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Joseph Mccarthy Oil Wells
667 wordsNiccolo Machiavelli served as a secretary and diplomat of the Florentine Republic. While he served Machiavelli wrote a book, The Prince, in 1513 which assisted political leaders to maintain power by any means necessary (Machiavelli 1). Machiavelli's theory, the end justifies the means, has been used by political leaders in the present which has caused some disastrous affects. Adolph Hitler and Joseph McCarthy used this theory and this led to their personal downfall, and Saddam Hussien also used ...
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Woman Suffrage Association American Woman Suffrage
877 wordsThe women's suffrage movement began in 1848 when a group of women met in Seneca Falls New York. These women issued what became known as the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolution s, and 11 pt. document outlining the demand for equal rights. Al of the articles of the Declaration passed except for the right to vote. It was widely believed at that time, that women were both physically and mentally inferior to men, and therefore should not have the right to vote. The Seneca Falls convention was or...
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458 wordsPrincess Daisy Wendell, 86, died Friday, November 17 th, 2065 while scuba diving off the coast of the island of Thera in Greece in search of the lost city of Atlantis. She was born on October 19, 1979 in Bedford, TX. Her parents are Jane and Max Wendell. She was the oldest of three siblings, Clarissa, Jessica, and Dallas. Daisy was best known for turning the United States' and Mexico's education systems around. As a Peace Corps volunteer from her early 20 's to mid 30 's, she helped to turn arou...
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Social Security Reform President Clinton
850 wordsOur American society values hard work and assumes lower and middle class workers can retire with confidence. Our Western culture respects the maturity of elders and wishes to provide for them. Our capitalistic economic principles strive to maximize competition and efficiency. Our democratic political system guides politicians to please constituents while making the best policy decisions for the entire country. A true American crisis is one that plunges these ideals into conflict. Because this is...
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1,201 wordsAn Old Fashion Dog Fight in the Big Apple: The 1998 U. S. Senate race in New York is one of the most heated and competitive political battles in the country. New York has traditionally been a place where only the strong willed, and tough at heart could compete; a place where crafty tactics, extensive connections, and stocks of cash are essential aspects of political competition. This years combat field of a campaign has been no exception. The two primary candidates, 60 year old, incumbent, repub...
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Gun Control 18 Years
1,149 words... e D'Amato, Schumer is a quintessential New Yorker; hes aggressive, intense, and by no means shy to take credit for his accomplishments. Important to note, is that in more than 25 years in public life and 18 in the House of Representatives, he has managed to carve out a solid and moderate record. He has been the House Democrats' leader on crime-fighting, crusading for more money for police and prisons, tougher sentencing laws, tighter gun control and capital punishment. His legislative record...
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Senator Silas Ratcliffe Grandson Of John Adams
641 wordsTo act with entire honesty and self-respect, one should always live in a pure atmosphere, and the atmosphere of politics is impure. -Senator Silas Ratcliffe, Democracy In his own lifetime, Henry Adams was famous first for being the grandson of John Quincy Adams, thus the great grandson of John Adams; second for his epic History of the United States During the Jefferson and Madison Administrations. It was only upon his death, in 1918, that his third person autobiography, The Education of Henry Ad...
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Race Color Religion Civil Rights Act
582 wordsWhen asked about his view on affirmative action and the quota system used within, Senator Daniel P. Moynihan responded, "This was just the sort of thing we assumed we Senator Moynihan was one of the first political figures to help in the fight against discrimination in the workplace. He helped in the writing of the executive order of equal employment opportunity. If a person who felt strongly about Civil Rights stated that quotas were something that shouldn't be, why are they being implemented i...
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Kansas Nebraska Act Dred Scott Case
1,183 words... the cases of Dred and Harriet Scott and Mrs. Emerson were identical, they would become one single case. The facts of the case were filed on March 1850, but the court didnt hear the case until 1852. Part of the problem the Scotts faced with the delay was that Missouri was beginning to feel increasing political pressure over the question of slavery. The state found itself in an awkward position, since it was bordered on three sides by free states. The pressure of the free territory around Miss...
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Early Twentieth Century Late Nineteenth Century
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Assassination Of Julius Caesar Lower Classes
880 wordsNominated for the 2003 Pulitzer Prize, there is a lot to dissuade the serious reader of Roman history in Michael Parenti's "The Assassination of Julius Caesar." A radical commentator on contemporary society and historical memory, Parenti applies a "Marxian-lite" analysis of the late Republic. In hearing a talk he once gave, one comment he made stands out; "One of the great pleasures of learning history is not the learning it but the unlearning of preconceived notions." To that end he has an axe ...
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Credit Card Numbers U S Congress
947 wordsInternet Censorship The Internet is a wonderful place of entertainment and education, but like all places used by millions of people, it has some murky corners people would prefer children not to explore. In the physical world, society as a whole wants to protect children, but there are no social or physical constraints to Internet surfing. The Internet Censorship Bill of 1995, also known as the Exon/Coats Communications Decency Act, has been introduced in the U. S. Congress. It would make it a ...
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Hans Reimer Claussen La Vern J America
1,080 wordsGlynn 1 Hans Reimer Claussen: a Man of Nationalism, Democracy, and Liberalism Hans Reimer Claussen remains an important historical figure in our lives today. His actions epitomize an ideal democratic and politically centered citizen. He stood up for what he believed in, he expected the same for others even if they had a differing opinion. He once said, I wish my political enemies the same freedom to express their opinions that I claim myself It is my opinion that freedom to express one s own opi...
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Harry S Truman President Of The United States
968 words1. Harry S. Truman Biography 1. Date of Birth &# 038; Birth Place Harry S. Truman was born on May 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri. 2. Childhood John A. Truman sold and bought livestock form a lot adjacent to their house when Harry was first born. When Harry was ten months old the Truman's sold their house and stockton to move to Harrisonville, Missouri. From Harrisonville they moved to Belton, then to Grandview, and finally settled in Independence, Missouri when Harry Truman was six years old. Presid...
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Hubert Humphrey U S Johnson
315 wordsHubert Humphrey was the thirty eighth Vice President of the United States. He was elected along side of Lyndon B. Johnson as the Democratic party in the year 1964. Humphrey also ran for the title of U. S. president in 1968, but was unsuccessful in his attempts. Humphrey gained his national reputation as a U. S. Senator from the years 1949 - 1964 and then he was senator again from 1971 until his death. Hubert Humphrey became in his later years, one of the most respected political figures. However...
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Schools And Libraries Freedom Of Expression
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John F Kennedy White House
426 wordsJaqcueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onasis Jackie Kennedy was the wife of John F. Kennedy, 35 th president of the United States. Jackie Kennedy was known for her sense of style and elegance. Her second husband, Aristotle Onasis, was one of the wealthiest men in the world. Jackie was of a wealthy and socially prominent family. She studied at Vassar College and George Washington University. She graduated in 1951. For two years she worked as a photographer and a columnist for the Washington Times Herald...
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Habitat For Humanity Egypt And Israel
1,160 wordsJames Earl Carter Jr. (192 James Earl Carter Jr. , the 39 th President of the United States, was the first President from the Deep South since Andrew Jackson, and the first President to officially use his nickname, Jimmy, is office. Jimmy Carter was born in Plains, Georgia on October 1, 1924. In 1927 his family moved to the tiny settlement of Archery, just outside Plains, where he lived until he was 17 years old. As a boy he mopped cotton, which means to take the seeds out of cotton. He graduate...
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Habitat For Humanity Jimmy Carter
901 wordsThe Carter Center in Atlanta Georgia is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public institute founded by former U. S. president Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, in 1982 (Carter Center). The Center in dedicated to fighting disease, hunger, poverty, conflict, and oppression. At present, the Center operates 13 core programs, which have touched the lives of people in 65 countries, including the U. S. Habitat for Humanity began in 1984 when Carter led a work group to New York City to renovate a six-story bui...
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University Of California Industrial State
885 wordsThis recognized economist was borned in October 15, 1908 at Ontario, Canada. He comes from a Scottish farming community on the north shore of Lake Erie. His father was a teacher at first who later became a farmer. His father was very interested in politics and he was somehow related to it in his community. He used to give speeches concerned on his liberal way of thinking. John remembers how much his dad advised him of how he has to bring changes to the world. Nowadays, he is married to Catherine...
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