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Slavery And The South
Number of Words: 2086 / Number of Pages: 8
... by the federal government. This was more roads, railroads, and canals. The South, on the other hand, did not want these projects to be done at all. Also the North wanted to develop a tariff. With a high tariff, it protected the Northern manufacturer. It was bad for the South because a high tariff would not let the south trade its cotton for foreign goods. The North also wanted a good banking and currency system and federal subsidies for shipping and internal improvements. The South felt these were discriminatory and that they favored Northern commercial interests.
Now the main reason for the So ...
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The Goals And Failures Of The First And Second Reconstructions
Number of Words: 5713 / Number of Pages: 21
... gains washed away. I
propose to examine why they failed in realizing their goals. My thesis is that
failure to incorporate economic justice for Blacks in both movements led to the
failure of the First and Second Reconstruction.
The First Reconstruction came after the Civil War and lasted till 1877. The
political, social, and economic conditions after the Civil War defined the goals
of the First Reconstruction. At this time the Congress was divided politically
on issues that grew out of the Civil War: Black equality, rebuilding the South,
readmitting Southern states to Union, and deciding who would ...
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Things In The Hitcher
Number of Words: 413 / Number of Pages: 2
... compression problems or anything. Beautiful transfer, but they could make this movie look like a Gameboy game and I'd still love it.
AUDIO: The sound is Dolby 5.1 and Dolby 2 Channel, and it sounds great. It's definitely sounding better than it ever has before. There are some great uses of the surround because most of the movie is driving and there are some rather nice explosions.
EXTRAS: I'll admit that the disc is rather lacking in this category. However, it does have some great Cast and Crew Bios. Unfortunately, that's all it has. But the menus are really kick-ass. They show some killer scenes fro ...
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Star Wars Vs. Star Trek
Number of Words: 1061 / Number of Pages: 4
... with all the spinoffs, Next Generation, Deep Space 9, Voyageur and new film adventures have kept these ideas going. Gene Rodenberry was the official historian to the Los Angeles police department before he wrote Star Trek. The L.A. police of the time and even today are feared for their police state style tactics. Star Trek was always on the verge of being laughable, long underwear style costumes, and fake monsters, and plaster planets. This changed with Star Trek the Motion Picture made by Paramount after Star Wars hit big. Trekkies might whine about the superiority and "science" of the Star T ...
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History Of Punk Rock
Number of Words: 1001 / Number of Pages: 4
... is against
parental, musical, and political authorities. On the other hand
some isn't. Bob Mould of Husker Du talks about politics quite
frequently in his songs.
I don't write about politics because I'm not an expert.
Some bands find it very necessary to claim they're
politically relevant when in actuality they don't know
shit about politics. Not informing people is much better
than misinforming people. We're sort of like reporters
in a way. Reporters of our own mental state. Reporters
of the state of the air. Consciousness. Of the day. We
make personal statements.2
Friends
Most punks that live ...
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The Tuskegee Airmen
Number of Words: 1495 / Number of Pages: 6
... who, by no doubt, were white continually faced them with borders and barriers of racism and discrimination. Although these men were discriminated against by their own countrymen because of the color of their skin, they nonetheless displayed valor and courage, revealing that they were in fact Americans who ironically fought for freedom regardless of the color of their skin, ultimately paving the way towards an integrated Armed Air Forces.
A history textbooks shows that as a result of the constant pressure brought about by groups such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ...
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Civil War - Monitor Vs. Merrimack
Number of Words: 1212 / Number of Pages: 5
... was enormous, it stretched twenty-two feet to the bottom. The ship was so slow and long, that it required a turning radius of about one mile. Likened to a "floating barn roof (DesJardien 2)" and not predicted to float, the only individual willing to take command of the ship was Captain Franklin Buchanan. After all the modifications were complete, the ship was rechristened the CSS Virginia, but the original name the CSS Merrimack is the preferred name.
The USS Monitor was the creation of Swedish-American engineer, John Ericsson. The ship was considered small for a warship, only 172 feet long and ...
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American Foreign Policy Towards Cuba
Number of Words: 2221 / Number of Pages: 9
... the promise of reforms for the country. On September 5, 1879. Antonio Maceo distributed "The Kingston Proclamation," arguing the Spain had not kept its promises.
"instead of giving Cubans the opportunity to participate
in the direction of their government, Spaniards have
been pouring into the island to man political posts,
pushing the rightful representatives of the people to
one side; they are guided only by the interests of
their pockets and that of the Peninsula…"
On October 7, 1886 slavery was terminated in Cuba because it was no longer economically practical or necessary for the salve o ...
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Background And Emergence Of Democracy In The British North American Colonies
Number of Words: 719 / Number of Pages: 3
... at Jamestown in the Old Dominion of Virginia. Virginian colonists had the right, granted to them by The Virginia Company, to elect a colonial legislature, called the House of Burgesses. Since Virginia was the first royal colony, it was only fitting that they should lead the way with the first representative government in the New World. Other lawmaking bodies, not that dissimilar to the House of Burgesses, would soon pop up in other colonies.
The Pilgrims also pioneered the way to democracy. If the Pilgrims had settled in Virginia, where they had originally planned, they would have been subject to ...
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The Arts And Crafts Debate
Number of Words: 1616 / Number of Pages: 6
... knowledge and skill which can be used to produce useful objects”. Or from the slightly different point of view, it consists of the ability to perform in a useful way. He goes on to outline the tangible aspects of usefulness, depending upon the context they are used in, being the external or internal factors of the world referred to.
In addition to function, ‘skill’ is determined to be a measure of the craft or craftsmanship. Becker continues to say that in certain circumstances beauty can also be part of the criteria, which weighs the balance of debate. Furthermore, although these criteria have been r ...
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