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The Missouri Compromise
... failed.
In 1820 Missouri wanted to join the Union as a slave state. As this would ruin the balance between Slave states and Free states in the Senate, Henry Clay proposed . This arranged it that while Missouri was admitted as a Slave state, Maine was also admitted as a free state. It also created an imaginary line along the 36o latitude, where slavery was allowed below it but prevented above it. However they limited themselves by only applying the Compromise to lands gained in the Louisiana purchase. This led to conflict after the Mexican war in which America gained new territories in the West. This doomed , which was probably the most promising of the three. Ha ...
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Hinduism And Budism
... binding oneself back, a Hindu would obtain liberation. To me, these terms seem directly contradictory, however, this is proof to the fact that our minds cannot understand certain aspects of religion, and that we are limited. The goal of a Hindu is to release themselves, but also to gain a complete understanding of life. By doing this, they are freed from the continuous cycle of reincarnation. There are, as Huston Smith tells us, four paths to the goal. The yogas are the specific direction taken to unleash the human potential of Moksha. The goal of the yogas is to come in to and remain in touch with Brahman. The first way to God is through knowledge. The three steps ...
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Consensus Historians
... writings. In 1948 Hofstadter joined the faculty at Columbia University. Here Hofstadter published The American Political Traditions and the Men who made it. Many regard this book as the start of the consensus school of historical writing. Much of this book was a look into brief political biographies on presidents, but the way that it was presented was very different. Hofstadter made some points in the introduction that points in the direction of consensus history. Hofstadter states that it is "of the need for a reinterpretation of our political traditions which emphasizes the common climate of American opinion," the existences of which had been "much obscured ...
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The Return To Mecca, Muhammad
... him on trading journeys to Syria. About 595, on such a
journey, he was in charge of the merchandise of a rich woman, Khadijah
of the clan of Asad, and so impressed her that she offered marriage.
She is said to have been about 40, but she bore Muhammad at least two
sons, who died young, and four daughters. The best known daughter was
Fatimah, the wife of Muhammad's cousin 'Ali who is regarded as
Muhammad's divinely ordained successor by the Shi'ah branch of Islam.
Until Khadijah's death in 619, Muhammad took no other wife. The
marriage was a turning point in Muhammad's life. By Arab custom, minors
did not inherit, and therefore Muhammad had no share in the prop ...
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Comparing The Us Constitution
... suppression of the exploiters, socialist organization of society, and victory of socialism in all countries.” Americans wanted equality of opportunity and personal freedom instead of the social equality desired by the Russians. The American constitution and Bill of Rights were created to protect personal liberties and individual freedom while the Russians were more concerned with the welfare and equality of the population as a whole. This difference is partially due to the differences in the conditions leading to revolution in each country. The American Revolution was initiated by the wealthy in response to what they considered unfair treatment by a foreig ...
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Cold War
... by any western powers and took many measures to prevent this new government from staying in power. On June 24, 1948 the soviets began a blockade of all land traffic to the western zone of Berlin, hoping to starve it of supplies and perhaps breaking down. But the US, France, and Great Britain, would not back down to the Soviets and so they began to airlift all supplies to West Germany. After about a year on May 12, 1949 the soviets realized their defeat and ended the blockade.
The United States realized that the soviets expansionist aims threatened not only Europe but developing nations of the world as well. So in 1949 President Truman approved the Point Four Progra ...
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Comprehensive New Orleans
... on the north gulf coast, then moved the
establishment to Dauphin Island. Once again, he moved the fort and created an inland
colony near Louisiana. Sieur d’Iberville was in charge of all of France’s responsibilities in
the southern portion of the territory. Wen Iberville died in 1706 the land under his
jurisdiction was given to ho brother, Jean Baptiste de Moyen Sieur de Beinville.
Beinville had great plans for the development of the French colonies and in 1717
he submitted plans for a new settlement to the Company of the West. In 1718 France
agreed with Beinville’s plans and authorized him to establish the settlement, according t ...
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Automation
... years, Ford and others would shape consumer products out of the new technologies that would set in motion an awesome economic transformation.
Henry Ford didn't invent the automobile. Nor did he invent mass production or the assembly line. Ford is famous because he took these existing concepts and incorporated them into a n efficient, large-scale system of manufacturing inexpensive, reliable cars.
"I'm going to democratize the automobile." Ford said, "and when I'm through, everybody will have one." (Chase, 1997, 47)
Cars have made a big difference in the way communities have been designed. Street layout, the design of homes, and traffic laws have changed as me ...
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Thailand
... Khmer and English.
The Thai population is strongly religious in Theravada Buddhism. 95% of religious believers are Theravada Buddhism, 4 % are Islam and 1 % are other including Christianity.
The Thai gross domestic production is $111.3 billion and then Chief Economic Productions is
- Agriculture; rice, cassava, rubber, sugarcane, maize, pineapples, coconuts, kenaf and live stock.
- Fishing; prawns, mackerel, anchovies, other fish and shellfish.
- Mining; natural gases, lignite, gemstones, zinc, lead, tin, gypsum, iron ore, and manganese.
- Manufacturing; textiles and garments, electronics, cement, refined sugar, refined petroleum, motor vehicles and cigarettes ...
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The Nazis And Their Rise To Power And Downfall
... would rise from about 100,000 to almost a
million, and the number of local branches would increase tenfold. The new
members included working-class people, farmers, and middle-class
professionals. They were both better educated and younger then the Old
Fighters, who had been the backbone of the party during its first decade.
The Nazis now presented themselves as the party of the young, the strong,
and the pure, in opposition to an establishment populated by the elderly,
the weak, and the dissolute.
Hitler was born in a small town in Austria in 1889. As a young boy,
he showed little ambition. After dropping out of high school, he moved to
Vienna ...
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