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- 1331: The Immigration Experience
- ... Fortunately, Lincoln cancelled the order as soon as he found out. Later, between 1880 and 1925, many Jews came to America to escape anti semitism. One of the acts of anti-semitism was church supported violence against Jews in Eastern Europe (before World War I), which was legal. There were also laws which discriminated against Jews. In Russia, a czar had been assassinated, and Jews were blamed out of fear of ...
- 1332: Native American Experiences During King Philip's War
- ... understanding of late 17th century New England? While the Indians in the New England regions reacted and retaliated in violent ways against the European expansion and colonization does not excuse the campaign of officially directed violence toward the Indians during colonization. There are two clear acts of Genocide against the Native American Indians in American history. One in 1637 being the so-called Pequit War, while the other was during the ...
- 1333: Letter from Birmingham Jail
- ... King Jr. was known as one of the leaders of the American civil right movement and a prominent advocate of nonviolent resistance to racial oppression. As a Baptist minister King knew better then to use violence to fight against the oppression. But this did not mean he would stop from voicing his opinion about the problems that were present. One example of the problems that Dr. King tried to bring to ...
- 1334: The History of Slave Labor
- ... cultivation then the ground itself
" is an early expression by officials of the Virginia company in 1622. The brutal massacring of Irish in an attempt to render them obedient also exhibits the English propensity toward violence. Much of this early behavior is seen in the ways in which the English dealt with and regarded blacks-it is not all that different than their view of Indians or their hatred for the ...
- 1335: The Controversial New Deal
- ... They also claimed that Economic and social issues should be left to individual initiatives.One of Rosevelts greatests antagonists was Herbert Hoover, who delivered Firey speeches which claimed that the New Deal woud "Lead to violence, and despotism (Schraff 86)!" Roosevelt, however, still continued to reform and attempted to help farmers and others with new acts and commissions. He formed the Agriculture Adjustment Act, who's purpose was to cut production ...
- 1336: The Anti-Vietnam Movement
- ... Kent State tragedy ignited a nationwide campus disaster. Between May 4 and May 8, campuses experienced an average of 100 demonstrations a day, 350 campus strikes, 536 colleges shut down, and 73 colleges reported significant violence in their protests. On that weekend, 100,000 people gathered to protest in Washington. By May 12, over 150 colleges were on strike (VN H. and P.) Many of Nixon's activities during the second ...
- 1337: Birmingham, Alabama and The Civil Rights Movement
- ... life and career, highlighting the people and events that most influenced these. The first chapter, entitled "City of Fear" portrays Birmingham as the last bastion of segregation, a blue-collar city ridden with racially-motivated violence, and a city in which two strong and opposing forces confronted each other in full view of the nation. Connor represented the force that wielded water hoses and police dogs; the other force was represented ...
- 1338: The Fall of South Vietnam Controversy
- ... media and intellectual community generally (Engelmann 150). The view held by many of these critics that the war did not involve any important national stakes further contributed to their unwillingness to accept a level of violence that was probably less extreme than in many previous wars fought by this country. To attempt such an effort at explanation without appearing to have a callous disregard for human life would, of course, have ...
- 1339: American Prohibition in the 1920s
- ... 24 percent between 1920 and 1921. In addition, the number of federal convicts over the course of the prohibition period increased 561 percent. The crime rate increased because prohibition destroyed legal jobs, created black-market violence, diverted resources from enforcement of other laws, and increased prices people had to pay for prohibited goods (Thorton, 10). The contributing factor to the sudden increase of felonies was the organization of crime, especially in ...
- 1340: Black Students at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas
- ... that they would be beaten up. Then in February, 1958, the School Board went to the district court asking for a removal of the students for two and a half more years. Because all the violence, the district court agreed, but the School Board had yet to petition the Supreme Court. Because of the verdict of Brown vs. The Board of Education, the Supreme Court said No to the postponement and ...
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