The History of Policing Your Name Here CJA/214 October 04‚ 2013 Instructor Name The History of Policing The American system of policing today is distinctive and remains as one of the most advanced on earth. Sir Robert Peel is the “father” of modern policing. Peel formed the London Metropolitan Police also known as the Bobbies. His genius ideas formed the core elements involving strategy‚ mission‚ and organizational structure of the police. Their mission was crime prevention that suggested the practical
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The lesson I would pick as most important to teach to someone is the great depression. It was one of the darkest economic turndown in American history. America was doing so well during the 1920’s‚ but all of a sudden the economy crashed and it seemed like the American dream did not exist anymore. The main causes were the stock market crash that occurred in 1929‚ the dust bowl storms of the Midwest‚ uneven distribution of wealth and rapid industrial expansion. People were losing their jobs‚ they had
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The History of American Football Football‚ as well as rugby and soccer‚ is believed to have originated from an ancient Greek game known as Harpaston. Harpaston is mentioned quite frequently throughout classical literature‚ in which it is referred to as a “very rough and brutal” game. The rules of this ancient sport were simple: a team would be awarded points when a player would move the ball across the opposing team’s goal line by either kicking the ball‚ running with it across the goal line
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what they contributed to our lives‚ this single event changed so much history that would have never happened if this did not occur. Slaves were brought to the US to satisfy people’s wishes for free labor. Being the best type of labor the system of Triangular Trade did make sense‚ even
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American Revolution The events that took place before the American Revolution affected history in such a way giving the British and colonists the need to have a Revolution. The French and Indian war is the name for the war that took place between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763. The aftermath of this war was a big part leading up to the American Revolution. The war changed economic‚ political‚ and social relations between the three European powers (Britain‚ France‚ and
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Three things that I have learned about in American History that I believe have had a huge impact on making America what it is today are the new technology created in WWI. The 1920’s like the women and how they acted‚ and how that essentially shaped how women are treated and are able to act today. Last but not least‚ the Great Depression‚ and how a failing economy in the 1930’s could be fixed just the same as 2008. While Germany is sending a telegram to Mexico to get us into the war and sinking our
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trials in American history. It is one of the most known because it is the perfect example of the conflict between science and religion. In the summer of 1925‚ a high school biology teacher named John Scopes was on trial in Dayton‚ Tennessee for violating the law against the teaching of evolution. The prosecutor was a very famous attorney named William Jennings Bryan‚ who was a three-time Democratic presidential nominee. Clarence Darrow‚ who was agnostic‚ represented the defense. The American Civil Liberties
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HIS 121 Study Guide #1 The American Promise: A Compact History The first exam will cover chapters 1-4. The exam will consist of 33 multiple choice questions and three short answer paragraphs. Please know the following: Historians/Archeologists: Historians direct their attention to mostly writing (personal and private jottings‚ letters‚ diary entries‚ public documents: laws‚ court cases‚ newspapers‚ speeches)‚ arachaelogist tend to focus on physical objects (bines spear points‚ pots‚
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American Economic History Compiled by : Faishal Hafizh Table of Content Background..................................................................................1 Contents.......................................................................................3 Analysis.........................................................................................7 Conclusion....................................................................................9 References.......
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Progressive Era The period between 1900 and 1918 was known as the progressive era in the American history. It was during this brief time that America was completing its quick change from an agrarian to an urban society. For most Americans of this generation‚ early 20th-century America was the start to a relationship between a democratic government and its masses. This had a very positive impact on them. The progressives as they called themselves worked for a revival in the working conditions in factories
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