Agricultural extension

1. What are some of the long-term causes of the American Civil War (1800s-1850s)? Please give at least 2 examples. The American Civil War was driven by long-term causes and short-term causes. The long-term causes are the Wilmot Proviso and the Compromise of 1850. The addition of the new lands due to the consequence of the Mexican War caused the South and the North to argue on either these are should allow slavery or not. The Wilmot Proviso was a step to ban slavery from these new areas that…

The existence of slavery was the key component that initiated tensions between the North and South; if there were no disagreements over slavery, the Civil War could have been avoidable. With the contrast of an industrial and agricultural economy, the South felt threatened by the balance of power between the two regions. Because the South felt that slavery was crucial to their economic stability, succession felt inevitable to them. Moreover, Southern politicians and Northern abolitionists…

Buddhism, rooted in the 6th century BCE, originated from Siddhartha Gautama, a sage from Nepal. Known as “Buddha,” Gautama experienced a revelation one night, attaining a complete state of awakening, clairvoyant power, and the knowledge that his spiritual defilements had been eliminated. His teachings of enlightenment, karma, the Four Noble Truths, and the Eightfold Path spread quickly, covering much of southern Asia by the 8th century CE. Buddhism’s gain of followers can be attributed to the…

‘Invisible Hands’ provides a narrative of the reality faced by individuals in the Global South within the context of a neoliberal economic paradigm. The concept of the invisible hand refers to the logic of the free-market, espoused by Adam Smith, which posits that there is an invisible hand in a free market framework that ensures the most effective and socially optimal allocation of resources. Despite the widespread acceptance of this economic theory, the reality faced by individuals especially…

Throughout history, it has been shown how political systems around the world differ from country to country. With that comes their own way of living, thinking and growing as a nation. How a country is shaped depends greatly on its views of absolute monarchy, Democracy, Communism, and fascism, which are only some systems helping to shape the nations we know today. All these political systems are formed in each region according on the needs of people, exposure they have, and their type of…

dismemberment of the Union. In a speech delivered to congress Giddings stated “But I would rather see this Union rent into a thousand fragments than have my country disgraced, and its moral purity sacrificed, by the prosecution of a war for the extension of human…

Ocean. Ocean pollution negatively effects sea life, the coral reef, the food chain, which is causing extension of some mammals and plants and also effecting human ultimately resulting in increase of cancer in humans, or even…

Palestinian feminism is a global movement through which Palestinian women oppose patriarchal values and the violence of the Israeli occupation, and fight for human rights and equal treatment for all Arabs regardless of gender or sexuality. Palestinian feminism’s story is largely unknown. From the birth of powerful women’s organizations to viral Internet campaigns by young progressive activists during the Arab Spring, the motives and successes of Palestinian and Arab feminists rarely make…

There are currently seven billion people on Earth, with an annual growth of 75 million people yearly. The average age of cattle producers is approaching 60 years old, and consist of less than one percent of the U.S. population. Cattle producers in the U.S. are a key part of feeding the world, even though the amount of total cattle is fourth in the world, the U.S. market is the most consistent and regulated. To keep up with the growing population on less and less land each year, new management…

Abstract: Girish Karnad has given the traditional tale a new meaning and significance highly relevant in the context of life today. He seems to have used myth with a view to expose the absurdity of life with all its elemental passions and conflicts, and also to show man’s eternal struggle to achieve perfection. Karnad, in his plays, tries to evolve a symbolic form out of tension between the archetypal and mythic experience and a living response to life and its values. The new dimension and…