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- 701: The 1800s Were A Tumultuous Time for the US
- ... this action by congress. Since the North had more industry, the South felt that congress was protecting the North by raising these tariffs. South Carolina was the strongest protester of these tariffs. South Carolina supported John C. Calhoun who said that a state could nullify or veto a national law within it's own boundaries. In 1832 South Carolina's state legislature declared the tariff acts of 1828 and 1832 null ... 50,000 troops into South Carolina. This action scared South Carolina, and when they asked other states for help they got no promises of military aid. Finally seeing that his state was in bad shape John C. Calhoun asked Henry Clay to help him come up with compromise. They came up with a law that would lower tariff annually over a 10 year period until they were satisfactory. After the Missouri ... known as Bleeding Kansas. There were raids and murders. One group pro-slavery group destroyed the town of Lawrence and the antislavery newspaper there. As a rebuttal to this act an abolitionist from Ohio named John Brown and his sons murdered five pro- slavery activists, in Pottawatomie Creek. John Brown was a fanatical abolitionists after this massacre in Pottawatomie he moved east. He was financially supported there by other abolitionists. ...
- 702: William Shakespeare
- ... the actual day was never officially recorded, but along with most remarkable men the power of myth and symmetry has proven irresistible, so April 23 it has become. Parents and Family Shakespeare's parents were John and Mary Shakespeare, who lived in Henley Street, in Stratford. John, the son of Richard Shakespeare, was a whittawer (a maker, worker, and seller of leather goods such as purses, belts and gloves) and a dealer in agricultural commodities. He was a solid, middle class citizen ... man on the rise. He served in Stratford government successively as a member of the Council (1557), constable (1558), chamberlain (1561), alderman (1565), and finally high bailiff (1568)--the equivalent of town mayor. About 1577 John Shakespeare's fortunes began to decline for unknown reasons. There are records of some debts he may have had, but of course, none can be verified for certain. In 1586 he was replaced as ...
- 703: Tomorrow When The War Began
- Tomorrow When The War Began John Marsden With reference to John Marden's Tomorrow When The War Began, discuss the ways in which particular issues, themes, or attitudes are conveyed via the medium of the literary text. John Marsden s Tomorrow when the war began is a gripping work of fiction. The book deals with various themes, issues and attitudes that are present in our society throughout the medium of the novel, ...
- 704: Somersby
- ... may appear to be totally different but they do in fact share many similarities. Three of the characters in The Crucible are very similar to three characters in Sommersby. The three characters The Crucible are John Proctor, his wife Elizabeth Proctor, and Abigail Williams. The three characters in Sommersby are Jack Sommersby (Horace Townsend), Laurel Sommersby, and Orin Meecham. John Proctor is like Laurel Sommersby in the sense that they have both committed the sin of adultery. Jack Sommersby is much like Elizabeth Proctor because they both have their reasons to believe their spouse is ... couples can be described in the same way; they are very uncomfortable around each other. Orin is similar to Abigail Williams because they are the ones that are having the affair with either Laurel or John. Both of them also try very desperately, with no success, to maintain their relationship with the person they are committing adultery with. Some of the characters in these two stories have something similar to ...
- 705: Theodore Roosevelt
- ... by making it a more equal and progressive place. Theodore Roosevelt had several negative examples for commanding the counTheodore Roosevelty. In 1798, in the wake of the French Revolution and to stave off Republican criticism, John Adams’s Federalist adminisTheodore Rooseveltation passed some of the most resTheodore Rooseveltictive acts in the United States’ history: the Alien and Sedition Acts. The Naturalization Act mandated that immigrants live in America 14 years before ... decried as an obviously unconstitutional infringement on civil rights and as an illegal expansion of cenTheodore Rooseveltal government. The Acts stood, however. They put many people in jail and fixed a definite black mark on John Adams’s record in the service of his counTheodore Roosevelty. Andrew Jackson was a popular president, but had dangerous ideas. Jackson wanted to remove the Native Americans (particularly such Theodore Rooseveltibes as the Cherokee, the ... Theodore Rooseveltoops to walk to Oklahoma. Thousands died on what became known as the Theodore Rooseveltail of Tears. The broad license Theodore Roosevelt took with his executive powers had no such desTheodore Rooseveltuctive effects. Unlike John Adams, Roosevelt never used the government as a shield from public opinion. Unlike Andrew Jackson, he respected the people of the United States. Though Roosevelt often vehemently criticized the legislative branch, he did not ...
- 706: Jane Eyre - Nature
- ... human nature. As the shopkeeper and others coldly turn her away, we discover that human nature is weaker than nature. However, there is one crucial advantage in human nature: it is flexible. It is St. John and his sisters that finally provide the charity Jane so desperately needs. They have bent what is established as human nature to help her. Making this claim raises the issue of the nature of St. John -- has he a human nature, or is he so close to God that his nature is God-like? The answer is a bit of both. St. John is filled with the same dispassionate caring that God's nature provided Jane in the heath: he will provide, a little, but he doesn't really care for her. We get the feeling on ...
- 707: Time And Fate In Romeo And Jul
- ... less significance, some are crucial to the development of this tragedy. The substantial events that inspire the conclusion of Romeo and Juliet are; the Capulet ball, the quarrel experienced by Tybalt and Romeo, and Friar John's plague. A servant to Capulet, who is incapable of reading the list of guests, asks for Romeo's assistance. Romeo notices that Rosaline, his lover, is among these names. Benvolio challenges Romeo to compare ... Balthasar, a servant to Romeo, tells Romeo that Juliet has passed on. Romeo, who is told there are no letters from the friar, seeks a way to accomplish his suicide. Meanwhile, Friar Laurence, confronts Friar John, who was to deliver the letter to Romeo. Friar John informs Friar Laurence that he was seeking another Franciscan, who was visiting the sick, to accompany him to Mantua. He says, "Suspecting that we both were in a house/ Where the infectious pestilence did ...
- 708: Labor Issues
- ... and became the AFL-CIO (Encyclopedia, 1996). In 1957, there was suspicion that there was something going on among our labor leaders (World, 1985). After an investigation was completed by a committed led by Senator John L. McClellan of Arkansas, they found that the officials of the Teamster Union took union funds for their own use and had also be linked to organized crime (World, 1985). This particular incident led to ... hold regular and scheduled elections of the union officers all by secret ballot and also must set a bill of rights for its members (Boone, 1996). This bill of rights was in response to Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts. Its main purpose was “guaranteed freedom of speech, control over union dues, and other rights” (World, 1998, p.13). In addition, all unions must report and submit financial information to the ... of the labor movement still looked bleak at the start of the nineties. In 1995, Kirkland insisted he would run for re-election regardless of urges not to. Ultimately, he resigned in August. In October, John J. Sweeney, president of the Service Employees International Union, was elected as AFL-CIO president (Gray, 1996). The Decline in Union Membership—Trends and Statistics. As previously discussed, since the beginning of organized labor, ...
- 709: Die Hard The Movie - Action Film Subtexts
- Die Hard, the original in the series, stars Bruce Willis as John McClaine, and Bonnie Bedelia as his wife, Holly McClaine. The movie is about a group of terrorists who take over the building where Holly works in L.A., so that they can rob the company of $600 million worth of bearer bonds. Unbeknownst to them, John McClaine has just flown in from New York, where he is a cop, and has come to get her after work to spend the holidays with her and their children. The entire movie is about ... it looks like Holly wants to try to work things out over the holidays. She asked him if he wanted to stay in their spare room, instead of staying at someone else's place. Also, John seems to be a macho cop, and doesn't like that his wife has gone off to pursue her career. She is probably making more money than he is, and his pride is offended ...
- 710: British Through
- ... potentially affected world events with their intelligenc e agencies. In several cases, the British have solved the potentially serious problems of other alli ed nations that could affect the whole world. Both Ian Fleming and John Le Carre believe that becau se of Britain's superior resources, it is a leader that can potentially change the world. A ll of this affects everyday life in almost every country in the world ... thou ght as to the message they are sending to people. Some people have been inspired by these boo ks and movies to commit actions similar to James Bond:both heroic and criminal. 4Lewis, Peter John Le Carre (Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., I nc., New York, 1985), pg. 169 Other nations often have potentially serious problems that co uld affect the world and it is left for the British to solve ... had no idea as to what was going until James Bond informed them. Instead a Bri tish agent had to do most of difficult work while they cleaned up after him. Both Ian Fleming and John Le Carre believe that because of Br itain's superior resources, it is a leader that can potentially change the world. The most imp ortant of Britain's superior resources that makes it a ...
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