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- 5171: Overpopulation
- ... consumers decreases. As the price of gasoline increases, for example, consumers will tend to purchase more fuel efficient automobiles or find automobiles which use fuel sources not dependent on oil. This does not require any great leap in technology; there are already numerous alternatives to oil which would become economically feasible if the price of oil ever jumped significantly. Natural gas, for example, is likely to replace oil as the primary ... of generosity on the part of those individuals and nations with greater abundance. With modern agricultural equipment, adequate food storage facilities, and technology to ensure clean drinking water, Third World countries like India could make great strides in becoming self-sufficient; and developed countries like the United States could help provide these improvements. Many people who support abortion claim overpopulation as a major reason why abortion is not only a right ...
- 5172: Origins Of Communism
- ... property in common has been a reoccurring thought. From early Christian communities to modern Marxist states, socialism and more specifically, communism has had an important role in the development of this ideal system. After the Great French Revolution of 1789-1794, the roots of modern-day communism can be clearly seen. In 1795, Gracchus Babeuf wrote the “Plebeians’ Manifesto” which stated, for full social and economical equality: “...to establish a common ... Greece. Over a thousand years later and over a thousand of miles away, Sir Thomas Moore wrote Utopia. An assessment of modern political ideals, Moore’s book started an uprising in 16th century Europe. The Great Peasants War of 1524-1525 threw a radical Protestant, Thomas Münzer, into the public eye. He preached of Heaven on earth; a world without private property or power. Münzer’s realization was short lived though ...
- 5173: Oskar Schindler
- ... do a favor for your roommate and she knows how hard it is for you. They feel more gratitude and you are showing them you really care and that can be the best feeling. Another great person is Mother Theresa of Calcutta. She died on September 5th, 1997. She dedicated all her life giving and helping the needy. She helped them because she loved them. That love was certainly true love ... the more you would receive back" (197). Teresa Acquaviva is a nurse. She helps sick people and makes them her friends. In an article I recently read, she writes: "My patients have tough me a great deal about their need to give when they feel they have received-about the cycles of giving and receiving" (80). When we receive we do not have that warm feeling that comes when we know ...
- 5174: Was Andrew Jackson A Good Pres
- ... retired from public life in 1837, being the most beloved political figure of his age (Brinkley, 256). He may be considered the most beloved political figure of his age, but he is certainly not a great president. Although the Jackson’s era radically changed the American party system and methods of electioneering, I consider him to be an aggressive, violent, bias, and racist president. An aggressive president for firing two of ... he does not represent only one race or one group of people but rather the whole nation, everyone as a whole. This he did not accomplish and therefore in my eyes, he was not a great president. Word Count: 952
- 5175: WW
- ... happened when a conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia led to World War 1. Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey). Prominent among the war's causes were the imperialist, territorial, and economic rivalries of the great powers. The German empire in particular was determined to establish itself as the preeminent power on the Continent. The Germans were also intent on challenging the naval superiority of Britain. However, it was rampant nationalism ... start World War 1. On June 29 Russia order general mobilization. August 1 Germany came into the war declaring war on Russia. August 3 Germany declared war on France. The next day Germany invaded Belgium. Great Britain declared war on Germany. August 26-31 the Germans crushed the Russian second army at Tannenberg. September 1-October the Russians defeated the Austrians in the Battle of Lemberg. The Allies stopped the Germans ...
- 5176: Ulysses S. Grant
- By: Nick Coble Although Ulysses S. Grant's contemporaries placed him in the highest position of great Americans along with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, the twentieth century has seen him fade. His presidency has been almost universally condemned, and he is consistently ranked second to rock bottom Warren G. Harding in ... whose revolt against the new politics of the Grant era" caused them to "demand...an end to Reconstruction". It is the centrality of Reconstruction issues in Grant's political situation that has led to a great deal of oversight by historians. Grant's years in office cannot be understood if the politics of the Gilded Age is separated from the politics of Reconstruction. Both were primary features of the 1870's ...
- 5177: Social Inequality In 1820s
- ... the perspective of whites in the era from the late 18th century to the late 19th century. "It (the south) must pettify the institution and its own reactions, must begin to boast at its own Great Heart. To have heard them talk, indeed, you would have thought the sole reason why some of the planters held to slavery was love and duty to the black man, the earnest, devoted will to ... respect, no equality, no rights. It took the will of abolitionists, white and black, along with the power of war to end slavery, and another 100 years for blacks to gain their rights. "Are the Great Principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in teh Declaration of Independence, extended to us?... What to the American slave is your 4th of July? I answer, a day that reveals to him ...
- 5178: Shiloh
- ... of Jefferson Davis, 1995, p 131). In a letter written to General Earl Van Dorn from Jefferson Davis, the president stated "The report that General A.S. Johnston was killed sadly depresses me. Victory however great cannot cheer me in the face of such a loss. God grant it may not be true and he yet lives to sustain the cause for which he was willing to die" (The Papers of ... the South and the beginning of the War Between the States, both side were expecting one battle to decide the war. Reports to newspapers from Shiloh suggested the enormity and importance of the fight. "The great battle to which the whole nation has so long been looking forward, begun this morning and has resulted in a complete victory" (New Orleans, Times-Picayune, 1862). This report was accurate as far as the ...
- 5179: Rosa Parks
- ... was a smart lady and she knew that with her status in the black community she could set off a Civil Rights Movement. Students don’t learn in introductory classes about all of Rosa’s great accomplishments, but everyone knows about the day she put her foot down, and for that she is a hero in my eyes. She forever changed the way black Americans were treated. Furthermore, it wasn’t ... it was the way in which she did it. She didn’t argue, she didn’t yell or threaten anyone. She did not make a scene. She protested in a peaceful way, and it’s great to know that even if young people are not taught the details of her life they can admire her and realize that violence and hatred are not needed for things to change. On Dec. 1 ...
- 5180: Mark Twain
- ... of the new Territory, and Sam was to be his secretary. (Cox Clinton). During the 1880s and early 90s, Clemens became heavily involved with investing in the Paige Compositor, an automatic typesetting machine. He poured great amounts of money in the machine, and even founded a company in 1886 to manufacture and distribute it. The advent of the linotype machine, however, sent the Paige Compositor to its doom. After the second ... his life he said he would go out with the comets and sure enough he did. Mark Twain one of the most well known writers that ever lived. He was highly respected and was a great role model for many. He lived a long full life with tragedies to overcome but he went though it all I believe it made him stronger and a better writer. He will always be remembered ...
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