Confiscation

Belgian troops “occupy the Ruhr, Germany’s industrial homeland” and seize “control of German mines, railroads, and factories” [3]. Without these areas that gave Germany its booming economy, Germans were forced to face a growing budget problem. The confiscation of the Rhineland prompted Hitler reclaim and demilitarize it on March 7th, 1936…

Between Altruistic and Autocratic: Hassan al-Banna’s Muslim Brotherhood In response to the unconquered British occupation in Egypt, Hassan al-Banna called to arms the Muslim community with the establishment of the Muslim Brotherhood in 1928. Having witnessed his people being exploited while stationed as an Arabic teacher along the Suez Canal, al-Banna’s anti-Western sentiment grew to such a passion that his ideology was able to reach the thousands of individuals discontented with the form…

that took place on September 11th, 2001. The U.S. Patriot Act allowed for government officials to use a more strengthened, intense approach when it came to avoiding any terrorist attacks. The approaches taken can range from unwarranted searches, confiscation of belongings from suspected threats, and even to wiretapping done by the National Security Agency. The U.S Patriot Act has caused conflict within the United States since it was first introduced in 2001. This act takes extreme measures…

In James Q. Wilson’s essay “Just Take Away Their Guns," he expresses how more authoritarian control over guns would not have the best outcome in comparison to actually implementing methods on reducing illegal firearms on the street. Wilson argues that in order to fulfill a peaceful nation, there would have to be a nation wide sequestration of firearms. Although, that could potentially solve and reduce crime, it would also be infringing on the rights of a lot of gun owners. Perhaps more…

Adolph Hitler, a dictator of World War II, was once an artist. Despite his artistic skills and passion towards art, he was continuously rejected by art academies, and therefore, came to be an unsuccessful artist. This was one of the main causes of the Degenerate Art Commission, also called the Nazi art theft. Hitler’s personal antipathy towards modern art created the Degenerate Art Commission which destroyed and concealed thousands of modern artworks (Allsop). Starting from 1937, the looting…

INTRODUCTION In Malaysia, the Ministry of Transportation (MOT) already amended the rules and regulation for each type of the transportation. Each mode of transportations has the regulatory bodies in order to formulate and implement the policy. As we choose the Policy of Tinted Glass Standard for Motor Vehicles which if for private car, so the regulatory bodies that responsible in this policy is The Road Transport Department Malaysia (JPJ). This policy is under the Road Traffic Act 1987 on Act…

declined rapidly. The reconstruction laws that were passed granted African-Americans political freedom and rights, especially the vote. But to give them what they really wanted, plots of land to make them economically independent, would require confiscation, and that violation of property right was too much for most Republicans. And that…

John Charles Fremont was born in Savannah, Georgia, in the year of 1813. He is the son of Charles Fremont, and Ann Beverley Whiting of Virginia. Fremont grew up in Charleston, and was educated in the science department of the College of Charleston. He was later expelled in 1831, three months from graduation. Fremont is most well-known for his exploration of the American West. He was also a huge figure in California’s 19th century gold rush. In his early life, he became a fast national hero for…

There is an ongoing feud as to if censorship is appropriate to incorporate in governments, schools, and other institutions. Governments or other forms of authority engage in censorship in order to protect people from concepts they consider to be corrupt or immoral. Censorship eliminates evil mindsets and can help to prevent major conflicts from arising. On the other hand, censorship slows down creativity and innovation, violates citizens’ rights, and hides the truth. The Nazi Regime incorporated…

The enslavement of humans and coerced labor can be found throughout the world in many different periods of time. For the most part, unfree labor was divided into indentured servants, who voluntarily signed contracts stipulating the terms of their service, and those who were held and made to work involuntarily. Though the people targeted for varied by society, the enslaved were usually prisoners of war or criminals. Indeed, the only Europeans ever to be involuntarily forced to migrate for work…