civilians. The life and analysis of Timur’s reign can be divided into three areas: military conquest‚ governance‚ and downfall. Upon examination of these three areas‚ one can understand the basic framework of Timur’s life and rule‚ as well as his failures. Before discussing Timur’s military conquests and concurrent rise to power‚ it is necessary
Premium Genghis Khan Timur Mongol Empire
The Failure of Prohibition What made America repeal Prohibition? Prohibition went into effect early 1920 after approval of the Eighteenth Amendment. The Eighteenth Amendment banned the transportation‚ manufacturing‚ and sale of alcohol in the United States. Americans believed that the consumption of alcohol was behind a few of America’s issues and some saw it as a drag on the economy. World War I also influenced the support of prohibition. Many Americans believed it was not American-like to spend
Premium Prohibition in the United States United States Alcoholic beverage
securing the rights for newly freed African American Americans was defined as Reconstruction. While there were some significant progresses made‚ Reconstruction‚ in the long run‚ failed to completely reach its goal. One of the major reasons for the failure of reconstruction was inability to protect the freedmen from the racism they faced in the South. Despite the ratification of the Thirteenth‚ Fourteenth‚ and Fifteenth Amendments which abolished slavery‚ giving citizenship‚ equal protection of the
Premium
Congress. The United States continued to give aid and slowly evacuate troops until the fall of South Vietnam in April 1975. The Ford Administration ended the Vietnam War with a slow burn‚ and not with the abruptness that should have occurred. It was a failure that did nothing to benefit the United States. It did nothing to ease tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union and ended with defeat from a U.S. perspective. The Ford Administration did what was warranted to free the U.S. from a worsening
Premium
activities. I wanted to accomplish something that my parents would be proud of but I didn’t have much motivation. It wasn’t until my freshman year that I decided to work harder to achieve something to be proud of; I was just waiting around for the success to come to me. I quickly learned that I wasn’t going to get anywhere that way. When I started eighth grade my grades went rapidly downhill‚ I was extremely sluggish every day. My grades didn’t really bother me because in my mind I was only
Premium High school College Education
throughout his long life he followed only those ideas which had their roots in romanticism” (Madelin‚ 1929‚ p.4). What French historian Madelin (1929) seems to imply continuously in his chapter on LaFayette is that LaFayette is too wrapped up in his success in America and he being dubbed as a “Hero” for him to take the same pathway he did in the American Revolution; his chapter on LaFayette is after called “LaFayette and his
Premium United States George Washington American Revolutionary War
By the 1890s Morgan had begun to shift from his history in finances to industry‚ particularly steel‚ and by 1900 Federal Steel ranked second to Carnegie Steel. Due to Morgan’s success Andrew Carnegie began to contemplate vertical integration and began to prepare for Morgan’s competition‚ which Morgan was extremely opposed to. Carnegie preferred an alliance that would eliminate any competition altogether. Inevitably to avoid this
Premium Andrew Carnegie United States John D. Rockefeller
Ford’s widely known for the creation of the automobile‚ His progressiveness goes unseen. Throughout my research‚ I noticed a commonality in each article citing his rather forward-thinking and his endless one liners‚ like” Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again‚ this time more intelligently” (Andersen‚ 2013). Mr. Ford‚ was before his time when it came to his workforce‚ he employed many minority groups‚ as well as the blind and disabled veterans thus setting the standard
Premium Ford Motor Company Henry Ford Automobile
While Caesar was in Briton‚ tragedy struck again. Pompey’s wife and Caesar’s daughter Julia‚ had passed away at the hands of childbirth in 54 BC. Caesar‚ conscious that the Triumvirate was fading Tattempted to regain Pompey’s support. Caesar offered him Octavia (his great-niece) in marriage‚ yet Pompey declined. Then in 53 BC‚ Crassus was killed in the battle against the Parthians which further impacted to the Triumvirate’s fading friendship and also meant that the invasion on the East had failed
Premium Julius Caesar Roman Republic Augustus
ANDREW KRAUSS “HUMAN REVOLUTION” 1. When anthropologists discovered “Lucy” in 1974‚ they considered her the oldest hominid of age 3.6 million years ago. How has the discovery of old hominid-like remains affected the “line” of evolutionary descent? They have declared sahelanthropus to be on the line this led to gorillas‚ not humans. Explain why a newer model of human ancestry is emerging. Different species are reproducing together. 2. What problem do paleontologists have with cataloguing
Premium Human Human evolution Hominidae