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501: Nova Scotia: ... political struggle, Britain granted Nova Scotia (which included Cape Breton after 1820) local autonomy, or responsible government, in 1848. Economic uncertainty and political unease at the time of the American Civil War stimulated some interest in associating with the other British North American provinces, but many tradition-minded Nova Scotians distrusted the Canadians of Ontario and Qúebec. In 1867, without consulting ... depression of the 1930s, Nova Scotia suffered industrial decline and accompanying unemployment and labor unrest. Thousands migrated to central and western Canada or immigrated to the United States. The Maritime Rights movement of the 1920s, protesting Nova Scotia's unfavorable economic position in relation to the rest of Canada, accomplished little. After a revival of shipbuilding in World War II, Nova ...

502: Spain: ... 1478 of the Inquisition to enforce purity of the faith. The Inquisition was also a powerful tool for increasing and consolidating royal power. Inquisitors were royally appointed, invested with both civil and church power, exempt from normal jurisdiction, and served by a multitude of informants and bodyguards. Proceedings were secret and the property of the condemned was consfiscated and distributed among ... provinces still resented being tied to Spain and supported the ETA, which stepped up its terrorist activities. Meanwhile, Catalans pushed for greater control over local affairs, and demanded greater language rights. The use of Catalan and nationalist sentiments increased in and around Barcelona. The Galicians consistently distanced themselves from Madrid, though ethnoregionalism remained weaker in Galicia than in either Catalonia or ... when formulating basic policy. Catalonia and the Basque Country were granted home rule, and their languages were officially recognized. The constitution extended similar privileges to 15 other regions. Thus, the movement toward political centralization begun by Ferdinand and Isabella some 500 years earlier was reversed, and a “Spain of autonomous communities” was created. In recent years, concerns over Spain's ...

503: The Sky Is Gray: ... in town) to get his sore tooth pulled. Prejudice against James’ family (because they are poor and black) also creates great sadness for them. This story takes place before the Civil Rights Movement, which is quite obvious when you see how James and his mother are treated when they go into town. As James said, “When I pass the little sign that ...

504: Catch 22 And Good As Gold - Sa: ... and the petty rivalries among officers satirizes the communication failures and the cut-throat competition Heller saw within both the civilian and military bureaucracies of the 1950’s. Even the Civil Rights movement, not yet widespread in the 1950’s, is satirized in Colonel Cathcart attitudes toward enlisted men. (23) Karl summarizes the satirazation of the military with this: The enemy in ...

505: What is Fascism and Why does it Emerge?: ... other use of force that the fascist utilises for conformity is to misinform the masses or not inform them at all. Examples of this can either be the dismissal of civil rights such as freedom of speech or assembly or controlling the means of informative sources such as newspapers television and other sorts of communication. These are tactics the fascist utilises if ... a predominantly agricultural nation. The conflict was landowners who were a comparison of feudal barons. There was also the trend of world wide depression and the emergence of an anarchist movement that aimed at direct appropriation of farm and land ownership. This attempt at unifying the South American country was overthrown ten years later. Another factor that helps the fascist ...

506: The Role of the U.S. in the Third World in the Year 2000: ... bulldozing them. This has been demonstrated in Uganda with the mountain gorillas. Eco-tourism is helping the local economies and the national governments. This was also working in Rwanda until Civil War tore this country apart. Fortunately the mountain gorillas have been left alone for the most part, since this was their third largest income provider and the number one and two sources, coffee and tea fields were destroyed during the war. Worldwide instant communication has improved human rights. The use of fax machines and cell telephones during the Tiananmen Square uprising informed the world of events and somewhat restrained the Chinese. Dan Rather doing the evening news from ... We must not ignore the Third World countries for many parts of our inter-cities are becoming Third World. Their problems will become our problems. There is a growing isolationist movement in this country. This has never solved problems, only postponed and enlarged the problems.

507: Logos and Pathos In King's Letter From Birmingham Jail: Logos and Pathos In King's Letter From Birmingham Jail The civil rights movement has always relied on individuals who believe in the greatest good for the greatest number of people. It has always been the people who are able to look at ...

508: The Genetics of Violence: ... are beginning down a long road of finding the hereditary basis for impulsivity. While these studies continue to search for the genetic source of aggression, child testing programs, drug manufacturers, civil rights activists, lawyers, and anxious citizens await the resulting testimony of the scientists. The social implications of the genetic search for aggressive tendency is seen by some as a great step ... eugenics: the early twentieth-century campaign in the United States, and later in Germany, to purify the human gene pool by sterilizing the "feeble-minded." The leaders of the eugenics movement in the United States, although they acted out of sincere desire to build a better society, could do little when their ideas took root in Nazi Germany in the ...

509: Peoples Temple Settlement In Guyana: ... had been over with but there was still much unrest. There was rampant fear of nuclear destruction in the wake of WWII and the eruption of the Cold War; the civil rights movement in all its appearances was beginning and mature capitalism vastly differentiated income distribution. Many people were looking for alternative lifestyles, different ways of thinking and unique ideas to lead ...

510: 1950’s Youth Culture: ... in Washington and New York. When I started asking her a questions about the paper she gave me a shocking theory I would never have thought of. Elvis started the Civil Rights movement was what it came down to. During the fifties blacks and whites were in two different societies. All of a sudden a white man came along who sounded and ...

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