believed that it was wrong to capture‚ enslave and ship Africans to America to work in harsh conditions for free for White owners. The South‚ on the other hand believed slavery was right and should be used for helping the economy and producing cash crops so the North could use the supplies to make products. But the addition of new states‚ especially an uneven number made the tension grow between the two sides on the decision of slavery. The purpose of the Missouri Compromise was to remove sectional
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1) What did Arthur Andersen contribute to the Enron disaster? Arthur Andersen (AA) contributed to the Enron disaster when it has failed to the management by failing to have Enron establish and enforce its own internal control. There has been flaws to AA‘s internal control. There has been assumption that AA partners were too motivated by revenue recognition thus‚ overlooking several criteria when providing their services to Enron. Additionally‚ AA also recognised the retention of audit clients
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showing up at all was the breaking point for the studio heads. Although Judy managed to bring in money with box office hits‚ especially with her last film Summer Stock being a financial hit‚ MGM finally terminated their contract with her in 1950. The reason for her downfall? The unwavering addiction to her pills‚ the same pills she was given at the credulous age of 12 where she signed her name over to MGM. Not to say she was the only child actress to be given pills but she was the one star Hollywood
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Nuremburg laws By: Caleb Adkins What are the Nuremburg laws? When did they occur? Why did they occur? The Nuremburg laws were 2 laws‚ both commonly knows and the “Nuremburg laws.” It all begun in Germany in the September of 1935 under the Nazi regime. Due to Hitler’s plan of a ‘master race’ & anti-Semitism towards the Jews he created these laws to take away‚ and break off the Jews one by one. Many different people was involved in the Nuremburg laws some who were affected by the laws such as The
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‘Though far from perfect and nowhere near a man of great virtue‚ Edward M. Kennedy was the knight who ultimately set for himself a quest. Its object was no less momentous than the Holy Grail itself: universal health care.’ (Kennedy’s death) "I sware a vow . . . that I‚ because I had not seen the Grail‚ would ride a twelvemonth and a day in quest of it‚ until I found and saw it"(Idyllis of the King) This was the vow taken by Galahad before he set off on
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steer the spacecraft. The Voyager 1 is an unmanned spacecraft. This means that no people need to be in the spacecraft whilst it is in space. NASA made Voyager 1 unmanned‚ so that it could travel faster and for a long period of time. They also didn’t want any distractions other than what the celestial body looked like in a spacecraft’s point of view. Voyager 1 travels at roughly 17.5km/s‚ and any unnecessary weight on the craft would cause it to break. Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on
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Why did Reconstruction fail? Reconstruction in the United States is historically known as the time in America‚ shortly after the Civil War‚ in which the United States attempted to readdress the inequalities‚ especially of slavery and many other economic‚ social and politically issues including the poor relationship between the North and the South of America. These problems were highly significant in America‚ and a variety of groups in government tried to resolve these problems‚ but this only led
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The movement was a peaceful movement with nonviolent tactics and respectable boycott methods‚ some disagree though. It can be said though that the Chicano Movement was more of a riot that disrupted the peace or status quo of society to only cripple and not support the Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement. Boycotts just crippling the economic profits‚ workers refusing to work‚ causing production of crop to seize to a halt‚ school walkouts causing disruption and chaos on the streets. This obviously
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the immediate defeat of France was needed. Schlieffen thought that it would much easier to become victorious over France by attacking at its rear‚ rather than pushing through the heavily fortified France-German border. In order for them to do this quickly they would have to go through another country. Switzerland has its high mountains and tight passages was essentially invasion-proof‚ so the only other option for Germany was to go through Belgium. Schlieffen was knew that Belgium would be easy
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particular significance‚ it alone brought forward a string of Republican Presidencies which changed the United States and set the stage for formal political parties. First of all‚ this was an election between the Federalists and Democrat-Repubilcans. John Adams was the Federalist President and his competitor was Thomas Jefferson‚ a Republican. The period leading up to the election has been recorded to be one of the ugliest‚ with each side demonizing the other in any way they could; Adams had been
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