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- 24171: Immigrants And The United
- IMMIGRANTS AND THE UNITED STATES The Americans now are concerning about migration as well as the nation’s economy. The concern is whether the immigrants will contribute to the prosperity of the America society or they just create more problems and difficulties for our society. People also worry about the budget that the ... new source of immigrants that comes to the America in the nineteenth century. Those immigrants come from the nine none European countries called “the third world or less developed countries.” He then compares the America’s population growth with the Latin America’s population growth, and he says that our population growth still 4 times less than the Latin America’s population growth. He also says that the America now still has a very small number of ...
- 24172: Imperial Telecommunications
- ... telegraph that was so efficient and so simple that it was used in England for nearly eighty years to come (8). The next phase in telegraphy was building submarine cables. Cable technology of the 1850’s was too primitive for under water, but the British decided to build one across the Red Sea anyway. The cable failed after one message was sent; it was too tight, not durable, and snapped under ... utterly lacking in former cases. Stronger than the death dealing war-ships, stronger than the might of devoted legions, stronger than wealth and genius of administration, stronger even than the unswerving justice of Queen Victoria’s rule, are the scraps of paper borne in myriads over the seas, and the two or three slender wires that connect the scattered parts of her realm. (172) This selection shows how helpful and how advantageous the telecommunications network was to the British Empire. Britain began work in the early 1850’s to complete a connection to India. The 1857 rebellion in India increased interest in a connection and encouraged the British government; so in 1858 they began work on a cable line. The first step ...
- 24173: Imperialism
- ... independence, resulting in a more distinct culture than before. Why then, should a country have to withdraw from such interference? Another argument could be that only when needed, should a country be involved with another’s affairs. Yet with this point of view most would agree that there would be too much diversity in opinion when deciding exactly when help is needed. Also, countries such as Japan would never have developed ... one is the Treaty of Kanagawa in 1854. This treaty, forced upon the Japanese by the Americans, opened up two Japanese ports to foreign trade as well as meeting other demands of the Americans. Japan’s point of view was that by surrendering to the more powerful Americans they could avoid a war that could not be won, and be able to learn new concepts and technologies from the United States ... be permitted. Probably the greatest achievement of Imperialism would be that of Indian independence. Intervening by Britain in India resulted in the rising to fame of Ghandi, and the non-violent rebellion that followed. Britain’s interference led to oppression of the Indian people who appointed Ghandi, a man of great character, as their leader. Ghandi helped the Indian people to unite against Britain, which created a sense of nationalism ...
- 24174: Imperialism In Nigeria And
- The original quest for colonies, which began in the 17th century, was economically justified by the dominance of the mercantilist system. One of mercantilism's key assumptions was that a country could only become wealthy through the accumulation of gold stock. The only way to maintain a large gold stock was to block trade with other nations, and extract resources ... opium and this alarmed Emperor Daoguang, and he decided to ban the importation of opium and sent an official named Lin Zexu, to implement his law. Lin launched campaigns and also wrote to Great Britain’s Queen Victoria in 1839, pleading her to eliminate her merchant’s sale of opium. He wrote about how China only exported products that benefited people and unlike opium, which were sent harming many Chinese people. An example of Lin’s letter to Queen Victoria is, ...
- 24175: Self-Reliance: Misunderstood G
- ... short-sighted men who failed to see greatness. Aberham Lincoln was a revolutionary in his time with his views on slavery and forgiveness of the South. Yet his death was the result of one man's refusal to accept what was once a proud and rich land reduced to tatters- left to ruin because of her failure to accept civil reform. Herman Melville's work in Moby Dick was considered a classic, yet Melville died a figure with lost prestige, poor and unaccepted. When he was laid to rest in 1891, he was remembered only as the author of entertaining novels of the South Seas. It was not until 1920s when his place in America's foremost writers was assured. His works are now great masterpieces of emotion that were misunderstood while he was still alive. Another important example is democracy. In medieval times, monarchies and kingdoms ruled the land. ...
- 24176: Chacma Baboon
- The chacma baboon, like all living things, has a scientific classification. It is in the family Cercopithecidae. It’s scientific name is Papio ursinus, which means that Papio is it’s genus and ursinus is the species. The chacma baboon is in the Chordata phylum. The kingdom of it is Animal. The chacma baboon is also a Mammal for the class. The order of the chacma ... carnivore because it eats other animals. The chacma baboon also has a structure to it. For instance, it has strong limbs. Also, it has canine teeth which are sharp, pointed teeth next to incisors. It’s body structure is similar to humans. It has strong legs like us so it can walk on two legs and not four. The chacma baboon has small pouches inside their cheeks in their mouth ...
- 24177: Sonnet 18
- ... of children playing and the sun shining, basically a carefree day where everything is beautiful. He contemplates whether or not to compare his love to this ideal day, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"(ll.1); but decides against it in his second line because he feels his love is "more lovely and more temperate"(ll. 2) during that day. He then proceeds to bombard us with images ... the sun beating down on us. However, in the lines after the destruction of a nice day, he twists things back by the comments he showers on his love. He tells us that his love's beauty shall remain the same at all times, "…thy…shall not fade"(ll. 9). He places an exclamation on that line by using the word eternal. It gives us the feeling that her beauty is ... her he has to right or reason to "brag". She will not pale in his shadow. Shakespeare capitalizes death and personifies him and gives us an image of a grim reaper type character. In Shakespeare's ending couplet, he states that no matter what, as long as people are still living and literate, they will read his sonnet. As long as his sonnet is read, she will stay alive. His ...
- 24178: Sexual Harassment
- ... allegations of sexual Zaccarello 2 harassment against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the whole world started listening. This case was "the most celebrated sexual harassment case of our time," according to Martha Chamallas, and "Hill's revelations prompted women to tell about their own encounters with sexually harassing behavior-both in private and in public." This case gave women a reason to report sexual harassment, and sexual harassment would no longer ... order to advance in her occupation she had to have sex with her supervisor. Undoubtedly, she did have sexual relations with her supervisor, but she never refused his advances, according to her affidavit. In Taylor's testimony, he told the court that he never made advances or even had sexual relations with her. Furthermore, Taylor testified that Vinson's accusations were the result of an earlier dispute over business. The court found that even if a sexual relationship had taken place, that Michelle acted willingly, and that this relationship had nothing to do ...
- 24179: Industrail Revolution
- THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. The Industrial Revolution is the name given to the movement in which machines changed people's way of life as well as their methods of manufacture. About the time of the American Revolution, English People began to use machines to make cloth and steam engines to run the machines. Sometime later ... or domestic industry filled in the gap for some time, because it gave the merchant a large supply of manufactured articles at a low price. It provided employment for every member of a craft worker's family and gave jobs to skilled workers who had no capital to start businesses for themselves. A few merchants who had enough capital had gone a step further. They brought workers together under one roof ... ideas in England which aided the movement, such as the growing interest in scientific investigation and invention. Another was the doctrine of “laissez-faire”, or letting business alone. It was especially popular after Adam Smith’s demanded it in “The Wealth of Nations” (1776). The Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution. The Liberalism and the Capitalism are fed by Individualism. For instance, a free market requires openness in which people sell ...
- 24180: Industrialization American
- Between 1865 and 1920, industrialization caused significant changes in many people’s lives. First, the development of a new railroad system help settle the west and made it more accessible to people. Second, public transit systems in big cities provided an outlet from congested cities. Last, the discovery of a method for transmitting electricity help to light up our daily lives. I feel that these are three of the most important changes in people’s lives caused by industrialization. First, the building of railroads out west played a huge part in the successful expansion of our country and the fulfillment of American dreams. Priot to the development of a more ... very wealthy continued to live in city mansions. The new transit systems in most cities allowed people to escape the chaos of urban life and provided potential for growth of our cities. Last, Thomas Edison’s discovery of electricity and a method of transmitting it, was significant in many ways. Due to this discovery, businesses could operate around the clock. We were no longer limited to the hours of daylight ...
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