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- 6081: Changes To The Bill Of Rights
- ... boxes of paper and floppy disks. The target of the SS operation was to seize all copies of a game of fiction called GURPS Cyberpunk. The Cyberpunk game contains fictitious break-ins in a futuristic world, with no technical information of actual use with real computers, nor is it played on computers. The SS never filed any charges against SJG but still refused to return confiscated property. PEACEABLE ASSEMBLY: The right ... generally denied the right to carry a weapon for self-defense. Amendment III No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. QUARTERING SOLDIERS: This amendment is fairly clean so far, but it is not entirely safe. Recently, 200 troops in camouflage dress with M-16s and helicopters ... or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject to the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a ...
- 6082: Changes In Society From American Revolution To Modern Times
- ... of the bar," by test creators. The tests have begun to cover less material and the Texas TAAS is actually only at eighth grade level! Our nation began to stop to emerge into the economic world around the 1940s. However, since America is the "Melting Pot" of the world, we grow in culture every day. Militarily speaking, our nation has held steady as a major power since the Cold War. Therefore it depends what part of America you speak of when you are to decide whether our nation is still emerging. The national character of America is one of change. America doesnt keep ...
- 6083: Richard M. Nixon
- ... must pass. Positions held before the Presidency After passing the bar exam, he practiced law in Whittier, California, and briefly served with the Office of Price Administration before enlisting in the U.S. Navy during World War II. In 1947, Nixon won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in a campaign noted for his accusation that his Democratic opponent was supported by Communists. As a member of the House ... bid for governor of California in 1962, a loss which appeared to be the end of his political career. Accomplishments of his Presidency Some of Nixons most acclaimed achievements came in his quest for world stability. During visits in 1972 to Beijing and Moscow, he reduced tensions with China and the U.S.S.R. His summit meetings with Russian leader Leonid I. Brezhnev produced a treaty to limit ...
- 6084: Racism In America
- RACISM IN AMERICA If someone asked you what it would be like to live in a perfect world, how would you reply? Many people might say something like, "A place without and arguments or fighting." Others might say "A place where there is not pollution." But, has anyone one ever thought to say ... If you are a racist, you believe in racism. Racists will often claim that members of their own race or minority are "mentally, physically, morally and/or culturally superior to those of other races." (The World Book Encyclopedia; Pettigrew, Thomas F., 62) For these reasons, many racists think they deserve special rights or privileges. The Bill of Rights was written a little under 200 years ago, yet controlling racism in America ... America is a wonderful place to live. It has been said to be "one of the greatest nations on earth." (Nova; Marshall, Christopher) Yet, our struggle to regulate all of our citizens is a revolutionary war that has yet to and probably will never be won. Slavery is said to be one of the greatest racial tragedies to ever happen in America. Upon the entrance of this new millenium, slavery ...
- 6085: Native American Genocide
- ... against it. The most damaging, to the United States, are parcels of evidence that are drawn from events after 1948, the year of the Convention on Genocide. Beginning in 1778, the United States Board of War, a product of the Continental Congress appropriated grants for the purpose of, "the maintenance of Indian students at Dartmouth College and the College of New Jersey
" The young people who had returned from the schools ... at these schools, the students were forced to learn an idealism completely foreign to them. They would study histories, which had no significance to there lives. "The books talk to him [the student] of a world which in no way reminds him of his own," (Noriega, ??). This is exactly how the students must have felt; as if they were in another world. To compound the torture, the 'students' at these institutions were forced to work as maintainers and farmers in order provide for the continued existence of the very establishments, which were destroying them. The methods ...
- 6086: Immigration To Canada
- ... immigration, was later complemented by head taxes designed to discourage Chinese immigration. It wasn't until the 1960's that regulations and restriction to Chinese immigration were completely lifted. The 19th century closed with a world wide depression and a slow down of immigration to the West. But all that changed in 1895, when Clifford Sifton was appointed as Minister of the Interior at the start of an economic recovery. Sifton ... In 1896, 16,835 immigrants entered Canada. When Sifton left in 1905, the population was 141,464. It rocketed to 400,970 by 1913. Some three million newcomers arrived between 1896 and the outbreak of World War 1. But Sifton's policies triggered criticism, despite success in attracting farmers. Immigration from central and southeastern Europe raised a ground swell of hostility on the prairies because residents didn't believe theses newcomers ...
- 6087: Alexis De Tocqueville (1805-18
- ... February of 1832. However the legacy of Tocqueville's book Democracy in America (1835) is a living and growing monument of the work he did. This great work was never looked at much until after World War II when Europe was beginning to reshape its political authority. Today in many books he is quoted from his writings of Democracy in America. One quote that I have heard a lot in my American ... Harvey. "Tocqueville's Mirage or Reality? Political Freedom from Old Regime to Revolution." The Journal of Modern History. 60 (Mar., 1988): 28-54. Teti, Dennis. "Alexis de Tocqueville. (Millennial Moments: The Rise of Limited Government)." World and I. 13. (Oct. 1998): 30-31 Tocqueville, Alexis de. Recollections. Garden Ctiy: Doubleday, 1970. "Tocqueville, Alexis de." Encyclopedia Americana Online. Vers. 2.1. Apr. 1999. Grolier Online. 4 May 1999. . "Tocqueville, Alexis Charles ...
- 6088: Aquinas And Hobbes
- ... Vernon Bourke analyzes Aquinas' moral psychology because he believes that it is an important basis for the Aquinas' entire philosophy and that it was an essential component of Aquinas' bringing Aristotelian ideas to the Christian world view. Bourke states that Aquinas' moral psychology can be broken down to three distinct human functions. The first function is intelligence. Bourke defines Aquinas' view of intellect as the ability to comprehend "universal meanings" of ... hope leads to a fierce competition for survival. May states that these three psychological condition motivate a person to act out of self-interest and compete violently, which in turn leads to a state of war. In a state of war, each person competes against each other in order to survive. Hobbes demonstrates that life in the state of nature would be terrible and brief. Therefore, individuals would work out of their own self-interest ...
- 6089: Aphrodite
- ... had a goddess named Anahita. This goddess, like Ishtar, held dominion over love and fertility. Furthermore, Anahita, like Ishtar, not only "ensured the continuity of life" but "was at the same time a goddess of war" (Ghirshman 250). This paradox of a goddess ruling warfare as well as love and life was found among the Greeks as well. Thus, statues of Aphrodite were often worshipped by Greek warriors before going into ... theme in both Greek and Near Eastern portrayals of the goddess is the gesture of "offering the breasts." In this gesture, the goddess cups her breasts with her hands, as if offering them "to the world in a timeless sacred gesture, a reminder to all that it is through the breast that life is nurtured" (Getty 38). Various Greek statues of the goddess show this gesture (Getty 70). In addition, small ... Honour, Hugh, and John Fleming. The Visual Arts: A History. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1982. Janson, H. W. History of Art. 4th ed. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1991. Langlotz, Ernst. "Classic Art." Encyclopedia of World Art. Vol. 3. Robert W. Crandall, ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960, 631-673. Parrot, Andre. Nineveh and Babylon. Stuart Gilbert and James Emmons, trans. London: Thames and Hudson, 1961. Prag, A. J. N. ...
- 6090: Auschwitz-concentration Camp
- ... s largest and most terrible concentration camp. It was established by order of Himmler on April 27, 1940. At first, it was small because it was a work camp for Polish and Soviet prisoners of war. It became a death camp in 1941. Auschwitz was divided into three areas: Auschwitz was the camp commander's headquarters and administrative offices. Auschwitz was called Birkenau and it was the death camp with forty ... to kill 2,500 victims, but close to 24 hours to burn the bodies (Microsoft Encarta). Many Jews and non - Jews tried to escape from Auschwitz. Some succeeded. Of course they wanted to inform the world of what was going on (Internet: Auschwitz Alphabet). Those who escaped wrote descriptions of the horrors they suffered. Information spread to many countries, yet no countries seemed to do anything to help the situation. In fact, as the war progressed, the number of prisoners increased. In total, between 1.5 and 3.5 million Jews were murdered at Auschwitz between the years 1940 and 1945. In 1946 Poland founded a mueseum at the ...
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