Spartacus

In the spring of 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt launched a series of programs, plans, and public projects in response to the failing economy. The latter are collectively known as the New Deal. The crash of the stock market in 1929, in conjunction to various other unfortunate events, sent the United States in a downward spiral with no hope of recovery. 13 million Americans lost his or her job, those who sustained were met by a 40% reduction of their income. FDR’s programs, plans, and…

toadstool from an edible mushroom, so too it is often very hard to recognize the Jew as a swindler and criminal...” implying that there is no difference between a Jew and a criminal. There is plenty more of these German propaganda books against Jews. Spartacus-educational.com says “In his autobiography, A Childhood under the Nazis (1998), Tomi Ungerer commented that one of the textbooks that he was forced to use was the anti-Semitic book, The Jewish Question in Education, which contained…

young woman growing up in Nazi Germany should aspire to be. Traudl Junge whose father was an ‘opinionated’ anti-semitic actually said she was turned off by her, saying “She was just bourgeois and she was so ugly and wasn't fashionable at all.” (Spartacus Educational) As stated above, it must be understood that in the region of Germany, prior to the 1930s and 1940s was experiencing its first wave of feminism before the entire conversation regarding the role of women was overtaken by males. Her…

2. Definitions 2.1 White supremacy A belief that white people are more superior to other races, particularly the black race, therefore should in this way overpower society (Anderson, 2005: 12). 2.2Segregation Spartacus educational (internet source) states that segregation is the separation of individuals into ethnic or racial social occasions. It may apply to works out, for instance, eating in a diner, drinking from a water fountain, using an open can, going to class etc. 2.3Nationalism A…

following decades (partially as a result), hence was the Social War no less significant to stirring the whirlpool of socioeconomic discontent than the slave revolt fifteen years later? Potentially not. After all, Spartacus “did not lead a protest movement against slavery.” Gruen stresses that Spartacus sought to “cast a lurid light on the…

Slave revolts were common throughout the 1700s, and even beyond that time frame. Many slaves revolted in retaliation against their masters. Many slave owners often live in fear, due to the uprising of slave revolts. It was also understandable why many slaves revolted in the first place. The slaves were taken away from their homes and traded off, without a say in the matter. Many of them that were brought over on slave ships died during the voyage to American, because of lack of proper nutrients…

university fraternity saying a racial phrase, and many other police related racism scandals. One of the most well known racist groups in america is the Ku Klux Klan, they had three main Ku Klux Klan groups the first happened in the late 1860s.(Spartacus Educational, 1997) At the end of the American Civil War members of congress wanted to take away white power southern states. The first of the three branches of the Ku Klux Klan was established in Tennessee most of the leaders of this klan had…

On June 11, 1963, people watched in horror as a man burned himself in the middle of a busy Saigon road as people passed flyers around him. The Buddhists had asked for volunteers to commit suicide in order to show the world how they felt about President Ngo Dinh Diem’s way of governing South Vietnam. The man was one of four people who immolated themselves. Several months later, Diem was assassinated by his own military forces in a coup d’état that was funded and supported by the United States on…

The Lady with the Lamp The air is putrid; the moans of dying soldiers fill the room, the ground on which they lay upon— cold and wet. When it seems like there is no hope for survival, a faint light appears in the distance. The light that heals wounds and cares for the soldiers like no other— the light of “The Angel of the Crimea” (“Florence Nightingale” Bio) or popularly know as Florence Nightingale. Born into a rich British family, Nightingale strayed from her promising future of wealth and…

later in 1999 was interviewed under high disguise, acknowledging that his court statements to be untrue (http://spartacus-educational.com). These are the exact words from David Greenglass’s interview, “As a spy who turned his family in, I don't care. I sleep very well. I would not sacrifice my wife and my children for my sister...” David Greenglass about his testimony (http://spartacus-educational.com). Ethel Rosenberg was framed by her own family. Alexander Feklisov later published a booked…