In reference to your point about the Revolutionaries‚ I was actually discussing this with my sister a few days ago. Technically speaking‚ Revolutionaries can be considered terrorists--they tried to instill fear in the British government (for example‚ the Boston Tea Party) for political purposes (specifically protesting taxation). In fact‚ according to an article titled‚ "Boston Tea Party Was Act Of Terrorism? Texas Public Schools Teaching New History Lesson‚" some schools in Texas are even examining
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emergency immigration act restricting immigrants from Europe to come to the United States. Only 500‚000 Europeans were allowed to immigrate during this time‚ because of nativism in the United States‚ but Congress was still unsatisfied. Almost half of the 500‚000 immigrants were from southern and eastern Europe. Politicians and lawmakers created the National Origins Quota Act in 1924 to further limit immigration. This created more immigrants from Ireland‚ Scandinavia‚ Germany and Great Britain‚ but Asian
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#2) Why was the Congress Unable/Unwilling to prevent or act on the revolution in Austria? Austria was excluded from the Great Power negotiations during the last years of the crisis. It was unwilling to support the decisions already taken but was also unable to prevent them. Austria’s attempts to suppress uprising in Italy in areas that Austria controls initially had to deal with the French forces supporting the uprisings. Austria contained dozens of subjugated language groups (including the Magyars
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There are many different moments that define someone’s life. The most significant moment might happen when you are 2 years old‚ or maybe when you are 70. I personally think this moment has yet to surface in my life. With that being said‚ the most salient moment in my life so far would have to be when I decided to sign up for the football team. One day I was relaxing at home after school when I heard about the weight training program the high school offered for football players. My friend encouraged
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Victorian Laissez-Faire system of social reform relied on voluntary contribution of the wealthy and the charitable to relieve poverty‚ rather than the now standard system of using money from universal taxes to pay for universal services such as public health and housing. The founding laws of this welfare state we now live in today where known as the liberal reforms‚ a series of legislation that encouraged a far more collectivist attitude to social reform that verged on socialism‚ dreaded by the upper
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How Successful was Lenin as A leader? In order to access whether Lenin was a successful leader it is important to note four main principals. His establishment of power‚ his ideologies‚ domestic policies and the nature of Russia when he came into power. When looking into success we need to analyse how far Lenin accomplished his aim or purpose and how he turned Russia into a single party state in such a short period of time. It is also important to note the length of Lenin’s rule- he was not there
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Significant Figures Lab Question 1: Which measurement gives the BEST value for the mass of a single paper clip? (BEST value includes both accuracy and precision) Claim: The measurement accepted as having the best value for the mass of a single paper clip was .411493 grams (Where best accounts for both accuracy and precision). This value was achieved by taking the average weight of a total of 30 paper clips‚ all of presumably varying weights. Evidence/Reasoning: The “best” value that maintains precision
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Sedition Acts: Was Eugene Debs Rightly Convicted? In 1919‚ the Supreme Court erroneously ruled the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918 were constitutional under Schenck v. United States.1 This was a false premise and those convicted under these acts‚ including Eugene Debs‚ were tried under an unconstitutional law. The unconstitutional nature of the law aside‚ the Supreme Court failed to properly interpret the Sedition Act under which he was convicted. The Sedition Act of 19182
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Ch. 11-17 Study Guide 1. Why was Thomas Jefferson concerned with the purchase of Louisiana? How did its purchase affect the size of the nation? He was concerned because he didn’t believe in loose interpretation. The purchase was supposed to double the size. 2. Why was Jefferson’s Embargo Act considered a failure? Because the north started to lose a lot of money because there was no trade. 3. What were the effects
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How significant were the nationalist leaders in changing the relationship between Great Britain and Ireland in the period 1815-1922? Robert Pearce cites the work of ‘outstanding nationalist leaders joining together to oppose the tyranny of England and compelling her to retreat and abandon most of Ireland’. Whilst O’Connell campaigned for the emancipation of Catholics‚ uniting them and bringing about political advancement‚ his significance is questionable; after 1840 he had failed to bring about
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