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- 2291: Theodore Roosevelt: Twenty-Sixth President 1901-1909
- ... payoffs to the police, of a law closing saloons and beer gardens on Sundays. President William McKinley named Roosevelt assistant secretary of the navy in 1897. In this position, Roosevelt worked behind the scenes for war against Spain, which was fighting an independence movement in Cuba. He wished to see European influence eliminated from the Caribbean islands, and he was driven by the conviction that superior nations had the right to dictate to inferior ones in the interest of civilization. When war broke out in 1898, Roosevelt resigned his position as assistant secretary to accept a position as lieutenant colonel in the 1st U. S. Volunteer Cavalry (the "Rough Riders"). Promoted to colonel in Puerto Rico, he ... laborers, and white collar workers, and for seven and one-half years he worked to balance their interests. He worked hardest, however, toward bringing big business under stronger regulation. Despite Roosevelt's past glorification of war, his foreign policy while president was prudent and realistic. Roosevelt's most disputed actions involved Panama. He had recognized a canal's importance to America, and early in 1903 he arranged to buy a ...
- 2292: Pearl Harbor
- ... Pearl Harbor was the operating base of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. The Japanese pulled a surprise attack on the U.S. on December 7, 1941 at 7:50 A.M. during the beginning of World War II. On November 26 a powerful Japanese task force, under the command of vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, left the Kuril Islands; on December 2 it received a coded message issuing the attack order. The undetected ... in the Pacific. The attack was, however, a colossal political and psychological blunder, for it mobilized U.S. public opinion against the Japanese and served as the catalyst that brought the United States into the war. "December 7, 1941," said President Franklin D. Roosevelt, is "a date which will live in infamy." A monument has been built across the hull of the sunken U.S.S. Arizona; it was dedicated ...
- 2293: Hannibal
- ... Rome; Hannibal became Commander in Chief of Carthages army when he was 26 after his father was assassinated. His conquest of the Roman town of Sagunto in Spain led to a new declaration of war by Rome; which started the second Punic War and Hannibals promise to visit Roman injustice back on Rome a hundred fold. For Carthage to take the town of Sagunto was completely within the rights of the Carthage and the treaty but Rome ... earliest memories could recall nothing but hatred for Rome. Hannibals Father had instilled a horrifically self-destructive desire within Hannibal to see the fall of Rome. This desire manifested itself during The Second Punic War, which was the ultimate fight for supremacy in the Ancient World. The victor would have control over the entire Mediterranean Sea and all of the trade routes bringing land, pride, wealth, and dominance over ...
- 2294: Snow Falling On Cedars
- ... San Piedro. It is responsible for the internment of Kabuo, Hatsue, and their families, the breakup of Hatsue and Ishmael, Kabuo's loss of his land, and perhaps for his indictment for murder. Before the war years, Kabuo's father, Zenhichi made an illegal agreement with the victim's father, Carl Heine senior. It was an agreement to an eight-year "lease-to-own" contract. Money changed hands, land was promised and terms were set. Unfortunately, the war came and the Japanese Americans were sent away to internment camp. Nothing was quite the same at wars end. When the Miyamoto has returned to claim their land, they had found out that the victim ... have suspected it that easily. Racism has put an end to the relationship of Hatsue and Ishmael. Being born in that period of time was a tragic for those lovers. It was the time when World War II just breakout, tension between the Americans and the Japanese had grown stronger, because of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. U.S had declared war on Japan. The war changed everything, the life ...
- 2295: How Did Mao Change The Face Of
- How far did Mao Ze Dong change the face of China? As China emerged from a half century of revolution as the world's most populous nation and launched itself on a path of economic development and social change, Mao Zedong, its principal revolutionary thinker and for many years its unchallenged leader, occupied a critical place in the ... the whole period from the foundation of the Chinese Socialist Party in 1921 to Mao's death in 1976, one can fairly regard Mao Zedong as the principal architect of the new China. Recovery from War 1949-52 In 1949 China's economy was suffering from the debilitating effects of decades of warfare. Many mines and factories had been damaged or destroyed. At the end of the war with Japan in 1945, Soviet troops had dismantled about half the machinery in the major industrial areas of the northeast and shipped it to the Soviet Union. Transportation, communication, and power systems had been ...
- 2296: Napoleon I
- ... most, rising to rule a huge empire, and then finally being destroyed by his own arrogance and ending his life humbled, remembering what he had doe, and leaving it all in his memoirs for the world to read. Napoleon was born in 1769, on the Island of Corsica. His parents, Carlo and Letizia Bonaparte, were poor nobles. When Napoleon was just 10 years old, his father helped to get him a ... the stronghold at Mantua after a long siege, and was heading toward Venice with little resistance when the Austrians surrendered, and Napoleon negotiated the treaty of Campo Formio, which ended what is now called the war of the first coalition. While in Italy, Napoleon took large amounts of money and art to bring to France. When Napoleon returned from Italy, it was suggested that he invade England. Instead, he decided to ... the British navy, Napoleon landed in Egypt, and quickly carried out the occupation. While Napoleon as inland, the British destroyed the French fleet, leaving Napoleon stuck in Egypt. In early 1799, the Ottoman empire declared war on France. To stop the Ottoman's from invading Egypt, Napoleon invaded Syria, but was turned back by Turkish troops. By mid-1799, the second coalition (formed by the Ottoman's and Austrians) were ...
- 2297: Government Instructions Includ
- ... Prince, is one of the first examinations of politics and science from a purely scientific and rational perspective. Machiavelli was a very smart man. He was always aware of the events going on in the world and an astounding historian. His observations in chapter III apply well with modern day America. He takes some tips from the Romans, stating that a Prince should "colonize, protect lesser powers without increasing their strength, reduce strong and threatening powers, do not let foreign powers gain footing in neighboring areas"(38). America has accomplished a lot of these tasks; perhaps that is why we are one of the world's super powers. We colonized the North American continent, we've protected our allies yet we don't give them much power, reduced the strong nations and threatening powers (Milosevic, Sadam, and Yeltsin), and we ... on the subject of warfare. In chapter XIV, Machiavelli says, "a prince's main objective and profession must be warfare"(81). A lot of things can be settled without bloodshed and violence. In the modern world, war is an extremely scary thing, especially with all the nuclear and biochem technology. I believe a "prince's" main objective and profession is to take care of his people and govern his land ...
- 2298: Descartes' Skeptical Argument and Reponses by Bouwsma and Malcolm
- ... mathematics as a basis for science, because he believed mathematics and geometry to be based on some inherent truths. He believed that it was through mathematics that we were able to make sense of our world, and that the ability to think mathematically was an innate ability of all human beings. This theory becomes important in Descartes' Meditations because he is forced to explain where the mathematical ideas that he believed ... He said it best in his own words, "I will . . . apply myself earnestly and openly to the general destruction of my former opinions."1 By opinions he meant all the facts and notions about the world which he had previously held as truths. Any point which had even the slightest hint of doubt was discarded and considered completely false. Descartes decided that he would consider all things until he found that ... He asks the reader to imagine that instead of a benign God, there is an "evil genius . . .who has directed his entire effort to misleading [us] "4 In this case, all things in the physical world would have to be thought of as deceptions, because all our sensory information, including ideas of sizes, shapes and colors would be fed to us by the evil genius. This is enough to prove ...
- 2299: The Micmac V.S. The Iroquois
- ... rights followed the female line of descent. The elder women were the heads of the families. The women had orators representing them at council meetings, or they spoke directly through a chief. In times of war, women were peace makes by right and duty. A distinction existed between Iroquois leaders in times of peace and during wars. A sachem could not participate in a battle in his official capacity. Constitution specified that each sachem have a war chief and a runner to bring tidings; in war, the sachem was to step down and be replaced by the war chief until hostilities ended. The war chief acted as an advisor to his sachem in peace, his words carry considerable weight. The ...
- 2300: Brave New World - Religion
- ... Sacrifices Offerings B. Gods Interpreters Pope Dali Lama Mustapha Mond D. Writings III. Function Explaining unknown Philosophy Supernatural Providing aid Sanctioning conduct Morals Traditions Delegating decisions The Basis of Religion In the novel "Brave New World" civilized society lives in a world of science and technology. Major changes have occurred during the future; Utopia now revolves a religion of drugs and sex. God and the cross have been replaced by Ford and the symbol T, the founder ... technology. Religion can be regarded as the beliefs and patterns of behavior by which humans try to deal with problems and stress that cannot be solved through practical applications of science or technology. "Brave New World" deals with stress by its elimination of problems through the use of soma. As shown in the novel, the people have been addicted to soma as to the point of rioting when their supply ...
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