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Ulysses S. Grant a man who led the Union victory in the Civil War. A man who was willing to fight was unconventional for the Union but that’s what ended up winning the war for the Union. Grant’s impact on the U.S. didn’t just effect the U.S. during the war but even after he made an impact when he became president afterwards during the reconstruction of the Civil War. Grant was a leader during and after the war. Even though he was and unconventional and was controversial for the time period he…

Having taken African Politics last semester I was excited to delve deeper into the history of the continent this semester. I was thankful to have some general knowledge of the continent going into the class because we covered a lot of material that expanded upon what I already knew and provided a plethora of new information for me to digest. Out of all the material that our class covered this semester the three events that resonated with me the most were the independence of Ethiopia,…

Cold War and American dominance and control in the Middle East. The book provides the reader with a compelling case that the U.S. and the Soviet Union involvement in the Middle East provided the basis for the complete break down of democracy in the region and lead to not only regional conflict but global conflict. The effects that U.S. and Soviet Union intervention are not only still felt today but are felt all over the world. In Sowing Crisis Khalidi begins by saying that the Cold War began…

movement / Labor Unions What is a Labor Union? Labor Unions are an organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests. Labor unions were originated in Europe in the 18th and 19th century. What is the Right to work movement? The right to work movement is an outgrowth of federal labor legislation passed in the 1930’s and 1940’s. Labor unions expanded in the 19th century with the founding of National Labor Union in 1866.…

The European motivations for colonization were different for each European Nation. Motivations included finding gold, preventing others from spreading, gaining wealth, gaining political advantage and to spread religion and ideas to the New World. In the Spanish, French and English expansion, each European Nation’s approach was different causing the failure of the French and the English, and leaving the Spanish as the only country to successfully establish colonization in the New World although…

Labor unions have traditionally been based on regular workers with life time employment. But the new labor law allows for easy layoffs as well as the employment of temporary workers. Presently, regular workers represent only 49.4 percent of employed persons, as businesses are increasingly relying on daily and temporary workers. Unions at the company level drawing worker support by increasing wages every year may not be…

The key question of whether or not early European expansion and if it was inevitable is a question still debated to this day. It a tough question but not impossible as demonstrated through Alfred Crosby with “Ecological Imperialism”. Alfred W. Crosby speaks on the origins of European domination over the western world. He focuses on Neo-Europeans as well as North and South America, Australia, and New Zealand. In the prologue, he speaks to how Europeans dominated their environment and other…

Section 1: Identification and evaluation of sources My investigation is on the Hong Kong Handover, which is about the transfer of Hong Kong from British rule to Chinese rule. The question I will analyze is “To what extent did Hong Kong retain its original government immediately after the Hong Kong handover in 1996?” The method I will use to answer this question is by researching facts about the government before and after 1997 and analyzing what changed or stayed the same. In this section, I…

Peter Drucker once said, “the individual is the central, rarest, most precious capital resource of our society.” In society, the value of an individual during times of hysteria and fear, has often been changed. Times of hysteria and fear have come along with different generations. Examples of these surges of fear was the late 1600’s had the Salem Witch Trials, and in the 1950’s the Red Scare of communism. Joseph McCarthy lead the idea of the spread of Communism within the American government.…

Whenever George Orwell wrote “Animal Farm” his main objective was to show the flaws of the communist movement. He stated the open fact that nothing had been improved by this rebellion against God and against authority. Actually he showed that rebellion worsens bondage. In the beginning of the story you find the animals hiding a secret meeting, talking about the abuse and horrible ways they suffer at the hands of Master Jones. No animal in England is free. The life of an animal is suffering and…