Johnson was impeached because he took a fateful step. He removed from office Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton‚ who had administered the War Department in support of the congressional Reconstruction policy. This seemed to violate the Tenure of Office Act‚ which was passed the year before over Johnson’s veto‚ which required Senate consent for such removals. The house impeached Johnson on February 24. The official reasoning of his impeachment was that he had violated the Tenure of Office Act.
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Why was Britain the first nation to industrialize? Britain began to industrialize around the 1750’s and it continued to progress until the mid nineteenth century. There were many factors that triggered Britain to industrialize. For example‚ its vast population growth and gradual advancement in technology‚ nevertheless there were also pre-existent natural resources that appeared advantageous to Britain’s industrial expansion. Furthermore this essay will demonstrate some of the major
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Kathy was happy when John lost the election. He made very well have been in a state of insanity when it happened‚ but it is still more than likely that he killed her. Another factor in John"tms life was his service in the Vietnam War. She did not like politics‚ and was hopeful that the loss would get John away from politics. He also used to follow Kathy around‚ and he knew that she had an affair with the dentist years ago. t the funeral‚ when he began screaming at his father for dying‚ and stated
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of the divorce his first wife‚ Catherine of Aragon. When Henry died his son‚ Edward I‚ was a strong protestant and reinforced the protestant faith in England. When Edward I died at the age of 15‚ his half sister Mary became Queen. She was a strong Catholic‚ and this resulted in England returning to the Catholic religion which resulted in the persecution of non-Catholics. She married King Phillip of Spain who was also a devout Catholic. When Mary died‚ her half sister Elizabeth I became Queen of England
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of wartime deaths. After the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan on December 7‚ 1941‚ it became clear that a mass amount of penicillin needed to be produced in order to win the war. The U.S. was able to produce 2.3 million portions of penicillin in order to prepare for the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Penicillin soon was known as the “miracle drug” of the war‚ curing diseases and saving the lives of millions. The discovery of penicillin changed the lives of everyone on the globe‚ but it also changed the
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strengthen its control within Russia alongside promoting the spread of socialism and world revolution by the peasantry. Yet‚ with Lenin’s death and Stalin’s rise to power‚ there seemed to be a shift by which the party and country was operated. Indeed‚ by 1930 the Soviet Union was seen very differently both internally and outside of its borders. Some may see this as a ‘second revolution’ and in a sense‚ it is somewhat justified due to
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Colonial Discourse Aside: Why Orientalism Was a Purely Intellectual Enterprise (word count: 1994) Orientalism as an academic discipline is oftentimes given a place of primacy in colonial discourse. Colonial politicians invoked it as a justification for colonial conquests. Administrative officers looked to it to accommodate their governance to the natives’ traditions and laws. Orientalism had been unavoidably political. And yet‚ this characterization had little explanatory power: it punctuates
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WWI was an inevitable war. Imperialistic and Nationalistic tension‚ alliances between European countries‚ and the conflict between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Serbia contributed to the inevitability of WWI. To begin with‚ imperialistic and nationalistic tension existed between the European powers. This tension was only heightened during the second half of the 19th century‚ largely due to the "scramble for Africa". As many explorers began to realize the economic potential of the African interior
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The American Revolution was the revolt of the English colonies in North America that occurred between 1775 and 1783‚ which resulted in the establishment of the United States. The Independence of the United States is considered the first American Revolution (the second was the Civil War). It was a landmark in the Old Regime crisis because it broke the unity of the colonial system. The thirteen American colonies were formed from the seventeenth century. In the late eighteenth century‚ there were 680
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Henri Emile Benoit Matisse was born December 31‚ 1869. Matisse was known for his revolutionary effects during the early twentieth century which are his expressive use of color. Examples of his revolutionary and expressive work are of portraits‚ landscapes‚ nudes‚ and interior views causing him to be the very influential. Matisse was inspired by post-impressionists Paul Cezanne and Vincent van Gogh when he lived in Paris. Henri Emile Benoit Matisse was raised in the northern part of France. Matisse
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