Why are we not entitled to our birthright given to us by our creator of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? Since before the Civil War women have been fighting for equality, my great grandmother marched and picketed with some of the most well know reformists and women activists for our voices to be heard. Us, women, we are human beings and just as capable as men and now as we come to the end of the greatest war […]
Throughout the 1920s, Adolf Hitler began to consolidate power and gain popularity in Germany’s Bavarian region. Due to economic instability caused by the Great Depression, Hitler and supporters in the Nazi party were able to seize control of Germany. Hitler became Chancellor in 1933 and immediately began enacting laws to support his ideas on the superiority of the Aryan race. In 1933 Dachau concentration camp opened for political prisoners, really anyone who opposed Hitler and the Third Reich. In 1935, […]
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Get help with your assignmentAnimal Farm, written by George Orwell in 1945 tells the story of farm animals who felt constantly overworked by their human master, Mr. Jones. These animals decided to take matters into their own hands (or trotters?) by running off their master so they could have opportunities to work by and for themselves. Through the novel, the animals inspired by the idea of a revolution, so that they are no longer working for a human master. Yet, the intelligent pigs, give […]
Slavery has been around for centuries dating back to the early 1600s, It was practiced throughout the 17th,18th and 19th centuries it’s even still alive to this day. Slavery was the system in which Blacks was not looked at as people but as property by law, Slaves were looked down upon and was treated horribly. After the Civil War in 1865, the United States Constitution ratified the 13th Amendment which statesNeither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for […]
The title of this novel is Animal Farm by George Orwell. The title actually did sound interesting because it’s about animals and I like animals. ll. George Orwell is the author of this novel. George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic whose work is marked by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice. He was born on June 25,1903 and he died on January 21,1950. lll. The story Animal Farm takes place on a farm in England during […]
The different classes in Animal Farm resulted in the corruption of the farm. Throughout the entire novel, a social hierarchy is present. This class-defined society in Animal Farm changes throughout the novel, but it is always there. In the book, the classes shift from a human run society, to an animal run society, and then to a society run by the pigs on the farm. Because Animal Farm is based on the Russian Revolution, social classes are also present in […]
Humans have been around for millions of years, and with that comes different ways to attempt to make a better society, whether that be by ruling with an iron fist or by being thoughtful and carrying to your people. The two systems that are the most discussed and debated over are Capitalism and Communism, both have been argued over multiple times. The most debated however, is do they work and/or which works better. After reading this essay I’m hoping you […]
Many Americans had their own opinions of Hitler in the beginning stages of the Olympics. Some thought very highly of him, such as Karl von Wiegand, a Hearst correspondent who was the first American journalist to interview Hitler in 1922. Wiegand reports that he was struck by Hitler’s skill with words, and his ability to whip people into a frenzy. Other Americans opinions were not so favored in Germany. People would meet him and claim, “This guy is a clown. […]
The revolution, enduring from 1789 to 1799, also had far-reaching effects on the rest of Europe. Inspired by liberal and radical thoughts, the Revolution significantly changed the course of current history, setting off the worldwide decrease of total governments while replacing them with republics and liberal majority rule systems. Through the Revolutionary Wars, it released a flood of worldwide clashes that stretched out from the Caribbean to the Center East. Under Louis XIV, who ruled from 1638 to 1715, many […]
The French Revolution lasted 10 years (1789-1799). It began July 14,1789, when revolutionaries stormed a prison called Bastille. It all started because the King of France, Louis XVI, ran out of money. This happened mostly because due to France fighting two wars. The king couldn’t raise money himself for the wars , and he didnt get money from the upper class of France because they were against paying for anything, so he began to tax the middle and lower class […]
Brought about by the reforms in the taxation system, the agrarian crisis during the years 1788-1789 became the cause of disorder due to the resulting food shortages. Due to the food shortage, there was an increase in demand for food, which, in turn, resulted with a increase of prices. Because of the reformed tax system, the poor were unable to afford food, thus causing a mass hunger within their social class. As a result, the ones in poverty began forming […]
Throughout time women have had a profound impact on most movements. In the French Revolution women’s roles have been very undermined, almost to the point where people don’t know the impact they had. Women in France at the time of the revolution were vital in some of the transpired events such The Women’s March on Versailles and The Bread Riots. Without the part that they played, the revolution’s results would have turned out much differently, which in turn, would impact […]
During the time of the French Revolution women played a large part that lead to the start of the French revolution. They were involved and participated in many uprisings before, during and after that helped contribute to the Revolution. This involved the groups Bourgeoisie, Peasantry and the Sans-Culottes. The Revolution began in 1789, which lasted about 10 years because the people of France took over the government. It was the declaration of man signing which lead to the March to […]
During the 1890s to the 1920s, the Progressive Era widely impacted the lives of millions of U.S citizens and local governments creating a need for reform. It is created on the idea of progress mainly involving technology, science, social associations, and economic progress that are significant in improving our society. When the movement first emerged, it was improved with numerous efforts in order to respond to the problems created by big corporations and the unregulated growth of cities. Majority of […]
After the end of WWII, documents of the Comfort Women were destroyed by Japanese officials and the women who had been forced into sexual slavery became societal outcasts. In the 1980s, some women began to share their stories. After the Republic of South Korea became a democracy in 1987, women started discussing their issues to the world. The issue flared into an international dispute in 1990 when South Korea criticized Japan after the Japanese government denied the events to have […]
Introduction Hitler and Stalin are well known as the two of the most ground-breaking despots on the world amid the twentieth century. However, their tenets have had huge commitments towards modifying the plan of the economic, political and social effect around the globe. They took part in the world countries fights and the famous cold war. The two dictators systems of leadership depended on certain ideologies, objectives and merciless wants. Hitler built up his administration as per the details that […]
France, one of the greatest powers of the world, terrified other countries with its reign, but still was unable to control its own people. The citizens of France started to get tired of the mistreatment brought about by their government. The monarchy had been adding significant taxes to the people, overspending and broadening the debt of the country, and making the lives of the French miserable and poverty-stricken. This caused economic and political turmoil throughout the nation and made the […]
Due to the results of the most recent United States presidential election, controversy has been raised regarding the Electoral College. The Electoral College has performed as intended for more than 230 years, over fifty elections, and also allows for consistency of the country by dealing out popular support in order to elect a president. Many people want the Electoral College to be replaced by the popular vote which would discourage a two-party system throughout the United States. Changing the system […]
The Electoral College was founded as one of the four major compromises within the United States Constitution, founded in 1787. The founding fathers were at an impasse on the decision of who ultimately obtained the power of choosing the president- the citizens or the leaders in Congress? At the time, the creators of the Constitution heavily feared a dictatorship rule, having just obtained freedom from their former colony ruler and motherland, Great Britain, so they did not want a system […]
Even after slavery was abolished in the United States, discrimination against African Americans still took place in society. Laws were even created to separate and differentiate the lives and rights of the African American populace from that of the Caucasian populace. Society is always changing, so campaigns against racial segregation were certain to happen eventually. There were many powerful leaders during the movements against racial discrimination. They led the way to desegregation and equal rights with their actions, speeches, and […]
One of the more consistent developments of America at this time was the westward expansion and the growth of the population. Society in the West was more appealing than society in the East. One of the many appealing factors of the West was that is was a democracy. Western states allowed people to vote and they did so to make the West more attractive for immigrants. Soon enough the East feared that they would lose people to the West so […]
Tratando De Cambiar El Mundo: The Theater of the Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War is burned into Spains collective memory perhaps their greatest scar, and it has created a permanent effect on their languages, art, literature, and theater. The theater in Spain at the time was used as a vehicle for change, and the contemporary theater that depicts it shows that just as it was used for change then, it is used to encourage change and healing today. […]
In 2014 there was an umbrella revolution going on in Hong Kong. More than a thousand protesters remained in the downtown on Monday night after days of confrontations with police that observers fear could spark more great violence. Many Hong Kong residents young and old, rich and poor have peacefully occupied important thoroughfares across the city, shuttering businesses and bringing traffic to a halt. They claim that Beijing reneged on an agreement to grant them open elections by 2017, and […]
The child says to his father Why do we have nothing to eat? His father replied Because other men have taken so much for themselves that there is none left for us. Inequality dates back to the beginnings of civilization. Ever since the moment one man discovered a way to have more food than another man, humanity was set on an irreversible course for economic disparity. John Steinbeck is no stranger to the grim situations of the poor. In his […]
Historians argue that the 1890s was a transformative decade or watershed decade in American history. The Gilded age coined by Mark Twain, the idea that although things appear to be good on the surface, several problems existed underneath. Mark Twain was inferring that the United States in this period did not experience an era of prosperity and happiness, but rather an era of hardship and sadness. The Gilded Age was a period of intense industrialization, which focused on the development […]
University campuses are subject to debates across the country. Students are speaking out against racial injustice revealed in unwelcoming, sometimes hostile environments on college campuses. But to some, their demands have gone too far. Are the protestors silencing free speech, or are they just trying to be heard? And are the universities responding by defending free speech, or by suppressing it? This paper attempts to discuss these questions. Review of literature The freedom of speech has been defined by the […]
The Berlin Wall was a physical symbol of the difference between the West and East Berliner. This physical border became a border of culture that divided social contexts and expressive forms. Communities along borders in all different places and countries are constantly defined and redefined by the changes in borders, finding an identity is difficult for people who live in these areas. How did the wall change the traditions for these two separate Berlins? How did this wall affect the […]
If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth–certainly the machine will wear out but if it is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter-friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I do […]
Civil disobedience has been the cause for a large number of protests around the world. It is defined an individuals rights to freedom of speech and is done in a peaceful way. Civil disobedience is important in a democratic country because it allows individuals to exercise their rights and speck against the unfair and unjust government and its laws. Even though the citizens are given their rights, they could be put in jail, could get hurt or even killed for […]
John F. Kennedy is the thirty-fifth president and was also an active advocate of civil rights in America. As one of the presidents in the U.S. history have been assassinated, John F. Kennedy is well known for many events such as Cuban Missile Crisis, the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, the Alliance for Progress and his own assassination. After President Kennedy’s assassination on November 22, 1963, Dallas people have faced troubles while traveling around the country for many years. Sometimes, because of […]
