the Puerto Rico and Guam territories were given to the United States‚ and the U.S. paid Spain $20 million for the Philippines. The treaty also made the Platt Amendment‚ which did not allow Cuba to enter into treaties with other countries‚ it allowed the U.S. to have naval bases in Cuba‚ and it allowed U.S. to intervene in Cuban affairs. The Platt Amendment allowed for
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discounted his view‚ and instead believe it to be a problem with neural connections. Even so‚ his work was important because he was the first to note that dyspraxia caused problems with complex movement and could involve speech as well as body movements (Platt‚ 2011). In the USA‚ dyspraxia was first given recognition in 1947‚ through the work of Strauss and Lehtinen. They published research and were considered pioneers in the observation of behavioral characteristics of what they termed “the brain injured
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The 30s Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard finished their studies as electrical engineersin the Stanford University in 1934. They became close friend and in 1939 they decided to start a business "and make a run for it" themselves. Hewlett-Packard Company is founded January 1939.Bill and Dave begin part-time work in a garage with $538 in working capital. Bill ’s study of negative feedback results in HP ’s first product the resistance-capacitance audio oscillator (HP 200A)‚ an electronic instrument used
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PIONEER DIARIES The Oregon Trail was much more than a pathway to the state of Oregon; it was the only practical corridor to the entire western United States. The places we now know as Washington‚ Oregon‚ California‚ Nevada‚ Idaho and Utah would probably not be a part of the United States today were it not for the Oregon Trail. That’s because the Trail was the only feasible way for settlers to get across the mountains. The journey west on the Oregon Trail was exceptionally difficult by today’s standards
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Christians need to remember the intention of Christianity‚ which is to learn God?s wisdom. So that Christians should do the same thing as God does for all of His children (Affluence). In a word‚ the love of Christ leads Christians to alleviate poverty (Platt
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July of 1898. With his newfound fame as a war hero‚ Roosevelt became the obvious candidate for the gubernatorial office of New York in the fall of 1898. Senator Thomas Platt‚ the boss of New York’s Republican political machine‚ engineered the election in hopes that Roosevelt would be easily under his control. To get rid of him‚ Boss Platt nominated Roosevelt for the Vice Presidency at the Republican national convention of 1900. His scheme worked‚ and Roosevelt was nominated. With the guidance of Mark
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The Platt Amendment of 1901 created one of the largest political issues in Cuba. This law allowed the United States to use their military to make sure Cuba would continue to be a stable nation. Many Cubans saw this as an encroachment on the independence that
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My Brother Sam is Dead By: Christopher Collier & James Lincoln Collier This book begins with Sam Meeker‚ Tim Meeker’s admired older brother‚ arrives in uniform at the Meeker tavern one rainy April evening in 1775. "We’ve beaten the British in Massachusetts‚" Sam exclaims‚ beginning a fight with Father‚ who is staunchly loyal to the English government and king. Sam explains to the people around the table how the Minutemen
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Venezuela if those nations sought to forcibly collect the debt. Stability must be preserved‚ Roosevelt said in his 1904 annual message to Congress‚ even if it requires an "exercise of international police power." The Roosevelt Corollary‚ based on the 1901 Platt Amendment‚ became the cornerstone of U.S. policy in Latin America. Herbert S. Parmet open sidebar In 1904 President Theodore Roosevelt claimed‚ in what became known as the Roosevelt Corollary‚ that the United States could intervene in any Latin
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awareness amongst common issues in the cocoa industry‚ such as child and forced labour (Padmankshi‚ Platts and Gregory 19). On the other hand‚ company B is a much bigger corporation that was not found in the principles of CSR; however‚ it later on decided to add concerns on environmental‚ social and economic sectors. This modified the founder’s concept of ethics and responsibility (Padmankshi‚ Platts and Gregory 19). At this point the company starts looking after society‚ which is a great improvement
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