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Columbine High School And Its Effects
Words: 829 - Pages: 4.... students allowed to get the ammunition and guns
used?’ People can not help but think that this could have been prevented if
America had stricter gun laws. The president, along with congress and the
Colorado Legislature, responded to this thought. The National Rifle
Association supported President Clinton’s proposals of tougher federal
enforcement of existing gun laws and placing more federal prosecutors and
law officers on gun cases. Many agree that both areas are major problems.
Many of the points made on the need for more gun bills have been in
reference to the Columbine Massacre. Colorado governor, Bill Owens, wants
to require cr .....
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Kosovo Crisis
Words: 1170 - Pages: 5.... military actions received immediate opposition from a few non-NATO member countries, headed by Russia. Russia, taking the role of a peacekeeper, vowed not to fight to defend Serbia, relieving many of the fear of World War 3.
The very involvement of NATO in Yugoslavia raises some ethical, moral and political issues. What business does this organization have in entering a civil war in an independent country? NATO violated the UN Charter of prohibition against the use of force against a member state of the UN. Taking a much-criticized tactic of bombing selective targets in Kosovo, the strategy for NATO appeared to be "bomb and hope."
Hoping f .....
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East Asian Crisis In The Econo
Words: 684 - Pages: 3.... political instability devalued the baht as they fled for
market-driven currencies like the American dollar. Indonesia’s economy
soon fell soon after when the rupiah hit a record low against the U.S.
dollar. Indonesia is plagued by more than $70 billion worth of bad debts and a corrupt and inefficient government. Thailand and Indonesia also suffer from being overbuilt during real estate booms that Reven2 were the result of huge influxes of cash by optimistic foreign investors. South Korea faltered under the weight of its huge foreign debt, decreasing exports, and weakening currency (Lochhead 4-5).
Other major countries touched by the cri .....
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20s And 30s
Words: 2647 - Pages: 10.... Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president from 1913 to 1921. The first election of the 1920s scoured Republican Warren G. Harding against Democrat James M. Cox. Cox supported Wilson and the League of Nations in the election. However, Harding won the election in a landslide, which was a sign of America¡¦s frustration with Wilson and his optimistic and liberal policies. The start of the new conservative era restored the power to the Republicans after the presidential election of the 1920.
Harding made quite a few excellent appointments to his cabinet although he failed to demonstrate to have much intelligence. Charles Evans Hughes was appoint .....
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The Reformation
Words: 1389 - Pages: 6.... a monk named Martin Luther.
Luther had protested for years that many clergy were selling
indulgences, which were pardons for sins without making it clear that
people must sincerely repent their sins. He attacked the monk Johann
Tetzel for decieving the people. Eventually, he became angry enough, and he
nailed a complaint, called the 95 theses to a Church door. The 95 theses
complained about the sale of induldgences and other corruptions in the
Church. Luther also created new ideas against the Church. He rejected the
authority of the Pope and said that priests had no more authority than
laymen did. He said that vows taken by .....
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Egypt
Words: 789 - Pages: 3.... ancient myths, nature worship, and innumerable deities. The most influential and famous of these is how the creation of Earth is explained. The ians worshiped the sun along with a series of gods and goddesses. The ian gods were represented with human torsos and human or animal heads. They were also represented by symbols, such as the sun disk and hawk wings that were worn on the headdresses of the pharaoh. Burying there dead was of great religious concern in . They believed they had to preserve the corpse so that they’re ka or spirit could enter the afterlife. They would mummify their dead bodies in order to preserve them. They wo .....
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Causes Of The American Revolut
Words: 1041 - Pages: 4.... of taxes and trade restrictions, and so began their political rebellion. Thus, the American Revolution began as an economic conflict, but soon developed into a passionate dispute over personal rights and political liberty.
One of the first of many seeds of the American Revolution was the Stamp Act. This act forced the colonists to purchase and use specially stamped paper for all official documents, deeds, mortgages, newspapers, and pamphlets. Passed in 1765, the Stamp Act was designed to raise revenue in order to pay for not only the over 140 million pounds of war debts left over from the French and Indian War, but also for a share of th .....
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The Good Friday Agreement
Words: 2796 - Pages: 11.... Because of this the employment amount has gone down. For example in manufacturing the employment has gone from 184,000 in 1960 to 110,000 in 1993. I believe this is because of ‘deindustrialization with a vengeance’.
Source 5 shows the outcome of Republican violence. The Republicans want to get complete independence from Britain and their reasoning was give us back our independence and we’ll stop the violence. They targeted Nationalist areas for shootings and bombings but this was with a difference. This was the Omagh Bombing that took place in August 1998. The difference with this and what Republican violence is usu .....
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German Unificatio
Words: 3058 - Pages: 12.... Lands that were originally parts of the French empire were doled out to the major powers in a way that would make sure that no power became too large. The Grand Duchy of Warsaw was divided between Prussia, Russia, and Austria, but Prussia traded their land in Poland for Saxony (from Russia). The other powers became nervous about the growing power of Prussia, so Prussia, under the threat of a coalition against it, took only 2/5 of Saxony thereby keeping the balance of power intact. The Congress then created the German Confederation, similar to the Confederation of the Rhine, which was placed under the administrative power of Austria. Af .....
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Amendments
Words: 3034 - Pages: 12.... searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Amendment V (1791)
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just com .....
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