George Washington wins the election as the first president in 1789‚ inaugurating the Government. He was seen as “virtuous” and seen as a good choice to “elevate the public good.” Washington believed the government should become the ruler over the president. Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1789‚ creating a federal court system. The passing of the Bill of Rights was promised under ratification of the Constitution. However‚ not everyone was satisfied with the 80 proposed amendments. Alexander Hamilton
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The Cold War was a rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States that lasted for about forty-five years. The war began as a distrust between the two nations involving the United States concern of Soviet Union communism spreading and their leader‚ Joseph Stalin’s‚ rule. Numerous European and Asian countries were struggling in their fight against Soviet Union communism‚ including Greece and Turkey. President Harry Truman feared that the fall of Greece and Turkey to communism would lead to
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Chapter 2 / Competing with Information Technology ● R EAL WORLD CASE C 1 How to Win Friends and Influence Business People: Quantify IT Risks and Value IO Tim Schaefer thinks words do matter. When he looked at the words IT used inside Northwestern Mutual Life‚ he felt that they sent exactly the wrong message about IT’s role in meeting business goals. So‚ over the last 18 months‚ these words are out: IT costs‚ internal customers‚ IT leaders‚ alignment‚ and IT systems. These words are in: IT investments
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How does Greece’s shape help it? For starters‚ Greece’s shape and area are accommodating for defense because in the north there are mountains and every other way you have to go through rough seas and rocky beaches. They had a few seas and bodies of water around them‚ so if the enemy didn’t have any boats it would be very very very hard to invade mainland Greece. Any of the Islands would be hard to invade because they are one‚ hard to find‚ two small islands so you could go the wrong one and not know
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Americas‚ the idea of mercantilism was introduced‚ the idea that trade generates wealth which will later become a conflict. A major issue for the British and soon for the colonists as well‚ was the debt the British obtained during the war and figuring out how they were going to pay it off. The French and Indian
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Why did WWII begin? I believe that World War II began because Germany pushed their limits. Hitler used the abrupt limits of the Versailles Treaty to take over land where there were German speakers. By September of 1938‚ Germany had already successfully acquired Czechoslovakia and Austria. These two countries weren’t enough for them. I think they were absolutely crazy for trying to push their luck any further. They had achieved something that was already so difficult. Doubling your money is always
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blitzkrieg (lightning war). With them having an amazing victory in France over the Allies‚ causing them to surrender in six weeks‚ it seemed like there wasn’t much the Allies could do to stop Hitler’s army. However‚ once Hitler turned his army towards the USSR‚ we saw that they were able to slow down and eventually defeat. Now it leads to the question of what factors led the Germans to be so unstoppable against the Allies in the east and what factors hindered them in the west. One of the main contributing
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formation of a confederacy. Slavery was a central issue in the 1860 presidential election‚ with both the north and south having differing opinions on the topic. Abraham Lincoln won the election‚ rivaling Stephen A. Douglas. The south viewed this republican win as a threat to the continuation of slavery‚ leading to the secession of eleven states starting with South Carolina. The decision to secede has come with many advantages and disadvantages for both sides. The north had a more developed industrial economy
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from 20-50 kids‚ when in private schools the graduating class usually consists of about 50 student. When there are less students in a class‚ the more predictive the class is‚ and the more work is being understood and done‚ and if any student needs help‚ they are able to get it and work towards their goal a lot better then in any public school that focuses their attention on groups rather then individual students. Since the students parents have to pay for private schooling the child is usually
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Saul and the Israelites drew up their battle line to meet the Philistines. The Philistines occupied one hill and The Israelites on the other‚ with the valley between them. Goliath was the champion that was to fight for the Philistines. Goliath was 9 feet tall and he had a bronze helmet on his head. Goliath had about 5000 shekels of armor that he was wearing which is 125 pounds. The blade of his spear was 15 pounds! Goliath shouted to all of Israel and said that he was a Philistine and the servants
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