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Capitalistic Punishment
Number of Words: 947 / Number of Pages: 4
... no such effect is apparent. "Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, the number of executions and the size of death row have substantially increased. Yet during this same period of time, the FBI Uniform Crime Reports show virtually no change in the national murder rate" (). Moreover, some sociologists like Hugo Adam Bedau in his book The Death Penalty in America suggest that these very executions intended to deter crime, may, in fact, incite crime through a "brutalization" effect, whereby a cycle of violence and murder is only intensified by government-approved homicide. Common sense b ...
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Comparison Of Domestic Polocie
Number of Words: 359 / Number of Pages: 2
... was a forward man, always leading the way.
Following up the presidency of Roosevelt was William Howard Taft, the hand chosen successor of Roosevelt. Taft was a close ally of Roosevelt, and both maintained a conviction to reform of similar issues, but we say in Taft, a more timid and conservative man than Roosevelt. Where Roosevelt had been at the least forceful, Taft may have been firm, Roosevelt adamant, and Taft possibly upset. Though Taft contained the capacity and ideals for a bright future for America, he was too meek. He never had quite the bullworth to bring about all the ideas he imagin ...
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The Invasion Of Poland 1939
Number of Words: 4002 / Number of Pages: 15
... influence.
Before the war there were many different people
living in the boundaries of Poland. There were 750,000
Germans living in Poland prior to 1939. Natural Poles
discriminated against the German's living in Poland. The
Poles made it hard for them to get job and pushed them
away from elections, they received little help from the
government. It is easy for people to discriminate against
people who are different from you. During this time
many immigrants everywhere in the world were receiving
harsh and sometimes violent treatment.
In the year 1919 there were 2 million Jews living in
Poland. By ...
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The Hindenburg
Number of Words: 734 / Number of Pages: 3
... cathedral, called , burst into a geyser of flaming hydrogen there was a tremendous impact on the public, although two thirds of the people on board survived. Two theories about why it happened surfaced and this tragedy put an end to the short age of these massive airships.
The demise of had a searing impact on public consciousness that far surpassed the bare statistics of the calamity. Men and women escaped, even from this inferno. One elderly lady walked out by the normal exit as though nothing had happened and was unscratched. A fourteen-year-old cabin boy jumped to the ground into flames and smok ...
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Western Expansion
Number of Words: 4097 / Number of Pages: 15
... the pathfinders for the settlers. Migration was now possible by the discovery of paths over which ox-driven carts could be driven through seeking mountains and across the western desert. People wanted to move away from the overcrowded cities and this led to the migration into the uninhabited lands. Increased transportation like roads, railroads and canals and their construction created a demand for cheap labor making it easier for people to get jobs now, in contrast with the cities where there was unemployment. The pioneer movement for 70 years after the revolution roughly represented the form of ...
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The Political Power Of England And France Increased Greatly In The 17th Century
Number of Words: 532 / Number of Pages: 2
... and increased power. In France, the
decision was made to unify the country through the establishment of a
single religious authority, the Catholic Church. The king of France became
the heart of this policy, which gave him control of religion when this went
into effect.
The next major point was the increase in need for governmental
financing. In England, taxing had become under the control of Parliament.
In addition to this, the cost of running a government in general had gone
up and the country needed more money. Because the king didn't have as much
power to tax as he pleases, the govern ...
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Anne Frank
Number of Words: 985 / Number of Pages: 4
... black cat "Moortje" at home, she goes with important looking face to the neighbor’s house, in her hand a big case. It is empty, but it belongs to the real "Go away". In bed there's a long giggling and chatter before they sleep in. In business Mr. Frank was proposed as Managing Director of the firm Travies N .V., serving also as a partner in the in the firm of Kolen and Co. While the Franks were in Amsterdam they made many friends whom later risk their lives to protect the family when Hitler eventually spread his ugly program for the Jews into Holland. Anne had many friends in in the Netherlands, ...
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Louis XIV, The Sun King
Number of Words: 1034 / Number of Pages: 4
... a claim been made. Louis saw himself as God's representative
on earth, therefore, infallible. He oversaw roadbuilding, court decorum, defense,
and disputes within the church.
He had the support initially
of his ministers, then that of the French people. He had given France the image
it desired -- youth and vitality surrounded by magnificence. Louis won the
favor of the nobles by making it evident that their future depended on their
ability stay on his good side. This weakened the nobility, and would eventually
weaken France.
Louis had among his supportors a wide spectrum ...
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Brief Look At The Code Of Hamm
Number of Words: 563 / Number of Pages: 3
... that any laws had been
categorized into various sections. This format of organization was
emulated by civilizations of the future. For example, Semitic cultures
succeeding Hammurabi's rule used some of the same laws that were
included in Hammurabi's code. Hammurabi's method of thought is evident
in present day societies which are influenced by his code. Modern
governments currently create specific laws, which are placed into
their appropriate family of similar laws. Hammurabi had his laws
recorded upon an eight foot high black stone monument. Hammurabi based
his code on pri ...
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Cold War
Number of Words: 2060 / Number of Pages: 8
... by supporting the communists in these countries. Their fears were enforced when a "coup substituted communist for coalition rule in Prague." (Calvocoressi, p.15)(even though this is an Eastern European Country, the fact that a coup was staged against a democratic government is reason enough to raise their fears).
In this ideologically hostile environment the began. It was characterised by the arms race between the two superpowers who were eager to preserve their spheres of influence. Both developed such powerful weapons which were too dangerous to be used in practice, but which contributed to th ...
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