Biography of Allen Pinkerton Heather Smith CJS/250 08/02/12 Denise Mowder Allen Pinkerton was a man that people automatically respected. He was a man that had a sight for security and many different companies looked to him for help with their security problems and to make sure that their businesses were safe. He could also do things and go places that the public police could not. In 1855‚ he was asked by six Midwestern railroad companies to establish a railroad police agency‚ and at this time
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look at the causes of World War II. Historians have suggested many reasons why World War II broke out in 1939. However‚ have you realized that the World War II was the culmination of the inter-war period. The five most important causes‚ therefore‚ were: Treaty of Versailles solved nothing It is often claimed that the Treaty of Versailles was a failure. And even many historians say that the Treaty angered the Germans‚ and did not even satisfy the Big Three. Reparations left many people in the
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When Louisiana was under Spanish Rule the US was able to negotiate a treaty that allowed US farmers to be able to use the waterways‚ specifically the Mississippi River‚ as a means of transporting crops and other goods. When the US decided to negotiate this same deal when Louisiana came under French rule again‚ the French offered the United States the option to purchase all of Louisiana. So‚ in 1803 the United States government purchased the 828‚000 square miles of land known as Louisiana from France
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Short Answers 1. According to the church‚ the age of the earth was 6‚000 years old. 2. James Hutton discovered that the earth was much older from the tilted rocks because he knew these rocks was once laid down horizontally on the sea floor and were buried under great depth to be crystalized. Then they were tilted on end by great earth forces and then eroded away. The rocks were
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Why was Jesus executed? In answering this question in historical terms‚ we must first look at the events leading up to his arrest and ultimately‚ his execution. We know that Jesus performed that symbolic gesture of “cleansing” the temple‚ by overturning the money changers tables‚ and most believe that this act was symbolic of destruction‚ not purification. Paula Fredrickson‚ author of From Jesus to Christ writes: “Through this disruptive gesture‚ Jesus symbolically enacted the
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" War on iraq was not justified" The 2003 Iraq War lasted less than three weeks. It began in the early morning hours of March 20‚ when American missiles struck Baghdad. By April 9‚ U.S. forces had advanced into Baghdad. By April 15 Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had vanished‚ and U.S. and allied officials pronounced the end of major combat operations. Although the war itself was short‚ arguments over whether it was justified had been made for months and years prior to the attack‚ and still continue
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Who was Mazzini and why was he important for Italian unification (How strong were ideas about Risorgimento in Italy by 1848?) Originally‚ The Risorgimento was inspired by French Rule: - Secret society - Particularly active in S. Italy - Naples= 60‚000 members - Elaborate rituals + unquestioning obedience to leaders - Mild aims (constitutional monarchy) - Mazzini felt their aims were aimless‚ no political opinion‚ no plan/idealism for future of Italy Giuseppe Mazzini 1805-72
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"Join or Die." A meeting was held in Albany in the spring of 1754 to address this issue. Colonial leaders‚ officials and representatives from seven of the British colonies attended the conference. Benjamin Franklin and Massachusetts governor Thomas Hutchinson together drafted a proposal of colonial unity to combat the war against the French. It was called the Albany Plan of Union. The plan would create new layers of government including a president-general that was appointed by the crown.
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Allen Ezail Iverson (born June 7‚ 1975)[1] is an American retired professional basketball player who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for four teams. He played both the point guard and shooting guard positions. Iverson was an eleven-time NBA All-Star and won the All-Star MVP award in 2001 and2005. Iverson attended Bethel High School in Hampton‚ Virginia and was a dual-sport athlete; he earned the Associated Press High School Player of the Year award in both football and
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The answer for this question is‚ a celebrity can do a lot of things which gives to everybody profits includes benefits for individuals‚ for communities and societies‚ also for the lovely and peaceful country‚ Malaysia. I have been making believe if I was a celebrity this moment‚ I would prove the statement‚ being a celebrity is not a useless story. I will do ten things for Malaysia and might do more than ten if I become a celebrity. Firstly‚ a concert is the best stage to start my career as a clean
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