The Democratic Republic of Congo: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was set up to be the poorest sickest nation in the world by mainly one man. King Leopold the second drove the DRC into having high levels of poverty and low life expectancy to help pretty much only him. He stripped them of their ivory and rubber using black slaves‚ and nobody cared because of racism. Leopold used scams‚ slaves‚ and racism to help his own country‚ he didn’t care about the country he was destroying. While using
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An Exploration of Sallust’s and Plutarch’s View of the Jamie Neufeld ST# 864583 For: L. Foley Class. 111.3 (08) Though there are varied dates as to the time that the Roman Republic stood‚ it is agreed upon as lasting approximately 500 years. During the last century of its existence (133 BC -27 BC) there were the many violent years of The Civil Wars and much social strife. Though the end result of these final years of the res publica was the adoption of an Emperor and the birth
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FINAL RESEARCH PAPER THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA: PROPOSALS FOR LEGISLATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM Abstract: This paper deals with the role of the Constitutional court of the Republic of Macedonia in building constitutionalism. For that purpose‚ the concept of constitutionalism and two competences of the Constitutional court are analyzed: judicial review and the competence to decide on demands for protection of some rights (quasi-constitutional complaint)
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“Daring Greatly” When Theodore Roosevelt used the phrase “daring greatly” in his speech‚ Citizenship in a Republic‚ he did not use it lightly. Daring greatly‚ in and of itself‚ is not something that should be done cautiously; rather‚ when someone “dares greatly‚” they are committing an extraordinary act without fear of failure. Daring greatly means that if one does fail‚ then they will pick themselves back up and keep trying. Roosevelt weaves this meaning into his quilt of words when he says‚ “The
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I enjoyed reading the passages Meno and the Republic by Greek philosopher Plato. Plato emphasized the divided line between real knowledge and controlled opinion in the Republic. He believed that opinions manipulated mankind because individuals blindly gain opinions from others. I agree that opinion is not of much value and knowledge has great value. Plato theorized that opinions can only be determined by senses‚ such as‚ sight and hearing. However‚ knowledge cannot be limited to the senses‚ it is
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The Hunger Games & The Republic The Hunger Games is a book by Suzanne Collins‚ which is narrated by a sixteen year-old girl named Katniss Everdeen who lives in a dystopian post-apocalyptic nation of Panem in North America. The Capitol‚ a highly advanced metropolis‚ exercises political control over the rest of the nation. The Hunger Games are an annual event in which one boy and one girl aged 12–18 from each of the twelve districts surrounding the Capitol are selected by lottery to compete in
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considering the importance and extent to which the Great Depression was the main cause of the collapse and decline of the Weimar Republic‚ it is necessary to assess other factors which also added to its failure. The Great Depression was a prominent reason in the latter stages of the Weimar republics collapse‚ it accelerated its failure in 1929 and by 1932 arguably the Weimar Republic couldn’t go on. Despite this‚ the main cause of the collapse was the continuous poor economic state of Germany which hindered
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Nothing lasts forever. Not even the great Roman republic that lasted for hundreds of years before three people took complete control. As they died and new people came in it weakened the once great empire and caused it to eventually fall. It’s the year 509 B.C. and the Romans are finally no longer under the rule of the Etruscan king. They create a republic where they elect citizens to rule. The aristocrats or patricians dominated while the plebeians had almost no say in the government. Plebeian
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from the 1800s to the 1820s. The ideals were that of peace‚ an agrarian republic‚ a country in which local government was more prominent than federal government‚ and the basic ideals of the democratic republicans. After visiting Europe and witnessing the severe differences between the rich and the poor due to industrialization‚ Thomas Jefferson believed that the United States of America should grow as an agrarian republic. He viewed that the future of America lay in the hands of the common yeoman
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The Weimar Republic was set up in Germany after world war one‚ after the Kaiser had been abducted in 1918 . It was the most democratic government in the world‚ even allowing women to vote. The new government got off to a bad start‚ Germany was nearly bankrupt and unemployment was higher than ever. They were labelled ‘November criminals’ due to the agreement of the treaty of Versailles and unpaid reparations lead to challenges from political extremists. The new system of government was weak and faced
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