In 1798 the Alien and Sedition act was made. This act was completely against the constitution in all ways that you look at it. People might disagree because they did not want to many people coming into the country that could hurt it. I do agree with this but not every person that come to the country didn’t want to do bad things. Some people come to live a new lifestyle because their old country was not the best. This is why this act was one of the worst ones and should have never been made. Its
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Abstract In 1918‚ the world experienced its most deadly modern pandemic‚ the H1N1 influenza virus named the Spanish Flu. Killing between 20 and 40 million people worldwide‚ the pandemic has not since been repeated on such a large scale. This paper provides a background of the 1918 virus and its effects followed by an examination of the danger represented by the H5N1 Avian Flu virus of 1997. Finally‚ it discusses the potential international economic impact of a modern pandemic like the Spanish Flu
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deaths and the severity and geographic reach of this disease‚ it merits little attention in the history books. Today one of our greatest medical threats is AIDS. The Spanish Flu is exponential compared to AIDS casualties (Gloria). The Spanish Flu of 1918-19 affected our world like no other disease in history. It changed the ways people sought medical help‚ the ways physicians treated illness‚ the role of medical researchers and how society‚ particularly medical and political leaders respond to pandemic
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The Pandemic of 1918 caused many problems for the people involved‚ and created a new way of living. What factors and worldwide effects occurred due to the Pandemic of 1918? By digging up bodies‚ we can further examine how it entered the body and how it affected their bodies. The Pandemic of 1918 caused many problems for the people involved‚ and created a new way of living. The first wave occurred in the spring and wasn’t very bad. It generally hit young healthy people. You had the typical flu
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HSM 311: Ethics of Homeland Security The USA PATRIOT Act Justification of Survaillence May 9‚ 2011 The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act‚ better known as the USA PATRIOT Act‚ or simply the PATRIOT Act was introduced on October 24‚ 2001‚ only 45 days after the devastating terrorists attacks of 9/11. It passed nearly unanimously‚ with only one person total in both the House or Representatives and the Senate voting
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soil. So‚ congress passed a law known as the U.S.A Patriot Act. U.S A Patriot is a 10 letter acronym for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. This allowed the N.S.A (national security agency) to gain information of individual citizens or groups of individuals by using library records‚ phone calls and other surveillance. Recently‚ on January 1st of 2015 the Patriot Act has expired. Many members of government are stuck in a debate
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common cold (Tames 12). The Center for Disease Control and Prevention states‚“Diseases such as pneumonia‚ tuberculosis (TB)‚ and diarrhea and enteritis‚ which (together with diphtheria) caused one third of all deaths in the late 1800’s to early 1900’s”. 1918 proved to be an especially devastating time with 20 million lives lost due to a wide spread of influenza that no known medication could cure. During this time vaccinations were the most helpful medication but even with their help‚ thousands still died
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Germany 1918 – 1939 1. The Weimer Republic * Emergence of the Democratic republic and the Impact of the Treaty of Versailles * REVOLUTION AND THE BIRTH OF THE WEIMER REPUBLIC * October 2nd 1918: Reichstag (parliament) informed GR couldn’t win war * Prince Max von Baden: became chancellor‚ brought Social Democratic Party (SDP) majority socialists into his cabinet hoped to maintain monarchy * Allies wouldn’t sign Armistice until Kaiser no longer ruled. * October 28 1918:
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Desiree Iwinski P-5 Global Studies Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918 During the 1918 year period in America ‚ a majority of people were financially well off and spent most of their time going to the movies‚ roller skating‚ dancing‚ and playing pool. Theater was starting to lose popularity was it was still a good competitor for Hollywood. The celebrities from the black and white silent films were just as popular as current actors and actresses. Having large amounts of people gather together for these
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control the influenza. The Army Medical Department enrolled about 30‚591 medical officers‚ and the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery recruited about 3‚000 medical workers‚ but they were not adequate even in non-epidemic time. For example‚ on Jan. 2nd‚ 1918‚ army nurse Maude Frances Essig complained that many of the nurses caught a cold but they were unable to get a doctor to see the sick ones and there were no medications either. Conditions got worse when sickness increased. Doctors and nurses had to
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