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- 1081: Dwight D Eisenhower
- ... and dealt with several crisis in Lebanon, Suez, Berlin, and Hungary in Foreign affairs. He helped make Alaska and Hawaii become states. Throughout his presidency he was very concerned with civil rights issues and the interstate highway system in domestic affairs. Between his two terms he suffered a heart attack in September 1955 in Denver, Colorado. He left the hospital after seven ...
- 1082: Jimmy Carter
- ... achievements in domestic affairs; he dealt with the energy shortage by establishing a national energy policy and by decontrolling domestic petroleum prices to stimulate production. He prompted Governments efficiency through civil service reform and proceeded with deregulation of the trucking and airline industries. He fought to improve the environment. His expansions of the national park systems included protection of 103 million ... After Carter lost the 1980 presidential election to Reagan, he returned to Georgia, where in 1982 he founded the non-profit Carter Center in Atlanta to promote peace and human rights worldwide. The center has initiated projects in more than 65 countries to resolve conflicts, prevent human right abuses, build democracy, improve health, and revitalize urban areas. He, and his wife ...
- 1083: Alcatraz
- ... he could be sent to Alcatraz, where the highly structured, monotonous daily routine was designed to teach an inmate to follow rules and regulations. At Alcatraz, a prisoner had four rights: food, clothing, shelter, and medical care. Everything else was a privilege that had to be earned. Some privileges a prisoner could earn included working, corresponding with and having visits from ... claimed Alcatraz as Indian land with the hope of creating a Native American cultural center and education complex on the island. The "Indians of All Tribes" used their act of civil disobedience to illustrate the troubles faced by Native Americans. Initially, public support for the Native Americans' cause was strong, and thousands of people (general public, schoolchildren, celebrities, hippies, Vietnam war ...
- 1084: Dreams And Dignity About A Rai
- ... During the timeframe of this film (mid 1950 s) this overt and obvious type of racism did exist. Today, with the U.S. Fair Housing Law, Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which enunciates a national policy on fair housing opportunities for all citizens, the traditional all white hegemonic neighborhoods have become diverse and rich in many cultures (Cornell ...
- 1085: Harper Lee: The Author And Her Times
- ... Finch in the story, Miss Lee's father Amasa C. Lee was a small-town lawyer with an unusual first name. The Lee family was descended from the famous Confederate Civil War general Robert E. Lee, and so--like the Finches in the novel--had every reason to take pride in its ancestry. Finally, Lee's mother's maiden name was ... book well liked by reviewers, it was an instant success with readers young and old. Several book clubs, including the Literary Guild, chose the novel as a selection. The movie rights were sold almost immediately, the story becoming the basis for a successful movie starring Gregory Peck in the role of the small-town lawyer Atticus Finch. In 1961 Lee's ...
- 1086: The Brief History of Alaska
- ... America. In these treaties Russia recognized latitude 54 degrees 40' as the southern boundary of Russian territory in America. Russia also gave Britain and the United States of America trading rights along Alaska's Pacific coast. By the 1850s, the Russian-American Company was no longer interested in trade, mainly due to the fact that the Russian government had taken over ... the rich salmon fisheries of Alaska and in1878, the first canneries were built in Alaska. In 1884, the first Organic Act was passed by Congress, which established Alaska as a "civil and judicial district." Alaska received a code of laws and a federal court, but the laws were from Oregon and were not adapted to Alaska's conditions. Congress kept the ...
- 1087: Ireland, History And Nature
- ... centuries. After this battle, where the catholics had been beaten by the protestants, the situation for the catholics became much worse. They were denied to worship their beliefs, and their civil rights was also denied them. But it was not only the catholics in Ireland who had losses after the battle. The whole of Ireland was ruined because of their new compulsory ...
- 1088: The Early Nineteenth Centory
- ... did not want to be involved in the French-British War. America tried to stay neutral while trading with Europe, but France and Great Britain kept on violating their neutrality rights. The United States kept on trying to trade, but both sides put blockades on each others ports. This meant that the other countries took their ships. The British, however, not ... South Carolina who said it was unfair. The consequence was that South Carolina nullified the tariff, Callhoon resigned, and South Carolina threatened to form their own government. Even though the Civil War wasn't until many years later, this was a sign of internal conflict that could threaten the growth of the country. Part of the reason that there was this ...
- 1089: Mexico
- ... Creoles-people of pure European descent who had been born and raised in New Spain. The peninsulares were sent from Spain to hold the highest colonial offices in both the civil and church administrations. They held themselves aloof from the criollos, who were almost never given high office. The resentment of the criollos became an influential force in the later movement ... guarantees: Mexico would become an independent country, ruled as a limited monarchy; the Roman Catholic church would be the state church; and the Spanish and criollos would be given equal rights and privileges. The viceroy took no active measures against Iturbide and was forced to resign by the faction that opposed independence. The last viceroy of New Spain was Juan O ...
- 1090: Roman Pantomime
- ... regardless of his legislation, Augustus himself was quite apt to watching mimes and pantomimes. In general terms, theatrical performers as a group were classed as infami and could claim no civil rights. Furthermore, according to Hartnoll, most Roman actors were slaves, earning starvation wages at the best. The implications here being that acting as a profession was looked down upon greatly by ...
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