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- 81: Skeptical Views On Noahs Ark
- ... the Noah's Ark book, the original legend is reconstructed by piecing together fragments from the various surviving editions of the flood myth, like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. This reconstruction is governed by the requirement that each story element in the legend be physically possible, technologically practical, consistent with archaeological facts, and plausible for 2900 BC. Some of the impossible ... the Noah's Ark book, the original legend is reconstructed by piecing together fragments from the various surviving editions of the flood story, like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. This reconstruction is governed by the requirement that each story element in the legend be physically possible, technologically practical, consistent with archaeological facts, and plausible for 2900 BC. Some of the impossible ...
- 82: Frederick Douglass' Dream for Equality
- ... and Fifteenth amendments). But the next decade proved to be a very frustrating one for Douglass and many of his supporters. Many of the achievements of the Civil War and Reconstruction were not concrete. It became expedient for northern political and business interests to conciliate southern whites, and an end to federal enforcement of black equality in the South was the ... stop rebel bullets, he is . . . of less importance. Peace with the old master class has been war to the Negro. As the one has risen, the other has fallen.” The Reconstruction guarantees of the national state were broken. The ugly truth was now exposed. Abolition was a war between whites, and blacks joined only on sufferance. Douglass knew this early on ...
- 83: Abraham Lincoln - Civil War President
- ... future. President Abraham Lincoln handled the end of the war admirably. He put the nation back together and did not punish the south as wanted by some. His plan of reconstruction was accepted and the slaves were all freed, showing the rest of the world a virtuous country. He admitted that his reconstruction was not perfect, but convinced his people to accept it and work on it over letting their sister states leave and banishing the hope of a unified nation forever. Even ...
- 84: Herbert Hoover
- ... a well-earned reputation that he lost only after the 1929 Wall Street debacle. The commission fed 10,000,000 people during the war and left funds for Belgian postwar reconstruction. When the United States entered the war in April 1917, Hoover was called to Washington to serve as food administrator. This was a special wartime office, created to encourage American ... his popularity. He refused to mobilize fully the resources of the federal government to save the collapsing economy. What actions he did take, such as approving creation (1932) of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to loan funds to ailing corporations, seemed too little too late. Hoover feared that too much government intervention would destroy the integrity and initiative of the individual citizen ...
- 85: The Economics of Federal Defense Policy
- ... individuals can be represented on issues of trade, the environment, transnational peacemaking, international citizenship for the stateless, and human rights. However, it is rather unlikely that a post-war social reconstruction would generate the enthusiasm and national purpose that the Cold War did. It is easy to see that the patriotic way a country comes together to fight an enemy is ... It would have to a person that is dedicated to creating the best possible nation ever; strong at home and fierce in the international markets. It would be the ultimate reconstruction period with a complete revamping of our budget and goal as a country. I just don't know if its possible. It seems so idealistic. But, it is an exciting ...
- 86: Smart House
- ... management, entertainment, communications, and lighting features. So, the SMART HOUSE system is designed to be installed in a new house. Moreover, the system can be installed in a home undergoing reconstruction where walls have been completely exposed. The SMART HOUSE Consortium is investigating a number of different option to more easily install the SMART HOUSE system in an existing home. Moreover ... management, entertainment, communications, and lighting features. So, the SMART HOUSE system is designed to be installed in a new house. Moreover, the system can be installed in a home undergoing reconstruction where walls have been completely exposed. The SMART HOUSE Consortium is investigating a number of different option to more easily install the SMART HOUSE system in an existing home. Moreover ...
- 87: Rhetorical Analysis
- ... in our society. If one is out of line, then that person is to be punished. The same then should go for schools right? ?Punishment is the only method of reconstruction in children. Children have free wills that are hard to break? (Simmons 69). Sometimes scolding and yelling at a child is useless. This is where the use of punishment comes ... constructive way. The argument between physical punishment and non-physical punishment is a controversial issue. On one hand, you have those who truly believe punishment is the only method of reconstruction in children. They describe punishment as the most logical method of discipline. On the other hand, there are those who disregard any form of beating when shaping their child's ...
- 88: Ku Klux Klan
- Ku Klux Klan After the cannon fell silent and peace descended upon the battlefields of the War Between the States, there came an infamous chapter of American History called “The Reconstruction.” From this era, this abyss of human misery and despair, there arose like the morning sun the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan was one of several similar groups, which arose ... arduous struggle to regain their lost dignity and indeed, the values of Western Civilization. Its achievements and reputation for victory immortalize the glorious ride of the Ku Klux Klan of Reconstruction. No misrepresentations by prejudiced historians or by the aliens who control America’s mass media can dim the luster of its deeds, or rob it of its rightful place in ...
- 89: Civil War 7
- ... back on track. Whites in the south now hated the blacks and still think they are inferior. The process of rebuilding that followed the American Civil War was known as reconstruction. The war left a set of pressing questions concerning with what to do with the South. These questions involved the relationship with the former Confederate states and the Union; the ... status of the freed slaves and how to restore the South’s economy. President Lincoln, President Johnson and the Radical Republicans each had their own plans. Lincoln started thinking about reconstruction as early as 1863. He wanted for 10 percent of the voters in each southern state to take an oath of loyalty to the United States. After this the state ...
- 90: Civil Rights
- ... now dead. The justices now insisted that desegregation must go ahead with “all deliberate speed.” Following up the breakthrough court decision, came the Civil Rights Acts, the first passed since Reconstruction. The Civil Rights Act of 1957 established the Commission on Civil Rights to investigate charges of denied civil rights. It also created the Civil Rights Division in the Department of ... s was a significant time period for blacks , but it cannot compare with the progress made for the black race during the civil rights movement of the 1960's. During Reconstruction, favorable legislation was passed for blacks, but the turn of the century brought back the old ways of the government before the war, with discriminating actions such as Plessy v ...
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