From Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address March 4‚ 1861 Excerpt #1 Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States that by the accession of a Republican administration their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension. Indeed‚ the most ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed and been open to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the published speeches of him who now addresses
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Potsdam conference The Potsdam Conference was the last of the wartime summits among the Big Three allied leaders. It met from July 17 through August 2‚ 1945‚ in Potsdam‚ a historic suburb of Berlin. Representing the United States‚ the Soviet Union and Great Britain respectively were Harry Truman‚ Josef Stalin and Winston Churchill (who was replaced midway by Clement Atlee as a result of elections that brought Labor to power). Germany had surrendered in May; the war with Japan continued. The purpose
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Woodrow Wilson and the Paris Peace Conference Prompted by the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by the Serbian government‚ World War I erupted like wildfire in 1914. With Britain‚ France‚ and Russia on one side‚ and Germany‚ Austria-Hungry and Italy on the other‚ war waged throughout the continent. With the public having no desire to enter the combat‚ America sat on the sidelines as battle ensued. President Woodrow Wilson of the United States‚ unlike his constituents‚ saw
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The F-Word Conference: Reflection on “White Women and their White Feminism” White feminists is a type of feminism that believes that all women face the same oppressions‚ ignoring how race‚ class‚ ethnicity and sexual orientation impact the way discrimination is experienced. Yasamin Graff‚ in “White Women and their White Feminism‚” explained how white privilege should be addressed when talking about feminism. Especially in western society feminism’s goal seems to be the liberation for the white
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Develop Conference Programs Assessment Conference Background The conference I have chosen to put together is a conference about healthcare and the industrial legislation. It was decided that the Sydney Harbour Marriott would be the most appropriate venue to hold this conference. The venues meeting room (Henry Lawson Room I & II) has a meeting space of 288 square meters which is more than enough space for the 70 delegates attending. The Sydney Harbour Marriott was also chose as it will hold
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Title of the Company: San Miguel Corporation Time Context: 2001 Summary/Abstract: One of the most popular and well-known brands of beer in the Philippines and throughout Southeast Asia‚ San Miguel‚ has been brewing beer for well over one hundred years. The company’s brewing business produces such well-known and popular brands as San Miguel Pale and Red Horse. The company also owns Ginebra San Miguel distillers‚ San Miguel Pure Foods‚ and San Miguel Packaging. The company has a vertically integrated
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Also‚ I think the New women was one of the successful changes that emerged in the Roaring twenties. The now women known as flapper had more freedom (they did not want to use corsets and act like their mother). They had short hair‚ short skirt‚ drink and smoke in public. Women had access to a type of birth control‚ which helped poor families to not have a lot of children. In 1920‚ the 19th amendment allowed women to vote‚ which increased women presence in public area. Women had more chances to work
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the result of women having more opportunities in their lives to become more independent and stray from their former lives of being stuck as a wife whom only cleaned and took care of the kids. During the 1920s and 30s‚ women were able to get better jobs‚ and change their lifestyle in order to become more independent‚ however‚ they still faced discrimination on a daily basis when it came to others point of view. At the time‚ current fashion trends and styles were set by famous women‚ who influenced
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Women exercised their right to vote for the President their first time in November of 1920 The First Women’s Right Video is the one that stood out to me from the very beginning. It amazes me how what these women did for not just themselves‚ the women of that time‚ but for also the women of today. They were head strong and very determined‚ had they not be‚ would we as women have rights today? Elizabeth Stanton and Susan Anthony were two of the women that fought for our rights as women. Had
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Impact of the Berlin Conference Economics‚ politics‚ and social factors are all critical factors of why the Europeans were seeking to take control of Africa in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. The drastic and controversial methods the Europeans used back then would leave a long-lasting effect on Africa and their people. The Berlin Conference occurred in 1884 and was the forefront of the partition of Africa. The Scramble of Africa was the precedent of both Berlin Conference and the Partition of
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