through a new tax on corporate franchises. His efforts at moderate reforms included a number of conservation measures and improvements in public education. In 1900‚ Platt and other New York Republicans urged President McKinley to take Roosevelt as his running mate; the previous vice president had died in office and Platt was anxious to be rid of the hard-charging governor. Roosevelt was initially reluctant‚ but quickly realized that he had no base in the Republican Party and that his only hope for
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IN THE SUMMER of 1964 student activists from the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) went to Gadsden County‚ Florida in an effort to convert the old plantation county in the heart of the Florida panhandle into a bastion of CORE’s Southern civil rights crusade.(1) Before the summer ended‚ the students would be bombed‚ beaten‚ and arrested by white authorities and vigilantes. Despite these obstacles‚ CORE activists helped over 3‚500 local residents register to vote and take part in the 1964 presidential
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Declaration of Independence‚ establishing the "united colonies" as Free and Independent States‚ the Continental Congress set to work on the task of drawing up a document that would provide a legal framework for that Union‚ and which would be enforceable as the law of the new land. The Articles were written during the early part of the American Revolution by a committee of the Second Continental Congress of the now independent thirteen sovereign states. The head of the committee‚ John Dickinson‚ who had
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The War on Drugs had invested large amounts of money into this policy when the money could have been spent more wisely. When President Nixon had declared the War on Drugs policy‚ he sought to defeat this enemy by fighting both the supply and demand parties. In doing this‚ Nixon launched a immense interdiction effort in Mexico also known to come the drug enforcement agency in 1973. That had meant that President Nixon required Mexico to regulate their farmers or people who grew marijuana. In result
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During the two Decades from 1754 to 1775‚ the American colonies moved from division to unity. The accomplishments of the Albany Congress‚ the Stamp Act Congress‚ and the First Continental Congress caused this change. The Albany Congress was held in 1754. It was a meeting of representatives from various colonies in response to the war between Britain and France. The main plan was to form a colonial defense and gain the support of the Iroquois Confederacy. They also debated an intercolonial government
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“President Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino” María Corazón "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco Aquino (January 25‚ 1933 – August 1‚ 2009) was a Philippine politician who served as the 11th President of the Philippines‚ the first woman to hold that office‚ and the first female president in Asia‚ though not the first female Asian head of state. Aquino was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People Power Revolution‚ which toppled the 20-yearauthoritarian rule of President Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy to
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Supreme Court justices are aware of the fact that Congress is in the position to overturn or modify one of their rulings‚ and in order to preemptively prevent that‚ they are working in a way that moves their decisions closer to Congress without upsetting their own preferences‚ while simultaneously‚ not to garner hostile action. Justices should pick battles in accordance with the political conditions that are most favorable to their desired outcome‚ and not whether an individual litigant chooses to
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Allama Muhammad Iqbal was born on 9th November 1877 in Sialkot. After seeking early education‚ he was admitted to the Government College Lahore‚ where he obtained the degree of MA in the subject of philosophy. He left for England for higher studies in 1905. He obtained the degree of philosophy of ethics in 1907; he obtained the degree of doctorate (Ph.D.) from Munich University. Services of Iqbal in Pakistan Movement Iqbal and Pakistan Movement Although his main interests were scholarly‚ Iqbal
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1. Explain President Lincoln and President Johnson’s Reconstruction Plans. - In 1863‚ President Lincoln used his power of presidential pardon when he issued the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction to bring about immediate restoration of the Union. He used the 10% plan. After the war the American peopled needed unification. After Lincolns death‚ Johnson dad to evaluate the status of the states that had succeeded. By presidential proclamation he appointed a governor for each of the former
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Land Does A Man Need” Reading Questions 1. What criteria do the two sisters use to judge each other’s lives? 2. What is the younger sister’s message about peasant life? What is her warning about city life? 3. What is Pahóm’s response to the women’s chatter? 4. What does the Devil decide to do when he hears Pahóm boasting? 5. At first‚ what troubles do Pahom have? 6. What opportunity presents itself to Pahom? 7. How many acres does he gain? What are his sacrifices? 8. What joy does Pahóm
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