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- 5611: The Civil War
- ... few months, but they both underestimated the strength, determination, and strategies of the other side. The Union's strategy was to win the war by dividing the South which was to be completed by taking control of the Mississippi, Tennessee, and Cumberland Rivers. The problem of reuniting the nation led Abraham Lincoln and his Cabinet to reject the strategy of General Winfeil Scott. General Scott's plan the "Anaconda", was said ...
- 5612: Articles of Confederation
- ... raise the money for these expenses and turn the proceeds over to Congress. They could not be forced to do so, and in practice they rarely met their obligations. Third, Congress lacked the power to control commerce--without its power to conduct foreign relations was not necessary, since most treaties except those of peace were concerned mainly with trade. The fourth weakness ensured the demise of the Confederation by making it ...
- 5613: Gandhi
- ... at the personal level. Determined to become as perfect as any human being could be, he set about mastering all his senses and desires. From 1901 onward he embarked on daring experiments in sexual self-control. Rejecting the cowardly celibacy of traditional religions, he lived among and later slept naked with some of his women associates, both to probe the outermost limits of sexuality and to show that it was possible ...
- 5614: The Sources Of Public Policy
- ... evaluated. 2 Ability to secure a desired outcome over all opponents in an open-conflict situation. (See example). 3 Possession of the resources to prevail in future conflict situations, including money, strategic information, and the control of jobs. 4 Example of the second perspective: Power exists when there is a conflict over values or a course of action between A and B, and B complies with A s wishes, and B ...
- 5615: Conscription in Canada
- ... confederation had not been a coming together of provinces. Instead, it was supposed to be a breaking apart of the strait-jacket union of the Canadas, a freeing of the provinces so that Quebec could control its own destiny in areas that it believed to be of importance.3 But the conscription crisis proved that there destiny was at the hands of the English Canadian government. The war that was going ...
- 5616: Government Spending & Budget
- ... Million elderly voters on Medicare in 1996 (Rubin 1221). Medicaid, another volatile program, would be cut $182 billion under the GOP proposal. This would entail placing a cap on the programs spending, and passing control of it to the individual state governments. For an estimated 39 million low-income people on Medicaid in 1996, the GOP plan cuts the program far more than Clintons proposed $98 billion cut. Social ...
- 5617: Early Flight
- ... be damaged and Manley may be injured, but Manley was prepared to take the risk. Manley sat in the cockpit sideways with the steering controls like a ship wheel and rudder, this was his only control. The launching force of the catapult pushed the fragile wings forwards and the launch was fouled because the wings got caught in the launch cables. The aerodrome fell straight into the Potomac River, and Manley ...
- 5618: Gay And Lesbian Adoption
- ... for the sake of the United States of America. Children in foster homes and orphanages have enough problems without have to deal with having homosexual parents. Other children and adult for something that they cannot control will persecute them, but their parents can. Even if they attend church they will not get the main Christian value of family. The biggest problem of all is that they might end up thinking that ...
- 5619: Juvenile Crime and Prevention
- ... into several pieces that can be found in applications for federal block grant funds: the Children's Justice Act grant, the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention grant and the Anti-Drug Abuse Statewide Strategy Drug Control and System improvement grant. Regardless of the value of each individual plan, they apparently are driven, not by a comprehensive review of California's crime problem and an assessment of the best strategies to address ...
- 5620: Gen X
- ... as money. Most college students are concerned with some sort of financial aid such as student loans, tax cuts, social security, minimum wage and Federal Pell Grants. Other issues which interest young people are birth control, AIDS, and helping out the environment. If a political candidate would show the littlest interest in young voters, they could very easily gain their support and perhaps their vote. For example, Bill Clinton stopped at ...
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