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- 5281: Fair Labor Act Of 1938
- ... Franklin D. Roosevelt signed 121 bills. Among these bills was a landmark law in the Nation's social and economic development -- Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA). Against a history of judicial opposition, the depression-born FLSA had survived, not unscathed, more than a year of Congressional altercation. In its final form, the act applied to industries whose combined employment represented only about one-fifth of the labor force. In ... added: "After years of fruitless effort and discussion, this ancient atrocity went out in a day."7 A crushing blow. On "Black Monday," May 27, 1935, the Supreme Court disarmed the NRA as the major depression-fighting weapon of the New Deal. The 1935 case of Schechter Corp. v. United States tested the constitutionality of the NRA by questioning a code to improve the sordid conditions under which chickens were slaughtered ...
- 5282: Evaluation Of The Agricultural
- ... This often caused famines and food shortages. The political situation was changing very quickly due to the Government problems, the Tsar was an absolute ruler. Others wanted to share the power. Russian industry was undergoing great changes. An industrial revolution was happening. After the disaster war with Japan there was a navy plan which would have made Russia the third world greatest naval power in the world by 1931. All of ... build modern battleship which would have made Russia the third Greatest naval power in the whole world by 1931. However, Russia lacked the money to do this more quickly at a time that two other great powers, Britain and Germany, were engaged in a naval arms race which was producing huge battleships known as dreadnoughts. The total situation in Russia at the end of 1913 was terrible. The industrial workers were ...
- 5283: Ending Of Apartheid In South A
- ... PAC and SACP and also that political prisoners would be released. He said he wanted to work with political groups to form a new constitution for South Africa. Although De Klerk’s decision was a great step forward for blacks, there were many possible reasons for his drastic change in government. A journalist in Cape Town at the time wondered if De Klerk fully realised what he was doing. Perhaps De ... blacks. Putting sanctions on South Africa would mean banning goods which were vital to their needs. However, many people argued that economic sanctions would only hurt blacks, not whites. This world-wide debate put a great deal of stress on the country, and it basically seemed as though the only solution would be to end apartheid. By combining all these factors, along with things such as SWAPO forming an independent black ...
- 5284: Egypt Civilization
- ... would be paraded around the temple walls carried in a closed shrine on a golden boat. Some of Ancient Egypt’s most remarkable achievements were in architecture and engineering, especially in designing plus building the great pyramids. In Egypt there are more than 80 pyramids which experts believe are the tombs built by pharaohs, as the final resting place for their body. The finest sculptors, masons, engineers, and countless laborers spent ... Nile are descended from those who settled in farming villages there before history began. They are also descended from the foreigners who for thousands of years have arrived and settled in their country. Their many great achievements form a magnificent legacy from a gifted people to us today, and all those that may come after us.
- 5285: Effectiveness Of The Articles
- ... discontented in this lack of action and thought they were being treated unjustly. The delay was so slow that the army did not think they were going to get paid. This, in itself, exhibits the great need for the national government to acquire the power to tax. Document D openly shows the little power that the national government is in control of. In the document, the U.S. attempted to remove ... for the most part, functioned as they pleased. Document G reveals the discontent of the people in the ineffectiveness of their national government under the Articles of Confederation. John Jay (Secretary of Foreign Affairs and great international negotiator), expresses this discontent of the people through a letter of concern to George Washington. He foreshadowed some sort of revolt, crisis, or revolution and expressed his feeling of uneasiness and the need for ...
- 5286: Early Resistance To British Na
- ... upset at the passing of the Rowlatt Bills, which were bills that stated that those suspected of sedition could be imprisoned without trial. He immediately called a Satyagraha ("firmness in truth", civil disobedience) struggle against Great Britain. Gandhi had meant for the citizens to use ahimsa (non-injury) methods of protesting, but they protested violently in some areas, leading to the killing of 400 Indians. By 1920, Gandhi was extremely influential ... not come with Indian unity, but nonetheless plunged himself into helping repair the riot ravaged areas and fasting for peace in those places where the fighting continued over religion. In that way, he performed two great feats by stopping the riots in Calcutta in September of 1947 as well as causing a truce in Delhi in January of 1948. Alas, he was not able to celebrate freedom for long, as he ...
- 5287: Diverse Cultures In The Foundi
- ... for usually five to seven years in exchange for transportation to the New World and food and clothing while working out their commitments. There were very few upper class people who ventured in to the great wilderness. But America did show to be a dumping ground for convicts who were sent there to work off their crimes. They were usually sent as indentured servants, only against their free wills. Secondly, political ... formed to make laws for the colonies. Virginia was the birthplace of democracy. The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were the first written “constitution” in English, placing limits on government. John Locke was a man of great influence in the beginning, a political philosopher who proclaimed that all men have the unalienable rights to life, liberty, and property. This was another step towards democracy. The colonies were made up of industrious, church ...
- 5288: Diarmement
- ... the British desire for disarmament versus the French aim for sucurity; -the Greman desire for disarmament versus the French aim for security; *Throughout the 1920s Germany demanded equality.Anglo-French differences over Germany were already great and these spilled over into the area of disarmament as Britain again sympathised with the German cause. *Added to Frances fear of a German rival was the now growing fear of Bolshevism.`The hydra-headed ... insecurity which checked disarmament.`-1 *In some ways it could be argued that moves towards disarmament were either impossible or unnecessary.If there were no fears about the international situation,then there would be no great worry about the issue of disarmament.If nations do not fear aggression they do not worry about their neighbour`s forces;however,if these fears do exist,they are more likely to discourage disarmament and ...
- 5289: D-day
- ... late June, they attempted to break through the German defences southwards whilst at the other end of the front the British made efforts to clear the Caen sector. The second fortnight in July saw three great successes: the liberation of Caen, the capture of Saint-Lô and the breakthrough southwards towards Granville and Avranches. After a fruitless attempt at cutting off a section of Patton's army in the Mortain counter-attack, the Germans, whose resistance was weakening, began their withdrawal to the Seine. However, in a great two-pronged attack by the British, Canadians and Poles in the north and the Americans and Lerclerc's French coming from Alençon in the south, part of two German armies were trapped in the Falaise ...
- 5290: Dresden, A City Lost
- ... A City Lost Dresden was once called, "Florence on the Elbe," before the widespread destruction sustained during the war and was numbered among the most beautiful cities in the world, noted for its architecture and great art treasures. On the eve of February 13, 1945, phosphorus and high explosive bombs devastated the city. "Everyone was convinced, that there would be no attack here." (Owings, 191) Dresden was of no means a ... Sir Arthur Harris, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command, in 1963, expressed some doubts of the bombing of Dresden. His statement is as follows; "…the bombing of Dresden was a great tragedy none can deny…it was one of those terrible things that sometimes happen in wartime, brought about by an unfortunate combination of circumstances."
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