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    4th Amendment

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    All Americans are entitled to their rights. The Fourth Amendment states that we the people have to deny search and seizures from law enforcement without a warrant. The fourth amendment generally prohibits police from entering a home without a warrant unless the circumstances fit an established exception to the warrant requirement. According to the book The Constitution: Our Written Legacy by Joseph A. Melusky‚ the Fourth Amendment gives the right of the people to be secure in their person‚ houses

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    Of the 27 amendments to the US constitution‚ only one has ever been revoked: the 18th amendment that banned the manufacturing and sale of alcohol‚ also known as prohibition (http://prohibition.osu.edu/why-prohibition). Previous amendments had all focused on rights to vote‚ slavery‚ and gun laws but of the 27 amendments passed‚ this was the first dealing with a personal concern‚ the beverages you drink. Suffice to say the 18th amendment was not popular with average Americans. During its 14 years in

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    Why Was Gallipoli a Failure?

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    Turkey was on the same side as Germany in the First World War‚ which made them the Anzac’s rival. It was decided that soldiers needed to land and fight in Turkey. This is where the famous battle of Gallipoli happened now known as ANZAC cove because of the horrific losses of the Australian forces in a so seemed futile and pointless battle. This essay highlights why the Gallipoli campaign was a failure. Winston Churchill was the head of navy and Lord Kitchener‚ was the general commander of the war

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    Why Was Ww2 Inevitable

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    overall. Sparked by Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Poland in 1939. The war would drag on for six years until the final Allied defeat of both Nazi Germany and Japan in 1945. World War II was inevitable for several reasons. By 1936‚ the United states began preparing for it which helped them out of the Great Depression. Many knew it was bound to happen. One because the people knew that Italy‚ Germany‚ and Japan were very powerful respective countries which had imperial and ideological ambitions‚ and were not afraid

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    choose the loyalty of his friend or the loyalty for the government. and has to kill his friend to save the republic. If there be any in this assembly‚ any dear friend of Caesar’s‚ to him I say‚ that Brutus’ love to Caesar was no less than his. If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar‚ this is my answer:Not that I loved Caesar less‚ but that I loved Rome more. (3.2.2) Logos- Brutus for president Brutus should be president because he is smart

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    dt amendments

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    Direct Tax AMENDMENTS CA FINAL – MAY 2014 AMENDMENTS –DIRECT TAXES- CA FINAL –MAY 2014 Tax Rates AMENDMENTS –DIRECT TAXES- CA FINAL –MAY 2014 There are no changes in tax rates for FY 2013-14 except levy of surcharge at various levels. Tax rates for different assessee’s for FY 2013-14 is as under: Individuals‚ HUF‚ AOP and BOI Total Income FY 2013-14 Upto INR 200‚000 NIL INR 200‚001 to INR 500‚000 10% INR 500‚001 to INR 10‚00‚000 20% INR 10‚00‚001 & Above 30%

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    are measured. It is defined as the industrialized mass-murder of predominately Jews‚ gypsies‚ homosexuals‚ Jehovah’s Witnesses‚ the homeless‚ and the disabled; orchestrated and directed by the German Nazi Government1. Many questions arise such as: why was it socially allowed? How were the murders concocted? And what is meant by “industrialized?” Industrialized murder is the mechanized‚ impersonal‚ and sustained mass destruction of human beings‚ organized and administered by states‚ legitimized and

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    Civil Rights of 1871 In March of 1871 was a big change for history and for African Americans that was the day when the pass of the Constitution. The violence was so bad That even the Congress could not control it. In the year of 1871 on April 20‚ the legislative had to respond this Act of violence. The Ku Klux Klan had to do with a part of the violence that was happening at the time.The Act of Enforcement also was called the Ku Klux Klan Act or the Civil Rights Act of 1871(thefreedictionary.com/)

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    "Separate but Equal". This was the phrase that indicated racial segregation in the 19th and 20th centuries by The Supreme Court’s ruling known as Jim Crow Laws. Based on this controlling‚ the state and government enforced racial segregation between the colored and the whites. There was a long list of tasks the blacks were restricted from. This included riding in the same car as whites‚ interacting with whites‚ going to the same school as whites‚ etc. Albion Winegar was a famous carpetbagger from

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    Why Galileo Was Condemned

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    Why was Galileo so condemned when he held the correct view of the universe? Essentially Galileo was condemned for questioning the accepted‚ traditional explanation of the universe as supported by the Catholic Church at the time. Not only was Protestantism dealing heavy religious and political blows to the Church’s dominance in Europe‚ so to was an increasingly questioning scientific community of which Galileo seemed to be the most vocal combatant. Whilst he certainly didn’t question God’s involvement

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