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everything the French Revolution stood for as a result of the thousands of wrongful public executions and convictions. Maximilien Robespierre used his power within the ‘Committee of Public Safety’ to exercise control over the French Government and consolidate his influence and power among the country and people. Not only to the committee legislate mass conscription but they also passed…

strategies we would employ to advocate on behalf of this group. First, we would establish a database of group members, so we could correlate where the group members live with their members in Congress. That database would also have notes for key committee members in Congress so we could target members with our messaging. Second, we would establish a website, twitter, Facebook and use other social media to communicate…

Started in Olympia, Greece in 1896, the quadrennial mega-event, namely the Olympic Games, has been widely spread in all around the world to draw attention among people with the sense of competition in sports. Today, the Olympic Games does not only represents the spirit of sport, but the emblem of global attention as well as achieving the world city status. The Olympic Games has certainly benefited the host cities from growing its place market, enhancing urban regeneration (Essex, 2000) and the…

the sick and dying in Calcutta, India. She began her missionary work serving the poor in 1950 with the founding of the Missionaries of Charity. This religious order of women dedicate their lives to help the poor. According to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Mother Teresa was given the award for her work alleviating the suffering of the poor. Mother Teresa gave this speech after she was selected to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. The main ideas of the speech are to acknowledge and thank those who…

21. Explain the purpose of primary elections. A primary election is an “intraparty election used by political parties to select a candidate to run in the general election.” (pg.661) The purpose of primary elections is to narrow down and select a candidate for each party and elect party officers; then the general election will decide who becomes the next president. 22. List the pros and cons of political machines. Political machines are “groups that control activities of a political party.”…

these games did not come without problems, the unfortunate events of 9/11 took place, increasing security across the world. While 9/11 happened on american ground, it affected the whole world. Mitt Romney, the president of the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee, made the security for the upcoming games their top…

The French Revolution’s Reign of Terror The French Revolution’s Reign of Terror is one of the easiest and most famous examples of mob mentality.Mob mentality had a huge impact in the French Revolution’s Reign Of Terror. It begins when the French government decided to take strict measures against those being suspected with enemies. King Louis XVI was executed in 1793 after the king got executed people in France saw the guillotine as a weapon that they feared. The guillotine was used for purging…

political party (What Is a PAC?). This limit was added to quell the fears of the wealthy forcing their agenda upon the middle and lower class of American citizens. A new kind of Political Action Committee emerged in 2010 after the supreme court decision made in “Citizens United vs. Federal Election Committee,” in which it was decided that “individuals could have no limit on how much they donate to corporations due to free speech” (Are Super PACs Good or Bad for Democracy?). The rise of these new…

blah blah … To be an athletic trainer for a team in the Olympic games is my ultimate, long term goal. Athletic training has been a part of my life for several years now but on the opposite side as an athlete. In high school I was a part of a dance company and on the high school dance team, dancing around forty plus hours a week which resulted in several injuries, because of these injuries I was able to get my first glimpse into the athletic training world. Now in college, I am working with the…

The Olympic Games is the world’s largest sporting display held during the summer and winter seasons on a four year cycle. The event is held in one city out of the entire world. On average, 10,000 athletes participate in about 300 events in the Summer Games and about 3,000 athletes compete in about 100 events during the Winter Games. The Olympics began in ancient Olympia, Greece from 776 BC through 393 AD. They were celebrated as a religious festival held in the honour of the Greek god, Zeus. It…