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- 4741: Richard Nixon
- ... as early as 1972. It was clear that he would be impeached by the House and convicted in the Senate, so on August 8, 1974, Nixon announced - without admitting guilt - that his resignation would take effect the following day and Vice - President Ford would take his place as president. One month later, President Ford issued a pardon for all federal crimes Nixon may have committed while president. Through traveling and writing ...
- 4742: Radicalism Of American Revolut
- ... find their personal accomplishments worthy enough for his book. Wood’s attempt to depersonalize the war was successful. However, I feel it was this successful attempt that led Wood’s book to have a dehumanizing effect on the Revolution. I believe that Wood’s book could have been better had he mentioned at least some of the traditional forces that were significant during the Revolution. I do not feel that Wood ...
- 4743: Puritanism
- ... invisible shapes or specters to torture their victims had sealed the fates of those tried by the Court of Oyer and Terminer. The new court released those awaiting trials and pardoned those awaiting execution. In effect, the Salem witch trials were over. After the trials had concluded, Jurors and magistrates apologized. Restitution was made to the victims' families and a Day of Fasting and Remembrance was instituted. Little is known of ...
- 4744: Nikola Tesla
- ... from his Tesla coils to the crowd without harm. Nice trick! When the royalties owed to Tesla started to exceed $1 million, Westinghouse ran into financial trouble. Tesla realized that if his contract remained in effect, Westinghouse would be out of business and he had no desire to deal with the creditors. His dream was to have cheap AC electric available to all people. Tesla took his contract and ripped it ...
- 4745: John L Lewis
- ... wages and safer conditions. Since the UMWA singed the no strike plan these walkouts were not backed by the union they were called wildcat strikes. They were usually short in duration; they really did not effect the national coal reserves. Cause of these walkouts congress passed the Smith-Connally Act, which subjected unions to tighter regulations about strikes. John did get health care and pensions from these strikes. After the war ...
- 4746: Hostile Takeover Of The New Wo
- ... tribal governments as sovereign nations. (Internet Source 1) South Dakota governor George S. Mickelson and representatives of the state's nine tribal governments proclaimed 1990 as a Year of Reconciliation. (Internet Source 1) The greatest effect that the U.S. government had on the Indians is not one that is easy to explain. They took something from these people no money, land, or compensation could ever replace. They broke the spirit ...
- 4747: Hofstadter Chapter 1
- ... century.” Therefore Madison and others thought to squelch the possibly dangerous majority by setting up a large number and variety of local interests, so that the people will “be unable to concert and carry into effect their scheme of oppression.” And thus, chief powers went to the propertied. III Constitutional format was a series of ironical statements, as it stands in “direct antithesis to American democratic faith.” Modern America views liberty ...
- 4748: First Amendment
- ... would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a crowded theatre and causing a panic. It does not even protect a man from an injunction against uttering words that may have all the effect of force.” The “clear and present danger” rule came out of this. He also wrote “Circumstances that would create a clear and present danger, Congress has a right to prevent…. When a nation is at ...
- 4749: Commercial Warfare
- ... regaining her colonies. The United States regained trading rights in Europe and returned to prosperity, and was finally recognized as a world power. The Commercial War of the early 1800’s had an extremely large effect on the progress of the United States. Word Count: 831
- 4750: Monopolies In A Capitalist Eco
- ... price and we have no choice but to comply with their demands unless they can find a dependable alternative, like solar power. The impact of monopolies is felt very heavily on the consumer. The biggest effect of a monopoly in a market is that it drives up the prices of the product in that market (South West, pg. 179). This happens because there is no competition and no other producer to ...
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