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The Jim Crow Laws
<view this essay>.... races into different cars of the train. In restaurants, it was illegal to have whites and blacks in the same room, unless they were separated by a seven foot or higher wall, and there must be different street entrances for the two races. Another law said that blacks and whites cannot legally play together in any game of pool or billiards. Employers of both black and white males must provide easily accessible separate toilet facilities for them. Finally, the last Alabama Jim Crow Law said that nurses cannot be forced to nurse in wards or rooms in hospitals, public or private, where black men are placed.
Jim Crow Laws have a long history that includes many co .....
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Faustus
<view this essay>.... life away for the sake of knowledge, becoming obsessed with the knowledge that he could possess. In this case, he is unarguably a medieval tragic hero. However, when considering the fact that he died for the sake of gaining knowledge, pushing the limits of what is possible in spite of obvious limitations and, eventually, paying the ultimate penalty, he could be considered a Renaissance martyr. These two points of view have their obvious differences, and depending on from what time period one chooses to place this piece of literature varies the way that the play is viewed. However, the idea of considering him a martyr has many flaws, several of which are evi .....
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Prohibition In The 1920's
<view this essay>.... one to lose their hand? Let’s get rid of all right hands; then I am certain that mine won’t land me in trouble. The prohibitionists have utilized this way of thinking to rid the U.S. of all alcohol. With the loss of money and relative inefficiency associated with prohibition, the government needs to amend the eighteenth amendment so not to succumb to the values of the religious sects behind the prohibition movement.
Since Congress ratified the eighteenth amendment as least one billion dollars a year is lost to the National Government in excise taxes. Part of this money, once intended for the government to spend on schools and roads, now falls into the hands of .....
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Explaining The Twenties
<view this essay>.... reaction against these changes, as the older culture tried to reassert itself as the dominant group. The result was a decade marked by striking cultural conflict. Those who considered themselves traditional Americans, committed to traditional ways of life, launched a cultural war against those who presented a threat to it. There were many common themes that connected the three essays, “Sacco and Vanzetti”, “The Scopes Trial and the American Character”, and “Rural-Urban Conflict in the 1920’s”. Together they present an accurate interpretation of the Roaring Twenties.
The case of Sacco and Vanzetti represented a deep division in American society. Nicola Sacco and .....
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1775-1900: The History Of The Buffalo Soldier
<view this essay>.... not for the black soldiers in the armies. "The first American to shed blood in the revolution that freed America from British rule was Crispus Attucks, a Black seaman." (Mullen 9) Attucks along with four white men were killed in the Boston Massacre of March 5, 1770. Even though Attucks was a fugitive slave running from his master, he was still willing to fight against England along with other whites and give the ultimate sacrifice, his life, for freedom. This wasn't the only incident of Blacks giving it all during the War for Independence.
From the first battles of Concord and Lexington in 1775, Black soldiers "took up arms against the mother country." (Mu .....
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The Sixth Sense
<view this essay>.... of Star Wars. Though most films made today are very much like George Lucas's latest creation, there are a few movies that actually do have plots, good acting, and leaves people on the edge of their seats waiting for something to surprise them. These movies, unlike the movie Star Wars: Episode One: The Phantom Menace, are filled with things to keep the audiences attention other than the special effects. They have such things like a plot, good actors, and something else that makes the movie different from the others. Take as an example the movie directed by M. Night Shyamalan, . involves an intricate plot, great acting, and a truly surprising ending.
The .....
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The Watergate Complex
<view this essay>.... in
Washington D.C. It ended with the registration of President Richard M.
Nixon on August 9, 1974. (Watergate)
At approximately 2:30 in the morning of June 17, 1972 five men were
arrested at the Watergate Complex. The police seized a walkie talkie, 40
rolls of unexposed film, two 35 millimeter cameras, lock picks, pensized
teargas guns, and bugging devices. (Gold, 75)
These five men and two co-plotters were indicated in September 1972 on
charges of burglary, conspiracy and wire tapping. Four months later they
were convicted and sentenced to prison terms by District Court Judge John J.
Sercia was convinced that relevant details had not been unveiled duri .....
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Labour Unions
<view this essay>.... power over their employees. With unions on the scene, that power must be shared.
The standard economic analysis of what gave a particular union the power to raise the pay and benefits of its members was propounded by the eminent English economist Alfred Marshall toward the end of the 19th century. Marshall theorized that the strength of a union depended upon four factors. First, demand for the product should be inelastic, so that there is little, if any, decline in sales in response to price increases. Second, labor costs should be a small portion of the total costs of production, so that a rather large increase in wages would generate only a small increase .....
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