and the candidate with the majority of the electoral votes wins the presidency. If no candidate receives a majority of the vote, the responsibility of selecting the next President falls upon ... majority of the electoral votes to win the presidency. Had Nixon failed to get a majority a number of bizarre scenarios might have emerged. The candidates in the race were Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace respectively. Had Nixon failed to win a majority Wallace would have been in a position to control who the next President would be (Bailey & Shafritz p. 65). Though he could not have won himself ...
- 885: Declining Trust in Our Government
- ... spread is the problem of distrust in the American government? The Post/ABC News polling organization ran seven different polls between 1985- 1987 asking, "How much of the time do you trust the government in Washington to do what is right?" Those saying only some of the time or never ranged from fifty-six to sixty-two percent (Dewey). A 1994 poll showed that only fifteen percent of the American public ... mistrust of government has been around since our countries beginning and is nothing to worry about. It is even noted that our country was founded with a mistrust of government, in particular, mistrust of King George of England (Nye). Another opinion is that even though Americans do not trust the every day activities of the government, there is still a very positive attitude about the underlying constitutional principles that this country ...
- 886: Kate Chopin: Adversity And Criticism
- ... father, Thomas O'Flaherty, was Irish immigrant who became wealthy. Her mother, Eliza Faris O'Flaherty, was of French-Creole heritage. Eliza, at age 16, became Thomas second wife. From Thomas' first marriage was born George O'Flaherty, Kate's half brother whom she loved with all her heart. Also living in the home was her grandmother and her great-grandmother. Kate had a special bond with her father. She was ... ferry service on the Mississippi, and lively stories of women who dared- and seldom remarried. (Howard) In 1863, Kate had to endure more heartache. Her great-grandmother dies. During the same year, her half-brother, George, was captured as a Confederate soldier in the Civil War, contracted typhoid fever and dies. This caused Kate to go into seclusion for two years. She spent most of her time in the family attic ... felt she was trapped into doing what was expected of a woman. Kate and her husband had settled in New Orleans for nine years. During this period of time six children were born: Jean, Oscar, George, Frederick, Felix and Leila. Oscar, job as cotton commissioner had started having problems. In 1880 when the business failed, the family moved to Cloutierville, Louisiana. There, Oscar opened a general store and continued to ...
- 887: Jefferson and Socrates' Idea of Democracy
- ... or in any department or office thereof." (Wheeler Handout). Both men used each citation from the constitution to support their respective opinions. Jefferson accused Hamilton and the federalists of many grievances. In a letter to George Washington in 1792 Jefferson wrote, "His [Hamilton] system flowed from principles adverse to liberty , & was calculated to undermine and demolish the republic..."(Peterson 1984, 994). Just as Jefferson feared an elected monarch, Hamilton feared murderous mobs ...
- 888: John Haigh
- Pathway Home Articles Vampire Facts Who Is John George Haigh? Who Is John George Haigh? The Acid Bath Vampire In the halls of vampiric crime, few names stand out like that of John George Haigh. Half a century ago, England's newspapers screamed, "Vampire!" The trial of "The Acid Bath Vampire", one of England's most infamous serial killers, was about to begin. Haigh grew up in Wakefield, ...
- 889: Inside The IRA
- ... handlers. Many of these volunteers may not be full time, but may work at other occupations. Two main sources of IRA weaponry have been the U.S.A. and Libya. A veteran Irish Republican called George Harrison controlled the main gun running network in the U.S.A. His network ran for almost 30 years before it was broken up by the F.B.I in the early 1980s. The ... Copyright 1997 2. Harrison, Robert Inside the IRA Web Page: http://www.geocities.com/Capitol hill/9400/weap 1.html. 3. Paisley Jr, Ian Uncovering the Irish Republican Army D.U.P. publishing company Seattle, Washington. Copyright 1992. 4. Creeden, Miriam IRA Violence at Funeral World Progress Quarterly Review 1988 Standard Education Company Chicago. Copyright 1988. 5. Miller, David Irish Republican Army Software Toolworks Encyclopedia Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc Doesnt ...
- 890: Watergate
- ... some pictures of some documents and put bugs on the phones. There were eight men involved in the break-in. One of them was caught but was only asked to leave by the security guard. George McGovern was the opponent that Nixon really wanted because he figured he could beat him pretty easy. Having both Houses of Congress being controlled by the opposite party, Nixon became very fearful of being a ... senior staff. One example was when he decided to make John Ehrlichman his new domestic policy chief. Emery describes the cover up very well. It started as soon as they were caught. Nixon returned to Washington on that Monday, delayed because of a storm. This may have hurt him a lot considering so much happened between Sunday and Monday. They began to have a few presidential meetings a day to come ...
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