1. Why was the 1973 Constitution amended? 2. What is martial law? 3. Why did President Marcos declare martial law? 4. How did the people show their discontent during the Marcos administration? 5. What problems did the country confront during the Marcos dictatorship? The 1973 Constitution basically changes the ‘presidential system’ of government into a ‘parliamentary system’ that puts the President into a purely symbolic statue. Therefore the president didn’t actually hold any power and wasn’t allowed
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Activity People in Wor 19 P r o f i le 1 Joseph Stalin (1879–1953) The guilt of Stalin and his immediate entourage . . . for the mass repressions and lawlessness they committed is enormous and unforgivable. Mikhail Gorbachev in a 1987 speech on the anniversary of the Russian Revolution Copyright © by The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. Joseph Stalin rose from a life of poverty to become the dictator of the Soviet Union from 1929 to 1953. A brutal ruler‚ he systematically imprisoned or
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iewThe novel 1984 is based on totalitarianism and dictatorship. Big Brother rules Oceania‚ where the people are forced to listen to him and follow his rules. There are surveillance cameras and microphones set-up everywhere so that Big Brother can keep an eye on everyone and know about everything that’s happening. There is no secret in this society‚ and one wrong move can get you killed with no one knowing‚ one day everything about you will be erased and you’ll eventually be forgotten. Children
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To what extent did Witte’s Policies develop Russia? Sergei Witte was the Minister of Finance in Russia in from 1892 to 1903. He desperately wanted to bring Russia‚ metaphorically‚ ‘out of the dark ages’ by bringing it up to speed‚ so that it would eventually reach a level of modernisation where it could go head to head with the advanced countries further west. He believed Russia first needed to attain capital investment in the industrial sector‚ increase urban workers (Proletariat)‚ attract foreign
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Dictatorship and Democracy Benazir Bhutto was a renowned politician and the first female Prime Minister of Pakistan during a time that changed the face of the world; the September 11‚ 2001 terrorist attacks of the World Trade Center‚ Pentagon and Flight 95. She was outspoken against the policy‚ rhetoric and agenda of Al Qaeda. On the 4th of October 2002‚ Bhutto gave a speech to the world stating that Al Qaeda not only victimized western society‚ but victimized Muslim Nations and the people of
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What Is Needed To Establish A Government 1. Leadership is Needed. Whether they want to be governed by a group of leaders or a solitary decision-maker‚ any group of people who would establish themselves in an orderly manner must have leadership. Any government needs a leader to whom the people can turn. There must be a stopping place in the decision-making process where the population can feel satisfied that someone is taking responsibility. As many organizations will say‚ "The buck stops here!" Who
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To what extent did US intervention in 1941 change the nature of the conflict in the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945? Although US intervention contributed greatly to China’s eventual victory in the Sino-Japanese war‚ the situation in China and the nature of the conflict was not massively affected by the contribution‚ and in reality the intervention had little impact on the internal affairs and overall success of the second United Front. Both before and after US involvement tensions were never relieved
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How accurate is it to say that the status of black people in the US changed very little in the years 1945-1955? I would agree with this statement but I would also think there are aspects of the status of black people that did change in these years and the impacts of which could be debated. In 1945‚ the Second World War ended. Black people’s status hadn’t changed but their attitudes had. They started to question why they were fighting for freedom in other countries‚ against the Nazi oppression
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1.Collectivization began in the early 1930’s when Joseph Stalin became the dictator of Russia. Stalin had a five year plan come into action where the members of the communist party carried out his requests to the villagers to join the collective farm in the thought of industrializing Russia. The collective farm affected the farmers who owned agricultural land. The farmers were persuaded to join the collective farm with the thought of having an easier way to care for their land‚ but in reality it
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2 was significant in bringing about economic change through the use of Stalin’s Five year plans. The outcome of previous wars gave Stalin the impression that in order for Russia to be successful in a war the country needed to be modernised. Stalin wanted to construct a command economy that was geared to protect them from the hostility of the west. In 1931‚ Stalin stated “We must make a good distance in 10 years. Either we do this or were crushed .” This infers that Russia was not in a position to
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