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The United States' Rise To A World Power After 1930
<view this essay>.... his New Deal with hope of recovery.
Roosevelt was a brave pragmatist and willing to try almost anything that might work in helping the economy. Together with Congress, he passed a mass of new laws and acts that provided relief for the poor and unemployed. He also tried to reinstate the public's trust in banks through the Glass-Steagall Act. It insured deposits up to $5000 and xxx. Roosevelt would rather provide jobs than handing out cash. This was a part of his mission to not only help the people financially, but also try to lift their spirits in this time of gloom.
The president then turned his attention to industry and farm workers. He enforced strict reg .....
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Bolshevik Power In Russia
<view this essay>.... essential elements in the Bolshevik victory.
Mary Mcauley in her book Soviet Politics 1917-1991 voiced these same feelings on page one of her book stating, "The Bolsheviks, a working class party with a small group of intellectuals among this leadership, came to power in the major industrial centres [sic] with the support of the rank and file soldiers and the industrial workers" (1).
Victor Serge and Natalia Sedova note in their book The Life and Death of Leon Trotsky that Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin all three were in favor of the Bolshevik revolutionary platform. Several of the Bolshevik party lines were directly influenced by the Parties strong belief in the pr .....
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A Very American Revolution
<view this essay>.... people, written constitutions, and effective checks and balances in government
The American Revolution as we know it was not a conventional revolution. There was no change in social hierarchy as in Russia when the Czar was overthrown, or mass killings of the aristocracy as in France’s revolution. Given, there were the occasional mob torching of a wealthy tory’s home, but on the whole, it was very little like any other revolution in previous history.
In this way, the American Revolution was unique unto itself. It was utterly different than the conventional revolution. It could almost be called an intellectual uprising. The fact that “The true .....
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The Northwest Ordinance Of 1787
<view this essay>.... its plan for the
advancement of education, the maintenance of civil liberties and the
exclusion of slavery. (www.compton’s.com)
The first written support for education from the federal government
was in Article 3: Encouragement of Education. It was written that every
town should reserve land “for the maintenance of public schools”, “
knowledge being necessary to good government, and the happiness of mankind ,
education shall forever be encouraged”. Article 3 however did not specify
however if federal money would be given to the schools for use, nor did it
specify if African-Americans could attend schools with whites' and although
it the separation of c .....
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Fort Henry And Donelson
<view this essay>.... of opinion among its citizens. Considering neutrality impossible to maintain, North and South maneuvered for position once Kentucky was opened to military operations. The Confederates constructed fortifications on both the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers just south of the Kentucky line. They built Fort Henry on the Tennessee River, on ground susceptible to flooding, but chose higher ground for Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River.
Both sides wanted Kentucky but recognized that the first to cross its borders risked losing popular support. Confederate Brigadier General Gideon J. Pillow rashly seized Columbus, Kentucky, on the Mississippi River bluffs, a move .....
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The Constitution
<view this essay>.... in did not guarantee freedom of
speech. People could be arrested or even killed for expressing their opinion.
My parents tell me of some things they went through just to express their
thoughts. Those stories have made me appreciate the right to speak without fear
of being punished by the government. The writer s of the Constitution wanted
people to feel safe that they could express their thoughts, but they did not
mean that a pornography store should be allowed to do business a few blocks from
public schools. I myself like speaking and telling other people what I think is
right and what I think is wrong, but the well being of the public has to be
taken into .....
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Arlo Guthrie
<view this essay>.... He performed the song "Alice's Restaurant", the song propelled him to instant fame. That song became the anthem of a generation (Official Oughtabiography).
"Alice's Restaurant" protested the draft and the Vietnam War. The lyrics of this song probably make no sense whatsoever, but there is a very long story behind it. The original version of the song is over eighteen minutes long, when done with the original story. This is a shorter version.
You can get anything you want... at Alice's Restaurant, exceptin' Alice
You can get anything you want... at Alice's Restaurant
Walk right in it's around the back
Just a half-a-mile from the railroad track
Oh... You c .....
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The Civil War Campaign Of 1862
<view this essay>.... The Confederates abandoned their defensive line at Yorktown and moved back to cover Richmond.
Lee ordered General Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson to start some activity in the Shenandoah valley, keeping McDowell busy. Lee went out to the Peninsula to find that McClellan's army was split in two by the flood-swollen Chickahominy River, and sent General Joseph Johnston to attack the force lying south of the river. This became known as the Battle of Seven Pines, a confused and bloody affair in which Johnston was severely wounded.
Lee was given command of the army and began shuffling troops around in front of McClellan to convince him that he was faced with an enormous .....
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