CIVICS CHV2O COMMUNITY AND THE COMMON GOOD Using a chart like the one below‚ define each of the words related to issues in civics and give one example (made up or factual) of an issue related to the definition. TERM | DEFINITION | EXAMPLE | Community | the peoplewith common interests living in the same area | The DMCI community | Common Good | The good or well-being of an entity such as a company or an association. The concept is that the good of the entire group can be no more
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Prohibition was a failed attempt by the United States government to control alcohol. Groups like the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League spearheaded the temperance movement and made prohibition possible. After the passing of the 18th amendment‚ the immediate effects were positive‚ but prohibition quickly turned negative. Prohibition led to the rise of organized crime‚ such as bootlegging‚ and without being able to tax alcohol‚ the government lost a significant amount
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An Inconvenient Truth The movie I saw was An Inconvenient Truth directed by Davis Guggenheim and narrated by former Vice President Al Gore. When I found out that this was Al Gore’s movie that everyone had made a big fuss about‚ I had the misconception that it was going to be boring. Al Gore has always seemed like a robot in terms of personality and I thought that this was a way to improve his public perception by using a new media. In addition‚ I thought that this movie was more propaganda to launch
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plane demolished part of the Pentagon (the US military headquarters) in Arlington‚ Virginia. The final plane crashed in Shanks Ville‚ Pennsylvania. Both articles agreed that exactly 19 terrorists hijacked the 4 planes; and that the attack was made by Al Qaeda‚ which was led by Osama bin Laden. An over-all of 2‚996 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks‚ including the 19 terrorist hijackers of the four airplanes. At the World Trade Center‚ 2‚763 died after the
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at the war’s goal(s). By doing so we can determine whether there can be an end point. For America under George Bush the goal was to ‘defeat this evil‚ wherever it is found.’3 But this creates a problem. Would the end be the defeat‚ eradication of Al Qaeda and the Taliban wherever they are? Or was Bush suggesting the eradication of all terrorism‚ i.e. stopping any group from using terrorist techniques? It seems more obvious to accept the former‚ due to the fact America invaded Iraq‚ Afghanistan
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“Understanding the war on Terror”‚ I have got a full understanding of how the world terrorisms world. The idea of terrorism was actually established several centuries ago. Generally‚ terrorism is not only practiced by Rational Islamic group like Hezbollah or Al-Qeada; it had been planned in the Nazi‚ and the Soviet Government before and after the second world war. The dictator of these states such as Hitler‚ Stalin‚ Mao Zedong … used terrors to take full controls of their states. They used many different ways
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The weakening of caliphal authority in the 9th and 10th century fits in with the assumption of a mainstream ’decline’ in Islamic civilisation. Thomas Arnold wrote “As the power of the Abbasids declined‚ soon after the death of Hārūn al-Rashīd‚ the essential features of the caliphate gradually disappeared‚ until there remained nothing but the name. The weakening of Abbasid caliphal authority can be attributed to the interrelationship between many factors that contributed to the Abbasid collapse in
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Insurgent attacks in Pakistan (since 2001) The Saudi born Zayn al-Abidn Muhammed Hasayn Abu Zubaydah was arrested by Pakistani officials during a series of joint U.S. and Pakistan raids during the week of March 23‚ 2002. During the raid the suspect was shot three times while trying to escape capture by military personnel. Zubaydah is said to be a high-ranking al-Qaeda official with the title of operations chief and in charge of running al-Qaeda training camps.[1] Later that year on September 11‚ 2002
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gangster killing of the prohibition era. It made Al Capone a national celebrity as well as brought him the unwanted attention from the federal government. During this era‚ many gangsters ruled many of the bigger cities‚ becoming rich from owning speakeasies‚ breweries‚ brothels‚ and gambling joints. These people would make up a city between their rivalries and then become local celebrities. Late 1920s‚ Chicago split between two gangs: one was led by Al Capone and the other led by George”Bugs” Moran
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could imagine the horrific nightmare that would unfold that morning. The people that planned and carried out the attack were Islamic terrorists from Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations. Their operation was financed by Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden ’s al-Qaeda terrorist organization. They were acting in retaliation for America ’s support of Israel‚ its involvement in the Persian Gulf War
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