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- 5191: The New Deal
- ... level so that the working class could survive in order to become self-sufficient. This is an example of socialist thinking because socialist policy strives to insure the financial well-being of all citizens. The Depression was a major devastating factor in America. Something different was needed to pull Ameica out of this economic disaster. Was FDR's New Deal the thing to do it? The New Deal brought America one step closer towards socialism. This step was temporilary needed to pull the vast members of poor people out of the Depression and back on their feet. World Book Encyclopedia, Vol.14, Britanica Jr Encyclopedia, Vol. 13, Economic History of U.S Vol.9
- 5192: The Genius Of China - 3000 Yea
- ... all parts of the world by way of visiting ambassadors and dignitaries. The first European chain pump appeared in the sixteenth century, and was a direct copy of the Chinese version. The second area of great Chinese achievement is in domestic and industrial technology. The most recognized Chinese invention is in the field of domestic and industrial technology, paper. Paper was invented around the second century BC and was used as ... steel is still used today, though the process has been refined. The suspension bridge, invented by the Chinese in the first century AD, is still the bridge of choice when one has to span a great distance. The greatest area of Chinese invention is in agriculture. The Chinese excelled in farming, not only did they discover the seed drill, they discovered row farming that is still used today. I would recommend ...
- 5193: Woodrow Wilson Overview
- ... of Nations and ultimately form the United Nations. For Wilson’s efforts, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919. Wilson was greatly responsible for increasing US participation in world affairs. Wilson was a great president and a great public servant. He was a brilliant speaker and a fun loving, energetic man who pursued his ideas to lead the nation through hard times. A true hero in a part of history that needed one ...
- 5194: Dwight D Eisenhower
- ... as there were few times in his life where he was not actively serving The United States. Helping our nation though two harsh wars as a trainer and commander, and attempting to tackle issues of great proportions during his presidency showed the strength, determination, and the great efforts put forth by this man to help shape the U.S. into the country that it is today. 1. Joann P. Krieg. Dwight D. Eisenhower Soldier, President, Statesman. Greenwood Press. Westport, Conn. 1987. 2 ...
- 5195: Beer
- ... fluid and calories. In a world of contaminated and dangerous water supplies, alcohol truly earned the title in the Middle Ages: aqua vitae, the "water of life," said Bert Vallee, Doctor. (Vallee 80) Frederick the Great, whose economic strategy was threatened by importation of coffee stated in 1777: "It is disgusting to notice the increase in the quality of coffee used by my subjects, and the amount of money that goes ... research I did was beneficial to me I have learned quite a lot about brewing. I know enough to say that this most likely will not be my career of choice. The money isn't great you wouldn't make much starting out, and even the master brewer doesn't make that much either, somewhere in the range of forty-five thousand to sixty thousand if you are really good. Although ...
- 5196: Blackness
- ... 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 ...
- 5197: The Prince
- ... defending their home and families. He also felt it was necessary to study history. This way he can focus on successful rulers’ victories and defeats and analyze them for his own well being. Alexander the Great studied and imitated the rule of Achilles and went on to become one of the most successful rulers ever. Machiavelli felt that these were necessary means in becoming a successful ruler. He also felt fortifications ... in the love of the people”. In Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince, we have read numerous aspects of becoming an effective and successful ruler. He focused on all aspects of life and discussed each in great detail. He studied human nature, fortune, military tactics, virtue, and personal qualities of past rulers and analyzed why each one’s rule collapsed. He found out the ruler with both the lion and the fox ...
- 5198: The Correlation Between Chines
- ... China. Every aspect of the Chinese culture is interrelated and therefore necessary for the continuance of the civilization. These qualities are what have confirmed China as not only a grand civilization but also one of great integrity. The area in which China is contained is within the continent of Asia surrounded by the countries of Mongolia, Myanmar, India, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, and both North and South Korea. With these various surrounding civilizations ... Spring and Autumn Period, what learning there was had been monopolized by the nobles; they alone could use the books and documents stored by the government, and other people could not share this right. The great political and social changes during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods broke the monopoly of learning by the nobles. At all levels of society ;declining nobles, new landlords, free citizens, even poor people ...
- 5199: Julius Ceasar
- ... representatives. When he was dictator the most important of these representatives was his “master of the horse”. This representative was Mark Antony. Much resentment was felt by prominent senators like Cicero on account of the great power and influence of such against of Caesar. Caesar’s military dominance was established beyond the possibility of successful challenge, the senate gave him a profusion of personal honors which were out of keeping with ... his actual position that was shown in the sixty member conspiracy which Marcus Brutus had organized to kill him. On the Ides of March , two days before he was due to leave Rome on his great eastern expedition, he was stabbed to death at a meeting of the senate in Pompey’s new theater. He fell dead at the foot of Pompey’s statue. Pompey was avenged, as well as Bibulus ...
- 5200: Explain How The Inherent Stren
- ... however in politics he sometimes made sacrifices (opportunist). He didn’t believe in democracy but preferred oligarchy, he wasn’t a dictator though. His life goal was to unify Germany and make of it, a great power. The unification took place in 1871, but in order to achieve it, many years had to pass. Prussia, a country with a strong army and a large number of population was ready to bring ... was about to happen. Prussia was the one who declared war, because she wanted to bring her people and the confederation, closer by making them fighting together. The victory of Prussia, in 1870, was of great importance, the sense of national unity was born and Bismarck thought it was the right time to form the new state. In 1871 the Federal German empire was born, and the dream of a skilful ...
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