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- 7111: Frederic Douglass
- ... because he believed that the blacks should be allowed to vote. During 1865 Douglass traveled throughout the North he spoke out for black suffrage and then warned the country that the former slaveholders were regaining control of the South. In February 1866, Douglass talked with another President, President Andrew Johnson. Frederick went with his son Lewis and three other black leaders. They talked to Johnson about the need for changes in ...
- 7112: Ford
- ... to the work ethic they demonstrated. He did numerous things that were considered absurd and unrealistic at the time. This included the introduction of the $5.00 work day, and with this the desire to control his workers lives. In a way he did this for the better of the workers and the better of the company. The $5.00 per day rate was not as dumb as people perceived it ...
- 7113: To Kill A Mockingbird
- ... Maycomb they would crawl under the fence in the back yard of the Radley place and take a peek into one of the windows. This plan backfires when Mr. Radley comes out with a shot gun and fires into the air. While running away from Mr. Radley Jem gets his pants caught while trying to get back under the fence and has to slip out of them to get away. Later ...
- 7114: First And Second Reconstructio
- ... of the First Reconstruction. At this time the Congress was divided politically on issues that grew out of the Civil War: Black equality, rebuilding the South, readmitting Southern states to Union, and deciding who would control government.1 Socially, the South was in chaos. Newly emancipated slaves wandered the South after having left their former masters, and the White population was spiritually devastated, uneasy about what lay ahead. Economically, the South ...
- 7115: Female Slaves And Their Famili
- ... demonstrated fertility, because they would be able to get a larger labor force from these women. Also, slave families with young children were more likely to be kept together. In these ways, women gained some control over keeping their families together as a unit. Women slaves also represented an authority figure within their families and communities. Wives were often able to provoke otherwise nonaggressive husbands into acts of rebellion against the ...
- 7116: Fdr Vs. Hoover
- ... speech in 1932, Roosevelt attacked the Hoover administration for their increased government spending and involvement in people's lives. He said, "It (the Hoover administration) is committed to the idea that we ought to center control of everything in Washington as rapidly as possible." This highly liberal actions would appall any true conservative, just as it did Roosevelt. He proposed a twenty-five percent cut of federal spending, abolish the "innumerable ...
- 7117: Bright Shining Lie
- ... how ineffective the war of attrition was. When Nixion took office he was looking for new ideas. John's ideas were looked at, and partially adopted. He called for the U.S. to take complete control of South Vietnam in order to make ARVN troops more effective. This idea was doomed to fail however, because most people viewed that step as to close to colonialism. So once again his ideas were ...
- 7118: Famous People Of The Civil War
- ... governor. In 1865 He was elected vice-president with Lincoln as president. When Lincoln was shot Johnson became the president of the United States. He was a Southerner and he believed that whites should have control over government and society. He also believed that Congress didn't have the power to interfere with the southern states. When Congress passed the Tenure of Office Act and Johnson vetoed it, he tried to ...
- 7119: Fall Of The Roman Empire
- In 133 BC, the Republic of Rome took control of the Mediterranean Sea. The empire was prosperous and strong, but eventually experienced a downfall. The fall of the Western Roman Empire was caused by internal decay in political and military issues, economics, sociology, and ...
- 7120: Falkland Islands War Paper
- ... this date, James Onslow, captain of the HMS Clio, dropped anchor just off the Falklands. The next day he went ashore and raised the British flag. (3) This action infuriated the Argentines, who had taken control of the Falklands upon receiving independence from Spain in 1816. With his imperialistic seizure of the islands, Onslow began a sequence of events that would end nearly 150 years later in war. Shortly after the ...
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