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- 8391: Equal Human Rights
- ... 37 states in the Union, so ratification by at least 28 states was necessary to make the Amendment an integral part of the Constitution. Actually only 21 States legally ratified it"(U.S. New and World Report). Southern states also disagreed with the Amendment, but were urged to pass the Amendment, which it did in 1868. This Amendment was very important after the Civil War because the South States had to approve of the Amendment before they were allowed back into the union. The Amendment was not only important to African-Americans in the 1860's and 1870's but ...
- 8392: Jefferson and Socrates' Idea of Democracy
- ... wrote, "If I could go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all." (Peterson, 1984, 941). While he did grossly disagree with Hamilton and the federalists he did approach the world with and open mind. Jefferson was always a proponent of rights of the people, and feared the threat of an elected monarchy. It was for these reasons that Jefferson led the fight for the addition ... the Nation.(A&E Biography) Jefferson spoke out against other issues too. Included in his original draft of the constitution Jefferson included this passage as the last charge against the king, "He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere or to ...
- 8393: Harriet Tubman 2
- ... his plan to start an armed rebellion against slavery in the South, but illness prevented her from joining him at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), in his ill-fated 1859 raid. When the Civil War began in 1861, Tubman served as a nurse, scout, and spy for the Union Army in South Carolina. She helped prepare food for the 54th Massachusetts Regiment composed entirely of black soldiers and known as the Glory Brigade before its heroic but futile attack on Fort Wagner in 1863. She later received an official commendation, but no pay for her efforts. In 1869 she married an African American war veteran, Nelson Davis. He died in 1890. Tubman spent the years after the war in the North, where she continued her work to improve the lives of blacks in the United States. She raised funds to assist former slaves with food, shelter, and education. Tubman also established a ...
- 8394: Henri Matisse
- ... As Amy Freeman Lee believes, "the creative process begins in intuition, with a bringing into consciousness and awareness of experience gained in something other than through sensory perception." Matisse enjoyed painting not only the real world, but the spiritual world as well. Matisse wanted to share his findings and knowledge. He always stressed the significance of instinct and intuition on the construction of a work of art. Matisse did not merely see with his eyes ... were dubbed this title. Henri Matisse finished his paintings when it finally represented his own emotions in a precise way. When it hits that point, then he can share it with the rest of the world and let them respond to it.
- 8395: Henry David Thoreau
- ... their individuality, each in his or her own way. He also believed that independent, well-considered actions arose naturally from a questing attitude of mind. He was first and foremost an explorer, of both the world around him and the world within him. In his most popular piece ever, Walden, he stated this: "Be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought,"(Walden, p. 321 ... only moderately successful in Thoreau's lifetime, his experiment in the wilderness did spark interest in young people. The book inspired people to follow his example and go to a lonely spot and wonder the world and find their place in it. For many, Walden served as a touchstone. Thoreau said that he went to the pond to write a book in memory of his brother, John, who had died ...
- 8396: Freedom of Speech
- ... has been of the utmost importance to Americans. Many people think that the freedom of speech Amendment is a freedom that is taken for garnet on the Internet. There are many people out in the world that are wanting to censer the Internet because it is to revealing. The thing that these people does not understand is that if the Internet is centered the government will be doing the censoring. If the government is the ones that are censoring then they will have control over the largest sores or information in the world. If that happens then the government will be able to get away with anything and cover up and scandal they want. Many of the issues that are used in free speech are those of Racist ... should be censored because they are offended by its contents. There have been many people that have gone as far as killing them selves to make people aware or the racism that has plagued the world today this is the most extreme and most desperate way to use your freedom of speech. The First Amendment clearly voices a great American respect toward the freedom of religion. It also prevents the ...
- 8397: Technology Transfer
- ... I have made with regard to the fact that reading a book on this subject is hard and confusing. After reading The Tools of Empire by Daniel R. Headrick and excerpts from both Technology in World Civilization by A. Pacey and Major Problems in the History of American Technology, I have formed some opinions of my own primarily based on my readings about nineteenth and twentieth century technology transfer. During the ... two important technologies of the nineteenth century that changed many aspects of life in India and Africa. Chinas rulers controlled European influence rather tightly, yet there was trade of course. And through the opium war there was an influence of European technology in China. In the twentieth century the transfer of technology from industrialized to the less industrialized is still happening. Yet it is happening a slightly different manner instead ...
- 8398: Lord of the Flies : Summary of Conclusion
- ... and such other things, they could survive it, but I think that their biggest threat would be Jack's group of hunters who seem adamant on damage and violence and drifting away from the real world. Jack is the kind of character who is defined as a psychotic person who was refrained from his true genetic personality and yearning for violence because of the standards to which he was born. He ... faced with the idea of an island with no adults where they can do as they like, they give in to the idea of being hunters and playing a game of being a native, wearing war paint, killing animals and getting their own meat. Sooner or later, Jack would lose all control and split the groups feeling that Ralph's unadventurous boys were cramping his style and unessential to his hunters ...
- 8399: Should Quebec (or other provinces) Separate From Canada In Order To Best Protect Its Constitutional Rights?
- ... Protect Its Constitutional Rights? In my opinion, all provinces in Canada, including Quebec should not separate. Quebec has been one of the provinces of Canada for a long period of time. Most people in the world view that it is one of the component in Canada. French-Canadian and English-Canadian seem to live together peacefully without conflict, even many people with different cultures and languages come to Canada in recent ... by dealing with the separation affairs, like to help people in Quebec back to Canada who do not want to separate. Separation also leads to the decreasing of trade in Canada, and even the whole world. Quebec is a big trade market in Canada. People will lose this big market if Quebec is no longer a province of Canada. This will not only harmful to Canada, but also the separated Quebec ... family and no longer maintains his last name. Nobody wishes to have this happens in his family. Beside, identity of a nation is very important. It makes difference between country and country. People in the world know that Canada is mainly formed by French-Canadian and English-Canadian, and it has bilingual and muiltcultural culture. Most French-Canadian lives in Quebec. If Canada loses Quebec, the French-Canadian culture will ...
- 8400: Macbeth Tragic Hero
- ... hero. I will now try to explain the criteria needed. The first and most important is that the character must be important enough for whatever happens to him to make a difference to the whole world. This means that you or I could not possibly be a tragic hero, as the consequences to the plot of our story would not influence the world in any way. However, in the story of Macbeth the tragic hero, i.e. Macbeth, is important enough to make a difference to the rest of the world. The second point is that the character must be good-natured, very brave, has a good reputation and is well respected. As well as this however the tragic hero must have one tragic flaw ...
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