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    Why did the League of Nations fail? Explain Emery Reves’s line of reasoning. If it is valid‚ why hasn’t the UN become a supranational sovereign entity? What structural problems (i.e.‚ the way the institution is set up) plague the UN? How could they be fixed? Under what circumstances can the UN do peacekeeping missions? 1. Why did the League of Nations fail? a. Collective security- agreement by all countries to automatically punish aggressors states i. Difficulty agreeing on

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    North Carolina is described as an unstable and tumultuous place. It seems to have been since the 1600’s. North Carolina was against high taxes and the Internal Revenue Services. How the government put taxes on the land where the North Carolinians worked so hard to keep their land up. This all occurred when King Charles ll was in office. In the late 1600’s in England the tumultuous political royalist had continued to assist King Charles ll in giving the land to eight of his Proprietors. During

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    Why did Prohibition fail‚ and why was it repealed? The roots of this problem lay in the wording of 1920’s Volstead Act‚ a piece of federal legislation. Specifically‚ the Volstead Act mandated “concurrent enforcement” of prohibition—that is‚ enforcement through federal laws and agencies as well as by state and local laws and agencies. While lawmakers argued that the Volstead Act would translate into extensive enforcement‚ in practice it meant the opposite. For example‚ in states where many residents

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    Question #3 Why has the plan failed? ·The plan failed because many of the teachers had learned behaviours and did not have the desire or motivation to change. Strong existing culture that made them resistant to change. ·The plan was introduced too soon with not enough consensus among the teachers‚ if any and the teachers did not buy into the plan ·Many of the teacher’s had been at the school for a long time and did not have a real incentive or motivation to change because of attempted failures

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    Prohibition: Why Did America Change Its Mind? During The 1900’s‚ America suffered a severe problem regarding alcoholic beverages. A majority of the population were unable to drink responsibly‚ therefore‚ had to suffer certain consequences‚ such as Prohibition. In 1917‚ twenty six states voted themselves ‘dry’‚ which meant that these specific states would dismiss alcohol. The ratification of the 18th Amendment banned the manufacture‚ transportation and sale of intoxicating liquors‚ a period in American

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    Alcatraz Why did the prohibition cause a crime wave? Will I be going to tell you? Ok‚ so the prohibition caused a crime wave because I think people did not know what to do when they could not have any liquor. When the prohibition was on they tried to make their own liquor and got caught and had to go to jail. Then the crime led to super gangsters because of the new law that you’re not allowed to sell‚or drink alcohol. That also led to super gangsters not being able to be held in regular prisons because

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    history defined largely by Prohibition and organized crime. In The Great Gatsby‚ life back then is perfectly illustrated from the wild parties to the behind the scene drug deals. Throughout the novel Fitzgerald is constantly showing you that behind the elegant parties and extreme wealth‚ America is not what it claims to be. “I call myself a businessman. I make my money by supplying a popular demand. If I break the law‚ my customers are as guilty as I am”(May 91). Prohibition was put into place in

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    a time period of change only few changes were made and some of those changes did not have an long lasting effect. Reconstruction aimed to reconnect the South with the rest of the Union and assimilate blacks into American culture. Reconstuction failed society because it was a short lived success and the Freedsman Borough was of little service. Reconstruction was successful in restoring the Union but lacked significantly in trying to assimilate blacks into society. After reconstuction was

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    Why Crystal Pepsi and Others Failed We live in a day and age where marketing and advertising is stronger then ever. It is essentially in our face every where we turn‚ from the clothes we wear to the music we listen to and even the device we use to listen to our music. Marketing and advertising touches our lives everyday without our really ever even noticing it. Marketing professionals have a difficult challenge before them in figuring out a way to create a public interest‚ and a want for their

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    It was meant to be a smooth easy going process‚ but after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln reconstruction became more harmful to the southerners. Congress had many efforts to ensure equal rights to the freedmen‚ but this had failed. There were many reasons why it failed like the creation of secret organizations just like the KKK. Other reasons include white southerners and northerners convincing the freed blacks to vote for who they want starting the beginning of the Scalawags and the Carpetbaggers

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