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Populist Party
Number of Words: 1613 / Number of Pages: 6
... 957). As a result of this significant transformation, along with several different perspectives of peoples' mores, several reform movements were commenced, such as prohibition, socialism, and the Greenback Labor Party. Each of these movements was launched by different coalitions in hopes of making a difference either for themselves or for the good of the country. The farmers, specifically, were unhappy for four particular reasons: physical problems, social and intellectual concerns, economic difficulties, and political frustrations. The physical concerns the climate of the time period. Following 1885 ...
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After Anne Frank
Number of Words: 241 / Number of Pages: 1
... was discovered and sent Gestapo Headquarters in Amsterdam. The Franks, Van Daans and Mr. Dussel were sent to Westorbork in Holland.
On September 3, the Allies captured Brussels and the Franks Along with the Van Daans were the last ones to be sent on a freight train with seventy-five people per car. Each car was sealed tight with only one window. For three days and nights the train ventured across Germany to reach its final destination, Auschwitz in Poland. There the Franks and the Van Daans were then sent to concentration camps.
There the conditions were horrible. Healthier prisoners shaved thei ...
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Weapons Of World War 1
Number of Words: 1370 / Number of Pages: 5
... as the Central Powers. Russia, France, and England formed the
rival Triple Entente Powers. Later called the Allies. The States sided
with Serbia and the Allies. Serbia's enemies were on the side of the
Central Powers.
The Industrial Revolution with its large, manufacturing ability,
massive assembly-line production , and expanded shiping distribution had
a powerful influence on the development of weapons. The navy was the first
to make use of the improved weapons. Breech loading firearms increased
firepower, and the invention of repeating hand gun, rifle, and early
machine gun increased the ...
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Gideon Vs. Wainwright
Number of Words: 666 / Number of Pages: 3
... was in fact exactly the opposite. The Constitution, it had held, did not guarantee free counsel to all felony defendants that are unable to retain their own. Since1942, when Betts v. Brady was decided by a divided Court, the problem of defendant’s federal constitutional right to counsel in a state court has been a continuing source of controversy and litigation in both state and federal courts. Since Gideon was proceeding without funds, it gave the Justice a chance to think about the constitution. He appointed a counsel to represent him and requested both sides to discuss in their briefs and ora ...
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European Union
Number of Words: 1291 / Number of Pages: 5
... goals, institutions to execute them, a decision-making process, and definition of the legal forms to bring those decisions to reality. Over the years, the Treaties have been substantially amended, affecting the Union's competence, institutional structure, and decision-making processes.
Some future objectives of the Union are:
- to implement the Treaty of Amsterdam, which revises the basic treaties on which the EU is founded. It contains new rights for citizen, freedom of movement, employment, strengthening of institution.
- to enlarge the EU, to include countries from central and eastern Europe ...
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The 1960s
Number of Words: 1951 / Number of Pages: 8
... only fit in with the Hippie population. "Under 25 became
a magical age, and young people all over the world were united by this bond"
(Harris 15). This bond was of Non-conformity and it was the "Creed of the
Young" (Harris 15). Most Hippies came from wealthy middle class families.
Some people said that they were spoiled and wasting their lives away. But to
Hippies themselves this was a way of life and no one was going to get in the
way of their dreams and ambitions.
Hippies flocked to a certain area of San Francisco on the corner of Haight
Street and Ashbury Street, where the world got th ...
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Atlas
Number of Words: 550 / Number of Pages: 2
... Hercules took his burden from him while he retrieved the apples. agreed to Hercules’ proposal. secured the apples and realized how nice it was not to have the strain of keeping heaven and earth apart for eternity. Hercules deceived when he returned with the apples. Hercules told that he needed a cushion for his shoulders and asked to take back the earth momentarily while he can got pads. agreed and Hercules left never to return. Another part played in Greek Mythology was when refused to provide shelter to Perseus. Perseus changed into stone using Medusa. The huge stone is called ...
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Christian Evidences
Number of Words: 2324 / Number of Pages: 9
... best efforts of the servants of the king, he saw an old man who was decrepit, broken-toothed, gray-haired, and bent of body, leaning on a staff, and trembling. From this, he learned the fact of old age. Shortly afterward, he saw a diseased body lying by the road, and later, a corpse. On a fourth occasion he saw a monk and he thus learned the possibility of withdrawal from the world. He said, "Life is subject to age and death. Where is the realm of life in which there is neither age nor death?" He became acutely aware of the evanescence of the things of the world. At the age of 29, he secretl ...
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Ancient Civilizations
Number of Words: 491 / Number of Pages: 2
... one person from gaining too much power. The most powerful governing body was the senate. The senators elected two consuls each year. The consul’s jobs were to supervise the business of government and command the armies. They could only serve one term, which was one year in length. Julius Caesar overthrew this by having the senate name him “Dictator for life.”
Greece was one of the most powerful civilizations of its time. The Athenian government evolved from a monarchy into an aristocracy. A monarchy is when a King or Queen exercises central power. In Greece, the government wa ...
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The Golden Age Of Greece
Number of Words: 2562 / Number of Pages: 10
... famous for its oracle, and at
Olympia, where the Olympian Games were celebrated in his honor every fourth year.
The Nemean games, held at Nemea, northwest of Argos, were also dedicated to Zeus.
Zeus was the youngest son of the Titans Cronus and Rhea and the brother of the deities
Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Demeter, and Hera. According to one of the ancient myths of
the birth of Zeus, Cronus, fearing that he might be dethroned by one of his children,
swallowed them as they were born. Upon the birth of Zeus, Rhea wrapped a stone in
swaddling clothes for Cronus to swallow and concealed the infant god ...
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