Romans established a REPUBLIC – voters (adult male citizens) elected officials to run the state 3 important groups of citizens helped govern the state: Senate: most influential and powerful, controlling public funds and deciding foreign policies emergency, senators could name a citizen as dictator or absolute ruler for a period of 6 months (complete power…
On December 5, 1945, Flight 19, consisting of five avenger torpedo bombers, disappeared without a trace. The flight plan took them into an area with a name that now sends chills up the spine of many a pilot: the Bermuda Triangle. Despite extensive searching, no evidence of the planes has ever been found. The “triangle,”…
Serbia Serbia of 1914 has been described as an aggressive, backward, and domestically violent nation. Part of the Austrian-Hungarian empire. This empire included five religions and more than a dozen languages. Serbia was one of the chief sources of trouble for Austria-Hungary. Balkan region of Southeastern Europe controlled by A.H. Many of these nations looking…
Created by General Count Alfred von Schlieffen, December 1905 Plan worked in the event of an attack on France one Russia had started to mobilize forces near the German border. In 1905, Shlieffen was chief of the German General Staff. Schlieffen believed that the most decisive area for any future war in Europe would be…
Nearly two-thirds of all people with diagnosable mental disorders do not seek treatment. –Surgeon General’s Report on Mental Illness What is mental illness? Mental illness is a disorderly functioning of the mind Early Explanations Demonology-thought that an evil being possessed a person; use exorcism to cast out evil spirits (e.g. chanting, elaborate prayer, force to…
RUDOLF HESS: DEPUTY TO ADOLF HITLER 1894—1987 Acting as Hitler’s private secretary, he transcribed and partially edited Hitler’s book Mein Kampf, and eventually rose to deputy party leader and third in leadership of Germany, after Hitler and Hermann Göring. He would introduce Hitler at Nazi party rallies and held the official title of “Deputy Fuhrer”…
There has been a lot of debate of whether the federal or provincial government should take a leading role in health care. This essay will argue that the federal government should take initiative and play a leading role in health care. The federal government should take a leading role for the following reasons; in order…
Confucius– Confucious was a Chinese philosopher who has had a major impact on East Asia because of his teachings. He was born in 551 BCE and he died in 479 BCE. Confucius is important because he felt the world had gone wrong. He felt that it was up to him to try and save the…
Background Grew up in the medieval world where the questions of science Structured deeply by Aristotle and theology Descartes’ project: To establish new foundations for science Lodge the new foundation into mathematics A new source of veridicality (absolute certainty or truth) > new sense of self > Thinking “I” Text Discourse on Method Thesis of…
The British forcing the Acadians out of Acadia was not fair by any stretch of the imagination. First of all, these Acadians had built up a society for over 100 years in Acadia and it is not fair for them to be just forced out. Second, the Acadians had been able to live peacefully with…
According to Jewish tradition, the covenant between God and the Hebrew people took on a new significance during the time of Moses. Under the patriarchal period of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob God promised to love humanity. But under Moses and the Mosaic period, God would provide humanity the commandments in order to keep the covenant.…
Throughout history the violin has been known for making one of the most beautiful sounds in music. With the strings, body and bow all making a difference, the violin can produce a wide variety of sounds from a very high pitched to a very low pitched one. Stringed instruments which include guitars and violins consist…
What comes to your head when you here the sounds of guns and screams. When women and children are wandering the streets begging, pleading for mercy. All the Turkish soldiers are wandering, with a gun in one hand and an Armenian’s head in the other. The terrified screams, “No! Please don’t! Not my children! Please!!”…
Conservatism Classical Conservatism Contemporary North America Conservatism Traditional Conservatism Individualist Conservatism Neo-Conservatism Social/Religious Conservatism Key Ideas Differences between early or classical conservatives and self-proclaimed conservatives of recent years Opposed to “social engineering” of society by society, social groups, or government Humans are imperfect & no structure can make them perfect Government has a very limited…
Liberalism Classical Liberalism 1700s-1800s Locke & Smith Reform Liberalism 1800s-1900s Mill & Green Contemporary Liberalism 1930s- Keynes (1930s) & Rawls (1970s) Key Ideas Personal freedom – freedom from coercion Limited government – state serves & performs limited functions Equality of right – everyone must abide by laws, which must be applied equally and impartially Consent…
A) Nuclear Family: The idea that the father goes to work to support his family and the mother stays home and devotes her time to the children. During the baby boom generation, this was seen as the ideal and most traditional family style. The media encouraged this family type by displaying it on popular television…
Judaism: Background The three religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam trace their roots to the biblical figure Abraham. Of the three, Judaism is by far the smallest at only 1 to 2 percent of the size of the Christian and Muslim population. There are only 14 million Jews around the world (that is half the population…
The Exile In 721 BCE the Assyrians invaded and captured Israel (the ten tribes). Most of the citizens were scattered all over. The Exile is the beginning of the Diaspora. In 586 BCE the Babylonians invaded and captured Judah (the two tribes) and destroyed Solomon’s temple in Jerusalem. Jewish leaders were taken into exile in…
1900s: The Progressive Era Leisure time became more crucial; included family time, commercial recreation at fairs and carnivals. Time of peace/economic comfort Gibson Girl was the symbol of the ideal woman every female aspired to be. The Gibson Girl was athletic, smart, independent, and ironically, didn’t seek gender equality. Men aspired to be like the…
The Nazi Party was formed in 1919 Hitler joined the party shortly after it’s inception Germany was in a state of disarray after the First World War There were many extremist groups in Germany at the time 1919-1923 Many Germans were disillusioned after the defeat in the First World war. Ex-soldiers felt that they had…