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- 10801: Witchcraft at Salem
- Witchcraft at Salem In 1692, nineteen villagers were put to death in Salem, Massachusetts. The reason for conviction was the torment of teenaged girls by supernatural means: witchcraft. These teenagers had experienced "pricking" and "pinching" sensations, and some contorted into strange bodily positions, reaching unusual postures ...
- 10802: The American Revolution
- ... the King has refused to allow the Governors to pass important laws "necessary for the public good," obstru cted the administration and that the king is sending over large armies to "complete the works of death." The third section officially declares independence in writing. The entire effort to complete the Declaration of Independence was done by Thomas Jefferso n, John Adams, Ben Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert Livingston. In order to ...
- 10803: U.S Involvement in the Vietnam War
- ... do not learn from these lessons that are so obvious in the differences between these two conflicts then we are condemned to repeat the same mistakes. Lets just pray that it does not take the death of another 58,000 of America's men to learn that the politicians place is not in war but in peace ( Roush ). Works Cited "Interview with General Norman Schwarzkopf, Commander-in-Chief, Central Command." Frontline ...
- 10804: The Sedition Act of 1798
- ... broadcasters and programs had a long way to go before they balanced the liberal press. Fortunately, as in the 1800 election, Republicans gained control of Congress in 1992 and the "Rush Act" died a natural death. Recently many Americans have become concerned with domestic terrorism. Waco, the Oklahoma Federal Building, and now the Freemen in Montana have caused citizens and legislators alike to want something done. The House of Representatives just ...
- 10805: The New Deal
- ... system of old-age pensions and unemployment insurance, which is still around today. Social security consists of public programs to protect workers and their families from income losses associated with old age, illness, unemployment, or death. The Fair Labor Standards Act (1938) established a federal Minimum Wage and maximum-hours policy. The minimum wage, 25 cents per hour, applied to many workers engaged in interstate commerce. The law was intended to ...
- 10806: Overview of the 60`s
- ... that might otherwise never have presented itself. president johnson pleaded, "i ask every citizen to reject the blind violence that has struck dr. King." he went on to say that to bring meaning to his death, we must be determined to strike forcefully at the consciences of all americans in order to wrest from tragedy and trauma, the will to make a better society. The Student Movement Americans who were young ...
- 10807: The Great Depression
- ... that they were willing to work for as little as was offered just so they could have some sort of job and make any amount of money. Soon it was a fight for life or death (Steinbeck). In a desperate search for a job farmers moved themselves and their families all over the country. As people wandered the country looking for work they were unable to live in one place. Large ...
- 10808: The Power of the Situation
- ... issue of prejudice must be explored to understand the reasoning behind this "blind ethnic retribution" (Deviant Behavior, 1994, Feb, 1-32). Would Reginald Denny have been pulled out of his truck and nearly beaten to death if he were black by these black men? After the verdicts, people living in south-central Los Angeles and other minority neighborhoods began chanting, "No Justice, No Peace!" They saw the enemy as white, whether ...
- 10809: Proclamation Act of 1763
- ... creation of the Quebec Act was suppose to achieve were, combining French and English into one Nation, not culture, by keeping biculturalism. The French were allowed to continue all aspects of their culture, with no penalty to status whatsoever. The government for Quebec, however, was to stay the same, still ruled by a governor and an executive council. The civil law was French, but the criminal law was changed to British ...
- 10810: The Civil Rights Movement
- ... the way the civil rights movement was being carried out in the 1960's. As a result, someone assassinated the leader of the movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Many blacks were infuriated at this death so there were serious riots in almost 100 cities. President Johnson then appointed a committee called The Kerner Commission to study the civil rights movement. They concluded the following: "We are moving toward two societies ...
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